This year’s Hugo Awards nomination ballot is now online. The 2010 Hugo Awards will be presented in Melbourne, Australia during Aussiecon 4, the 68th World Science Fiction Convention. Deadline for nominating online is March 13, 2010 23:59 PST (paper ballots must be received by March 13).

Members of Aussiecon 4 who join by January 31, 2010 and members of Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, will be eligible to nominate people or works from 2009 in various categories.  If you didn’t attend Anticipation, and you don’t plan to attend Aussiecon, you can still nominate by purchasing a supporting membership.

Already registered? Go and nominate your favorite works!

Here’s a list of works I edited that are eligible in the various Hugo categories.

Novella

John Langan: “The Wide, Carnivorous Sky” (By Blood We Live)

Novelette

John C. Wright: “Twilight of the Gods” (Federations)
Rob Rogers: “The Adventure of the Pirates of Devil’s Cape” (The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)

Short Story

Alan Dean Foster: “Pardon Our Conquest” (Federations)
Allen Steele: “The Other Side of Jordan” (Federations)
Catherynne M. Valente: “Golubash, or Wine-Blood-War-Elegy” (Federations)
Genevieve Valentine: “Carthago Delenda Est” (Federations) [Read it free!]
Georgina Li: “Like They Always Been Free” (Federations)
James Alan Gardner: “The One with the Interstellar Group Consciousnesses” (Federations) [Read it free!]
Jeremiah Tolbert: “The Culture Archivist” (Federations) [Read it free!]
L. E. Modesitt, Jr.: “Life-Suspension” (Federations)
Mary Rosenblum: “My She” (Federations)
Sergei Lukyanenko: “Foxtrot at High Noon” (By Blood We Live)
S. L. Gilbow: “Terra-Exulta” (Federations)
Tempest Bradford: “Different Day” (Federations)
Trent Hergenrader: “Eskhara” (Federations)
Yoon Ha Lee: “Swanwatch” (Federations)

Editor, Short-Form

John Joseph Adams (Federations, By Blood We Live, The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)

My anthologies include several works that are currently eligible. All stories belong in the short story category unless otherwise noted. Linked stories are available online in their entirety. SFWA members can download the stories via the links provided (email me at johnjosephadams@gmail.com if you’re a SFWA member and have issues downloading the files).

Seeds of Change [SFWA members download]
Prime Books, August 2008

• N-Words by Ted Kosmatka
• The Future by Degrees by Jay Lake
• Drinking Problem by K. D. Wentworth
• Endosymbiont by Blake Charlton
• A Dance Called Armageddon by Ken MacLeod
• Arties Aren’t Stupid by Jeremiah Tolbert
• Faceless in Gethsemane by Mark Budz
• Spider the Artist by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
• Resistance by Tobias S. Buckell

The Living Dead
Night Shade Books, September 2008

• How the Day Runs Down by John Langan (novelette) [SFWA member download]

Federations [SFWA member download]
Prime Books, May 2009

• Carthago Delenda Est by Genevieve Valentine
• Life-Suspension by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
• Terra-Exulta by S. L. Gilbow
• Different Day by K. Tempest Bradford
• Twilight of the Gods by John C. Wright (novelette)
• Swanwatch by Yoon Ha Lee
• Pardon Our Conquest by Alan Dean Foster
• My She by Mary Rosenblum
• The Culture Archivist by Jeremiah Tolbert
• The Other Side of Jordan by Allen Steele
• Like They Always Been Free by Georgina Li
• Eskhara by Trent Hergenrader
• The One with the Interstellar Group Consciousnesses by James Alan Gardner
• Golubash, or Wine-Blood-War-Elegy by Catherynne M. Valente

By Blood We Live

• The Wide, Carnivorous Sky by John Langan (novella) [SFWA member download]
• Foxtrot at High Noon by Sergei Lukyanenko [SFWA member download]

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

• The Adventure of the Pirates of Devil’s Cape by Rob Rogers (novelette) [SFWA member download]

So, if you want to nominate, and you didn’t have a membership last year, go here to register. Since the deadline is approaching, you should probably do that now.

If you just want to vote, choose an adult supporting membership ($55 Canadian, about $44 US dollars). Otherwise, buy an attending membership. If you’re not sure if you want to attend, you can buy a supporting membership now, so that you can nominate, and then upgrade your membership later to a full attending membership if you decide to go to the convention.

Once you’re registered, you have until February 28–or rather, your ballot must be received by February 28.

Novelette

“Judgment Passed” by Jerry Oltion (Wastelands, Jan. 2008)
“How the Day Runs Down” by John Langan (The Living Dead, Sep. 2008)
“Endosymbiont” by Blake Charlton (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)

Short Story

“N-Words” by Ted Kosmatka (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“The Future by Degrees” by Jay Lake (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Drinking Problem” by K. D. Wentworth (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“A Dance Called Armageddon” by Ken MacLeod (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Arties Aren’t Stupid” by Jeremiah Tolbert (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Faceless in Gethsemane” by Mark Budz (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Spider the Artist” by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Resistance” by Tobias S. Buckell (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)

Best Editor (Short Form)

John Joseph Adams (Seeds of Change, Wastelands, The Living Dead)*

Best Artist

David Palumbo (The Living Dead)
Daniel Kvasznicza (Wastelands)
John W. Campbell Award

Ted Kosmatka
Blake Charlton

* Hugo Awards rules for this category state: “The editor of at least four (4) anthologies, collections or magazine issues primarily devoted to science fiction and/or fantasy, at least one of which was published in 2008.” Shimmer: The Pirate Issue is my fourth qualifying editorial experience, but it came out in 2007, so I’m not listing it there beside my name, which space is reserved to point out 2008 work.

Novelette

“Judgment Passed” by Jerry Oltion (Wastelands, Jan. 2008)
“How the Day Runs Down” by John Langan (The Living Dead, Sep. 2008)
“Endosymbiont” by Blake Charlton (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)

Short Story

“N-Words” by Ted Kosmatka (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“The Future by Degrees” by Jay Lake (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Drinking Problem” by K. D. Wentworth (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“A Dance Called Armageddon” by Ken MacLeod (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Arties Aren’t Stupid” by Jeremiah Tolbert (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Faceless in Gethsemane” by Mark Budz (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Spider the Artist” by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Resistance” by Tobias S. Buckell (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)

Best Editor (Short Form)

John Joseph Adams (Seeds of Change, Wastelands, The Living Dead)*

Best Artist

David Palumbo (The Living Dead)
Daniel Kvasznicza (Wastelands)

John W. Campbell Award

Ted Kosmatka
Blake Charlton

* Hugo Awards rules for this category state: “The editor of at least four (4) anthologies, collections or magazine issues primarily devoted to science fiction and/or fantasy, at least one of which was published in 2008.” Shimmer: The Pirate Issue is my fourth qualifying editorial experience, but it came out in 2007, so I’m not listing it there beside my name, which space is reserved to point out 2008 work.

Novellas

• "Kiosk" by Bruce Sterling 
• "The Helper and His Hero" by Matthew Hughes
• "Memorare" by Gene Wolfe
• "Stars Seen Through Stone" by Lucius Shepard
   

Novelets

• "The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate" by Ted Chiang
• "Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter" by Geoff Ryman
   

Short Stories

• "Titanium Mike Saves the Day" by David D. Levine 
   

Check the SFWA.org Nebula page as well, for more free fiction from other sources.

Since Wastelands is officially a 2008 book, nothing to do with that is eligible this awards season. With that in mind, I think the only thing I’m eligible for is some World Fantasy categories, such as Best Anthology (maybe, if the Pirate Issue counts).

But really, the only thing I could realistically be nominated for is the World Fantasy Award Special Award: Professional, for:

• My work at F&SF
• Editing The Pirate Issue
• The 250+ interviews I published with SCI FI Wire
• Various other articles and activities
   

So I’m not really eligible for much as of yet. Next year, I should be eligible for the Best Editor (short-form) Hugo Award. But meanwhile, all of the stories I bought for the Pirate Issue are eligible for the various Short Story awards:

Eligible for Best Short Story (Hugo, Nebula [through end of Oct.], World Fantasy, Stoker, IGH):

• The Sweet Realm by Jill Snider Lum [read]
• Captain Blood’s B00ty by Jeremiah Tolbert [read]
• A Hand for Each by J. Kathleen Cheney
• The Blackguard of God by Melinda Selmys
• Come to the Islands by Mikal Trimm
• The Barbary Shore by James L. Cambias
• Pirates by Adeline Thromb Age 8 by Marissa K. Lingen
• The Furies by Rajan Khanna
• The Perfect Hook by Justine Graykin
• Hard Times for Bartleby Crow by Grant Stone
   

Also, I’d point out that you can and should nominate Shimmer for the Best Fanzine Hugo Award, and can also nominate Beth Wodzinski, the publisher, for the World Fantasy Award Special Award: Non-Professional.

Fiction

Tree of Smoke
Author: Denis Johnson

Non-Fiction

Legacy of Ashes
Author: Tim Weiner

Poetry

Time and Materials
Author: Robert Hass

Young People’s Literature

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Author: Sherman Alexie

Here’s a complete list of the nominees. Each winner receives a fat check for $10,000.