It’s almost time for nomination stage of the Hugos to close for 2013. My ballot is in and I’m reasonably happy with how much of it I’ve managed to fill out. Next year, I will have read all the things before nominations close obviously (what?) but for now I’ve pulled together a not too shabby selection, with the help of many friendly recommendations. My final ballot is very similar to the draft ballot, so if you want any more information on a lot of my choices check out that original post, but make sure to investigate the additions too (especially ‘Diving Belles’ – I can’t recommend that short story collection vigorously enough). Here we go:

Best Novel

‘The Killing Moon’ – N K Jemisin
‘Blackout’ – Mira Grant
‘The Snow Child’– Eowyn Ivey
‘Railsea’ – China Mieville

Best Novella

‘Ship of Souls’ – Zetta Elliott

Best Novelette

'The Lady Astronaut of Mars' - Mary Robinette Kowal (included in ‘Rip-Off!’)

Best Short Story

'Payment Due' - Frances Hardinge
'Crow and Caper, Crow and Caper' - Margo Lanagan (both from ‘Under My Hat’)
'Countless Stones' - Lucy Wood
'Of Mothers and Little People' - Lucy Wood
'Notes from the House Spirits' – Lucy Wood (all three from ‘Diving Belles’ -why aren’t you reading this now?)

Best Graphic Story

‘Avatar: The Promise’ - Gene Leun Yang

Best Related Work

(Blog tour) A More Diverse Universe blog tour – Aarti at BookLust
(Tumblr) Women Fighters in Reasonable Armour
(Project) Striking a Pose: Women and Fantasy Covers – Jim C Hines
(Critical essay) 'Table for Two - Kendra and Jordan break down the Vampire Diaries' (published by Racialicious)
(Blog) Lab Lit

Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form)

‘The Hunger Games’
‘Mirror Mirror’:
‘Brave’
‘The Woman in Black’

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form):

‘Room on the Broom’
Merlin (S5) – ‘The Diamond of the Day’ (Pt 1 & Pt 2)
Legend of Korra - 'Out of the Past'
Once Upon a Time (S1) – ‘Red Handed’

Best Professional Artist

Candace Ellis
Julie Dillon
Jonas de Ro
Paolo Riviera
Ana Juan

Best Fan Artist

RJ Edwards
Kathleen Jennings
Coran Stone
Justin Pierce

Best Semiprozine

Strange Horizons

Best Fanzine

Racialicious
The Booksmugglers
SF Mistressworks
Calico Reaction


Best Fan Writer

Occupation girl
Tansy R Roberts
Foz Meadows
Nic Clarke
Liz Bourke

Best Fancast

The Writer and the Critic
/report
Slate's Cultural Gabfest
SF Signal


The three categories where I didn’t know enough to nominate anything
The John W. Campbell Award
Best Editor (Long Form)
Best Editor (Short Form)

I'm loving seeing other people's finished ballots, so please link me to your choices if you're nominating.