The 2009 Hugo Award Ballot

Posted by Colin Harvey Mar 21, 2009

Best Novel (639 Ballots Cast)

Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Morrow/Atlantic)

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins/Bloomsbury)

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Tor Teen/HarperVoyager)

Saturn's Children by Charles Stross (Ace/Orbit)

Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi (Tor)

Best Novella (337 Ballots Cast)

"The Erdmann Nexus" by Nancy Kress (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2008)

"The Political Prisoner" by Charles Coleman Finlay (F&SF Aug 2008)

"The Tear" by Ian McDonald (Galactic Empires)

"True Names" by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward 2)

"Truth" by Robert Reed (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2008)

Best Novelette (373 Ballots Cast)

"Alastair Baffle's Emporium of Wonders" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's Jan 2008)

"The Gambler" by Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)

"Pride and Prometheus" by John Kessel (F&SF Jan 2008)

"The Ray-Gun: A Love Story" by James Alan Gardner (Asimov's Feb 2008)

"Shoggoths in Bloom" by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov's Mar 2008)

Best Short Story (448 Ballots Cast)

"26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson (Asimov's Jul 2008)

"Article of Faith" by Mike Resnick (Baen's Universe Oct 2008)

"Evil Robot Monkey" by Mary Robinette Kowal (The Solaris Book of New SF Volume 2)

"Exhalation" by Ted Chiang (Eclipse 2)

"From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled" by Michael Swanwick (Asimov's Feb 2008)

Both Neal Stephenson and Neil Gaiman have won before in their category of best novel, as have Nancy Kress and Robert Reed in the novella category, while Mike Resnick has won before in both novellette and short story, as has Michael Swanwick.