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The 2011 Hugo Awards were given out this past weekend a Revelation, the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention. Here is a list of the winners:

Best Novel: [asin=0553803190]Blackout[/asin]/[asin=0553807676]All Clear[/asin] by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)

Best Novella: The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean)

Best Novelette: “The Emperor of Mars” by Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010)

Best Short Story: “For Want of a Nail” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010)

Best Related Work: [asin=1935234048]Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It[/asin], edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O’Shea (Mad Norwegian)

[asin=1890856533]Best Graphic Story: Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse[/asin], written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: [asin=B002ZG981E]Inception[/asin], written and directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: [sfs=1038]Doctor Who[/sfs]: “The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang,” written by Steven
Moffat; directed by Toby Haynes (BBC Wales)

Best Editor, Short Form: Sheila Williams

Best Editor, Long Form: Lou Anders

Best Professional Artist: Shaun Tan

Best Semiprozine: Clarkesworld, edited by Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, Sean Wallace; podcast directed by Kate Baker

Best Fanzine: The Drink Tank, edited by Christopher J Garcia and James Bacon

Best Fan Writer: Claire Brialey

Best Fan Artist: Brad W. Foster

John W. Campbell Award (Best new writer of the last two years – not a Hugo Award): Lev Grossman