Hugo award winners for 2013.

Yes, word floats in from LoneStarCon 3 (aka the 71st World Science Fiction Convention) of this year’s Hugo Award winners.

Best Novel: Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi (Tor).

Best Novella: “The Emperor’s Soul” by Brandon Sanderson (Tachyon Publications).

Best Novelette: “The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi” by Pat Cadigan (Edge of Infinity, Solaris).

Best Short Story: “Mono no aware” by Ken Liu (The Future is Japanese, VIZ Media LLC).

Best Related Work: Writing Excuses, Season 7 by Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, and Jordan Sanderson.

Best Graphic Story: Saga, Volume 1 written by Brian K. Vaughn, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics).

Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form): The Avengers Screenplay & Directed by Joss Whedon (Marvel Studios, Disney, Paramount).

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form): Game of Thrones: “Blackwater” Written by George R.R. Martin, Directed by Neil Marshall. Created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (HBO).

Best Editor – Short Form: Stanley Schmidt.

Best Editor – Long Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden.

Best Professional Artist: John Picacio.

Best Semiprozine: Clarkesworld edited by Neil Clarke, Jason Heller, Sean Wallace, and Kate Baker.

Best Fanzine: SF Signal edited by John DeNardo, JP Frantz, and Patrick Hester.

Best Fancast: SF Squeecast, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente (Presenters), and David McHone-Chase (Technical Producer).

Best Fan Writer: Tansy Rayner Roberts.

Best Fan Artist: Galen Dara.

The John W. Campbell Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2011 or 2012, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award): Mur Lafferty.

Well done to all the winners – a great, strong selection for the year.