Hugo Nominees Announced
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Nippon 2007 is delighted to announce the nominees for the 2007 Hugo Awards (for work done in 2006). The Hugo Awards are science fiction's highest honor for professional and fan work.

The winners will be announced at the Hugo Awards Ceremonies during the 65th World Science Fiction Convention in Yokohama, Japan, on Saturday, September 1st. The ceremony will begin at 6:00 p.m. JPT. The Worldcon will be held in the PACIFICO YOKOHAMA Convention Center on August 30th - September 3, 2007.

The Hugo Awards (and site selection) ballots are being mailed to our members in a stand-alone mailing in addition to being included in Progress Report 5, due to be mailed in late April. Online voting will be available to all eligible voters, and printable versions of the ballot will also be included on the Nippon 2007 web site. Only supporting and attending members of Nippon 2007 may vote on the Hugo Awards.

To join Nippon 2007 and vote for the works and people you think were the best in 2006, write us at the address above or see our web pages (www.nippon2007.us) for more information.

The 2007 Hugo Awards nominations include finalists in 14 categories, plus the John W. Campbell Award (not a Hugo), listed below. As part of the transition between rule sets, the sponsors of the John W. Campbell award extended the eligibility for writers whose eligibility was reduced to one year because of the rules change that went into effect in 2006. This will only affect the awards for 2007.

As a result of a change ratified by the World Science Fiction Society in 2006, the former Best Professional Editor category has been replaced with two categories: Best Editor, Short Form and Best Editor, Long Form