The nominations for the 2009 Hugo awards closed on February 28. This year's eventual winners will be announced at WorldCon in August.
If you're looking for something to read, check out last year's Best Short Story winner: "Tideline" by Elizabeth Bear.
If you're looking for even more things to read, here are the other Best Short Story nominees from 2008:
Back in Junior High I discovered that the school library had volumes of Hugo Award-winning short stories going back to the 50s, and I tore through them all in a matter of weeks, spending my free periods tucked away on the upper level next to the shelf that held them.
It's always good to read the nominees and winners, both for the tales themselves, and because I often learn how much Suck I still have left to excise, or (more rarely) get encouraged with a bit of "almost there!"
If you're looking for something to read, check out last year's Best Short Story winner: "Tideline" by Elizabeth Bear.
If you're looking for even more things to read, here are the other Best Short Story nominees from 2008:
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"Last Contact" by Stephen Baxter
"Who's Afraid of Wolf 359?" by Ken MacLeod
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"Distant Replay" by Mike Resnick
"A Small Room in Koboldtown" by Michael Swanwick
Back in Junior High I discovered that the school library had volumes of Hugo Award-winning short stories going back to the 50s, and I tore through them all in a matter of weeks, spending my free periods tucked away on the upper level next to the shelf that held them.
It's always good to read the nominees and winners, both for the tales themselves, and because I often learn how much Suck I still have left to excise, or (more rarely) get encouraged with a bit of "almost there!"
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