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                                      BUCCONEER
                     The 56th World Science Fiction Convention
                              Baltimore, Maryland USA
                                August 5-9, 1998
                         http://www.bucconeer.worldcon.org

Bucconeer, the 1998 World Science Fiction Convention, proudly
presents this year's nominees for the Hugo Awards, the annual awards
for achievement in science fiction. The winners will be announced on
Friday, August 7th in Baltimore, Maryland.

BEST NOVEL
    Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman (Ace)
    Frameshift by Robert J. Sawyer (Tor)
    The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Bantam Spectra)
    Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick (Avon)
    City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams (HarperPrism)

BEST NOVELLA
    "The Funeral March of the Marionettes" by Adam-Troy Castro
        (F&SF July 1997)
    "Ecopoeisis" by Geoffrey A. Landis (SF Age May 1997)
    "Loose Ends" by Paul Levinson (Analog May 1997)
    "Marrow" by Robert Reed (SF Age July 1997)
    "...Where Angels Fear To Tread" by Allen Steele
        (Asimov's October-November 1997)

BEST NOVELETTE
    "Moon Six" by Stephen Baxter (SF Age Mar/97)
    "Broken Symmetry" by Michael A. Burstein (Analog Feb/97)
    "Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human 
        Bloodstream" by  James Alan Gardner (Asimov's Feb/97)
    "We Will Drink A Fish Together..." by Bill Johnson
        (Asimov's May/97)
    "The Undiscovered" by William Sanders (Asimov's Mar/97)

BEST SHORT STORY
    "Beluthahatchie" by Andy Duncan (Asimov's Mar/97)
    "Standing Room Only" by Karen Joy Fowler (Asimov's Aug/97)
    "Itsy Bitsy Spider" by James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's June/97)
    "The 43 Antarean Dynasties" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's Dec/97)
    "The Hand You're Dealt" by Robert J. Sawyer (Free Space, Tor)
    "No Planets Strike" by Gene Wolfe (F&SF Jan/97)
        (There are six items due to a tie for fifth place)

BEST RELATED BOOK
    Space Travel by Ben Bova with Anthony R. Lewis
        (Writer's Digest Books)
    The Encyclopedia of Fantasy edited by John Clute & John Grant
        (St. Martin's Press)
    Infinite Worlds by Vincent DiFate (Penguin Studio)
    Spectrum IV: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art edited by
        Cathy & Arnie Fenner with Jim Loehr (Underwood Books)
    Reflections and Refractions: Thoughts on Science-Fiction, Science
        and Other Matters by Robert Silverberg (Underwood Books)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION
    Contact (Warner Bros./South Side Amusement Company) Directed by
        Robert Zemeckis; Story by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan;
        Screenplay by James V.  Hart and Michael Goldenberg;
       Produced by Steve Starkey and Robert  Zemeckis.
    The Fifth Element (Columbia Pictures/Gaumont) Directed by Luc
        Besson;  Story by Luc Besson; Screenplay by Luc Besson &
        Robert Mark Kamen; Produced by Patrice Ledoux.
    Gattaca (Columbia Pictures Corp/Jersey Films) Directed by Andrew
       M. Niccol, Written by Andrew M. Niccol, Produced by Danny
       DeVito, Michael Shamberg, & Stacey Sher.
    Men in Black (MacDonald-Parkes/Columbia Pictures Corp/Amblin
        Entertainment) Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld; Screenplay by Ed
        Solomon, Laurie MacDonald and Walter F. Parkes; Executive
        Producer: Steven Spielberg.
    Starship Troopers (TriStar Pictures/Big Bug Pictures/Touchstone
        Pictures) Directed by Paul Verhoeven, Screenplay by Ed
        Neumeier; Produced by Jon Davison and Alan Marshall.

BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR
    Gardner Dozois (Asimov's)
    Scott Edelman (SF Age)
    David Hartwell (Tor; Year's Best SF)
    Stanley Schmidt (Analog)
    Gordon Van Gelder (F&SF)

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
    Jim Burns
    Thomas Canty
    David Cherry
    Bob Eggleton
    Don Maitz
    Michael Whelan
(There are six items due to a tie for fifth place)

BEST SEMIPROZINE
    Interzone edited by David Pringle
    Locus edited by Charles N. Brown
    The New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer,
        Ariel Ham�on, David G. Hartwell & Kevin Maroney
    Science Fiction Chronicle edited by Andrew I. Porter
    Speculations edited by Kent Brewster

BEST FANZINE
    Ansible edited by Dave Langford
    Attitude edited by Michael Abbott, John Dallman & Pam Wells
    File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
    Mimosa edited by Nicki & Richard Lynch
    Tangent edited by David Truesdale

BEST FAN WRITER
    Bob Devney
    Mike Glyer
    Andy Hooper
    David Langford
    Evelyn Leeper
    Joseph T. Major
(There are six nominees due to a tie for fifth place)

BEST FAN ARTIST
    Brad Foster
    Ian Gunn
    Teddy Harvia
    Joe Mayhew
    Peggy Ranson

JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER OF 1996 OR 1997
(not a Hugo) [Sponsored by Dell Magazines]
    Raphael Carter (2nd year of eligibility)
    Andy Duncan (2nd year of eligibility)
    Richard Garfinkle (2nd year of eligibility)
    Susan R. Matthews (2nd year of eligibility)
    Mary Doria Russell (2nd year of eligibility)