Au fost anunțate nominalizările (lista scurtă) la premiile Hugo 2016. Comunicatul oficial aici. Premiile vor fi decernate în cadrul convenției MidAmeriCon II (Worldcon 74), 17-21 august 2016.

Best Novel:

• Ancillary Mercy de Ann Leckie,
• The Aeronaut’s Windlass de Jim Butcher,
• The Fifth Season de N.K. Jemisin,
• Seveneves de Neal Stephenson,
• Uprooted de Naomi Novik.

Best Novella:

• Binti de Nnedi Okorafor,
• The Builders de Daniel Polansky,
• Penric’s Demon de Lois McMaster Bujold,
• Perfect State de Brandon Sanderson,
• Slow Bullets de Alastair Reynolds.

Best Novelette:

• And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead de Brooke Bolander,
• Flashpoint: Titan de CHEAH Kai Wai,
• Folding Beijing de Hao Jingfang, trad. Ken Liu,
• Obits de Stephen King,
• What Price Humanity? de David VanDyke.

Best Short Story:

• Asymmetrical Warfare de S. R. Algernon,
• Cat Pictures Please de Naomi Kritzer,
• The Commuter de Thomas A. Mays,
• If You Were an Award, My Love de Juan Tabo and S. Harris,
• Seven Kill Tiger de Charles Shao,
• Space Raptor Butt Invasion/em> de Chuck Tingle.

Best Related Work:

• Between Light and Shadow: An Exploration of the Fiction of Gene Wolfe de Marc Aramini,
• The First Draft of My Appendix N Book de Jeffro Johnson,
• Safe Space as Rape Room de Daniel Eness,
• SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police de Vox Day,
• The Story of Moira Greyland de Moira Greyland.

Best Graphic Story:

• The Divine scenariul de Boaz Lavie, desene de Asaf Hanuka și Tomer Hanuka,
• Erin Dies Alone scenariul de Grey Carter, desene de Cory Rydell ,
• Full Frontal Nerdity de Aaron Williams,
• Invisible Republic Vol 1 scenariul de Corinna Bechko și Gabriel Hardman, desene de Gabriel Hardman,
• The Sandman: Overture scenariul de Neil Gaiman, desene de J.H. Williams III.

Best dramatic presentation long form:

• Avengers: Age of Ultron,
• Ex Machina,
• Mad Max: Fury Road,
• The Martian,
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Best dramatic presentation short form:

• Doctor Who: Heaven Sent,
• Grimm: Headache,
• Jessica Jones: AKA Smile,
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: “The Cutie Map” Parts 1 and 2,
• Supernatural: Just My Imagination.

Best Editor short form:

• John Joseph Adams,
• Neil Clarke,
• Ellen Datlow,
• Jerry Pournelle,
• Sheila Williams.

Best Editor long form:

• Liz Gorinsky,
• Vox Day,
• Sheila E. Gilbert,
• Jim Minz,
• Toni Weisskopf.

Best Professional Artist:

• Lars Brad Andersen,
• Larry Elmore,
• Abigail Larson,
• Michael Karcz,
• Larry Rostant.

Best Semiprozine:

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies,
• Daily Scince Fiction,
• Sci Phi Journal,
• Strange Horizons,
• Uncanny Magazine.

Best Fanzine:

• Black Gate,
• Castalia House Blog,
• File 770,
• Lady Business,
• Superversive SF,
• Tangent Online.

Best Fancast:

• 8-4 Play,
• Cane and Rinse,
• Hello Greedo,
• The Rageaholic,
• Tales to Terrify.

Best Fan Writer:

• Douglas Ernst,
• Mike Glyer,
• Morgan Holmes,
• Jeffro Johnson,
• Shamus Young.

Best Fan Artist:

• Matthew Callahan,
• disse86,
• Kukuruyo,
• Christian Quinot,
• Steve Stiles.

John Campbell award for Best New Writer:

• Pierce Brown,
• Sebastien de Castell,
• Brian Niemeier,
• Andy Weir,
• Alyssa Wong