Dansul Dragonilor, al cincelea volum din seria fantasy Cântec de Gheaţă şi Foc scrisă de George R.R. Martin, a fost nominalizat la premiul Hugo la categoria cel mai bun roman.

Iată şi celelalte nominalizări:

BEST NOVEL
Leviathan Wakes, James S.A. Corey
Deadline, Mira Grant
Embassytown, China Miéville
Among Others, Jo Walton

BEST NOVELLA
The Ice Owl, Carolyn Ives Gilman (F&SF 11-12/11)
Countdown, Mira Grant (Orbit Short Fiction)
The Man Who Bridged the Mist, Kij Johnson (Asimov’s 10-11/11)
Kiss Me Twice, Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s 6/11)
The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary, Ken Liu (Panverse Three)
Silently and Very Fast, Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA)

BEST NOVELETTE
Six Months, Three Days, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com 6/8/11)
The Copenhagen Interpretation, Paul Cornell (Asimov’s 7/11)
What We Found, Geoff Ryman (F&SF 9-10/11)
Fields of Gold, Rachel Swirsky (Eclipse Four)
Ray of Light, Brad R. Torgersen (Analog 12/11)

BEST SHORT STORY
Movement, Nancy Fulda (Asimov’s 3/11)
The Paper Menagerie, Ken Liu (F&SF 3-4/11)
The Homecoming, Mike Resnick (Asimov’s 4-5/11)
Shadow War of the Night Dragons, Book One: The Dead City (Prologue), John Scalzi (Tor.com 4/1/11)
The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees, E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld 4/11)

BEST RELATED WORK
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition, John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls & Graham Sleight, eds. (Gollancz)
Jar Jar Binks Must Die… and Other Observations about Science Fiction Movies, Daniel M. Kimmel (Fantastic Books)
Wicked Girls, Seanan McGuire
Writing Excuses, Season 6, Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Howard Tayler, Mary Robinette Kowal, & Jordan Sanderson
The Steampunk Bible, Jeff VanderMeer & S.J. Chambers (Abrams)

BEST GRAPHIC STORY
The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Leviathan, Mike Carey, art by Peter Gross (Vertigo)
Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys To The Kingdom, Joe Hill, art by Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW Publishing)
Schlock Mercenary: Force Multiplication, Howard Tayler, colors by Travis Walton (www.schlockmercenary.com)
Digger, Ursula Vernon (www.diggercomic.com)
Fables, Vol. 15: Rose Red, Bill Willingham & Mark Buckingham (Vertigo)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION – LONG
Captain America: The First Avenger
Game of Thrones: Season 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Source Code

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION – SHORT
Community: Remedial Chaos Theory
The Drink Tank’s Hugo Acceptance Speech, Christopher J Garcia & James Bacon (Renovation)
Doctor Who: The Doctor’s Wife
Doctor Who: The Girl Who Waited
Doctor Who: A Good Man Goes to War

BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR LONG FORM
Lou Anders
Liz Gorinsky
Anne Lesley Groell
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Betsy Wollheim

BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR SHORT FORM
John Joseph Adams
Neil Clarke
Stanley Schmidt
Jonathan Strahan
Sheila Williams

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
Daniel Dos Santos
Bob Eggleton
Michael Komarck
Stephan Martiniere
John Picacio

BEST SEMIPROZINE
Apex Magazine
Interzone
Lightspeed
Locus
The New York Review of Science Fiction

BEST FANZINE
Banana Wings
The Drink Tank
File 770
Journey Planet
SF Signal

BEST FANCAST
The Coode Street Podcast
Galactic Suburbia Podcast
SF Signal Podcast
SF Squeecast
StarShipSofa

BEST FAN WRITER
James Bacon
Claire Brialey
Christopher J Garcia
Jim C. Hines
Steven H Silver

BEST FAN ARTIST
Brad W. Foster
Randall Munroe
Spring Schoenhuth
Maurine Starkey
Steve Stiles
Taral WayNe

Ceremonia de premiere va avea loc pe 2 sembembrie 2012, în cadrul convenţiei Chicon 7, cea de-a şaptezecea convenţie mondială (Worldcon), care va avea loc la Chicago (Illinois), între 30 august şi 3 septembrie 2012.