The Hugo nominations have been announced and are online on the Aussiecon 4 web site.

SFContario would like to congratulate our Author Guest of Honour, Michael Swanwick, who received a nomination in the category of Best
Related Work for Hope in the Mist, a study of British author Hope Mirrlees. We would also like to congratulate Editor Guest of Honour
Patrick Nielsen Hayden, a nominee in the Best Editor, Long Form category.

Further congratulations go out to our Toastmaster, Robert J. Sawyer, who received a nomination for Best Novel for WWW:Wake.
Additional congratulations are due to Rob, as the pilot episode for the series FlashForward, “No More Good Days,” based on Rob’s novel
of the same name, was nominated for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.

Additionally, we’d also like to highlight nominations for other Toronto authors and fans:

Saturday March 13 is the final day for a couple of important things:

• Hugo nominations may be submitted until midnight Pacific time (3 AM Eastern time Sunday morning). You must be a supporting or attending member of Anticipation or Aussiecon to nominate for the Hugo awards, the most important awards in the field of science fiction.
• The Canadian Unity Fan Fund ballot is open until Saturday (presumably midnight Central time, or 1 AM Eastern time Sunday morning). Any Canadian may vote for the CUFF delegate, for a voting fee of only $5.

Quote of the day from Robert J. Sawyer: “I’ve voted, Diane, and I’m happy to publicly declare that I voted for you. You are one of the shining lights of Canadian fandom, and a wonderful ambassador for Eastern Canada.” Diane and her other friends are, I’m sure, grateful for Rob’s kind words about Diane.

We’re putting together a Hugo recommendation page, similar to the Aurora recommendation page we put up recently. If you’d like your suggestions to be included on our page, please contact Diane at program2010-at-sfcontario-dot-ca.