"The 2055 Hugo Awards"

IN THE year 2055, the world will look somewhat different—and so will our genre. Competition #70 had readers look 50 years into the future to find the winners of the Hugo awards.

FIRST PLACE:
Best (Interactive) Fan:
Frodo Baggins (formerly Lucy Doe of New Philadelphia, before surgery)
—Meghan Davis
Philadelphia, PA

SECOND PLACE
Best Extraterrestrial Tell-All:
Earth Girls Really ARE Easy! by Jabunga of Blooon
—Joshua Gunter
Huntsville, TX

RUNNERS-UP
1) Best Edible File:
"The Dream-Cheese of Unknown Kadath" by The HPLOVECRAFTCOOKINGNETWORK-2
—Michael Canfield
Seattle, WA

2) Best Novel That Is Neither a Sequel nor the First Volume of a Projected Series and Which Does Not Feature Characters or Situations Licensed from Other Media:
WINNER:
[No works suitable for consideration were published]
—Doug Mayo-Wells
Somerville, MA

3) Best Virtual Book:
Harry Potter and the Social Security Crisis
—Thornton Kimes
San Francisco, CA

DISHONORABLE MENTION
Best Nonfiction (Unearthed Artifact):
THE DOORS OF HIS FACE, THE LAMPS OF HIS MOUTH: The Newly Found Correspondence between Frank Lloyd Wright and Nicola Tesla
—Harlan Ellison
Los Angeles, CA

F&SF COMPETITION #71

"It was a dark and ion-stormy night.…"

Example: It was a dark and ion-stormy night on Planet Rogaine. The cyber-wolves howled and the hyper-trees shook. Princess Diflucan told the guard to rotate the planet a little left of the storm so the cyber-wolves would direct their processes elsewhere. The guard, who loved her, obeyed with a sniffle.

Rules: Email entries to carol [a-t] cybrid [d-o-t] net. Be sure to include your contact information. Entries must be received by December 15, 2005. Judges are the editors of F&SF, and their decision is final. All entries become the property of F&SF.

Prizes: First prize will receive a signed limited edition copy of King Rat by China Miéville (published by Earthling Publications). Second prize will receive advance reading copies of three forthcoming novels. Any runners-up will receive one-year subscriptions to F&SF. Results of competition #71 will appear in the May 2006 issue.