- Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (under 75 minutes)
- Doctor Who, "The Next Doctor"; Written by Russell T Davies; Directed by Andy Goddard (BBC Wales)
- Doctor Who, "Planet of the Dead"; Written by Russell T Davies & Gareth Roberts; Directed by James Strong (BBC Wales)
- Doctor Who, "Waters of Mars"; Written by Russell T Davies & Phil Ford; Directed by Graeme Harper (BBC Wales)
- Dollhouse, "Epitaph 1"; Story by Joss Whedon; Written by Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon; Directed by David Solomon (Mutant Enemy)
- Flash Forward, "No More Good Days"; Written by Brannon Braga & David S. Goyer; Directed by David S. Goyer (ABC)
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (75 minutes and up)
- Avatar; Screenplay and Directed by James Cameron (Twentieth Century Fox)
- District 9; Screenplay by Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell; Directed by Neill Blomkamp
- Moon; Screenplay by Nathan Parker; Story & Directed by Duncan Jones (Liberty Films)
- Star Trek; Screenplay by Robert Orci & Alex Kurtzman; Directed by J.J. Abrams (Paramount)
- Up; Story by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter & Thomas McCarthy; Screenplay and Co-Directed by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter (Disney/Pixar)
- Best Short Story (under 7,500 words):
- N.K. Jemisin, "Non-Zero Probabilities" (Clarkesworld 36 (9/09))
- Kij Johnson, "Spar" (Clarkesworld 37 (10/09))
- Will McIntosh, "Bridesicle" (Asimov’s 1/09)
- Mike Resnick, "The Bride of Frankenstein" (Asimov's 12/09)
- Lawrence M. Schoen, "The Moment" (Footprints)
- Best Novelette (7,500–17,500 words)
- Paul Cornell, "One of Our Bastards Is Missing" (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three)
- Eugie Foster, "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" (Interzone 2/09)
- Nicola Griffith, "It Takes Two" (Eclipse Three)
- Charles Stross, “Overtime” (Tor.com 12/09)
- Rachel Swirsky, "Eros, Philia, Agape" (Tor.com 3/09)
- Peter Watts, "The Island" (The New Space Opera 2)
- Best Novella (17,500–40,000 words)
- Kage Baker, The Women of Nell Gwynne's
- Nancy Kress, "Act One" (Asimov's 3/09)
- Ian McDonald, "Vishnu at the Cat Circus" (Cyberabad Days)
- James Morrow, Shambling Towards Hiroshima
- John Scalzi, The God Engines
- Charles Stross, "Palimpsest" (Wireless)
- Best Novel (over 40,000 words)
- Paolo Bacigalupi, The Windup Girl
- China Miéville, The City & The City
- Cherie Priest, Boneshaker
- Robert J. Sawyer, Wake
- Catherynne M. Valente, Palimpsest
- Robert Charles Wilson, Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America
- John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (officially, not a Hugo; for all practical purposes, a Hugo)
- Saladin Ahmed
- Gail Carriger
- Felix Gilman
- Seanan McGuire
- Lezli Robyn
Congratulations to all of the nominees. Once again this year, I'm neither a voter nor a nominator for these awards due to the WSFS's antiquated mechanisms and "qualifications." I also thoroughly expect — indeed, virtually know — that my personal preferences won't be reflected in the final voting. But it really is an honor to be nominated... and this year I see only three substantively inappropriate works nominated out of thirty-eight nominations, which is pretty damned good for a popular-vote award (hell, it's pretty damned good for a juried award — just look at last year's Pulitzers).