The Hugo nominations have just been released. You can find the complete list here. A few things to interest us antipodeans - well deserved nominations for Greg Egan and Shaun Tan. And also nominations for two stories in the New Space Opera collection co-edited by Gardner Dozois and Australia's Jonathan Strahan.

Of even more joy though is Jonathan's nomination in the Best Professional Editor Short Form category. To my reckoning this is the first time an Australian editor has ever been nominated for a Best Professional  Editor Hugo.  And it's a well-deserved nomination. Jonathan has done a lot of hard yards and on the way helped (probably) hundreds of authors he's published. The nomination is a real credit.