The nominees for the 2003 Hugo Awards have been released by Torcon 3, the 61st World Science Fiction Convention. Since the original anouncment, one short story nominee was replaced since it had been previously published in 2000. Also, David D. Levine's eligibility for the John W. Campbell Award has been corrected to first year.

Nominations for the Best Novel Category
(621 people submitted nominations for 219 novels)

• Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick (Eos)
• Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer (Analog 1-4/02; Tor)
• Kiln People by David Brin (Tor)
• The Scar by China Miéville (Macmillan; Del Rey)
• The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (Bantam)

• A Year in the Linear City by Paul Di Filippo (PS Publishing)
• "Breathmoss" by Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov’s 5/02)
• "Bronte’s Egg" by Richard Chwedyk (F&SF 8/02)
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)
• "In Spirit" by Pat Forde (Analog 9/02)
• "The Political Officer" by Charles Coleman Finlay (F&SF 4/02)

• "Halo" by Charles Stross (Asimov’s 6/02)
• "Madonna of the Maquiladora" by Gregory Frost (Asimov's 5/02)
• "Presence" by Maureen F. McHugh (F&SF 3/02)
• "Slow Life" by Michael Swanwick (Analog 12/02)
• "The Wild Girls" by Ursula K. Le Guin (Asimov’s 3/02)

• "A Gift of Verse" by John L. Flynn (Nexxus Fall 2002)
• "Creation" by Jeffrey Ford (F&SF 5/02)
• "Falling Onto Mars" by Geoffrey A. Landis (Analog 7-8/02)
• "‘Hello,’ Said the Stick" by Michael Swanwick (Analog 3/02)
• "Lambing Season" by Molly Gloss (Asimov's 7/02)
• "The Little Cat Laughed to See Such Sport" by Michael Swanwick (Asimov’s 10-11/02)

• The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction, Justine Larbalestier (Wesleyan University Press)
• Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril, Judith Merril and Emily Pohl-Weary (Between the Lines)
• Dragonhenge, Bob Eggleton and John Grant (Paper Tiger)
• Bradbury: An Illustrated Life, Jerry Weist (Morrow)
• Spectrum 9: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood Books)

• Star Trek: Enterprise, "A Night in Sickbay" (Paramount Television) Directed by David Straiton; Teleplay by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga
• Star Trek: Enterprise, "Carbon Creek" (Paramount Television) Directed by James Contner; Story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga and Dan O’Shannon; Teleplay by Chris Black
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Conversations With Dead People" (20th Century Fox Television/Mutant Enemy Inc.) Directed by Nick Marck; Teleplay by Jane Espenson & Drew Goddard
• Firefly, "Serenity" (20th Century Fox Television/Mutant Enemy Inc.) Directed by Joss Whedon; Teleplay by Joss Whedon
• Angel, "Waiting in the Wings" (20th Century Fox Television/Mutant Enemy Inc.) Directed by Joss Whedon; Teleplay by Joss Whedon

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Warner Bros.) Directed by Chris Columbus; Screenplay by Steve Kloves; based on the novel by J. K. Rowling
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (New Line Cinema) Directed by Peter Jackson; Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Phillippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson; based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Minority Report (20th Century Fox & DreamWorks SKG) Directed by Steven Spielberg; Screenplay by Scott Frank and Jon Cohen; based on the story by Philip K. Dick
• Spider-Man (Columbia Pictures) Directed by Sam Raimi; Screenplay by David Koepp; based on the comic book character created by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee
• Spirited Away (Studio Ghibli & Walt Disney Pictures) Directed by Hayao Miyazaki; Screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki (English version by Cindy Davis Hewitt and Donald H. Hewitt)

• Ellen Datlow
• Gardner Dozois
• David G. Hartwell
• Stanley Schmidt
• Gordon Van Gelder

• Jim Burns
• David A. Cherry
• Bob Eggleton
• Frank Kelly Freas
• Donato Giancola

• Ansible edited by Dave Langford
• Interzone edited by David Pringle
• Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Jennifer A. Hall, and Kirsten Gong-Wong
• The New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell & Kevin Maroney
• Speculations edited by Kent Brewster

• Challenger edited by Guy H. Lillian III
• Emerald City edited by Cheryl Morgan
• File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
• Mimosa edited by Rich and Nicki Lynch
• Plokta edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies & Mike Scott

• Bob Devney
• John L. Flynn
• Mike Glyer
• Dave Langford
• Steven H Silver

• Brad W. Foster
• Teddy Harvia
• Sue Mason
• Steve Stiles
• Frank Wu

Nominations for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (not a Hugo Award)
(259 nominations for 93 new writers)

• Charles Coleman Finlay (second year of eligibility)
• David D. Levine (first year of eligibility)
• Karin Lowachee (first year of eligibility)
• Wen Spencer (second year of eligibility)
• Ken Wharton (second year of eligibility)

761 nomination forms were received from members of ConJosé and Torcon 3. 738 nomination forms were valid. Jeffrey Copeland provided the software used to tally the nominations.

Ted Chiang respectfully declined his nomination for the Best Novelette category.

Updated April 21, 2003