2011 Seiun Award Winners

Winners of the 2011 Seiun Awards, the Japanese equivalent to the Hugos, were announced at Donbura Con L, the 50th Japanese Science Fiction Convention, Sept 3-4, 2011.

• Japanese Novel: Kyonen wa Ii Toshi ni Narudarou (Last Year Was Probably a Good Year), Yamamoto Hiroshi
• Japanese Short Story: “Arisuma-oo no Aishita Mamono” (“King Arisuma’s Beloved Demon”), Ogawa Issui
• Foreign Novel: Eifelheim, Michael Flynn
• Foreign Short Story: “Carry the Moon in My Pocket”, James Lovegrove
• Media: District 9
• Comics: Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (Fullmetal Alchemist), Arakawa Hiromu
• Art: Naoyuki Katou
• Non-fiction: Sa wa saiensu no sa (Sa is for Science), Tsukasa Shikano
• Open category: Hayabusa (MUSES-C) space probe