Buffy The Vampire Slayer

August 29, 2003: Hugo Award Nomination Jane Espenson and Drew Goddard have been nominated for a Hugo Award in the category of Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for their Buffy the Vampire Slayer season seven episode, Conversations with Dead People. The ceremony will be held on Saturday night, August 30th at the 61st World Science Fiction Convention in Toronto, Canada. In addition to writing for the new Gilmore Girls episode, Jane is also working on a new short story for the next Tales of the Slayers collection.

And the winner is........

*Best Short Form Dramatic Presentation

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

The voting in the category was broken down to:

591 Ballots Counted

Conversations with Dead People (BTVS) 1st ballot - 187 2nd ballot - 211 3rd ballot - 211 4th ballot - 219 Final - 263

Serenity (Firefly) 1st - 144 2nd - 147 3rd - 151 4th - 163 Final - 200

A Night in Sickbay (Enterprise) 1st - 77 2nd - 81 3rd - 85 4th - 132

Carbon Creek (Enterprise) 1st - 73 2nd - 76 3rd - 78

No Award 1st - 71 2nd - 71

Waiting In The Wings (Angel) 1st - 39