The Hugo awards for 2002 have now been announced (an not in the place I thought they would be…). Neil Gaiman gets best novel for American Gods! Going to have to go & get that now!
Neil Gaiman himself writes about getting a hugo on his journal:
(Memo to self: even if you don’t think you’re going to win, write a speech. Otherwise you will wind up on the stage in front of several thousand people, finishing an impromptu speech with “Fuck, I got a Hugo.”)