Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ graphic novel Saga, Vol. 1 won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, announced over the weekend at LoneStarCon 3 in San Antonio, Texas.  Other winners included The Avengers, Game of Thrones, and the novel Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas.
 
Saga, a science-fiction story of two star-crossed soldiers who fall in love despite being on opposite sides of an intergalactic war (and become fugitives when those in power find out the couple is pregnant), beat out fellow nominees Schlock Mercenary: Random Access Memorabilia by Howard Tayler and Travis Walton (Hypernode Media), Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW Publishing), Saucer Country, Vo. 1: Run by Paul Cornell, Ryan Kelly, Jimmy Broxton and Goran Sudžuka (Vertigo), and  Grandville Bête Noire by Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse, Jonathan Cape).
 
Saga, Vol. 1 was a triple winner at this year’s Eisner Awards (see "'Building Stories,' 'Saga,' 'Hawkeye' Come Up Big at the Eisners”).  It has also been nominated for seven Harvey Awards--which will be presented September 7th at the Baltimore Comic Con (see “'Saga' & 'Building Stories' Dominate Harvey Nominations”).
 
The Hugo Awards are presented by the World Science Fiction Society annually, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy.  They added the Best Graphic Story category in 2009 (see "Hugo Award for Graphic Novels").  Past winners include Kaja & Phil Foglio’s Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones (2009), Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm (2010), Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse (2011), and Ursula Vernon’s Digger (2012).
 
The Avengers, screenplay & directed by Joss Whedon (Marvel Studios, Disney, Paramount) beat out The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Looper, The Cabin in the Woods and The Hunger Games to win the Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation--Long Form. 
 
Game of Thrones episode "Blackwater," written by George R.R. Martin, directed by Neil Marshall, and created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (HBO) won for Best Dramaic Presentation, Short Form. 
 
Viz Media’s short story collection The Future is Japanese contained the winner for Best Short Story: "Mono no Aware" by Ken Liu.  
 
Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas, a multi-dimensional Star Trek parody by John Scalzi won the top prize for Best Novel.