Categories include novels and short fiction, artwork, dramatic presentations, and various professional and fandom activities.

[4][5] Other awards may be presented at Worldcon at the discretion of the individual convention committee.

[6] The 2010 Hugo Award statue base was designed by Nick Stathopoulos with laser etching by Lewis Morley and incorporating the Aussiecon 4 logo by Grant Gittus.

The members of Aussiecon 4 selected Chicago, Illinois, as the host city for the 70th World Science Fiction Convention, Chicon 7, to be held in 2012 in an uncontested election.

With only 526 ballots cast, this election had the lowest turnout since records began to be kept in 1974.