Ladies and gentlemen! Gather around, for it’s that special time of year again! Your favourite award show is now announcing its 4th annual nominations! Tune back in this Wednesday (that’s right, two days from now!) for the winners! And don’t forget to cast your vote and have your say in the all-important category of Exemplary Human Being! This year’s Urchies: the best yet!
Book of the Year
Boneshepherds by Patrick Rosal
The Best American Travel Writing 2012 edited by William T. Vollmann
I Wonder as I Wander by Langston Hughes
Writer of the Year
Alison Bechdel
Annie Proulx
The Daily Show writing staff
Film of the Year
Argo
Tabu
The Hobbit
Screenplay of the Year
Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino
The Master by Paul Thomas Anderson
Silver Linings Playbook by David O. Russell
Best Performance by an Actress
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Performance by an Actor
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Musical Artist/Band of the Year
Of Monsters and Men
Big Sir
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs
Song of the Year
Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye feat. Kimbra
Daredevil – Fiona Apple
Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now – Justin Townes Earle
Briton of the Year
Mo Farrah, Olympian
Zadie Smith, author
Edward Goldsmith, founder of The Ecologist
Bookstore of the Year
Daunt Books, London
DIESEL, A Bookstore, Oakland
Tattered Cover, Denver
Best Restaurant
Lehka Hlava, Prague
Bati, Brooklyn
Ivar’s Acres of Clams, Seattle
Best Television Show
The Mindy Project
The Colbert Report
Portlandia
Urchin Travel Destination of the Year
Norway
Paris
British Colombia