SciFi Channel and ABC won the praise of Hugo voters this week, after it was announced the programs from these stations are up for the coveted World Science Fiction Society awards to be given out in Glasgow, Scotland in August.

SciFi got two nominations in the Best Dramatic Presentation-Short Form category with the two-part episode "Heroes" from "Stargate SG-1." Also getting a nod was the first season premiere of "Battlestar Galactica," called "33," which kicked off the successful series on Sky One in the United Kingdom, and Space in Canada.

But ABC wasn't going to be left out. The pilot episode of the J.J. Abrams series "Lost" will compete with "SG-1" and "Battlestar." However, the biggest winner had to be the cancelled series "Angel," which scored two nominations in the Short Form category for the episodes "Not Fade Away" and "Smile Time."

"Heroes" was written by Robert C. Cooper and directed by Andy Mikita. "33" was written by Ronald D. Moore and directed by Michael Rymer. "Not Fade Away" was written by Jeffrey Bell and Joss Whedon, and directed by Bell. "Smile Time" was based on a story by Whedon and Ben Edlund, with a teleplay and direction by Edlund. "Lost's" pilot episode was based on a story by Jeffrey Lieber, Abrams and Damon Lindeloff. The script was by Abrams and Lindeloff, and it was directed by Abrams.

Other visual nods went to some of the movies that came out in 2004 in the Best Dramatic Presentation-Long Form. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" will take on "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "The Incredibles," "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" and "Spider-Man 2."

"Eternal Sunshine" was based on a story by Charlie Kaufman, Michael Gondry and Pierre Bismuth. Screenplay was by Kaufman, with direction by Gondry. "Prisoner of Azkaban" was written by Steve Kloves based on the novel by J.K. Rowling. It was directed by Alfonso Cuaron. "The Incredibles" was written and directed by Brad Bird. "Sky Captain" was written and directed by Kerry Conran. "Spider-Man 2" was based on a screen story by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and Michael Chabon. Screenplay was by Alvin Sargent, based on the comic book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. It was directed by Sam Raimi.

The awards, which are given out at WorldCon each year, was named in honor of writer, publisher and inventor Hugo Gernsback. Voting is open to all adults attention and supporting Interaction, the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention, which will he held in Glasgow in early August. Winners will be announced Aug. 7.

"Stargate SG-1" airs Fridays at 8 p.m. ET on SciFi Channel. "Battlestar Galactica" airs Fridays at 10 p.m. on SciFi. "Lost" airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.