At last night's Hugo Awards the Game of Thrones episode The Rains of Castamere edged out the Doctor Who anniversary episode The Day Of The Doctor as well as Orphan Black's Variation Under Domestication, Adventures in Space and Time, and the Five(ish) Doctors Reboot to win the award in the Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form category.
The Hugo awards, awarded every year since 1955, are given for excellence in science fiction and fantasy. Past winners include Richard Donner's Superman and Terminator 2.
The hotly anticipated fifth season of Game of Thrones is due to air some time in April of 2015.