Complex sentence: The most recent awards were presented in October 2008 at the Gaylaxicon science fiction convention in Washington, D.C., in October 2008, with Gin Hale and Joshua Lewis winning the awards for best novel and best short fiction respectively.
Split into simpler sentences: The most recent awards were presented in October 2008 at the Gaylaxicon science fiction convention in Washington, D.C., in October 2008. Among the 2008 award winers were Gin Hale and Joshua Lewis, winners of the award for best novel and best short fiction respectively.