Winners of the 2019 Hugo Awards Announced

Winners of the Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1955 by the World Science Fiction Society, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, have been announced.

The winners were announced at the World Science Fiction Convention in Dublin, Ireland, on August 18 2019.

2019 Hugo Award Winners

Best Novel

• The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)

Best Novella

• Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)

Best Novelette

• “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again,” by Zen Cho (B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog)

Best Short Story

• “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies,” by Alix E Harrow (Apex Magazine, February 2018)

Best Related Work

• Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Best Graphic Story

• Monstress, Vol. 3: Haven, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image Comics)

Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form

• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman, directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman (Sony)

Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form

• The Good Place: “Janet(s),” written by Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan, directed by Morgan Sackett

Best Editor – Short Form

• Gardner Dozois

Best Editor – Long Form

• Navah Wolfe

Best Professional Artist

• Charles Vess

Best Semiprozine

• Uncanny Magazine, publishers/editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, managing editor Michi Trota, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky, Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue editors-in-chief Elsa Sjunneson-Henry and Dominik Parisien

Best Fanzine

• Lady Business, editors Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay, & Susan

Best Fancast

• Our Opinions Are Correct, hosted by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders

Best Fan Writer

• Foz Meadows

Best Fan Artist

• Likhain (Mia Sereno)

Best Series

• Wayfarers, by Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager)

Best Art Book

• The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, illustrated by Charles Vess, written by Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga Press)

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
Award for the best new book published for young adult readers. (Not a Hugo Award, but administered along with the Hugo Awards.)

• Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt)

John W Campbell Award for Best New Writer
Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer. (Not a Hugo Award, but administered along with the Hugo Awards.)

• Jeannette Ng (2nd year of eligibility)