Winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards Announced

The winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1953 by the World Science Fiction Society, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, have been announced.

 

The 2026 Hugo Awards were presented at a ceremony during LACon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention, on August 30 2025 in Anaheim, USA.

Best Novel

• The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK)

Best Novella

• The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom; Arcadia UK)

Best Novelette

• “Never Eaten Vegetables” by HH Pak (Clarkesworld, Issue 220)

Best Short Story

• “In My Country” by Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld, Issue 223)

Best Series

• Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (Tor US; Tor UK)

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel, written by Ursula K Le Guin, adapted and illustrated by Fred Fordham (Clarion Books; Walker UK)

Best Related Work

• Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer (University of Chicago Press US, Head of Zeus UK)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Sinners, screenplay by Ryan Coogler, directed by Ryan Coogler (Proximity Media, Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• Murderbot: “All Systems Red,” written by Paul Weitz & Chris Weitz, directed by Roseanne Liang, based on the book All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Apple TV)

Best Game or Interactive Work

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, developed by Sandfall Interactive, published by Kepler Interactive

Best Editor, Short Form

• Neil Clarke

Best Editor, Long Form

• Diana M Pho

Best Professional Artist

• John Picacio

Best Semiprozine

• Uncanny Magazine, publisher and editor-in-chief: Michael Damian Thomas; managing editor Monte Lin; poetry editor Betsy Aoki, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

Best Fanzine

• nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer; senior editors Joe Sherry, G Brown, Vance Kotrla

Best Fancast

• Hugo, Girl!, presented by Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson, and Kevin Anderson

Best Fan Writer

• Jason Sanford

Best Fan Artist

• Yuumei

Best Poem

• “Hex Supply Customer Support Log” by Elis Montgomery (Strange Horizons, Issue 25 August 2025)

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

• Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by CB Lee (Feiwel & Friends)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (sponsored by Dell Magazines)

• Antonia Hodgson (1st year of eligibility)

Finalists for the 2026 Hugo Awards Announced

The finalists for the 2026 Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1953 by the World Science Fiction Society, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, have been announced.

 

The 2026 Hugo Awards are scheduled to be presented at a ceremony during LACon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention, on August 30 2025 in Anaheim, USA.

Best Novel

• A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape)
• Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow; Gollancz)
• Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US)
• The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK)
• The Incandescent by Emily Tesh (Tor US; Orbit UK)
• The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (Orbit US; Hodderscape)

Best Novella

• Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz (Tordotcom)
• Cinder House by Freya Marske (Tordotcom; Tor UK)
• Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite (Tordotcom)
• The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom; Arcadia UK)
• The Summer War by Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK)
• What Stalks the Deep by T Kingfisher (Nightfire; Titan UK)

Best Novelette

• “Kaiju Agonistes” by Scott Lynch (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 62)
• “Never Eaten Vegetables” by HH Pak (Clarkesworld, Issue 220)
• “Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy” by Martha Wells (Reactor, July 10, 2025)
• “The Girl That My Mother Is Leaving Me For” by Cameron Reed (Reactor, April 2, 2025)
• “The Millay Illusion” by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 67)
• “When He Calls Your Name” by Catherynne M Valente (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 65)

Best Short Story

• “10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days” by Samantha Mills (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 63)
• “In My Country” by Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld, Issue 223)
• “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by Effie Seiberg (Diabolical Plots, May 16, 2025)
• “Missing Helen” by Tia Tashiro (Clarkesworld, Issue 226)
• “Six People to Revise You” by JR Dawson (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 62)
• “Wire Mother” by Isabel J Kim (Clarkesworld, Issue 229)

Best Series

• Emily Wilde by Heather Fawcett (Del Rey US; Orbit UK)
• October Daye by Seanan McGuire (Tor US; DAW)
• Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (Tor US; Tor UK)
• The Chronicles of Osreth by Katherine Addison (Tor US; Solaris UK; Subterranean)
• The Craft Wars by Max Gladstone (Tor; Tordotcom)
• White Space by Elizabeth Bear (Saga Press; Gollancz)

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Last Amazon, written by Kelly Thompson, art by Hayden Sherman and Mattia de Iulis, colouring by Jordie Bellaire, lettering by Becca Carey (DC Comics)
• A Girl and Her Fed, written by KB Spangler, art by Ale Presser (www.agirlandherfed.com)
• A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel, written by Ursula K Le Guin, adapted and illustrated by Fred Fordham (Clarion Books; Walker UK)
• The Invisible Parade by Leigh Bardugo and John Picacio (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Orion UK)
• The Power Fantasy Volume 1: The Superpowers, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Caspar Wijngaard, lettering by Clayton Cowles (Image Comics)
• The Space Cat, written by Nnedi Okorafor, art by Tana Ford (First Second)

Best Related Work

• Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction by Paul Kincaid (Briardene Books)
• Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer (University of Chicago Press US, Head of Zeus UK)
• Last War in Albion: “The Cuddled Little Vice (Sandman)” by Elizabeth Sandifer (Eruditorum Press)
• Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E Butler by Susana M. Morris (Amistad)
• “Ragnarök vs the Long Night” by Ashaya and Aziz (History of Westeros Podcast, August 10, 2025)
• The Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom, maintained by Renay (Google Spreadsheet)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Andor (Season 2), written by Tom Bissell, Dan Gilroy, Tony Gilroy, and Beau Willimon, directed by Ariel Kleiman, Janus Metz, Alonso Ruizpalacios (Disney+)
• Frankenstein, screenplay by Guillermo del Toro, directed by Guillermo del Toro (Netflix)
• KPop Demon Hunters, screenplay by Danya Jimenez & Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans; directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans (Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix)
• Mickey 17, screenplay by Bong Joon Ho, directed by Bong Joon Ho (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Sinners, screenplay by Ryan Coogler, directed by Ryan Coogler (Proximity Media, Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Superman, screenplay by James Gunn, directed by James Gunn (DC Studios)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• Doctor Who: “The Story & the Engine,” written by Inua Ellams, directed by Makalla McPherson (BBC One, Disney +)
• Murderbot: “All Systems Red,” written by Paul Weitz & Chris Weitz, directed by Roseanne Liang, based on the book All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Apple TV)
• Murderbot: “The Perimeter,” written by Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz, directed by Paul Weitz, based on the book All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Apple TV)
• Pluribus: “We Is Us,” written and directed by Vince Gilligan (Apple TV)
• Severance: “Cold Harbor,” written by Dan Erickson, directed by Ben Stiller (Apple TV)
• The Wheel of Time: “The Road to the Spear,” written by Rafe Lee Judkins, directed by Thomas Napper, based on the series The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (Amazon Prime Video)

Best Game or Interactive Work

• Blue Prince, developed by Dogubomb, published by Raw Fury
• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, developed by Jump Over the Age, published by Fellow Traveller
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, developed by Sandfall Interactive, published by Kepler Interactive
• Dispatch, developed and published by AdHoc Studio
• Hades II, developed and published by Supergiant Games
• Hollow Knight: Silksong, developed and published by Team Cherry

Best Editor, Short Form

• Scott H Andrews
• Jennifer Brozek
• Neil Clarke
• Lee Harris
• Michael Damian Thomas
• Sheila Williams

Best Editor, Long Form

• Carl Engle-Laird
• Jaymee Goh
• Lee Harris
• Jenni Hill
• Joe Monti
• Diana M Pho

Best Professional Artist

• Lulu Chen
• Kelly Chong
• Dave Kellett
• Tran Nguyen
• John Picacio
• Tom Roberts

Best Semiprozine

• Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and Valerie Valdes, assistant editors Kevin Wabaunsee and Phoebe Barton, hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart, producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht, and the entire Escape Pod team
• khōréō magazine, by team khōréō (publisher Aleksandra Hill; editor-in-chief Zhui Ning Chang; editors Kanika Agrawal, Isabella Kestermann, Danai Christopoulou; audio Lian Xia Rose, Jenelle DeCosta, Grayson Norman, Aaron Kling, EB; marketing ML Krishnan, Ashley Thompson; art Ambi Sun; copyeditors Jeané Ridges, Eleanor Glewwe, Derek Yen, Ariya Bandy; proofreader Cyrus Chin; first readers Adialyz Del Valle Berríos, Sanjna Bhartiya, Kelsey Costa, Merulai Femi, AR Frederiksen, Yuvashri Harish, Zohar Jacobs, Lynn D Jung, Phoebe Low, Katie McIvor, Adil Mian, Katarzyna Nowacka, AW Prihandita, Helena Ramsaroop, Jin Hui Saw, Aditya Sundararajan, Sophia Uy, Madeleine Vigneron, Aaron Voigt, KS Walker, Akilah White, MJ Woods, Kelsea Yu, Lilia Zhang, Tina Zhu)
• On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic, published by the Copper Pig Writers’ Society; managing editor/art director Diane L Walton; poetry editors Colleen Anderson and Bob Stallworthy; fiction editors Barb Galler-Smith, Ann Marston, Virginia O’Dine, Constantine Kaoukakis, Susan MacGregor, Alyssa Kulchisky, Amanda Wells, Ashley Alton, Lorina Stephens, Lareina Abbott, Matthew Stobie Jackman, Cheryl Merkel, Dan Gyoba, Ethan Zou, Jade Mah-Vierling, Jessica Zdril, Kathleen Phul, Krystle McGrath, Thomas Schwarz, and William Thompson; interviewers Roberta Laurie and Cat McDonald; proofreaders Ashlin McCartney, Isaac Calon, and Mya Colwell
• Strange Horizons, by the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective
• The Deadlands, publisher Sean Markey, editor-in-chief E Catherine Tobler, poetry editor Nicasio Andres Reed, nonfiction editor David Gilmore, necromancer Amanda Downum, art director Cory Skerry, copy editors Laura Blackwell and Annika Barranti Klein, proofreader Josephine Stewart, designer Christine M Scott, and social media skeleton Felicia Martínez
• Uncanny Magazine, publisher and editor-in-chief: Michael Damian Thomas; managing editor Monte Lin; poetry editor Betsy Aoki, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

Best Fanzine

• Ancillary Review of Books, editors Jake Casella Brookins, Misha Grifka Wander, Bianca Skrinyár, Zachary Gillan, Cynthia Zhang, Lyz Bush-Peel
• An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, editors Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk
• Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice L Newman, staff David Levinson, Jessica Dickinson Goodman, Tam Phan, Andi Dukleth
• Intergalactic Mixtape, edited by Renay
• Journey Planet, edited by Allison Hartman Adams, Jean Martin, Steven H Silver, Christopher J Garcia, James Bacon
• nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer; senior editors Joe Sherry, G Brown, Vance Kotrla

Best Fancast

• A Meal of Thorns, presented by Jake Casella Brookins
• Eating the Fantastic, hosted by Scott Edelman
• Hugo, Girl!, presented by Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson, and Kevin Anderson
• Octothorpe, presented by John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty
• The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K Wolfe
• Worldbuilding for Masochists, presented by Marshall Ryan Maresca, Cass Morris, and Natania Barron

Best Fan Writer

• Jay Brantner for “Tar Vol”
• Alex Brown
• James Davis Nicoll
• Roseanna Pendlebury
• Jason Sanford
• Örjan Westin

Best Fan Artist

• Terri Ash
• Geneva Bowers
• Sara Felix
• Richard Man
• España Sheriff
• Yuumei

Best Poem

• “Care for Lightning” by Mari Ness (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 62)
• “Hex Supply Customer Support Log” by Elis Montgomery (Strange Horizons, Issue 25 August 2025)
• “How to Become a Sea Witch” by Theodora Goss (The Orange & Bee, Issue 5)
• “Landing: Seattle” by Brandon O’Brien (Seattle Worldcon 2025 Opening Ceremony)
• “The Mourning Robot” by Angela Liu (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 66)
• “The World to Come” by Jennifer Hudak (Strange Horizons, Issue 22 December 2025)

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

• Among Ghosts by Rachel Hartman (Random House Books for Young Readers)
• Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by CB Lee (Feiwel & Friends)
• Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen (Henry Holt; Hodderscape UK)
• Oathbound by Tracy Deonn (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press)
• They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran (Bloomsbury US; Bloomsbury UK)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (sponsored by Dell Magazines)

• Sophie Burnham (2nd year of eligibility)
• Kamilah Cole (2nd year of eligibility)
• Antonia Hodgson (1st year of eligibility)
• Molly O’Neill (1st year of eligibility)
• HH Pak (2nd year of eligibility)
• Jared Pechaček (2nd year of eligibility)

Winners Of The 2025 Hugo Awards Announced

The winners of the 2025 Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1953 by the World Science Fiction Society, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, have been announced.

 

The 2025 Hugo Awards were presented at a ceremony during Seattle WorldCon 2025, the 83rd World Science Fiction Convention, on August 16 2025 in Seattle, USA.

Best Novel

• The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey, Hodderscape UK)

Best Novella

• The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler (Tordotcom)

Best Novelette

• “The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea” by Naomi Kritzer (Asimov’s, September/October 2024)

Best Short Story

• “Stitched to Skin Like Family Is” by Nghi Vo (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 57)

Best Series

• Between Earth and Sky by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga Press)

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way written by Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio (IDW Publishing)

Best Related Work

• Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right by Jordan S Carroll (University of Minnesota Press)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Dune: Part Two, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, directed by Denis Villeneuve (Legendary Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• Star Trek: Lower Decks: “The New Next Generation” created and written by Mike McMahan, based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Megan Lloyd (CBS Eye Animation Productions for Paramount+)

Best Game or Interactive Work

• Caves of Qud, co-creators Brian Bucklew and Jason Grinblat; contributors Nick DeCapua, Corey Frang, Craig Hamilton, Autumn McDonell, Bastia Rosen, Caelyn Sandel, Samuel Wilson (Freehold Games); sound design A Shell in the Pit; publisher Kitfox Games

Best Editor Short Form

• Neil Clarke

Best Editor Long Form

• Diana M Pho

Best Professional Artist

• Alyssa Winans

Best Semiprozine

• Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief: Lynne M Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing editor Monte Lin; poetry editor Betsy Aoki, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

Best Fanzine

• Black Nerd Problems, editors William Evans and Omar Holmon

Best Fancast

• Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones, presented by Emily Tesh and Rebecca Fraimow

Best Fan Writer

• Abigail Nussbaum

Best Fan Artist

• Sara Felix

Best Poem

• “A War of Words” by Marie Brennan (Strange Horizons, September 2024

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

• Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (sponsored by Dell Magazines)

• Moniquill Blackgoose (2nd year of eligibility)

Finalists for the 2025 Hugo Awards Announced

The finalists for the 2025 Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1953 by the World Science Fiction Society, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, have been announced.

 

The 2025 Hugo Awards are scheduled to be presented at a ceremony during Seattle WorldCon 2025, the 83rd World Science Fiction Convention, on August 16 2025 in Seattle, USA.

Best Novel

• Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit US, Tor UK)
• The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (Avid Reader Press, Sceptre)
• Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tordotcom)
• Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell (DAW)
• A Sorceress Comes to Call by T Kingfisher (Tor)
• The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey, Hodderscape UK)

Best Novella

• The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
• The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed (Tordotcom)
• Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard (Tordotcom)
• The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar (Tordotcom)
• The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler (Tordotcom)
• What Feasts at Night by T Kingfisher (Nightfire)

Best Novelette

• “The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video” by Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld, May 2024)
• “By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars” by Premee Mohamed (Strange Horizons, Fund Drive 2024)
• “The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea” by Naomi Kritzer (Asimov’s, September/October 2024)
• “Lake of Souls” by Ann Leckie in Lake of Souls (Orbit)
• “Loneliness Universe” by Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 58)
• “Signs of Life” by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 59)

Best Short Story

• “Five Views of the Planet Tartarus” by Rachael K Jones (Lightspeed Magazine, Jan 2024 (Issue 164))
• “Marginalia” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 56)
• “Stitched to Skin Like Family Is” by Nghi Vo (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 57)
• “Three Faces of a Beheading” by Arkady Martine (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 58)
• “We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” by Caroline M Yoachim (Lightspeed Magazine, May 2024 (Issue 168))
• “Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole” by Isabel J Kim (Clarkesworld, February 2024)

Best Series

• Between Earth and Sky by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga Press)
• The Burning Kingdoms by Tasha Suri (Orbit)
• InCryptid by Seanan McGuire (DAW)
• Southern Reach by Jeff VanderMeer (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
• The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books)
• The Tyrant Philosophers by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Ad Astra)

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag (Graphix)
• The Hunger and the Dusk: Vol. 1 written by G Willow Wilson, art by Chris Wildgoose (IDW Publishing)
• Monstress, Vol. 9: The Possessed written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image)
• My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Book 2 by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
• Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way written by Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio (IDW Publishing)
• We Called Them Giants written by Kieron Gillen, art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles (Image)

Best Related Work

• “Charting the Cliff: An Investigation into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics” by Camestros Felapton and Heather Rose Jones (File 770, February 22, 2024)
• r/Fantasy’s 2024 Bingo Reading Challenge (r/Fantasy on Reddit), presented by the r/Fantasy Bingo team: Alexandra Forrest (happy_book_bee), Lisa Richardson, Amanda E. (Lyrrael), Arka (RuinEleint), Ashley Rollins (oboist73), Christine Sandquist (eriophora), David H. (FarragutCircle), Diana Hufnagl, Pia Matei (Dianthaa), Dylan H. (RAAAImmaSunGod), Dylan Kilby (an_altar_of_plagues), Elsa (ullsi), Emma Surridge (PlantLady32), Gillian Gray (thequeensownfool), Kahlia (cubansombrero), Kevin James, Kopratic, Kristina (Cassandra_sanguine), Lauren Mulcahy (Valkhyrie), Megan, Megan Creemers (Megan_Dawn), Melissa S. (wishforagiraffe), Mike De Palatis (MikeOfThePalace), Para (improperly_paranoid), Sham, The_Real_JS, Abdellah L. (messi1045), AnnTickwittee, Chad Z. (shift_shaper), Emma Smiley (Merle), Rebecca (toughschmidt22), smartflutist661
• “The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel” by Jenny Nicholson (YouTube)
• Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right by Jordan S. Carroll (University of Minnesota Press)
• Track Changes by Abigail Nussbaum (Briardene Books)
• “The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion” by Chris M. Barkley and Jason Sanford (Genre Grapevine and File770, February 14, 2024)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Dune: Part Two, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, directed by Denis Villeneuve (Legendary Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Flow, screenplay by Gints Zilbalodis and Matīss Kaža, directed by Gints Zilbalodis (Dream Well Studio)
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, screenplay by George Miller and Nick Lathouris, directed by George Miller (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• I Saw the TV Glow, screenplay by Jane Schoenbrun, directed by Jane Schoenbrun (Fruit Tree / Smudge Films / A24)
• Wicked, screenplay by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, directed by Jon M. Chu (Universal Pictures)
• The Wild Robot, screenplay by Chris Sanders and Peter Brown, directed by Chris Sanders (DreamWorks Animation)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• Fallout: “The Beginning” written by Gursimran Sandhu, directed by Wayne Che Yip (Amazon Prime Video)
• Agatha All Along: “Death’s Hand in Mine” written by Gia King & Cameron Squires, directed by Jac Schaeffer (Marvel, Disney+)
• Doctor Who: “Dot and Bubble” written by Russell T Davies, directed by Dylan Holmes Williams (BBC, Disney+)
• Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Fissure Quest” created by Mike McMahan and written by Lauren McGuire based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Brandon Williams (CBS Eye Animation Productions for Paramount+)
• Star Trek: Lower Decks: “The New Next Generation” created and written by Mike McMahan, based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Megan Lloyd (CBS Eye Animation Productions for Paramount+)
• Doctor Who: “73 Yards” written by Russell T Davies, directed by Dylan Holmes Williams (BBC, Disney+)

Best Game or Interactive Work

• Caves of Qud, co-creators Brian Bucklew and Jason Grinblat; contributors Nick DeCapua, Corey Frang, Craig Hamilton, Autumn McDonell, Bastia Rosen, Caelyn Sandel, Samuel Wilson (Freehold Games); sound design A Shell in the Pit; publisher Kitfox Games
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard produced by BioWare
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom produced by Nintendo
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes produced by Simogo
• Tactical Breach Wizards developed by Suspicious Developments
• 1000xRESIST developed by sunset visitor 斜陽過客, published by Fellow Traveller

Best Editor Short Form

• Scott H Andrews
• Jennifer Brozek
• Neil Clarke
• Jonathan Strahan
• Lynne M Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
• Sheila Williams

Best Editor Long Form

• Carl Engle-Laird
• Ali Fisher
• Lee Harris
• David Thomas Moore
• Diana M Pho
• Stephanie Stein

Best Professional Artist

• Micaela Alcaino
• Audrey Benjaminsen
• Rovina Cai
• Maurizio Manzieri
• Tran Nguyen
• Alyssa Winans

Best Semiprozine

• The Deadlands, publisher Sean Markey; editors E. Catherine Tobler, Nicasio Andres Reed, David Gilmore, Laura Blackwell, Annika Barranti Klein; proofreader Josephine Stewart; columnist Amanda Downum; art and design Cory Skerry, Christine M. Scott; social media Felicia Martínez; assistant Shana Du Bois.
• Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and Valerie Valdes, assistant editors Premee Mohamed and Kevin Wabaunsee, hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart, producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht; and the entire Escape Pod team
• FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, publisher and executive editor DaVaun Sanders, poetry editor B. Sharise Moore, art director Christian Ivey, acquiring editors Rebecca McGee, Kerine Wint, Egbiameje Omole, Emmalia Harrington, Genine Tyson, Tonya R. Moore, sponsor coordinator Nelson Rolon
• khōréō, produced by Zhui Ning Chang, Aleksandra Hill, Danai Christopoulou, Isabella Kestermann, Kanika Agrawal, Sachiko Ragosta, Lian Xia Rose, Jenelle DeCosta, Melissa Ren, Elaine Ho, Ambi Sun, Cyrus Chin, Nivair H. Gabriel, Jeané Ridges, Lilivette Domínguez, Isaree Thatchaichawalit, Jei D. Marcade, M. L. Krishnan, Ysabella Maglanque, Aaron Voigt, Adialyz Del Valle Berríos, Adil Mian, Akilah White, Alexandra Millatmal, Anselma Widha Prihandita, E. Broderick, K. S. Walker, Katarzyna Nowacka, Katie McIvor, Kelsea Yu, Lynn D. Jung, Madeleine Vigneron, Marie Croke, Merulai Femi, Phoebe Low, S. R. Westvik, Sanjna Bhartiya, Sara Messenger, Sophia Uy, Tina Zhu, Yuvashri Harish, Zohar Jacobs
• Strange Horizons, by the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective
• Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing editor Monte Lin; poetry editor Betsy Aoki, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

Best Fanzine

• Ancillary Review of Books, editors Jake Casella Brookins, Zachary Gillan, Lane Gillespie, Misha Grifka Wander, Gareth A. Reeves, Bianca Skrinyár, Cynthia Zhang
• Black Nerd Problems, editors William Evans and Omar Holmon
• The Full Lid, written by Alasdair Stuart and edited by Marguerite Kenner
• Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice L. Newman, associate writers Cora Buhlert, Jessica Holmes, Kerrie Dougherty, Kris Vyas-Myall, and Natalie Devitt, and the rest of the Journey team
• Journey Planet, edited by Allison Hartman Adams, Amanda Wakaruk, Ann Gry, Jean Martin, Sara Felix, Sarah Gulde, Chuck Serface, David Ferguson, Olav Rokne, Paul Weimer, Steven H Silver, Christopher J. Garcia and James Bacon
• Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, editors Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk

Best Fancast

• The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe, producer Jonathan Strahan
• Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones, presented by Emily Tesh and Rebecca Fraimow
• Hugo, Girl!, presented by Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson, and Kevin Anderson
• Hugos There, presented by Seth Heasley
• A Meal of Thorns, presented by Jake Casella Brookins
• Worldbuilding for Masochists, presented by Marshall Ryan Maresca, Cass Morris and Natania Barron

Best Fan Writer

• Camestros Felapton
• Abigail Nussbaum
• Roseanna Pendlebury
• Jason Sanford
• Alasdair Stuart
• Örjan Westin

Best Fan Artist

• Iain J Clark
• Sara Felix
• Meg Frank
• Michelle Morrell
• Alison Scott
• España Sheriff

Best Poem

• Calypso by Oliver K Langmead (Titan)
• “Ever Noir” by Mari Ness (Haven Spec Magazine, Issue 16, July 2024)
• “there are no taxis for the dead” by Angela Liu (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 58)
• “A War of Words” by Marie Brennan (Strange Horizons, September 2024)
• “We Drink Lava” by Ai Jiang (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 56)
• “Your Visiting Dragon” by Devan Barlow (Strange Horizons, Fund Drive 2024)

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

• The Feast Makers by HA Clarke (Erewhon)
• Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao (Tundra Books)
• The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko (Amulet)
• Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee (Delacorte Press)
• Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
• So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (sponsored by Dell Magazines)

• Moniquill Blackgoose (2nd year of eligibility)
• Bethany Jacobs (2nd year of eligibility)
• Hannah Kaner (2nd year of eligibility)
• Angela Liu (2nd year of eligibility)
• Jared Pechaček (1st year of eligibility)
• Tia Tashiro (2nd year of eligibility)

Winners of the 2024 Hugo Awards Announced

The winners of the 2024 Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1953 by the World Science Fiction Society, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, have been announced.

 

The 2024 Hugo Awards were announced during Glasgow 2024, the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention, on August 11 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Best Novel

• Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh (Tordotcom, Orbit UK)

Best Novella

• Thornhedge by T Kingfisher (Tor Books, Titan UK)

Best Novelette

• “The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2023)

Best Short Story

• “Better Living Through Algorithms” by Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld May 2023)

Best Series

• Imperial Radch by Ann Leckie (Orbit US, Orbit UK)

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• Saga, Vol. 11 written by Brian K Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)

Best Related Work

• A City on Mars by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith (Penguin Press; Particular Books)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, screenplay by John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein and Michael Gilio, directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Paramount Pictures)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time,” written by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, directed by Peter Hoar (Naughty Dog / Sony Pictures)

Best Game or Interactive Work

• Baldur’s Gate 3, produced by Larian Studios

Best Editor Short Form

• Neil Clarke

Best Editor Long Form

• Ruoxi Chen

Best Professional Artist

• Rovina Cai

Best Semiprozine

• Strange Horizons, by the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective

Best Fanzine

• Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together, editors Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer; senior editors Joe Sherry, Adri Joy, G Brown, Vance Kotrla

Best Fancast

• Octothorpe, by John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty

Best Fan Writer

• Paul Weimer

Best Fan Artist

• Laya Rose

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

• To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (sponsored by Dell Magazines)

• Xiran Jay Zhao (eligibility extended at request of Dell Magazines)

Finalists for the 2024 Hugo Awards Announced

The finalists for the 2024 Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1953 by the World Science Fiction Society, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, have been announced.

 

The 2024 Hugo Awards are scheduled to be presented at a ceremony during Glasgow 2024, the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention, on August 11 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Best Novel

• The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty (Harper Voyager, Harper Voyager UK)
• The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)
• Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh (Tordotcom, Orbit UK)
• Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Tor Books, Tor UK)
• Translation State by Ann Leckie (Orbit US, Orbit UK)
• Witch King by Martha Wells (Tordotcom)

Best Novella

• “Life Does Not Allow Us to Meet,” He Xi / 人生不相见, 何夕, translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short Stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)
• Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
• The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older (Tordotcom)
• Rose / House by Arkady Martine (Subterranean)
• “Seeds of Mercury,” Wang Jinkang / 水星播种, 王晋康, translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short Stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)
• Thornhedge by T Kingfisher (Tor Books, Titan UK)

Best Novelette

• I AM AI by Ai Jiang (Shortwave)
• “Introduction to 2181 Overture, Second Edition,” Gu Shi /〈2181序曲〉再版导言, 顾适 translated by Emily Jen (Clarkesworld, February 2023)
• “Ivy, Angelica, Bay” by C.L. Polk (Tor.com 8 December 2023)
• “On the Fox Roads” by Nghi Vo (Tor.com 31 October 2023)
• “One Man’s Treasure” by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, January-February 2023)
• “The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2023)

Best Short Story

• “Answerless Journey,” Han Song / 没有答案的航程, 韩松, translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short Stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)
• “Better Living Through Algorithms” by Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld May 2023)
• “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P Djèlí Clark (Uncanny Magazine, January-February 2023)
• “The Mausoleum’s Children” by Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny Magazine, May-June 2023)
• “The Sound of Children Screaming” by Rachael K Jones (Nightmare Magazine, October 2023)
• 美食三品 (“Tasting the Future Delicacy Three Times”), 宝树 / Baoshu (银河边缘013：黑域密室 / Galaxy’s Edge Vol. 13: Secret Room in the Black Domain)

Best Series

• The Final Architecture by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tordotcom, Orbit UK)
• Imperial Radch by Ann Leckie (Orbit US, Orbit UK)
• The Last Binding by Freya Marske (Tordotcom, Tor UK)
• The Laundry Files by Charles Stross (Tordotcom, Orbit UK)
• October Daye by Seanan McGuire (DAW)
• The Universe of Xuya by Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz; JABberwocky Literary Agency; Subterranean Press; Uncanny Magazine; et al.)

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• Bea Wolf, written by Zach Weinersmith, art by Boulet (First Second)
• Saga, Vol. 11 written by Brian K Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
• Shubeik Lubeik, Deena Mohamed (Pantheon); as Your Wish Is My Command (Granta)
• 三体漫画：第一部 / The Three Body Problem, Part One, adapted from the novels by 刘慈欣 (Liu Cixin), written by 蔡劲 (Cai Jin),戈闻頔 (Ge Wendi), and 薄暮 (Bo Mu), art by 草祭九日东 (Caojijiuridong) (Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House)
• The Witches of World War II written by Paul Cornell, art by Valeria Burzo (TKO Studios LLC)
• Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, art by Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha and Nicola Scott (DC Comics)

Best Related Work

• All These Worlds: Reviews & Essays by Niall Harrison (Briardene Books)
• 中国科幻口述史, 第二卷, 第三卷，(Chinese Science Fiction: An Oral History, Vols 2 and 3) ed. 杨枫 / Yang Feng (8-Light Minutes Culture & Chengdu Time Press)
• A City on Mars by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith (Penguin Press; Particular Books)
• The Culture: The Drawings, by Iain M Banks (Orbit)
• 雨果X访谈 (Discover X), presented by 王雅婷 (Tina Wong)
• A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller, by Maureen Kincaid Speller, edited by Nina Allan (Luna Press Publishing)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Barbie, screenplay by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, directed by Greta Gerwig (Warner Bros. Studios)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, screenplay by John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein and Michael Gilio, directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Paramount Pictures)
• Nimona, screenplay by Robert L. Baird and Lloyd Taylor, directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane (Annapurna Animations)
• Poor Things, screenplay by Tony McNamara, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (Element Pictures)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, screenplay by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Dave Callaham, directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson (Columbia Pictures / Marvel Entertainment / Avi Arad Productions / Lord Miller / Pascal Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation)
• 流浪地球2 / The Wandering Earth II, based on the novel by 刘慈欣 Liu Cixin, screenplay by 杨治学 Yang Zhixue, 郭帆 / Frant Gwo, 龚格尔 Gong Geer, and 叶濡畅 Ye Ruchang, script consultant 王红卫 Wang Hongwei, directed by 郭帆 / Frant Gwo (中影创意（北京）电影有限公司 / CFC Pictures Ltd, 郭帆（北京）影业有限公司 / G!Film (Beijing) Studio Co. Ltd, 北京登峰国际文化传播有限公司 / Beijing Dengfeng International Culture Communication Co, Ltd, 中国电影股份有限公司 / China Film Co. Ltd)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• Doctor Who: “The Giggle,” written by Russell T Davies, directed by Chanya Button (Bad Wolf with BBC Studios for The BBC and Disney Branded Television)
• Loki: “Glorious Purpose,” screenplay by Eric Martin, Michael Waldron and Katharyn Blair, directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Marvel / Disney+)
• The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time,” written by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, directed by Peter Hoar (Naughty Dog / Sony Pictures)
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “Those Old Scientists,” written by Kathryn Lyn and Bill Wolkoff, directed by Jonathan Frakes (CBS / Paramount+)
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “Subspace Rhapsody,” written by Dana Horgan and Bill Wolkoff, directed by Dermott Downs (CBS / Paramount+)
• Doctor Who: “Wild Blue Yonder,” written by Russell T Davies, directed by Tom Kingsley (Bad Wolf with BBC Studios for The BBC and Disney Branded Television)

Best Game or Interactive Work

• Alan Wake 2, developed by Remedy Entertainment, published by Epic Games
• Baldur’s Gate 3, produced by Larian Studios
• Chants of Sennaar, developed by Rundisc, published by Focus Entertainment
• DREDGE, developed by Black Salt Games, published by Team17
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, produced by Nintendo
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, developed by Respawn Entertainment, published by Electronic Arts

Best Editor Short Form

• Scott H Andrews
• Neil Clarke
• 刘维佳 (Liu Weijia)
• Jonathan Strahan
• Lynne M Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
• 杨枫 (Yang Feng)

Best Editor Long Form

• Ruoxi Chen
• Lindsey Hall
• Lee Harris
• Kelly Lonesome
• David Thomas Moore
• 姚海军 (Yao Haijun)

Best Professional Artist

• Micaela Alcaino
• Rovina Cai
• Galen Dara
• Dan Dos Santos
• Tristan Elwell
• Alyssa Winans

Best Semiprozine

• Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and Valerie Valdes; assistant editors Benjamin C Kinney, Premee Mohamed and Kevin Wabaunsee; hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart; producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht; and the entire Escape Pod team
• FIYAH Literary Magazine, publisher and executive editor DaVaun Sanders, poetry editor B Sharise Moore, special projects manager LD Lewis, art director Christian Ivey, acquiring editors Rebecca McGee, Kerine Wint, Joshua Morley, Emmalia Harrington, Genine Tyson, Tonya R Moore, sponsor coordinator Nelson Rolon
• GigaNotoSaurus, editor LaShawn M Wanak, associate editors Mia Tsai and Edgard Wentz, along with the GNS Slushreaders Team
• khōréō, produced by Aleksandra Hill, Zhui Ning Chang, Kanika Agrawal, Isabella Kestermann, Rowan Morrison, Sachiko Ragosta, Lian Xia Rose, Jenelle DeCosta, Melissa Ren, Elaine Ho, Lilivette Domínguez, Jei D Marcade, Jeané Ridges, Isaree Thatchaichawalit, Danai Christopoulou, ML Krishnan, Ysabella Maglanque, Aaron Voigt, Adil Mian, Alexandra Millatmal, E Broderick, KS Walker, Katarzyna Nowacka, Katie McIvor, Kelsea Yu, Marie Croke, Osahon Ize-Iyamu, Phoebe Low, SR Westvik, Sara S Messenger
• Strange Horizons, by the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective
• Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief: Lynne M Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing editor Monte Lin; nonfiction editor Meg Elison; podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

Best Fanzine

• Black Nerd Problems, editors Omar Holmon and William Evans
• The Full Lid, written by Alasdair Stuart and edited by Marguerite Kenner
• Idea, editor Geri Sullivan
• Journey Planet, edited by Michael Carroll, Vincent Docherty, Sara Felix, Ann Gry, Sarah Gulde, Allison Hartman Adams, Arthur Liu, Jean Martin, Helena Nash, Pádraig Ó Méalóid, Yen Ooi, Chuck Serface, Alan Stewart, Regina Kanyu Wang, James Bacon and Christopher J Garcia
• Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together, editors Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer; senior editors Joe Sherry, Adri Joy, G Brown, Vance Kotrla
• Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, editors Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk

Best Fancast

• The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K Wolfe
• Hugos There, presented by Seth Heasley
• Octothorpe, by John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty
• Publishing Rodeo, presented by Sunyi Dean and Scott Drakeford
• 科幻Fans布玛 (Science Fiction Fans Buma), production team 布玛（Buma)，刘路（Liu Lu)，刘倡（Liu Chang)
• Worldbuilding for Masochists, presented by Marshall Ryan Maresca, Rowenna Miller, Cass Morris and Natania Barron

Best Fan Writer

• Bitter Karella
• James Davis Nicoll
• Jason Sanford
• Alasdair Stuart
• Paul Weimer
• Örjan Westin

Best Fan Artist

• ​​Iain J Clark
• Sara Felix
• Dante Luiz
• Laya Rose
• Alison Scott
• España Sheriff

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

• Abeni’s Song by P Djèlí Clark (Starscape)
• Liberty’s Daughter by Naomi Kritzer (Fairwood Press)
• Promises Stronger than Darkness by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen)
• The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix (Katherine Tegen Books, Gollancz and Allen & Unwin)
• To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey)
• Unraveller by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s Books; eligible due to 2023 US publication by Amulet)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (sponsored by Dell Magazines)

• Moniquill Blackgoose (1st year of eligibility)
• Sunyi Dean (2nd year of eligibility)
• Ai Jiang (2nd year of eligibility)
• Hannah Kaner (1st year of eligibility)
• Em X Liu (1st year of eligibility)
• Xiran Jay Zhao (eligibility extended at request of Dell Magazines)

Winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards Announced

The winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1953 by the World Science Fiction Society, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, have been announced.

 

The 2023 Hugo Awards were presented at a ceremony during Chengdu Worldcon weekend - October 18-22 2023, the 81st World Science Fiction Convention in Chengdu, China.

Best Novel

• Nettle & Bone, by T Kingfisher (Tor Books)

Best Novella

• Where The Drowned Girls Go, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)

 

Best Novelette

• “The Space-Time Painter”, by Hai Ya (Galaxy’s Edge, April 2022)

 

Best Short Story

• “Rabbit Test”, by Samantha Mills (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2022)

 

Best Series

• Children of Time Series, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Pan Macmillan/Orbit)

 

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams, by Bartosz Sztybor, Filipe Andrade, Alessio Fioriniello, Roman Titov, Krzysztof Ostrowski (Dark Horse Books)

 

Best Related Work

• Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes, by Rob Wilkins (Doubleday)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Everything Everywhere All At Once, screenplay by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Sheinert (IAC Films / Gozie AGBO)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• The Expanse: “Babylon’s Ashes”, written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Naren Shankar, directed by Breck Eisner (Alcon Entertainment)

 

Best Editor, Short Form

• Neil Clarke

 

Best Editor, Long Form

• Lindsey Hall

 

Best Professional Artist

• Enzhe Zhao

 

Best Semiprozine

• Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing/poetry editor Chimedum Ohaegbu; managing editor Monte Lin; nonfiction editor Meg Elison; podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

 

Best Fanzine

• Zero Gravity Newspaper, by RiverFlow and Ling Shizhen

 

Best Fancast

• Hugo, Girl!, by Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson, and Kevin Anderson

 

Best Fan Writer

• Chris M Barkley

 

Best Fan Artist

• Richard Man

 

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (presented by the World Science Fiction Society)

• Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts), by Nnedi Okorafor (Viking Books for Young Readers)

 

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (presented by Dell Magazines)

• Travis Baldree

Finalists for the 2023 Hugo Awards Announced

The finalists for the 2023 Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1953 by the World Science Fiction Society, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, have been announced.

 

The 2023 Hugo Awards are scheduled to be presented at a ceremony during Chengdu Worldcon weekend - October 18-22 2023, the 81st World Science Fiction Convention in Chengdu, China.

Best Novel

• The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey)
• The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi (Tor Books)
• Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree (Tor Books)
• Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
• Nettle & Bone, by T Kingfisher (Tor Books)
• The Spare Man, by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Books)

Best Novella

• Even Though I Knew The End, by CL Polk (Tordotcom)
• Into The Riverlands, by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
• A Mirror Mended, by Alix E Harrow (Tordotcom)
• Ogres, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris)
• What Moves The Dead, by T Kingfisher (Tor Nightfire)
• Where The Drowned Girls Go, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)

 

Best Novelette

• “The Difference Between Love and Time”, by Catherynne M. Valente (Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance, Solaris)
• “A Dream of Electric Mothers”, by Wole Talabi (Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, Tordotcom)
• “If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You”, by John Chu (Uncanny Magazine, July-August 2022)
• “Murder By Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness”, by SL Huang (Clarkesworld, December 2022)
• “The Space-Time Painter”, by Hai Ya (Galaxy’s Edge, April 2022)
• “We Built This City”, by Marie Vibbert (Clarkesworld, June 2022)

 

Best Short Story

• “D.I.Y.”, by John Wiswell (Tor.com, August 2022)
• “On The Razor’s Edge”, by Jiang Bo (Science Fiction World, January 2022)
• “Rabbit Test”, by Samantha Mills (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2022)
• “Resurrection”, by Ren Qing (Future Fiction/Science Fiction World, December 2022)
• “The White Cliff”, by Lu Ban (Science Fiction World, May 2022)
• “Zhurong on Mars”, by Regina Kanyu Wang (Frontiers, September 2022)

 

Best Series

• Children of Time Series, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Pan Macmillan/Orbit)
• The Founders Trilogy, by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey)
• The Locked Tomb, by Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com)
• October Daye, by Seanan McGuire (DAW)
• Rivers of London, by Ben Aaronovich (Orion)
• The Scholomance, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)

 

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams, by Bartosz Sztybor, Filipe Andrade, Alessio Fioriniello, Roman Titov, Krzysztof Ostrowski (Dark Horse Books)
• DUNE: The Official Movie Graphic Novel, by Lilah Sturges, Drew Johnson, Zid (Legendary Comics)
• Monstress vol. 7: Devourer, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
• Once & Future Vol 4: Monarchies in the UK, by Kieron Gillen / Dan Mora (BOOM! Studios)
• Saga, Vol. 10, by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Fonografiks (Image Comics)
• Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, and Matheus Lopes (DC Comics)

 

Best Related Work

• Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road, by Kyle Buchanan (William Morrow)
• Buffalito World Outreach Project, by Lawrence M. Schoen (Paper Golem LLC)
• Chinese Science Fiction, An Oral History, Volume 1, by Yang Feng (Chengdu Times Press)
• “The Ghost of Workshops Past”, by SL Huang (Tor.com)
• Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir, by Wil Wheaton (William Morrow)
• Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes, by Rob Wilkins (Doubleday)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Avatar: The Way of Water, screenplay by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver, directed by James Cameron (Lightstorm Entertainment / TSG Entertainment II)
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, screenplay by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, directed by Ryan Coogler (Marvel Studios)
• Everything Everywhere All At Once, screenplay by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Sheinert (IAC Films / Gozie AGBO)
• Nope, written by Jordan Peele, directed by Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures / Monkeypaw Productions)
• Severance (Season 1), written by Dan Erickson, Anna Ouyang Moench et al., directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle (Red Hour Productions / Fifth Season)
• Turning Red, screenplay by Julia Cho and Domee Shi, directed by Domee Shi (Walt Disney Studios / Pixar Animation Studios)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• Andor: “One Way Out”, written by Beau Willimon, Tony Gilroy, and George Lucas, directed by Toby Haynes (Lucasfilm)
• Andor: “Rix Road”, written by Tony Gilroy and George Lucas, directed by Benjamin Caron (Lucasfilm)
• The Expanse: “Babylon’s Ashes”, written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Naren Shankar, directed by Breck Eisner (Alcon Entertainment)
• For All Mankind: “Stranger In A Strange Land”, written by Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi, directed by Craig Zisk (Tall Ship Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
• She-Hulk: Attorney At Law: “Whose Show Is This?”, written by Jessica Gao, Francesca Gailes, and Jacqueline Gailes, directed by Kat Coiro (Marvel Entertainment)
• Stranger Things: “Chapter Four: Dear Billy”, written by Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, and Paul Dichter, directed by Shawn Levy (21 Laps Entertainment)

 

Best Editor, Short Form

• Scott H Andrews
• Neil Clarke
• Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
• Sheree Renée Thomas
• Xu Wang
• Feng Yang

 

Best Editor, Long Form

• Ruoxi Chen
• Lindsey Hall
• Lee Harris
• Sarah Peed
• Huan Yan
• Haijun Yao

 

Best Professional Artist

• Sija Hong
• Kuri Huang
• Paul Lewin
• Alyssa Winans
• Jian Zhang
• Enzhe Zhao

 

Best Semiprozine

• Escape Pod, co-editors Mur Lafferty & Valerie Valdes; Assistant editors Benjamin C. Kinney & Premee Mohamed, host Tina Connolly, producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht
• FIYAH, edited by the entire FIYAH team
• khōréō, edited by Team khōréō
• PodCastle, co-Editors Shingai Njeri Kagunda and Eleanor R. Wood; Assistant Editor Sofia Barker; Host Matt Dovey; Audio Producers Peter Adrian Behravesh, Devin Martin, and Eric Valdes
• Strange Horizons, edited by The Strange Horizons Editorial Team
• Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing/poetry editor Chimedum Ohaegbu; managing editor Monte Lin; nonfiction editor Meg Elison; podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

 

Best Fanzine

• Chinese Academic SF Express, by Latssep and Tianluo_Qi
• Galactic Journey, by Gideon Marcus, Janice Marcus, Tammi Bozich, Erica Frank, Arel Lucas, and Mark Yon
• Journey Planet, by Regina Kanyu Wang, Yen Ooi, Arthur Liu, Sara Felix, Amanda Wakaruk, Olav Rokne, Jean Martin, Steven H Silver, Chuck Serface, Erin Underwood, Alissa Wales, John Coxon, Pádraig Ó Méalóid, James Bacon and Christopher J Garcia.
• Nerds of a Feather, by Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer, Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla, G. Brown
• Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, by Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk
• Zero Gravity Newspaper, by RiverFlow and Ling Shizhen

 

Best Fancast

• Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K Wolfe, produced by Jonathan Strahan
• Hugo, Girl!, by Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson, and Kevin Anderson
• Hugos There, by Seth Heasley
• Kalanadi, created and presented by Rachel
• Octothorpe, by John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty
• Worldbuilding for Masochists, by Cass Morris, Rowenna Miller, Marshall Ryan Maresca

 

Best Fan Writer

• Chris M Barkley
• Bitter Karella
• Arthur Liu
• RiverFlow
• Jason Sanford
• Örjan Westin

 

Best Fan Artist

• Iain Clark
• Richard Man
• Laya Rose
• Alison Scott
• España Sheriff
• Orion Smith

 

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (presented by the World Science Fiction Society)

• Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts), by Nnedi Okorafor (Viking Books for Young Readers)
• Bloodmarked, by Tracy Deonn (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen/Titan Books)
• The Golden Enclaves, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
• In the Serpents Wake, by Rachel Hartman (Random House Books for Young Readers)
• Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods, by Catherynne M Valente (Margaret K McElderry Books)

 

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (presented by Dell Magazines)

• Travis Baldree
• Naseem Jamnia
• Isabel J Kim (2nd year of eligibility)
• Maijia Liu
• Everina Maxwell (2nd year of eligibility)
• Weimu Xin (2nd year of eligibility)

Winners of the 2022 Hugo Awards Announced

The winners of the 2022 Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1953 by the World Science Fiction Society, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, have been announced.

 

The 2022 Hugo Awards presented on Sunday, September 4, 2022, at a ceremony at Chicon 8, the 80th World Science Fiction Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Best Novel

• A Desolation Called Peace, by Arkady Martine (Tor)

 

Best Novella

• A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers (Tordotcom)

 

Best Novelette

• “Bots of the Lost Ark”, by Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld, Jun 2021)

 

Best Short Story

• “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather”, by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021)

 

Best Series

• Wayward Children, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)

 

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• Far Sector, written by NK Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell (DC)

 

Best Related Work

• Never Say You Can’t Survive, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tordotcom)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Dune, screenplay by Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth; directed by Denis Villeneuve; based on the novel Dune by Frank Herbert (Warner Bros / Legendary Entertainment)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• The Expanse: Nemesis Games, written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, and Naren Shankar; directed by Breck Eisner (Amazon Studios)

 

Best Editor, Short Form

• Neil Clarke

 

Best Editor, Long Form

• Ruoxi Chen

 

Best Professional Artist

• Rovina Cai

 

Best Semiprozine

• Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief Lynne M.Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing/poetry editor Chimedum Ohaegbu; nonfiction editor Elsa Sjunneson; podcast producers Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky

 

Best Fanzine

• Small Gods, Lee Moyer (Icon) and Seanan McGuire (Story)

 

Best Fancast

• Our Opinions Are Correct, presented by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders, produced by Veronica Simonetti

 

Best Fan Writer

• Cora Buhlert

 

Best Fan Artist

• Lee Moyer

 

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (presented by the World Science Fiction Society)

• The Last Graduate, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey Books)

 

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (presented by Dell Magazines)

• Shelley Parker-Chan (1st year of eligibility)

Finalists for the 2022 Hugo Awards Announced

The finalists for the 2022 Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1953 by the World Science Fiction Society, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, have been announced.

 

The 2022 Hugo Awards are scheduled to be presented on Sunday, September 4, 2022, at a ceremony at Chicon 8, the 80th World Science Fiction Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Best Novel

• A Desolation Called Peace, by Arkady Martine (Tor)
• The Galaxy, and the Ground Within, by Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager / Hodder & Stoughton)
• Light From Uncommon Stars, by Ryka Aoki (Tor / St Martin’s Press)
• A Master of Djinn, by P Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom / Orbit UK)
• Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir (Ballantine / Del Rey)
• She Who Became The Sun, by Shelley Parker-Chan (Tor / Mantle)

 

Best Novella

• Across the Green Grass Fields, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
• Elder Race, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tordotcom)
• Fireheart Tiger, by Aliette de Bodard (Tordotcom)
• The Past Is Red, by Catherynne M Valente (Tordotcom)
• A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers (Tordotcom)
• A Spindle Splintered, by Alix E Harrow (Tordotcom)

 

Best Novelette

• “Bots of the Lost Ark”, by Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld, Jun 2021)
• “Colors of the Immortal Palette”, by Caroline M. Yoachim (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021)
• L’Esprit de L’Escalier, by Catherynne M. Valente (Tordotcom)
• “O2 Arena”, by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Galaxy’s Edge, Nov 2021)
• “That Story Isn’t The Story”, by John Wiswell (Uncanny Magazine, Nov/Dec 2021)
• “Unseelie Brothers, Ltd.”, by Fran Wilde (Uncanny Magazine, May/Jun 2021)

 

Best Short Story

• “Mr. Death”, by Alix E Harrow (Apex Magazine, Feb 2021)
• “Proof by Induction”, by José Pablo Iriarte (Uncanny Magazine, May/Jun 2021)
• “The Sin of America”, by Catherynne M Valente (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021)
• “Tangles”, by Seanan McGuire (Magicthegathering.com: Magic Story, Sep 2021)
• “Unknown Number”, by Blue Neustifter (Twitter, Jul 2021)
• “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather”, by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021)

 

Best Series

• The Green Bone Saga, by Fonda Lee (Orbit)
• The Kingston Cycle, by CL Polk (Tordotcom)
• Merchant Princes, by Charles Stross (Macmillan)
• Terra Ignota, by Ada Palmer (Tor Books)
• Wayward Children, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
• The World of the White Rat, by T Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon) (Argyll Productions)

 

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• DIE, vol. 4: Bleed, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles (Image)
• Far Sector, written by NK Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell (DC)
• Lore Olympus, vol. 1, by Rachel Smythe (Del Rey)
• Monstress, vol. 6: The Vow, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image)
• Once & Future, vol. 3: The Parliament of Magpies, written by Kieron Gillen, illustrated by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain (BOOM!)
• Strange Adventures, written by Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads and Evan “Doc” Shaner (DC)

 

Best Related Work

• Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman’s Fight to End Ableism, by Elsa Sjunneson (Tiller Press)
• The Complete Debarkle: Saga of a Culture War, by Camestros Felapton (Camestros Felapton)
• Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985, edited by Andrew Nette and Iain McIntyre (PM Press)
• “How Twitter can ruin a life”, by Emily St James (Vox, Jun 2021)
• Never Say You Can’t Survive, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tordotcom)
• True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee, by Abraham Riesman (Crown)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Dune, screenplay by Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth; directed by Denis Villeneuve; based on the novel Dune by Frank Herbert (Warner Bros / Legendary Entertainment)
• Encanto, screenplay by Charise Castro Smith and Jared Bush; directed by Jared Bush, Byron Howard, and Charise Castro Smith (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• The Green Knight, written and directed by David Lowery (BRON Studios/A24)
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, screenplay by Dave Callaham, Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham; directed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Space Sweepers, written and directed by Jo Sung-hee (Bidangil Pictures)
• WandaVision, screenplay by Peter Cameron, Mackenzie Dohr, Laura Donney, Bobak Esfarjani, Megan McDonnell, Jac Schaeffer (created by and head writer), Cameron Squires, Gretchen Enders, Chuck Hayward; directed by Matt Shakman (Disney+)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• The Wheel of Time: The Flame of Tar Valon, written by Justine Juel Gillmer, directed by Salli Richardson-Whitfield, based on The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (Amazon Studios)
• For All Mankind: The Grey, written by Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi; directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (Tall Ship Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
• Arcane: The Monster You Created, written by Christian Linke and Alex Yee; story by Christian Linke, Alex Yee, Conor Sheehy, and Ash Brannon; directed by Pascal Charrue and Arnaud Delord (Netflix)
• The Expanse: Nemesis Games, written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, and Naren Shankar; directed by Breck Eisner (Amazon Studios)
• Loki: The Nexus Event, written by Eric Martin, directed by Kate Herron, created for television by Michael Waldron (Disney+)
• Star Trek: Lower Decks: wej Duj, written by Kathryn Lyn, directed by Bob Suarez (CBS Eye Animation Productions)

 

Best Editor, Short Form

• Neil Clarke
• Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
• Mur Lafferty & SB Divya
• Jonathan Strahan
• Sheree Renée Thomas
• Sheila Williams

 

Best Editor, Long Form

• Ruoxi Chen
• Nivia Evans
• Sarah T Guan
• Brit Hvide
• Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Navah Wolfe

 

Best Professional Artist

• Tommy Arnold
• Rovina Cai
• Ashley Mackenzie
• Maurizio Manzieri
• Will Staehle
• Alyssa Winans

 

Best Semiprozine

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor Scott H Andrews
• Escape Pod, editors S.B. Divya, Mur Lafferty, and Valerie Valdes; assistant editors Benjamin C Kinney and Premee Mohamed; guest editor Brent C Lambert; hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart; audio producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht; and the entire Escape Pod team
• PodCastle, co-editors Jen R Albert, CL Clark, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, and Eleanor R Wood; assistant editors Summer Fletcher and Sofía Barker; audio producer Peter Adrian Behravesh; host Matt Dovey; and the entire PodCastle team
• Strange Horizons, Vanessa Aguirre, Joseph Aitken, Kwan-Ann Tan, Rachel Ayers, MH Ayinde, Tierney Bailey, Scott Beggs, Drew Matthew Beyer, Gautam Bhatia, Tom Borger, SK Campbell, Emma Celi, Zhui Ning Chang, Rita Chen, Tania Chen, Liz Christman, Emma-Grace Clarke, Linda H Codega, Kristian Wilson Colyard, Bruhad Dave, Sarah Davidson, Tahlia Day, Arinn Dembo, Belen Edwards, Rebecca Evans, Ciro Faienza, Courtney Floyd, Lila Garrott, Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright, Colette Grecco, Julia Gunnison, Dan Hartland, Sydney Hilton, Angela Hinck, Amanda Jean, Jamie Johnson, Sean Joyce-Farley, Erika Kanda, Kat Kourbeti, Catherine Krahe, Anna Krepinsky, Clayton Kroh, Natasha Leullier, Dante Luiz, Gui Machiavelli, Cameron Mack, Samantha Manaktola, Marisa Manuel, Jean McConnell, Heather McDougal, Maria Morabe, Amelia Moriarty, Sarah Noakes, Aidan Oatway, AJ Odasso, Joel Oliver-Cormier, Kristina Palmer, Karintha Parker, Anjali Patel, Juliana Pinho, Nicasio Reed, Belicia Rhea, Abbey Schlanz, Elijah Rain Smith, Alyn Spector, Hebe Stanton, Melody Steiner, Romie Stott, Yejin Suh, Sonia Sulaiman, Ben Tyrrell, Renee Van Siclen, Kathryn Weaver, Liza Wemakor, Aigner Loren Wilson, E.M. Wright, Vicki Xu, and The Strange Horizons Editorial Collective
• Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief Lynne M.Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing/poetry editor Chimedum Ohaegbu; nonfiction editor Elsa Sjunneson; podcast producers Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky

 

Best Fanzine

• The Full Lid, by Alasdair Stuart and Marguerite Kenner
• Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus; editor Janice L Newman; associate writers Gwyn Conaway, Jason Sacks, and John Boston
• Journey Planet, edited by Erin Underwood, Jean Martin, Sara Felix, Vanessa Applegate, Chuck Serface, Errick Nunnally, Evan Reeves, Steven H Silver, James Bacon and Christopher J Garcia
• Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur
• Small Gods, Lee Moyer (Icon) and Seanan McGuire (Story)
• Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, editors Amanda Wakaruk and Olav Rokne

 

Best Fancast

• Be The Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske, and Jennifer Mace
• The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe, Jonathan Strahan producer
• Hugo, Girl!, hosts Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, and Lori Anderson; producer/editor Kevin Anderson
• Octothorpe, by John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty
• Our Opinions Are Correct, presented by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders, produced by Veronica Simonetti
• Worldbuilding for Masochists, presented by Cass Morris, Rowenna Miller, and Marshall Ryan Maresca

 

Best Fan Writer

• Chris M Barkley
• Bitter Karella
• Alex Brown
• Cora Buhlert
• Jason Sanford
• Paul Weimer

 

Best Fan Artist

• Iain J Clark
• Lorelei Esther
• Sara Felix
• Ariela Housman
• Nilah Magruder
• Lee Moyer

 

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (presented by the World Science Fiction Society)

• Chaos on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
• Iron Widow, by Xiran Jay Zhao (Penguin Teen / Rock the Boat)
• The Last Graduate, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey Books)
• Redemptor, by Jordan Ifueko (Amulet Books / Hot Key Books)
• A Snake Falls to Earth, by Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
• Victories Greater Than Death, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen / Titan)

 

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (presented by Dell Magazines)

• Tracy Deonn (2nd year of eligibility)
• Micaiah Johnson (2nd year of eligibility)
• AK Larkwood (2nd year of eligibility)
• Everina Maxwell (1st year of eligibility)
• Shelley Parker-Chan (1st year of eligibility)
• Xiran Jay Zhao (1st year of eligibility)

Winners of the 2021 Hugo Awards Announced

Winners of the 2021 Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1953 by the World Science Fiction Society, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, have been announced.

The 2021 Hugo Award Ceremony took place at the 79th annual World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon), DisCon III in Washington, DC, on Saturday December 18 2021.

2021 Hugo Award Winners

Best Novel

• Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)

 

Best Novella

• The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)

 

Best Novelette

• “Two Truths and a Lie”, Sarah Pinsker (Tor.com)

 

Best Short Story

• “Metal Like Blood in the Dark”, T Kingfisher (Uncanny Magazine, September/October 2020)

 

Best Series

• The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells (Tor.com)

 

Best Related Work

• Beowulf: A New Translation, Maria Dahvana Headley (FSG)

 

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, written by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings (Harry N Abrams)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• The Old Guard, written by Greg Rucka, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (Netflix / Skydance Media)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• The Good Place: 'Whenever You’re Ready', written and directed by Michael Schur (Fremulon / 3 Arts Entertainment / Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group)

 

Best Editor, Short Form

• Ellen Datlow

 

Best Editor, Long Form

• Diana M Pho

 

Best Professional Artist

• Rovina Cai

 

Best Semiprozine

• FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, publisher Troy L. Wiggins, executive editor DaVaun Sanders, managing editor Eboni Dunbar, poetry editor Brandon O’Brien, reviews and social media Brent Lambert,  art director L. D. Lewis, and the FIYAH Team.

 

Best Fanzine

• nerds of a feather, flock together, ed. Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, The G, and Vance Kotrla

 

Best Fancast

• The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K Wolfe, Jonathan Strahan, producer

 

Best Fan Writer

• Elsa Sjunneson

 

Best Fan Artist

• Sara Felix

 

Best Video Game

• Hades (Publisher and Developer: Supergiant Games)

 

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

• A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, T Kingfisher (Argyll Productions)

 

Astounding Award for Best New Writer

• Emily Tesh (2nd year of eligibility)

Finalists for the 2021 Hugo Awards Announced

Finalists have been announced for the 2021 Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1953 by the World Science Fiction Society, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy.

The 2021 Hugo Award Ceremony will take place at the 79th annual World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon), DisCon III in Washington, DC, in December.

2021 Hugo Award Finalists

Best Novel

• Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Gallery / Saga Press)
• The City We Became, NK Jemisin (Orbit)
• Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
• Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)
• Piranesi, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
• The Relentless Moon, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Books)

 

Best Novella

• Come Tumbling Down, Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
• The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
• Finna, Nino Cipri (Tordotcom)
• Ring Shout, P Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom)
• Riot Baby, Tochi Onyebuchi (Tordotcom)
• Upright Women Wanted, Sarah Gailey (Tordotcom)

 

Best Novelette

• “Burn, or the Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super”, AT Greenblatt (Uncanny Magazine, May/June 2020)
• “Helicopter Story”, Isabel Fall (Clarkesworld, January 2020)
• “The Inaccessibility of Heaven”, Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny Magazine, July/August 2020)
• “Monster”, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld, January 2020)
• “The Pill”, Meg Elison (from Big Girl, (PM Press))
• “Two Truths and a Lie”, Sarah Pinsker (Tor.com)

 

Best Short Story

• “Badass Moms in the Zombie Apocalypse”, Rae Carson (Uncanny Magazine, January/February 2020)
• “A Guide for Working Breeds”, Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Made to Order: Robots and Revolution, ed. Jonathan Strahan (Solaris))
• “Little Free Library”, Naomi Kritzer (Tor.com)
• “The Mermaid Astronaut”, Yoon Ha Lee (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, February 2020)
• “Metal Like Blood in the Dark”, T Kingfisher (Uncanny Magazine, September/October 2020)
• “Open House on Haunted Hill”, John Wiswell (Diabolical Plots – 2020, ed. David Steffen)

 

Best Series

• The Daevabad Trilogy, SA Chakraborty (Harper Voyager)
• The Interdependency, John Scalzi (Tor Books)
• The Lady Astronaut Universe, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Books/Audible/Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)
• The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells (Tor.com)
• October Daye, Seanan McGuire (DAW)
• The Poppy War, RF Kuang (Harper Voyager)

 

Best Related Work

• Beowulf: A New Translation, Maria Dahvana Headley (FSG)
• CoNZealand Fringe, Claire Rousseau, C, Cassie Hart, Adri Joy, Marguerite Kenner, Cheryl Morgan, Alasdair Stuart.
• FIYAHCON, LD Lewis–Director, Brent Lambert–Senior Programming Coordinator, Iori Kusano–FIYAHCON Fringe Co-Director, Vida Cruz–FIYAHCON Fringe Co-Director, and the Incredible FIYAHCON team
• “George RR Martin Can Fuck Off Into the Sun, Or: The 2020 Hugo Awards Ceremony (Rageblog Edition)”, Natalie Luhrs (Pretty Terrible, August 2020)
• A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler, Lynell George (Angel City Press)
• The Last Bronycon: a fandom autopsy, Jenny Nicholson (YouTube)

 

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• DIE, Volume 2: Split the Party, written by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, letters by Clayton Cowles (Image Comics)
• Ghost-Spider vol. 1: Dog Days Are Over, Author: Seanan McGuire,  Artist: Takeshi Miyazawa and Rosi Kämpe (Marvel)
• Invisible Kingdom, vol 2: Edge of Everything, Author: G. Willow Wilson, Artist: Christian Ward (Dark Horse Comics)
• Monstress, vol. 5: Warchild, Author: Marjorie Liu, Artist: Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
• Once & Future vol. 1: The King Is Undead, written by Kieron Gillen, iIllustrated by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain, lettered by Ed Dukeshire (BOOM! Studios)
• Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, written by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings (Harry N Abrams)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), written by Christina Hodson, directed by Cathy Yan (Warner Bros.)
• Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, written by Will Ferrell, Andrew Steele, directed by David Dobkin (European Broadcasting Union/Netflix)
• The Old Guard, written by Greg Rucka, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (Netflix / Skydance Media)
• Palm Springs, written by Andy Siara, directed by Max Barbakow (Limelight / Sun Entertainment Culture / The Lonely Island / Culmination Productions / Neon / Hulu / Amazon Prime)
• Soul, screenplay by Pete Docter, Mike Jones and Kemp Powers, directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Kemp Powers, produced by Dana Murray (Pixar Animation Studios/ Walt Disney Pictures)
• Tenet, written and directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner Bros./Syncopy)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• Doctor Who: 'Fugitive of the Judoon', written by Vinay Patel and Chris Chibnall, directed by Nida Manzoor (BBC)
• The Expanse: 'Gaugamela', written by Dan Nowak, directed by Nick Gomez (Alcon En
• tertainment / Alcon Television Group / Amazon Studios / Hivemind / Just So)
• She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: 'Heart (parts 1 and 2)', written by Josie Campbell and Noelle Stevenson, directed by Jen Bennett and Kiki Manrique (DreamWorks Animation Television / Netflix)
• The Mandalorian: 'Chapter 13: The Jedi', written and directed by Dave Filoni (Golem Creations / Lucasfilm / Disney+)
• The Mandalorian: 'Chapter 16: The Rescue', written by Jon Favreau, directed by Peyton Reed (Golem Creations / Lucasfilm / Disney+)
• The Good Place: 'Whenever You’re Ready', written and directed by Michael Schur (Fremulon / 3 Arts Entertainment / Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group)

 

Best Editor, Short Form

• Neil Clarke
• Ellen Datlow
• CC Finlay
• Mur Lafferty and SB Divya
• Jonathan Strahan
• Sheila Williams

 

Best Editor, Long Form

• Nivia Evans
• Sheila E Gilbert
• Sarah Guan
• Brit Hvide
• Diana M Pho
• Navah Wolfe

 

Best Professional Artist

• Tommy Arnold
• Rovina Cai
• Galen Dara
• Maurizio Manzieri
• John Picacio
• Alyssa Winans

 

Best Semiprozine

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies, edotor Scott H Andrews
• Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and SB Divya, assistant editor Benjamin C Kinney, hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart, audio producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht and the entire Escape Pod team.
• FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, publisher Troy L. Wiggins, executive editor DaVaun Sanders, managing editor Eboni Dunbar, poetry editor Brandon O’Brien, reviews and social media Brent Lambert,  art director L. D. Lewis, and the FIYAH Team.
• PodCastle, editors, CL Clark and Jen R Albert, assistant editor and host, Setsu Uzumé, producer Peter Adrian Behravesh, and the entire PodCastle team.
• Uncanny Magazine, editors in chief: Lynne M Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, managing editor: Chimedum Ohaegbu, non-fiction editor:  Elsa Sjunneson, podcast producers: Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
• Strange Horizons, Vanessa Aguirre, Joseph Aitken, Rachel Ayers, MH Ayinde, Tierney Bailey, Scott Beggs, Drew Matthew Beyer, Gautam Bhatia, SK Campbell, Zhui Ning Chang, Tania Chen, Joyce Chng, Liz Christman, Linda H Codega, Kristian Wilson Colyard, Yelena Crane, Bruhad Dave, Sarah Davidson, Tahlia Day, Arinn Dembo, Nathaniel Eakman, Belen Edwards, George Tom Elavathingal, Rebecca Evans, Ciro Faienza, Courtney Floyd, Lila Garrott, Colette Grecco, Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright, Julia Gunnison, Dan Hartland, Sydney Hilton, Angela Hinck, Stephen Ira, Amanda Jean, Ai Jiang, Sean Joyce-Farley, Erika Kanda, Anna Krepinsky, Kat Kourbeti, Clayton Kroh, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Catherine Krahe, Natasha Leullier, AZ Louise, Dante Luiz, Gui Machiavelli, Cameron Mack, Samantha Manaktola, Marisa Manuel, Jean McConnell, Heather McDougal, Maria Morabe, Amelia Moriarty, Emory Noakes, Sarah Noakes, Aidan Oatway, AJ Odasso, Joel Oliver-Cormier, Kristina Palmer, Karintha Parker, Anjali Patel, Vanessa Rose Phin, Nicasio Reed, Belicia Rhea, Endria Richardson, Natalie Ritter, Abbey Schlanz, Clark Seanor, Elijah Rain Smith, Alyn Spector, Hebe Stanton, Melody Steiner, Romie Stott, Yejin Suh, Kwan-Ann Tan, Luke Tolvaj, Ben Tyrrell, Renee Van Siclen, Kathryn Weaver, Liza Wemakor, Aigner Loren Wilson, EM Wright, Vicki Xu, Fred G Yost, staff members who prefer not to be named, and guest editor Libia Brenda with guest first reader Raquel González-Franco Alva for the Mexicanx special issue

 

Best Fanzine

• The Full Lid, written by Alasdair Stuart, edited by Marguerite Kenner
• Journey Planet, edited by Michael Carroll, John Coxon, Sara Felix, Ann Gry, Sarah Gulde, Alissa McKersie, Errick Nunnally, Pádraig Ó Méalóid, Chuck Serface, Steven H Silver, Paul Trimble, Erin Underwood, James Bacon, and Chris Garcia.
• Lady Business, editors. Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay, and Susan.
• nerds of a feather, flock together, ed. Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, The G, and Vance Kotrla
• Quick Sip Reviews, editor, Charles Payseur
• Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, ed. Amanda Wakaruk and Olav Rokne

 

Best Fancast

• Be The Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske and Jennifer Mace
• Claire Rousseau’s YouTube channel, produced by Claire Rousseau
• The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K Wolfe, Jonathan Strahan, producer
• Kalanadi, produced and presented by Rachel
• The Skiffy and Fanty show, produced by Shaun Duke and Jen Zink, presented by Shaun Duke, Jen Zink, Alex Acks, Paul Weimer, and David Annandale.
• Worldbuilding for Masochists, presented by Rowenna Miller, Marshall Ryan Maresca and Cass Morris

 

Best Fan Writer

• Cora Buhlert
• Charles Payseur
• Jason Sanford
• Elsa Sjunneson
• Alasdair Stuart
• Paul Weimer

 

Best Fan Artist

• Iain J Clark
• Cyan Daly
• Sara Felix
• Grace P Fong
• Maya Hahto
• Laya Rose

 

Best Video Game

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Publisher and Developer: Nintendo)
• Blaseball (Publisher and Developer: The Game Band)
• Final Fantasy VII Remake (Publisher Square Enix)
• Hades (Publisher and Developer: Supergiant Games)
• The Last of Us: Part II (Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment / Developer: Naughty Dog)
• Spiritfarer (Publisher and Developer: Thunder Lotus)

 

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

• Cemetery Boys, Aiden Thomas (Swoon Reads)
• A Deadly Education, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
• Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
• Legendborn, Tracy Deonn (Margaret K McElderry/ Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing)
• Raybearer, Jordan Ifueko (Amulet / Hot Key)
• A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, T Kingfisher (Argyll Productions)

 

Astounding Award for Best New Writer

• Lindsay Ellis (1st year of eligibility)
• Simon Jimenez (1st year of eligibility)
• Micaiah Johnson (1st year of eligibility)
• AK Larkwood (1st year of eligibility)
• Jenn Lyons (2nd year of eligibility)
• Emily Tesh (2nd year of eligibility)