2025 Hugo nominees!
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1,738 valid electronic nominating ballots plus two unfortunate mailed ballots that got there too late.
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)
1078 ballots cast for 554 nominees, finalists range 90 to 157
I wouldn't be excited to see one Tchaikovsky book, let alone two. I know I have friends who like his stuff but meh. I've only read one of these (Sorceress, which I did nominate, in the end... if the math somehow works out that it was my vote's fault that City of Glass didn't make the ballot I will feel pretty stupid but so it goes.) I was already in a queue for Tainted Cup (position 9 (out of 154) for 18 copies) but joined another queue for it at the other library system (where I'm 138th on 8 copies, so, uh, good thing I was already in the first one). And I'm now 21 out of 27 for 7 copies of Build a Nest, or 29th for 3 copies at the other place, and 35 out of 582 on 144 copies and 642nd on 35 copies of Ministry of Time. (I will not keep reporting these numbers for other categories but it amuses me to occasionally share the details of the library-ebook reading lifestyle. Also, damn, I think 642nd might be a new longest queue for me, and also also let us rejoice in my having a home library in the system such that I get to join a 582-person queue at 35th place.)
Comparison to Nebulas: 2/6 overlap (Kingfisher and Wiswell), which feels unusually low?
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)
739 ballots cast for 209 nominees, finalists range 75 to 135
In contrast to the novels I've read all but one of these. (Vastly shorter queues for Navigational Entanglements.)
Comparison to Nebulas: 3/6 overlap (Mohamed, Nayler, Samatar).
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)
394 ballots cast for 188 nominees, finalists range 36 to 58
I almost nominated the Ha story and then dumped it last-minute but I'm pleased to see it here. I've read all of these but Loneliness Universe.
Comparison to Nebulas: 2/6 (Ha and Triantafyllou).
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)
610 ballots cast for 673 nominees, finalists range 32 to 110
Ugh I do not like this ballot. Why does everyone like the Tartarus story so much? It's just a nasty little gotcha. Marginalia was cute at least. I don't really want vote for anything here.
Comparison to Nebulas: 3/6 (Jones, Yoachim, Kim). (Whyyy.)
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)
621 ballots cast for 201 nominees, finalists range 57 to 90
Fingers crossed Roanhorse landed her trilogy ok because I don't want to vote for anything else here.
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)
265 ballots cast for 259 nominees, finalists range 13 to 37
It only takes 13 people to get something on this ballot! And, hey, we got on Deep Dark! And MFTIM 2 despite its problems! And I don't hate the idea of reading some new G Willow Wilson thing!
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)
431 ballots cast for 209 nominees, finalists range 28 to 95
Is a reddit thread (if that's what that is) a Work? I guess?
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)
610 ballots cast for 217 nominees, finalists range 80 to 219
I'm feeling pretty good about my withdrawal from caring about this category.
Comparison to Nebulas: I seem to have just completely left out the Bradbury award when I posted about the Nebula nominees? WTF past me? I'm going to edit it to put it back in for future reference. Anyways, of the 6 Bradbury nominees, 5 show up in either the Hugo Long or Short.
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+)
451 ballots cast for 302 nominees, finalists range 31 to 59
I withdrew from caring about this category years ago and I'm never going back.
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
298 ballots cast for 187 nominees, finalists range 19 to 34
So! much! not caring! Except that I do care very deeply that Ghost & the Golem didn't make it, damn, I really wanted to see it on here.
Comparison to Nebulas: 1/6 overlap (1000xRESIST).
Best Editor Short Form
Scott H. Andrews
Jennifer Brozek
Neil Clarke
Jonathan Strahan
Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
Sheila Williams
322 ballots cast for 165 nominees, finalists range 28 to 80
Sure.
Best Editor Long Form
Carl Engle-Laird
Ali Fisher
Lee Harris
David Thomas Moore
Diana M. Pho
Stephanie Stein
162 ballots cast for 89 nominees, finalists range 15 to 40
Sure.
Best Professional Artist
Micaela Alcaino
Audrey Benjaminsen
Rovina Cai
Maurizio Manzieri
Tran Nguyen
Alyssa Winans
214 ballots cast for 209 nominees, finalists range 14 to 37
I don't recognize some of these names, which is great.
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
334 ballots cast for 94 nominees, finalists range 38 to 108
I recognize almost all of these names, but that's fine. [ETA I mean the magazine names, not all the individual editors!]
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 Wakurak, 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
243 ballots cast for 77 nominees, finalists range 25 to 67
Sure.
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
376 ballots cast for 197 nominees, finalists range 24 to 64
Never even started to care about this one. Although Emily Tesh and Rebecca Fraimow talking about Diana Wynne Jones would probably be great if I could follow spoken discussion.
Best Fan Writer
Camestros Felapton
Abigail Nussbaum
Roseanna Pendlebury
Jason Sanford
Alasdair Stuart
Örjan Westin
329 ballots cast for 158 nominees, finalists range 27 to 62
Aw, no Bitter Karella?
Best Fan Artist
Iain J. Clark
Sara Felix
Meg Frank
Michelle Morrell
Alison Scott
España Sheriff
186 ballots cast for 120 nominees, finalists range 16 to 37
Aw, no Geneva Bowers or Autun Purser?
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)
219 ballots cast for 266 nominees, finalists range 11 to 26
Hey, I nominated one of these! (By Liu!) I am one of these 11 to 26 people!
Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
The Feast Makers by H.A. 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)
268 ballots cast for 175 nominees, finalists range 18 to 52
Oh, Jordan Ifueko was Raybearer, I liked that. Sure, I'll read these.
Comparison to Nebulas: 1/6 overlap (Moonstorm).
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)
341 ballots cast for 168 nominees, finalists range 28 to 96
I'm excited to see Pechaček on here despite my failure to become aware of him until it was too late!
The following nominees received enough votes to qualify for the final ballot, but were found to be ineligible:
Best Series: The Singing Hills Cycle, by Nghi Vo (fewer than 240,000 words in total)
That's what I thought!
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Dune, the Musical (first performed in 2023)
The following nominees received enough votes to qualify for the final ballot, but declined nomination:
Lodestar Award: Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White (Peachtree Teen)
Best Semiprozine: Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Reaaally curious now what Compound Fracture is and why White might have declined, anyone have the gossip here?
Also, ETA, looks like I'm reading a minimum of 10 prose books here (3 novels, a novella, the third Roanhorse book, five YA) plus 4 graphic novels plus whatever I feel I need to read for the Astoundings? Oof.
1,738 valid electronic nominating ballots plus two unfortunate mailed ballots that got there too late.
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)
1078 ballots cast for 554 nominees, finalists range 90 to 157
I wouldn't be excited to see one Tchaikovsky book, let alone two. I know I have friends who like his stuff but meh. I've only read one of these (Sorceress, which I did nominate, in the end... if the math somehow works out that it was my vote's fault that City of Glass didn't make the ballot I will feel pretty stupid but so it goes.) I was already in a queue for Tainted Cup (position 9 (out of 154) for 18 copies) but joined another queue for it at the other library system (where I'm 138th on 8 copies, so, uh, good thing I was already in the first one). And I'm now 21 out of 27 for 7 copies of Build a Nest, or 29th for 3 copies at the other place, and 35 out of 582 on 144 copies and 642nd on 35 copies of Ministry of Time. (I will not keep reporting these numbers for other categories but it amuses me to occasionally share the details of the library-ebook reading lifestyle. Also, damn, I think 642nd might be a new longest queue for me, and also also let us rejoice in my having a home library in the system such that I get to join a 582-person queue at 35th place.)
Comparison to Nebulas: 2/6 overlap (Kingfisher and Wiswell), which feels unusually low?
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)
739 ballots cast for 209 nominees, finalists range 75 to 135
In contrast to the novels I've read all but one of these. (Vastly shorter queues for Navigational Entanglements.)
Comparison to Nebulas: 3/6 overlap (Mohamed, Nayler, Samatar).
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)
394 ballots cast for 188 nominees, finalists range 36 to 58
I almost nominated the Ha story and then dumped it last-minute but I'm pleased to see it here. I've read all of these but Loneliness Universe.
Comparison to Nebulas: 2/6 (Ha and Triantafyllou).
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)
610 ballots cast for 673 nominees, finalists range 32 to 110
Ugh I do not like this ballot. Why does everyone like the Tartarus story so much? It's just a nasty little gotcha. Marginalia was cute at least. I don't really want vote for anything here.
Comparison to Nebulas: 3/6 (Jones, Yoachim, Kim). (Whyyy.)
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)
621 ballots cast for 201 nominees, finalists range 57 to 90
Fingers crossed Roanhorse landed her trilogy ok because I don't want to vote for anything else here.
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)
265 ballots cast for 259 nominees, finalists range 13 to 37
It only takes 13 people to get something on this ballot! And, hey, we got on Deep Dark! And MFTIM 2 despite its problems! And I don't hate the idea of reading some new G Willow Wilson thing!
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)
431 ballots cast for 209 nominees, finalists range 28 to 95
Is a reddit thread (if that's what that is) a Work? I guess?
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)
610 ballots cast for 217 nominees, finalists range 80 to 219
I'm feeling pretty good about my withdrawal from caring about this category.
Comparison to Nebulas: I seem to have just completely left out the Bradbury award when I posted about the Nebula nominees? WTF past me? I'm going to edit it to put it back in for future reference. Anyways, of the 6 Bradbury nominees, 5 show up in either the Hugo Long or Short.
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+)
451 ballots cast for 302 nominees, finalists range 31 to 59
I withdrew from caring about this category years ago and I'm never going back.
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
298 ballots cast for 187 nominees, finalists range 19 to 34
So! much! not caring! Except that I do care very deeply that Ghost & the Golem didn't make it, damn, I really wanted to see it on here.
Comparison to Nebulas: 1/6 overlap (1000xRESIST).
Best Editor Short Form
Scott H. Andrews
Jennifer Brozek
Neil Clarke
Jonathan Strahan
Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
Sheila Williams
322 ballots cast for 165 nominees, finalists range 28 to 80
Sure.
Best Editor Long Form
Carl Engle-Laird
Ali Fisher
Lee Harris
David Thomas Moore
Diana M. Pho
Stephanie Stein
162 ballots cast for 89 nominees, finalists range 15 to 40
Sure.
Best Professional Artist
Micaela Alcaino
Audrey Benjaminsen
Rovina Cai
Maurizio Manzieri
Tran Nguyen
Alyssa Winans
214 ballots cast for 209 nominees, finalists range 14 to 37
I don't recognize some of these names, which is great.
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
334 ballots cast for 94 nominees, finalists range 38 to 108
I recognize almost all of these names, but that's fine. [ETA I mean the magazine names, not all the individual editors!]
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 Wakurak, 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
243 ballots cast for 77 nominees, finalists range 25 to 67
Sure.
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
376 ballots cast for 197 nominees, finalists range 24 to 64
Never even started to care about this one. Although Emily Tesh and Rebecca Fraimow talking about Diana Wynne Jones would probably be great if I could follow spoken discussion.
Best Fan Writer
Camestros Felapton
Abigail Nussbaum
Roseanna Pendlebury
Jason Sanford
Alasdair Stuart
Örjan Westin
329 ballots cast for 158 nominees, finalists range 27 to 62
Aw, no Bitter Karella?
Best Fan Artist
Iain J. Clark
Sara Felix
Meg Frank
Michelle Morrell
Alison Scott
España Sheriff
186 ballots cast for 120 nominees, finalists range 16 to 37
Aw, no Geneva Bowers or Autun Purser?
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)
219 ballots cast for 266 nominees, finalists range 11 to 26
Hey, I nominated one of these! (By Liu!) I am one of these 11 to 26 people!
Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
The Feast Makers by H.A. 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)
268 ballots cast for 175 nominees, finalists range 18 to 52
Oh, Jordan Ifueko was Raybearer, I liked that. Sure, I'll read these.
Comparison to Nebulas: 1/6 overlap (Moonstorm).
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)
341 ballots cast for 168 nominees, finalists range 28 to 96
I'm excited to see Pechaček on here despite my failure to become aware of him until it was too late!
The following nominees received enough votes to qualify for the final ballot, but were found to be ineligible:
Best Series: The Singing Hills Cycle, by Nghi Vo (fewer than 240,000 words in total)
That's what I thought!
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Dune, the Musical (first performed in 2023)
The following nominees received enough votes to qualify for the final ballot, but declined nomination:
Lodestar Award: Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White (Peachtree Teen)
Best Semiprozine: Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Reaaally curious now what Compound Fracture is and why White might have declined, anyone have the gossip here?
Also, ETA, looks like I'm reading a minimum of 10 prose books here (3 novels, a novella, the third Roanhorse book, five YA) plus 4 graphic novels plus whatever I feel I need to read for the Astoundings? Oof.
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Date: 2025-04-07 08:43 pm (UTC)Hm, I liked the Tartarus story; it felt more like "slowly unfolding horror with a nice reveal/callback" than like "a smug gotcha twist", to me anyway. What made you feel gotcha-ed about it?