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The final voting statistics for the 2023 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award for Best New Writer are now available from The Hugo Awards website and File 770.  Statistics from the nomination stage are still forthcoming.

Here is how the finalists placed:

BEST NOVEL

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

BEST NOVELLA

1. Where the Drowned Girls Go, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
2. Ogres, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris)
3. Even Though I Knew the End, by C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)
4. What Moves the Dead, by T. Kingfisher (Tor Nightfire)
5. Into the Riverlands, by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
6. A Mirror Mended, by Alix E. Harrow (Tordotcom)

BEST NOVELETTE

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

BEST SHORT STORY

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

BEST SERIES

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

BEST GRAPHIC STORY OR COMIC

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

BEST RELATED WORK

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

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM

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

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM

1. The Expanse: “Babylon’s Ashes”, written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Naren Shankar, directed by Breck Eisner (Alcon Entertainment)
2. Andor: “One Way Out”, written by Beau Willimon, Tony Gilroy, and George Lucas, directed by Toby Haynes (Lucasfilm)
3. Stranger Things: “Chapter Four: Dear Billy”, written by Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, and Paul Dichter, directed by Shawn Levy (21 Laps Entertainment)
4. Andor: “Rix Road”, written by Tony Gilroy and George Lucas, directed by Benjamin Caron (Lucasfilm)
5. 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)
6. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: “Whose Show is This?”, written by Jessica Gao, Francesca Gailes, and Jacqueline Gailes, directed by Kat Coiro (Marvel Entertainment)

BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM

1. Neil Clarke
2. Sheree Renée Thomas
3. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
4. Scott H. Andrews
5. Xu Wang
6. Feng Yang

BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM

1. Lindsey Hall
2. Haijun Yao
3. Lee Harris
4. Ruoxi Chen
5. Sarah Peed
6. Huan Yan

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

1. Enzhe Zhao
2. Kuri Huang
3. Sija Hong
4. Alyssa Winans
5. Jian Zhang
6. Paul Lewin

BEST SEMIPROZINE

1. 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.
2. Strange Horizons, edited by The Strange Horizons Editorial Team
3. FIYAH, edited by the entire FIYAH team
4. Escape Pod, co-editors Mur Lafferty & Valerie Valdes; Assistant editors Benjamin C. Kinney & Premee Mohamed, host Tina Connolly, producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht
5. 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
6. khōréō, edited by Team khōréō

BEST FANZINE

1. Zero Gravity Newspaper, by RiverFlow and Ling Shizhen
2. Journey Planet, by Regina Kanyu Wang, Yen Ooi, Arthur Liu, Jean Martin, Erin Underwood, Steven H Silver, Pádraig Ó Méalóid and their other co-editors.
3. Nerds of a Feather, by Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer, Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla, G. Brown
4. Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, by Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk
5. Chinese Academic SF Express, by Latssep and Tianluo_Qi
6. Galactic Journey, by Gideon Marcus, Janice Marcus, Tammi Bozich, Erica Frank, Arel Lucas, and Mark Yon

BEST FANCAST

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

BEST FAN WRITER

1. Chris M. Barkley
2. RiverFlow
3. Arthur Liu
4. Bitter Karella
5. Jason Sanford
6. Örjan Westin

BEST FAN ARTIST

1. Richard Man
2. Iain Clark
3. Laya Rose
4. Alison Scott
5. España Sheriff
6. Orion Smith

LODESTAR AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK

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

ASTOUNDING AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER

1. Travis Baldree
2. Isabel J Kim*
3. Everina Maxwell*
4. Maijia Liu
5. Naseem Jamnia
6. Weimu Xin*

*2nd year of eligibility

Three of my top choices won and three more came in second.  Five times I ranked the winner third, and five times my top pick came in fourth.  How did your favorites do?

The winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer are being announced at the Hugo Award Ceremony at the Chengdu Worldcon today.  Here’s how I personally ranked the finalists:

Best Novel

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

Best Novella

1. Even Though I Knew the End, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)
2. What Moves the Dead, T. Kingfisher (Tor Nightfire)
3. Where the Drowned Girls Go, Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
4. A Mirror Mended, Alix E. Harrow (Tordotcom)
5. Ogres, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris)
6. Into the Riverlands, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)

Best Novelette

1. The Difference Between Love and Time, Catherynne M. Valente (Someone in Time, Solaris)
2. Murder by Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness, S.L. Huang (Clarkesworld, Dec 2022)
3. We Built This City, Marie Vibbert (Clarkesworld, Jun 2022)
4. A Dream of Electric Mothers, Wole Talabi (Africa Risen, Tordotcom)
5. If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You, John Chu (Uncanny, Jul/Aug 2022)

Best Short Story

1. Rabbit Test, Samantha Mills (Uncanny, Nov/Dec 2022)
2. D.I.Y., John Wiswell (Tor.com, 24 Aug 202)

Best Series

1. October Daye, Seanan McGuire (DAW)
2. The Locked Tomb, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
3. The Founders Trilogy, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey)
4. The Scholomance, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
5. Children of Time Series, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit)
6. Rivers of London, Ben Aaronovich (DAW)

Best Graphic Story or Comic

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

Best Related Work

1. Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes, Rob Wilkins (Doubleday)
2. Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road, Kyle Buchanan (William Morrow)
3. The Ghost of Workshops Past, S.L. Huang (Tor.com)
4. Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir, Wil Wheaton (William Morrow)
5. Buffalito World Outreach Project, Lawrence M. Schoen (Paper Golem LLC)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

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

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

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

Best Editor, Short Form

1. Scott H. Andrews
2. Neil Clarke
3. Sheree Renée Thomas
4. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

Best Editor, Long Form

1. Sarah Peed
2. Lindsey Hall
3. Lee Harris
4. Ruoxi Chen

Best Professional Artist

1. Sija Hong
2. Kuri Huang
3. Alyssa Winans

Best Semiprozine

1. Strange Horizons
2. PodCastle
3. khōréō
4. FIYAH
5. Escape Pod
6. Uncanny Magazine

Best Fanzine

1. Nerds of a Feather, flock together
2. Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog
3. Journey Planet
4. Galactic Journey

Best Fancast

1. Kalanadi
2. The Coode Street Podcast
3. Hugo, Girl!
4. Hugos There
5. Octothorpe
6. Worldbuilding for Masochists

Best Fan Writer

1. Örjan Westin
2. Bitter Karella
3. Jason Sanford
4. Chris M. Barkley

Best Fan Artist

1. Alison Scott
2. Iain Clark
3. Richard Man
4. Laya Rose
5. España Sheriff
6. Orion Smith

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (not a Hugo)

1. In the Serpent’s Wake, Rachel Hartman (Random House Books for Young Readers)
2. The Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
3. Bloodmarked, Tracy Deonn (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
4. Akata Woman, Nnedi Okorafor (Viking Books for Young Readers)
5. Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods, Catherynne M. Valente (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
6. Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen/Titan Books)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo)

1. Isabel J. Kim*
2. Everina Maxwell*
3. Travis Baldree
4. Naseem Jamnia

*2nd year of eligibility

The finalists I left off my ballot are those I felt I didn’t have enough information about.  Who are you hoping to see take home shiny trophies?