Tag: finalists

The 2022 Hugo Voters Packet is currently available to members of Chicon 8, the 80th World Science Fiction Convention, until close of voting on August 11th.  Many thanks to the finalists who have shared materials for the consideration of Hugo voters and to the Hugo administrators for putting it all together!

On the download page, each category has a ZIP file except for Best Fancast which has been divided into two parts due to size.  Inside each ZIP file is a table of contents in PDF format detailing the material provided for that category.  Note that updates were made after the original release in the following categories:  Best Novella, Best Short Story, Best Editor: Short Form, Best Editor: Long Form, and Best Fancast (File 770 has the details).

In the following breakdown, I have noted the main items included next to each category name and added links where work is available online to everyone.  At the very bottom is a summary totaling all of these items.   I’m pleased to see most finalists provided information on their eligible work and in many cases the full work itself.  Of particular note is the complete nominated episode for one of the Short Form Best Dramatic Presentation finalists as well as work included for both Short and Long Form Best Editor categories.

Where I found formatting issues, I have put an asterisk next to the affected file types and added some notes on the problems.  These are typically caused by an automatic conversion from a fixed format (PDF) to a reflowable format (EPUB, MOBI).  In many cases, it’s just distracting.  In a few, they are rendered pretty much unreadable.

The books accessed through NetGalley links are DRM protected.  The easiest way to read these is with the NetGalley Shelf app for Android or iOS.  To read on Kindle devices or mobile apps, you will need to add your device’s email address to your NetGalley profile and set kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email to receive files from in your Amazon account.  The book will be available to download to any other Kindle device or mobile app logged into your Amazon account, but DRM will tie that copy to the device or app it is downloaded to.  To read on your computer or other ereaders and apps, choose the “Download Protected EPUB” option.  You will need to install Adobe Digital Editions and authorize it with an Adobe ID.  Here the DRM will allow you to read on any device or app authorized with the same Adobe ID.  Both these and the books accessed through the NetGalley Shelf app are set to expire 55 days after downloading.  If needed, you can download books again up until the archive date set by the publisher.  All are available until the voting deadline.  See NetGalley’s device guide for more details.

Please let me know if you find any errors or omissions.  For issues with the packet, email hugo-help@chicon.org.  Happy reading, watching, listening, and viewing!

BEST NOVEL (6 novels)

• A Desolation Called Peace, by Arkady Martine (Tor)
  • full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• The Galaxy, and the Ground Within, by Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager / Hodder & Stoughton)
  • full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Light From Uncommon Stars, by Ryka Aoki (Tor)
  • full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• A Master of Djinn, by P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom / Orbit UK)
  • full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • also in Ruoxi Chen’s packet for Best Editor, Long Form (same EPUB, no MOBI, PDF with cover and without printer marks)
• Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir (Ballantine / Del Rey)
  • full novel (watermarked PDF)
• She Who Became the Sun, by Shelley Parker-Chan (Tor / Mantle)
  • full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • same files also in Shelley Parker-Chan’s packet for the Astounding Award

BEST NOVELLA (6 novellas)

• Across the Green Grass Fields, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
  • full novella (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • same files also available in Seanan McGuire’s packet for Best Series
• Elder Race, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tordotcom)
  • full novella (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF) [*some ereaders may cut off paragraphs in the double-column “Nyr and Lynesse” chapter]
• Fireheart Tiger, by Aliette de Bodard (Tordotcom)
  • full novella (EPUB, MOBI*, PDF) [*converted from PDF]
• The Past Is Red, by Catherynne M. Valente (Tordotcom)
  • full novella (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers (Tordotcom)
  • full novella (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• A Spindle Splintered, by Alix E. Harrow (Tordotcom)
  • full novella (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)

BEST NOVELETTE (6 novelettes)

• “Bots of the Lost Ark”, by Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld, Jun 2021)
  • full novelette (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • also included in Neil Clarke’s sampler for Best Editor, Short Form
• “Colors of the Immortal Palette”, by Caroline M. Yoachim (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021)
  • full novelette and author interview (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • also included in the Uncanny Magazine sampler for Best Semiprozine
• L’Esprit de L’Escalier, by Catherynne M. Valente (Tordotcom)
  • full novelette (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF) [*converted from PDF]
• “O2 Arena”, by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Galaxy’s Edge, Nov 2021)
  • full novelette (DOCX, EPUB, MOBI*, PDF) [*missing blank line between paragraphs]
• “That Story Isn’t the Story”, by John Wiswell (Uncanny Magazine, Nov/Dec 2021)
  • full novelette and author interview (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • also included in the Uncanny Magazine sampler for Best Semiprozine
• “Unseelie Brothers, Ltd.”, by Fran Wilde (Uncanny Magazine, May/Jun 2021)
  • full novelette (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • also included in the Uncanny Magazine sampler for Best Semiprozine

BEST SHORT STORY (6 short stories)

• “Mr. Death”, by Alix E. Harrow (Apex Magazine, Feb 2021)
  • full short story (PDF)
• “Proof by Induction”, by José Pablo Iriarte (Uncanny Magazine, May/Jun 2021)
  • full short story and author interview (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • also included in the Uncanny Magazine sampler for Best Semiprozine
• “The Sin of America”, by Catherynne M. Valente (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021)
  • full short story (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • also included in the Uncanny Magazine sampler for Best Semiprozine
• “Tangles”, by Seanan McGuire (Magicthegathering.com: Magic Story, Sep 2021)
  • full short story (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF) [*missing the 2 scene break indicators]
  • online story has illustrations
• “Unknown Number”, by Blue Neustifter (Twitter, Jul 2021)
  • full short story (AZW3*, EPUB*, double-page PDF) [*converted from PDF]
  • online versions have text in addition to the screen images
• “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather”, by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021)
  • full short story and author interview (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • also included in the Uncanny Magazine sampler for Best Semiprozine

BEST SERIES (5 novels, 1 novel excerpt, 1 novella)

• The Green Bone Saga, by Fonda Lee (Orbit)
  • Jade City (book 1 of 3), novel excerpt, chapters 1-11 (watermarked PDF)
  • excerpt from Jade Legacy (book 3) included in Nivia Evans’ sampler for Best Editor, Long Form
• The Kingston Cycle, by C. L. Polk (Tordotcom)
  • Soulstar (book 3 of 3), full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Merchant Princes, by Charles Stross (Tor UK / Tor)
  • The Family Trade (book 1 of 6 in original series), full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF), includes excerpt from The Hidden Family (book 2)
  • Empire Games (book 1 of 3 in sequel series), full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Terra Ignota, by Ada Palmer (Tor Books)
  • Too Like the Lightning (book 1 of 4), full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF), excerpt from Seven Surrenders (book 2) included in EPUB and MOBI formats
• Wayward Children, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
  • Across the Green Grass Fields (novella 6 of 6 published by 2021), full novella (EPUB, MOBI, PDF), same files also included in Seanan McGuire’s packet for Best Novella
  • short story “Juice Like Wounds” set during In An Absent Dream (novella 4) available online
• The World of the White Rat, by T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon) (Argyll Productions)
  • Swordheart (book 3 of 6 published by 2021, currently a stand-alone book in this universe, published between the Clocktaur War duology and the 3 current books of The Saint of Steel sub-series), full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF), cover art (JPG)

BEST GRAPHIC STORY OR COMIC (6 graphic novels, 1 graphic novel excerpt)

• DIE, vol. 4: Bleed, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles (Image)
  • full graphic novels as individual files, volumes 1-4 (PDF)
• Far Sector, written by N.K. Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell (DC)
  • not in packet
• Lore Olympus, vol. 1, by Rachel Smythe (Del Rey)
  • graphic novel excerpt, episodes 1-6 with link to webcomic for the remaining episodes 7-25 which were collected as volume 1 (watermarked PDF)
• Monstress, vol. 6: The Vow, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image)
  • full graphic novel (PDF)
• Once & Future, vol. 3: The Parliament of Magpies, written by Kieron Gillen, illustrated by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain (BOOM!)
  • full graphic novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Strange Adventures, written by Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads and Evan “Doc” Shaner (DC)
  • not in packet

BEST RELATED WORK (4 books, 1 book excerpt, 1 article)

• Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman’s Fight to End Ableism, by Elsa Sjunneson (Tiller Press)
  • book excerpt, chapter 14 (PDF)
• The Complete Debarkle: Saga of a Culture War, by Camestros Felapton (Camestros Felapton)
  • full book (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • Read Me First (PDF)
• Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985, edited by Andrew Nette and Iain McIntyre (PM Press)
  • full book (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• “How Twitter can ruin a life”, by Emily St. James (Vox, Jun 2021)
  • full article (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF) [*converted from PDF]
• Never Say You Can’t Survive, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tordotcom)
  • full book (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee, by Abraham Riesman (Crown)
  • full book (watermarked PDF)
  • NetGalley link in category table of contents to download full book (AZW3/MOBI, EPUB), includes photo gallery not in PDF, archive date: 31 Aug 2022

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)
  • link to IMDb listing in category table of contents
• Encanto, screenplay by Charise Castro Smith and Jared Bush; directed by Jared Bush, Byron Howard, and Charise Castro Smith (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • link to IMDb listing in category table of contents
• The Green Knight, written and directed by David Lowery (BRON Studios/A24)
  • link to IMDb listing in category table of contents
• 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)
  • link to IMDb listing in category table of contents
• Space Sweepers, screenplay by Jo Sung-hee, Yookang Seo-ae, and Yoon Seung-min; directed by Jo Sung-hee (Bidangil Pictures)
  • images of writers (4 JPG files)
  • link to IMDb listing in category table of contents
• 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+)
  • link to IMDb listing in category table of contents

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM (1 tv episode)

• 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)
  • link to IMDb listing in category table of contents
• For All Mankind: “The Grey,” written by Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi; directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (Tall Ship Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
  • link to IMDb listing in category table of contents
• 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)
  • link to IMDb listing in category table of contents
• The Expanse: “Nemesis Games,” written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, and Naren Shankar; directed by Breck Eisner (Amazon Studios)
  • images of writers (2 JPG files)
  • author bios (ODT, PDF)
  • link to IMDb listing in category table of contents
• Loki: “The Nexus Event,” written by Eric Martin, directed by Kate Herron, created for television by Michael Waldron (Disney+)
  • link to IMDb listing in category table of contents
• Star Trek: Lower Decks: “wej Duj,” written by Kathryn Lyn, directed by Bob Suarez (CBS Eye Animation Productions)
  • full episode (watermarked MP4)
  • full script (watermarked PDF)
  • show images (3 JPG files)
  • link to IMDb listing in category table of contents

BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM (2 anthologies, 2 magazine issues, 2 magazine samplers)

• Neil Clarke
  • sampler with 12 short fiction works (1 novella, 2 novelettes, 9 short stories) from Clarkesworld Magazine (EPUB, MOBI, PDF), includes “Bots of the Lost Ark” which is also available separately in Suzanne Palmer’s packet for Best Novelette
• Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
  • full reprint anthology of The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (2021): Volume One with 2 novelettes and 27 short stories (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Mur Lafferty & S.B. Divya
  • sampler with 7 short stories (3 original, 4 reprints) from Escape Pod (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
    • original story “Bright Lights Flying Beneath the Ocean” guest edited by Brent Lambert
    • reprint story “Sentient Being Blues” originally appeared in the Mar/Apr 2021 issue of Asimov’s edited by fellow finalist Sheila Williams
    • same files included in the Escape Pod packet for Best Semiprozine
  • 7 corresponding episodes from the Escape Pod podcast only available in their Best Semiprozine packet
• Jonathan Strahan
  • list of short fiction works edited with links to the publisher’s listing or to the story itself where available (DOCX, PDF)
  • 3 of the novellas are available in the Best Novella packet (Fireheart Tiger, The Past Is Red, and A Spindle Splintered)
• Sheree Renée Thomas
  • full November/December 2021 issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction including 1 novella, 4 novelettes, and 6 short stories (EPUB, MOBI)
  • full anthology of Trouble the Waters co-edited with Pan Morigan and Troy L. Wiggins (EPUB, MOBI), cover art (JPG), not published until 2022
• Sheila Williams
  • full September/October 2021 issue of Asimov’s including 3 novellas and 9 short stories (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF) [*oddly formatted but readable]
  • editing philosophy (DOC, PDF)
  • 20 Asimov’s stories (6 novellas, 6 novelettes, 8 short stories) from 2021 which were Asimov’s Readers’ Award Finalists or made the Locus Recommended Reading List are currently available online

BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM (4 novels, 12 novel excerpts)

• Ruoxi Chen
  • list of novels edited and editing philosophy (PDF)
  • A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark, full novel (EPUB, PDF)
    • also available in P. Djèlí Clark’s Best Novel packet (same EPUB, MOBI, PDF with printer marks and no cover)
    • Ruoxi Chen took over from Diana M. Pho
  • The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo, full novel (EPUB, PDF)
  • Star Eater by Kerstin Hall, full novel (EPUB, PDF)
  • A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske, full novel (EPUB, PDF)
• Nivia Evans
  • list of novels edited and editing philosophy (DOCX, PDF)
  • sampler of 9 novel excerpts (watermarked PDF)
• Sarah T. Guan
  • list of novels edited and editing philosophy (DOCX, PDF)
  • sampler of 3 novel excerpts (PDF)
  • excerpt of Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee included in fellow finalist Nivia Evans’ packet (Nivia Evans took over from Sarah Guan)
• Brit Hvide
  • list of novels edited (DOCX, PDF)
• Patrick Nielsen Hayden
  • list of works involved with and editing philosophy (DOCX, PDF)
• Navah Wolfe
  • list of novels edited (DOCX, EPUB, MOBI, PDF)

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST (6 portfolios)

• Tommy Arnold
  • 8 images as individual files (JPG)
  • link to artist website in category table of contents
• Rovina Cai
  • portfolio of cover art and interior illustrations (PDF)
• Ashley Mackenzie
  • 3 images as individual files (JPG)
  • link to artist website in category table of contents
• Maurizio Manzieri
  • 4 images in 3 different ways (no caption, with caption, side-by-side of illustration and cover design) for a total of 12 individual files (JPG)
  • artist notes and website links (PDF, RTF)
• Will Staehle
  • 4 images as individual files (PNG), “Canto” not released until 2022
• Alyssa Winans
  • 3 images as individual files (JPG)
  • portfolio of same 3 images (PDF)

BEST SEMIPROZINE (5 magazine issues, 4 magazine samplers, 7 story podcasts)

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor Scott H. Andrews
  • full Issue #340, Thirteenth Anniversary Double-Issue, 7 Oct 2021 with 3 novelettes and 1 short story (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• 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
  • sampler with 3 original and 4 reprint short stories (EPUB, MOBI, PDF), same files included in Mur Lafferty and S.B. Divya’s packet for Best Editor, Short Form
  • 7 corresponding podcast episodes as individual files (MP3), only in the Best Semiprozine packet
• FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, publisher Troy L Wiggins; executive editor DaVaun Sanders; managing editor Eboni Dunbar; poetry editor B. Sharise Moore; reviews editor and social media manager Brent Lambert; art director L. D. Lewis; web editor Chavonne Brown; non-fiction editor Margeaux Weston; guest editors Summer Farah and Nadia Shammas; acquiring editors Kaleb Russell, Rebecca McGee, Kerine Wint, Joshua Morley, Emmalia Harrington, Genine Tyson, Tonya R. Moore, Danny Lore; technical assistant Nelson Rolon
  • full Issue #17, Winter 2021 with 4 short stories and 3 poems (PDF)
  • full Issue #18, Spring 2021 with 4 short stories and 2 poems (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • full Issue #19: Sound and Color, Summer 2021 with 5 short stories, 2 poems, and 1 article (EPUB, PDF)
  • full Issue #20: Love, Death, and Androids, Autumn 2021 with 5 short stories, 2 poems, and 1 article (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• PodCastle, co-editors Jen R. Albert, C. L. 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
  • sampler with 6 short stories (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Strange Horizons, Vanessa Aguirre, Joseph Aitken, Kwan-Ann Tan, Rachel Ayers, M H Ayinde, Tierney Bailey, Scott Beggs, Drew Matthew Beyer, Gautam Bhatia, Tom Borger, S. K. Campbell, Emma Celi, Zhui Ning Chang, Rita Chen, Tania Chen, Liz Christman, Emma-Grace Clarke, Linda H. Codega, Bruhad Dave, Sarah Davidson, Tahlia Day, 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
  • sampler of 9 short fiction works (2 novelettes, 7 short stories), 11 poems, 16 articles, and 5 illustrations with artist bios (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• 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
  • sampler with 16 short fiction works (1 novella, 4 novelettes, 11 short stories), 10 articles, 8 poems, 6 author interviews, links to select podcasts, and a cover art gallery (EPUB, MOBI, PDF), includes the six Uncanny Magazine short fiction finalists which are also available separately in the Best Novelette and Best Short Story packets

BEST FANZINE (5 issues, 5 samplers)

• The Full Lid, by Alasdair Stuart and Marguerite Kenner
  • sampler with 6 newsletters (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus; editor Janice L. Newman; associate writers Gwyn Conaway, Jason Sacks, and John Boston
  • sampler with 20 articles (EPUB, MOBI, PDF), includes an article by Best Fan Writer finalist Cora Buhlert
• 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
  • full issues #57-#61 in a single document (PDF)
  • same 5 issues as individual files (EPUB*) [*converted from PDF with major issues]
  • individual issues in PDF format available at eFanzines.com/JourneyPlanet
• Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur
  • sampler with 9 articles (DOCX, PDF)
• Small Gods, Lee Moyer (Icon) and Seanan McGuire (Story)
  • sampler of 6 articles with illustrations (EPUB, MOBI, double-page PDF)
  • Lee Moyer is also a finalist for Best Fan Artist
• Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, editors Amanda Wakaruk and Olav Rokne
  • sampler with 9 articles (PDF, high resolution PDF)

BEST FANCAST (42 podcast episodes)

PART 1

• Be The Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske, and Jennifer Mace
  • letter to Hugo packet readers (DOCX, PDF)
  • 3 podcast episodes as individual files (MP3)
    • Episode 83: Space Sweepers!
    • Episode 85: Girl Meets House
    • Episode 96: Changing Places
  • 3 corresponding episode transcripts as individual files (DOCX, PDF)
• The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe, Jonathan Strahan producer
  • 4 podcast episodes as individual files (MP3)
    • Episode 545: Aliette de Bodard and Fireheart Tiger
    • Episode 550: P. Djèlí Clark and A Master of Djinn
    • Episode 555: Catherynne M. Valente and Telling Tales
    • Episode 560: Arkady Martine and Memories of Empire
• Hugo, Girl!, hosts Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, and Lori Anderson; producer/editor Kevin Anderson
  • episode guide (PDF)
  • 3 podcast episodes as individual files (MP3)
    • Episode 24 – The Stone Sky: Hippopotabus
    • Episode 25 – Dragonflight: Misogynist Moments
    • Episode 29 – Hyperion: A Maxisode!
  • 3 corresponding episode transcripts as individual files (PDF)
  • episodes, show notes, and transcripts are available at hugogirlpodcast.com/all-episodes
  • all packet files, as well as transcripts in EPUB format, are available on Google Drive
• Octothorpe, by John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty
  • show notes and transcripts in one document (EPUB, PDF), also available in PDF format at efanzines.com/Octothorpe
  • 4 podcast episodes as individual files (MP3)
    • 23: A Lot of Foreshadowing
    • 30: Try to Always Use Chaps in a Gender-Neutral Way
    • 36: Worldcon Fire Service
    • 44: Quite a Lot of Big Buts
• Worldbuilding for Masochists, presented by Cass Morris, Rowenna Miller, and Marshall Ryan Maresca
  • podcast information (PDF)
  • 4 podcast episodes as individual files (MP3)
    • Episode 43: Getting There is Half the Fun, ft. KATE ELLIOTT
    • Episode 46: Join in If You Know the Chorus, Ft. C. L. CLARK
    • Episode 53: Worldbuilding 301
    • Episode 64: The Times, They Are A-Changin‘, ft. FONDA LEE

PART 2

• Our Opinions Are Correct, presented by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders, produced by Veronica Simonetti
  • 24 podcast episodes as individual files (MP3), 1 extra copy of Episode 91: AI and 2 extra copies of Episode 92: Activism (27 MP3 files total)
  • links to show notes and transcripts available at ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes (episodes 74-97)

BEST FAN WRITER (6 samplers)

• Chris M. Barkley
  • sampler of 5 articles (PDF)
• Bitter Karella
  • sampler of Midnight Pals writing (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF) [*converted from PDF which is a series of page images]
• Alex Brown
  • sampler of 9 articles in one document (PDF)
  • same 9 articles as individual files (PDF)
• Cora Buhlert
  • sampler of 29 articles (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • another article by Cora Buhlert is available in the Best Fanzine packet for Galaxy Journey
• Jason Sanford
  • sampler of 11 articles (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Paul Weimer
  • sampler of 17 articles (AZW3*, EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF) [*converted from PDF with minor issues]

BEST FAN ARTIST (6 portfolios)

• Iain J. Clark
  • 5 images as individual files (JPG)
  • link to artist website in category table of contents
• Lorelei Esther
  • portfolio of fan art (PDF)
• Sara Felix
  • 4 images as individual files (PNG)
  • links to artist website and Instagram in category table of contents
• Ariela Housman
  • portfolio of fan art (PDF)
  • same 4 images as individual files (JPG)
• Nilah Magruder
  • 3 images as individual files (PNG)
• Lee Moyer
  • portfolio of art from Best Fanzine finalist Small Gods (PDF)

LODESTAR AWARD (5 novels)

• Chaos on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
  • full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Iron Widow, by Xiran Jay Zhao (Penguin Teen / Rock the Boat)
  • full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • same files also in Xiran Jay Zhao’s packet for the Astounding Award
• The Last Graduate, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey Books)
  • novel excerpt, chapters 1-5 (watermarked PDF)
  • NetGalley link to request full novel (AZW3/MOBI, EPUB) in both excerpt and category table of contents, archive date: 4 Sep 2022
• Redemptor, by Jordan Ifueko (Amulet Books / Hot Key Books)
  • full novel (watermarked PDF)
• A Snake Falls to Earth, by Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
  • not in packet
• Victories Greater Than Death, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen / Titan)
  • full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)

ASTOUNDING AWARD (6 novels, 1 short story)

• Tracy Deonn (2nd year of eligibility)
  • Legendborn, full novel (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF with “**FOR HUGO VOTER USE ONLY**” at the bottom of each page) [*converted from PDF but cleaned up], cover image (JPG)
  • short story “Vergence” from the anthology From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF) [*converted from PDF but cleaned up], image of first page (JPG)
  • essay “Every King Arthur Retelling Is Fanfic About Who Gets to Be Legendary” (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF) [*missing blank line between paragraphs]
• Micaiah Johnson (2nd year of eligibility)
  • The Space Between Worlds
    • novel excerpt, chapters 1-8 (watermarked PDF)
    • NetGalley link to request full novel (AZW3/MOBI, EPUB) in both excerpt and category table of contents, archive date: 4 Sep 2022
• A.K. Larkwood (2nd year of eligibility)
  • The Unspoken Name, full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Everina Maxwell (1st year of eligibility)
  • Winter’s Orbit, full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Shelley Parker-Chan (1st year of eligibility)
  • She Who Became the Sun, full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • same files also in Shelley Parker-Chan’s packet for Best Novel
• Xiran Jay Zhao (1st year of eligibility)
  • Iron Widow, full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • same files also in Xiran Jay Zhao’s packet for the Lodestar Award

SUMMARY (102 out of 114 finalists participating)

• 23 novels
• 13 novel excerpts
• 6 novellas
• 6 novelettes
• 7 short stories
• 6 graphic novels
• 1 graphic novel excerpt
• 4 non-fiction books
• 1 non-fiction book excerpt
• 1 non-fiction article
• 1 tv episode
• 2 anthologies
• 7 magazine issues
• 5 magazine samplers
• 7 story podcasts
• 12 artist portfolios
• 5 fanzine issues
• 5 fanzine samplers
• 42 podcast episodes
• 6 fan writing samplers

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The 2021 Hugo Awards Ceremony takes place tonight at 9 pm EST (UTC -5) at DisCon III, the 79th World Science Fiction Convention. A live stream will be available on their website. Results will also be announced via Twitter (@worldcon2021 and @TheHugoAwards). Here is how I personally ranked the finalists:

Best Novel

1. The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
2. Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Gallery / Saga Press)
3. Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com)
4. Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tor.com)
5. The Relentless Moon, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Books)
6. Piranesi, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)

Best Novella

1. The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo (Tor.com)
2. Come Tumbling Down, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com)
3. Upright Women Wanted, Sarah Gailey (Tor.com)
4. Ring Shout, P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com)
5. Riot Baby, Tochi Onyebuchi (Tor.com)
6. Finna, Nino Cipri (Tor.com)

Best Novelette

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

Best Short Story

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

Best Series

1. October Daye, Seanan McGuire (DAW)
2. The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells (Tor.com)
3. The Lady Astronaut Universe, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Books/Audible/Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)
4. The Poppy War, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager)
5. The Daevabad Trilogy, S.A. Chakraborty (Harper Voyager)
6. The Interdependency, John Scalzi (Tor Books)

Best Related Work

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

Best Graphic Story or Comic

1. Invisible Kingdom, vol 2: Edge of Everything, Author: G. Willow Wilson, Artist: Christian Ward (Dark Horse Comics)
2. Monstress, vol. 5: Warchild, Author: Marjorie Liu, Artist: Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
3. 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)
4. Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, written by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings (Harry N. Abrams)
5. DIE, Volume 2: Split the Party, written by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, letters by Clayton Cowles (Image Comics)
6. Ghost-Spider vol. 1: Dog Days Are Over, Author: Seanan McGuire, Artist: Takeshi Miyazawa and Rosi Kämpe (Marvel)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

1. Tenet, written and directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner Bros./Syncopy)
2. The Old Guard, written by Greg Rucka, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (Netflix / Skydance Media)
3. 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)
4. Palm Springs, written by Andy Siara, directed by Max Barbakow (Limelight / Sun Entertainment Culture / The Lonely Island / Culmination Productions / Neon / Hulu / Amazon Prime)
5. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), written by Christina Hodson, directed by Cathy Yan (Warner Bros.)
6. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, written by Will Ferrell, Andrew Steele, directed by David Dobkin (European Broadcasting Union/Netflix)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

1. The Expanse, “Gaugamela”, written by Dan Nowak, directed by Nick Gomez (Alcon Entertainment / Alcon Television Group / Amazon Studios / Hivemind / Just So)
2. The Mandalorian, “Chapter 13: The Jedi”, written and directed by Dave Filoni (Golem Creations / Lucasfilm / Disney+)
3. The Mandalorian, “Chapter 16: The Rescue”, written by Jon Favreau, directed by Peyton Reed (Golem Creations / Lucasfilm / Disney+)
4. 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)
5. Doctor Who, “Fugitive of the Judoon”, written by Vinay Patel and Chris Chibnall, directed by Nida Manzoor (BBC)
6. 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)

Best Editor, Short Form

1. Ellen Datlow
2. Sheila Williams
3. Neil Clarke
4. C.C. Finlay
5. Jonathan Strahan
6. Mur Lafferty and S.B. Divya

Best Editor, Long Form

1. Nivia Evans
2. Sarah Guan
3. Navah Wolfe
4. Brit Hvide
5. Sheila E. Gilbert
6. Diana M. Pho

Best Professional Artist

1. Rovina Cai
2. Galen Dara
3. Alyssa Winans
4. Tommy Arnold
5. Maurizio Manzieri
6. John Picacio

Best Semiprozine

1. 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
2. Beneath Ceaseless Skies, ed. Scott H. Andrews
3. Strange Horizons, Vanessa Aguirre, Joseph Aitken, Rachel Ayers, M H Ayinde, Tierney Bailey, Scott Beggs, Drew Matthew Beyer, Gautam Bhatia, S. K. 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, A.Z. 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, E.M. 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
4. Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and S.B. 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.
5. PodCastle, editors, C.L. Clark and Jen R. Albert, assistant editor and host, Setsu Uzumé, producer Peter Adrian Behravesh, and the entire PodCastle team.
6. 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

1. nerds of a feather, flock together, ed. Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, The G, and Vance Kotrla
2. Quick Sip Reviews, editor, Charles Payseur
3. Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, ed. Amanda Wakaruk and Olav Rokne
4. Lady Business, editors. Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay, and Susan.
5. 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.
6. The Full Lid, written by Alasdair Stuart, edited by Marguerite Kenner

Best Fancast

1. Kalanadi, produced and presented by Rachel
2. Claire Rousseau’s YouTube channel, produced by Claire Rousseau
3. Be The Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske and Jennifer Mace
4. Worldbuilding for Masochists, presented by Rowenna Miller, Marshall Ryan Maresca and Cass Morris
5. The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe, Jonathan Strahan, producer
6. 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.

Best Fan Writer

1. Cora Buhlert
2. Charles Payseur
3. Jason Sanford
4. Paul Weimer
5. Elsa Sjunneson
6. Alasdair Stuart

Best Fan Artist

1. Iain J. Clark
2. Grace P. Fong
3. Laya Rose
4. Cyan Daly
5. Maya Hahto
6. Sara Felix

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

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

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

1. Micaiah Johnson (1st year of eligibility)
2. Simon Jimenez (1st year of eligibility)
3. Emily Tesh (2nd year of eligibility)
4. Jenn Lyons (2nd year of eligibility)
5. A.K. Larkwood (1st year of eligibility)
6. Lindsay Ellis (1st year of eligibility)

Which finalists are you hoping to see take home shiny trophies?

On July 20th, DisCon III notified members that they had uploaded new or revised material to the Hugo Voters Packet in the following categories:

• Best Novelette
• Best Series
• Best Editor, Short Form
• Best Fancast
• Best Video Game

Read on for the details on the files which have been changed or added. See my previous post for a breakdown of everything in the packet. An asterisk next to the file type indicates formatting issues. Let me know if there is anything I missed.

Best Novelette

• “The Pill”, Meg Elison (from Big Girl, (PM Press))
  • REVISED: full novelette (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)

Best Series

• The Lady Astronaut Universe, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Books/Audible/Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction/Solaris)
  • REVISED: “The Lady Astronaut of Mars”, novelette (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • REVISED: “Rockets Red”, short story (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • REVISED: “The Phobos Experience”, short story (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • REVISED: “We Interrupt This Broadcast”, short story (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)

Best Editor, Short Form

• Sheila Williams
  • REVISED: list of 2020 stories edited (EPUB, MOBI*, PDF)
  • REVISED: editing philosophy (EPUB, MOBI*, PDF)

Best Fancast

• Worldbuilding for Masochists, presented by Rowenna Miller, Marshall Ryan Maresca and Cass Morris
  • REVISED: transcript for episode 30 (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)

Best Video Game

• Final Fantasy VII Remake (Publisher: Square Enix)
  • NEW: information on requesting one of a limited amount of evaluation copies (PDF)

The 2021 Hugo Voters Packet is currently available to members of DisCon III, the 79th World Science Fiction Convention, until close of voting on November 19.  Many thanks to the finalists who have shared materials for the consideration of Hugo voters and to the Hugo administrators for putting it all together!

UPDATE:  On July 20th, DisCon III notified members that they had uploaded new or revised material to the Hugo Voters Packet.  See my Updates to the 2021 Hugo Voters Packet post for details.  The following list has been edited to reflect the changes as necessary.

(You might also want to take a look at JJ’s File 770 post on Where To Find The 2021 Hugo Award Finalists For Free Online.)

On the download page, each category has a PDF with a table of contents for the category and a ZIP file of the material provided for that category.  A copy of the PDF file is also inside the ZIP file.

In the following breakdown, I have noted the main items included next to each category name.  At the very bottom is a summary totalling all of these items.   I’m pleased to see most finalists provided information on their eligible work and in many cases the full work itself.  Of particular note are the packets for this year’s special Best Video Game category as well as both Long and Short Form Best Dramatic Presentation categories.

Where I found formatting issues, I have put an asterisk next to the affected file types.  These are typically caused by an automatic conversion from a fixed format (PDF) to a reflowable format (EPUB, MOBI).  In some cases, it’s just distracting.  In others, they are rendered pretty much unreadable.  (As an aside, can anyone suggest a reason for having documents with links to videos in EPUB and MOBI as well as PDF?)

The books accessed through NetGalley links are DRM protected.  The easiest way to read these is with the NetGalley Shelf app for Android or iOS if a publisher has enabled that option.  To read on Kindle devices or mobile apps, you will need to add your device’s email address to your NetGalley profile and set kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email to receive files from in your Amazon account.  The book will be available to download to any other Kindle device or mobile app logged into your Amazon account, but DRM will tie the book to the device or app it is downloaded to.  To read on your computer or other ereaders and apps, choose the “Download Protected EPUB/PDF” option.  You will need to install Adobe Digital Editions and authorize it with an Adobe ID.  Here the DRM will allow you to read on any device or app authorized with the same Adobe ID.  Both these and the books accessed through the NetGalley Shelf app are set to expire 55 days after downloading.  If needed, you can download books again up until the archive date set by the publisher.  The publishers do not appear to have taken the current voting deadline into consideration as the archive dates are in August (with one as early as August 1st).  So don’t wait too long!  See NetGalley’s device guide for more details.

Please let me know if you have questions or find any errors or omissions.  Happy reading, watching, listening, playing, and viewing!

BEST NOVEL (4 novels, 2 novel excerpts)

• Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Gallery / Saga Press / Solaris)
  • full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • front cover image (JPG)
  • complete cover for the trade paperback edition (PDF)
• The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
  • 109 page excerpt (watermarked PDF)
• Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com)
  • full novel (EPUB, MOBI)
• Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tor.com)
  • full novel (EPUB, MOBI)
• Piranesi, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
  • 82 page excerpt (EPUB*, MOBI*, watermarked PDF)
  • Q&A with Susanna Clarke (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • front cover image (JPG)
  • author photo by Sarah Lee (JPG)
• The Relentless Moon, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Books / Solaris)
  • full novel (EPUB, MOBI)

BEST NOVELLA (6 novellas)

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

BEST NOVELETTE (6 novelettes)

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

BEST SHORT STORY (6 short stories)

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

BEST SERIES (21 novels, 1 novel excerpt, 8 novellas, 26 novelettes, 10 short stories)

• The Daevabad Trilogy, S.A. Chakraborty (Harper Voyager)
  • The City of Brass (EPUB*, MOBI*, watermarked PDF)
  • The Kingdom of Copper (EPUB*, MOBI*, watermarked PDF)
  • The Empire of Gold (EPUB*, MOBI*, watermarked PDF)
• The Interdependency, John Scalzi (Tor Books)
  • uncorrected digital galley of The Collapsing Empire (EPUB, MOBI)
• The Lady Astronaut Universe, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Books/Audible/Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction/Solaris)
  • excerpt of the first twenty chapters from The Calculating Stars (EPUB, MOBI)
  • 6 short fiction works (1 novelette, 5 short stories) as individual files (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • note that The Relentless Moon (available in the Best Novel packet) is part of this series (PDF)
• The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells (Tor.com)
  • All Systems Red (EPUB, MOBI)
  • Artificial Condition (EPUB, MOBI)
• October Daye, Seanan McGuire (DAW)
  • books 1-14 as individual files (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • 36 short fiction works (6 novellas, 25 novelettes, 5 short stories) as individual files (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • incorrect note that Come Tumbling Down (available in the Best Novella packet) is part of this series (PDF)
• The Poppy War, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager)
  • The Poppy War (EPUB*, MOBI*, watermarked PDF)
  • The Dragon Republic (EPUB*, MOBI*, watermarked PDF)
  • The Burning God (EPUB*, MOBI*, watermarked PDF)

BEST RELATED WORK (2 books, 1 article)

• Beowulf: A New Translation, Maria Dahvana Headley (FSG)
  • full book (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)
  • links to reviews, a virtual panel with the author, and an online reading (PDF)
• CoNZealand Fringe, Claire Rousseau, C, Cassie Hart, Adri Joy, Marguerite Kenner, Cheryl Morgan, Alasdair Stuart
  • introduction, links to online videos, and panel transcriptions (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• FIYAHCON, L.D. Lewis–Director, Brent Lambert–Senior Programming Coordinator, Iori Kusano–FIYAHCON Fringe Co-Director, Vida Cruz–FIYAHCON Fringe Co-Director, and the Incredible FIYAHCON team
  • introduction and links to online content (PDF)
• “George R.R. Martin Can Fuck Off Into the Sun, Or: The 2020 Hugo Awards Ceremony (Rageblog Edition)”, Natalie Luhrs (Pretty Terrible, August 2020)
  • full article (PDF)
  • link to the original blog post is provided in the 2021 Best Related Work table of contents (PDF)
• A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler, Lynell George (Angel City Press)
  • full book (double-page watermarked PDF)
• The Last Bronycon: a fandom autopsy, Jenny Nicholson (YouTube)
  • link to the online video provided in the 2021 Best Related Work table of contents (PDF)

BEST GRAPHIC STORY OR COMIC (7 graphic novels)

• DIE, Volume 2: Split the Party, written by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, letters by Clayton Cowles (Image Comics)
  • full graphic novel (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)
  • DIE, Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)
• Ghost-Spider vol. 1: Dog Days Are Over, Author: Seanan McGuire, Artist: Takeshi Miyazawa and Rosi Kämpe (Marvel)
  • full graphic novel as follows:
    • interiors of issues #1-5 as individual files (PDF)
    • front and back covers of graphic novel (PDF)
    • inside front and inside back covers of graphic novel (PDF)
    • interstitial pages of graphic novel (PDF)
• Invisible Kingdom, vol 2: Edge of Everything, Author: G. Willow Wilson, Artist: Christian Ward (Dark Horse Comics)
  • full graphic novel (PDF)
• Monstress, vol. 5: Warchild, Author: Marjorie Liu, Artist: Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
  • full graphic novel (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)
• Once & Future vol. 1: The King Is Undead, written by Kieron Gillen, illustrated by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain, lettered by Ed Dukeshire (BOOM! Studios)
  • full graphic novel (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)
  • another copy of the full graphic novel with “NetGalley” added to the file name (PDF)
• Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, written by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings (Harry N. Abrams)
  • full graphic novel (EPUB*, MOBI*, double-page PDF)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM (1 movie)

• The Old Guard, written by Greg Rucka, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (Netflix / Skydance Media)
  • password protected links to full movie and trailer provided in the 2021 Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form table of contents (PDF)
  • screenplay (PDF)
• Palm Springs, written by Andy Siara, directed by Max Barbakow (Limelight / Sun Entertainment Culture / The Lonely Island / Culmination Productions / Neon / Hulu / Amazon Prime)
  • password protected link to trailer provided in the 2021 Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form table of contents (PDF)
  • shooting script (PDF)
• 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)
  • password protected link to trailer provided in the 2021 Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form table of contents (PDF)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM (2 episodes)

• Doctor Who, “Fugitive of the Judoon”, written by Vinay Patel and Chris Chibnall, directed by Nida Manzoor (BBC)
  • password protected link to full episode provided in the 2021 Best Dramatic Presentation Short Form table of contents (PDF)
• The Expanse, “Gaugamela”, written by Dan Nowak, directed by Nick Gomez (Alcon Entertainment / Alcon Television Group / Amazon Studios / Hivemind / Just So)
  • password protected links to full episode and after show provided in the 2021 Best Dramatic Presentation Short Form table of contents (PDF)
  • writer bio (PDF)

BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM (4 novellas, 34 novelettes, 47 short stories)

• Neil Clarke
  • introduction and 10 short fiction works (6 novelettes, 4 short stories) from Clarkesworld Magazine (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Ellen Datlow
  • 11 short fiction works (8 novelettes, 3 short stories) from Tor.com as individual files (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
    • including Best Novelette “Two Truths and a Lie” by Sarah Pinsker (different files from those provided in the Best Novelette packet)
  • full novella of Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings (PDF)
  • full novella of Out of Body by Jeffrey Ford (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • all 18 short fiction works (1 novella, 5 novelettes, 12 short stories) from Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles as individual files (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
    • “Cut Frame” by Gemma Files has minor formatting issues in all 3 formats
  • list of other work and editing philosophy (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Mur Lafferty and S.B. Divya
  • introduction, 2 short stories (1 original, 1 reprint) from Escape Pod: The Science Fiction Anthology, and 6 short stories (3 original, 3 reprints) from Escape Pod: The Original Science Fiction Podcast (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • 6 corresponding episodes from the Escape Pod podcast as individual files (MP3)
  • same files provided in the Best Semiprozine packet
• Jonathan Strahan
  • blog post about general awards eligibility for 2020 work (PDF)
  • 3 short fiction works (1 novelette, 2 short stories) from Made to Order: Robots and Revolution (EPUB, MOBI)
    • including Best Short Story finalist “A Guide for Working Breeds” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad (also available in the Best Short Story packet as a separate file)
  • full anthology of The Book of Dragons including 8 novelettes and 14 short stories (watermarked PDF)
• Sheila Williams
  • full November/December 2020 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction including 1 novella, 6 novelettes, and 4 short stories (PDF)
  • list of 2020 stories edited (EPUB, MOBI*, PDF)
  • editing philosophy (EPUB, MOBI*, PDF)

BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM (15 novel excerpts)

• Nivia Evans
  • list of novels edited and editing philosophy (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Sheila E. Gilbert
  • introduction, list of novels edited, and 14 novel excerpts (PDF)
• Sarah Guan
  • editing philosophy and list of novels edited (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • 111 page excerpt from The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk (watermarked PDF)
• Brit Hvide
  • list of novels edited and editing philosophy (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Diana M. Pho
  • list of novels edited (plus one short fiction work) with author testimonials and editing approach (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)
• Navah Wolfe
  • list of novels edited (DOCX, EPUB, MOBI)

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST (6 portfolios)

• Tommy Arnold
  • 5 individual image files (JPG)
• Rovina Cai
  • portfolio of cover art and/or interior illustrations from 4 books (PDF)
• Galen Dara
  • 6 individual image files (JPG)
    • only 2 images are from 2020 works (“Baba Yaga and the Seven Hills”, “The Time Traveler’s Advice to the Lovelorn”), other 4 are from 2021 or as-yet-unpublished works
• Maurizio Manzieri
  • website links and list of 2020 work (RTF)
  • folder containing 5 individual files of illustrations with captions (JPG)
  • folder containing 5 individual files of same illustrations without captions (JPG)
  • folder containing 5 individual files of same illustrations side-by-side with their cover design (JPG)
• John Picacio
  • portfolio of 3 illustrations with and without titles (PDF)
• Alyssa Winans
  • portfolio of 4 illustrations (PDF)
  • same portfolio divided into 4 individual files (JPG)

BEST SEMIPROZINE (1 novella, 7 novelettes, 62 short stories, 28 poems, 31 articles)

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor Scott H. Andrews
  • full Issue #300 (26 Mar 2020) including 1 novella, 2 novelettes, and 2 short stories (EPUB, MOBI, PDF, PRC)
• Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and S.B. 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
  • introduction, 2 short stories (1 original, 1 reprint) from Escape Pod: The Science Fiction Anthology, and 6 short stories (3 original, 3 reprints) from Escape Pod: The Original Science Fiction Podcast (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
    • first 2 stories included from the anthology should only be used to evaluate Mur Lafferty and S.B. Divya for Best Editor, Short Form
  • 6 corresponding episodes from the Escape Pod podcast as individual files (MP3)
  • same files provided in the Best Editor, Short Form packet
• 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
  • cover letter (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)
  • full issues #13-16 as individual files including 1 novelette, 16 short stories, and 9 poems (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)
• PodCastle, editors C.L. Clark and Jen R. Albert, assistant editor and host Setsu Uzumé, producer Peter Adrian Behravesh, and the entire PodCastle team
  • introduction, 7 original short stories, 2 reprint short stories, and 1 reprint novelette (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • 10 corresponding podcasts as individual files (MP3)
• 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
  • introduction, 3 novelettes, 17 short stories, 13 articles, 9 poems, links to podcasts, and a cover collage (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
    • including 2 Best Novelette and 2 Best Short Story finalists (also available in their category packets as separate files)
  • cover image (PNG)
• Strange Horizons, Vanessa Aguirre, Joseph Aitken, Rachel Ayers, M H Ayinde, Tierney Bailey, Scott Beggs, Drew Matthew Beyer, Gautam Bhatia, S. K. Campbell, Zhui Ning Chang, Rita Chen, 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, A.Z. Louise, Dante Luiz, Gui Machiavelli, Cameron Mack, Samantha Manaktola, Marisa Manuel, Jean McConnell, Heather McDougal, Maria Morabe, Amelia Moriarty, Emory Noakes, Sara 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, 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, E.M. 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
  • introduction, 10 short stories, 10 poems, 18 articles, and examples of original cover art (5 different device versions of EPUB, MOBI, PDF)

BEST FANZINE (27 issues, 51 articles)

• The Full Lid, written by Alasdair Stuart, edited by Marguerite Kenner
  • introduction and 19 newsletters (PDF)
  • same introduction and 19 newsletters as individual files (PDF)
  • an additional 7th August issue is included in Alasdair Stuart’s Best Fan Writer packet
• 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
  • issues 49-56 as individual files (PDF)
• Lady Business, editors Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay, and Susan
  • sampler with 15 articles (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)
• nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, The G, and Vance Kotrla
  • introduction and 26 articles (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
    • Paul Weimer’s review of A Pale Light in the Black by K.B. Wagers also appears in his Best Fan Writer packet
• Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur
  • introduction and 10 articles (PDF)
    • “2020 Year-In-Review” article is also included in Charles Payseur’s Best Fan Writer packet
• Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, editors Amanda Wakaruk and Olav Rokne
  • list of links to selected blog posts (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)

BEST FANCAST (24 podcasts)

• Be The Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske and Jennifer Mace
  • 4 podcasts as individual files (MP3)
  • corresponding transcripts as individual files (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Claire Rousseau’s YouTube channel, produced by Claire Rousseau
  • link to a playlist of featured videos (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)
• The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe, Jonathan Strahan, producer
  • 13 podcasts as individual files (MP3)
• Kalanadi, produced and presented by Rachel
  • link to channel and a 2020 highlights playlist (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• 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
  • introduction and list of podcasts included in the packet (PDF)
  • 3 podcasts as individual files (MP3)
• Worldbuilding for Masochists, presented by Rowenna Miller, Marshall Ryan Maresca and Cass Morris
  • introduction and list of podcast included in the packet (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)
  • 4 podcasts as individual files (MP3)
  • corresponding transcripts as individual files (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)

BEST FAN WRITER (10 issues, 72 articles)

• Cora Buhlert
  • introduction, 26 articles, and a linked list of all 2020 work (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Charles Payseur
  • introduction and 10 articles (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)
    • “2020 Year-In-Review” article is also included in Quick Sip Reviews‘ Best Fanzine packet
• Jason Sanford
  • introduction and 11 articles (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Elsa Sjunneson
  • introduction and links to a selection of online fan writing (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
    • one of the linked articles is also available in Uncanny Magazine‘s Best Semiprozine packet (“Imagining Place: Worldbuilding As”)
• Alasdair Stuart
  • introduction, 10 issues of The Full Lid, and 11 articles (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)
    • all issues of The Full Lid except the 7th August issue are also included in The Full Lid‘s Best Fanzine packet
• Paul Weimer
  • sampler of 14 articles (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)
    • review of A Pale Light in the Black by K.B. Wagers also appears in nerds of a feather, flock together‘s Best Fanzine packet (2 more of his reviews can be found there as well)

BEST FAN ARTIST (6 portfolios)

• Iain J. Clark
  • 6 individual image files (JPG)
• Cyan Daly
  • 3 individual image files (1 JPEG, 2 PNG)
• Sara Felix
  • 6 individual image files (PNG)
• Grace P. Fong
  • 4 individual image files (PNG)
    • 6 files included, but 2 are identical copies
• Maya Hahto
  • introduction with 8 illustrations (PDF)
• Laya Rose
  • portfolio with 20 illustrations (PDF)
  • 20 individual image files (JPG)
  • 1 illustration in the portfolio is not available as an individual image and vice versa

BEST VIDEO GAME (3 games)

• Blaseball (Publisher and Developer: The Game Band)
  • introduction with links to online game and more information (PDF)
• Final Fantasy VII Remake (Publisher: Square Enix)
  • information on requesting one of a limited amount of evaluation copies (PDF)
  • introduction with links to videos and more information (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• Hades (Publisher and Developer: Supergiant Games)
  • information on requesting one of a limited amount of evaluation copies (PDF)
  • password protected links to trailers provided in the 2021 Best Video Game table of contents (PDF)
• The Last of Us: Part II (Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment / Developer: Naughty Dog)
  • links to trailers and official website (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
  • password protected links to the same trailers provided in the 2021 Best Video Game table of contents (PDF)
  • 28 individual screenshot image files (JPG)
• Spiritfarer (Publisher and Developer: Thunder Lotus)
  • information on requesting one of a limited amount of evaluation copies (PDF)
  • introduction and synopsis (PDF)
  • 4 individual screenshot image files (PNG)
  • password protected link to trailer provided in the 2021 Best Video Game table of contents (PDF)

LODESTAR AWARD (5 novels, 1 novel excerpt)

• Cemetery Boys, Aiden Thomas (Swoon Reads)
  • full novel (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)
• A Deadly Education, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
  • 163 page excerpt (watermarked PDF) with NetGalley link to request DRM protected full novel (AZW3, EPUB)
• Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
  • 110 page excerpt (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)
• Legendborn, Tracy Deonn (Margaret K. McElderry/ Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing)
  • full novel with “**FOR HUGO VOTER USE ONLY**” at the bottom of each page (EPUB*, MOBI*, PDF)
• Raybearer, Jordan Ifueko (Amulet / Hot Key)
  • NetGalley information and link (EPUB, MOBI, PDF) to download DRM protected uncorrected proof of full novel (AZW3*, PDF)
• A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, T. Kingfisher (Argyll Productions)
  • full novel (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)

ASTOUNDING AWARD (4 novels, 2 novel excerpts, 1 novella, 1 novella excerpt)

• Lindsay Ellis (1st year of eligibility)
  • Axiom’s End (PDF)
• Simon Jimenez (1st year of eligibility)
  • 143 page excerpt of The Vanished Birds (watermarked PDF) with NetGalley link to request DRM protected uncorrected proof of full novel (AZW3, EPUB)
• Micaiah Johnson (1st year of eligibility)
  • 126 page excerpt of The Space Between Worlds (watermarked PDF) with NetGalley link to request DRM protected full novel (AZW3, EPUB)
• A.K. Larkwood (1st year of eligibility)
  • excerpt of the first thirteen chapters from The Unspoken Name (EPUB)
• Jenn Lyons (2nd year of eligibility)
  • The Ruin of Kings (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
    • both EPUB and MOBI formats contain a short excerpt from The Name of All Things
• Emily Tesh (2nd year of eligibility)
  • Silver in the Wood (EPUB)
    • contains a short excerpt from Drowned Country

SUMMARY (111 out of 120 finalists participating)

• 34 novels
• 21 novel excerpts
• 20 novellas
• 1 novella excerpt
• 70 novelettes
• 114 short stories
• 2 books
• 7 graphic novels
• 1 movie
• 2 episodes
• 12 portfolios
• 28 poems
• 153 articles
• 28 issues
• 24 podcasts
• 3 games

Voting for the Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer closed last night.  The winners will be presented by CoNZealand in a virtual ceremony at 11 am on August 1st NZST (UTC +12, 7 pm on July 31st EDT).  Here is how I ranked the finalists:

Best Novel

1. The Ten Thousand Doors of January, by Alix E. Harrow (Redhook; Orbit UK)
2. Middlegame, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
3. The Light Brigade, by Kameron Hurley (Saga; Angry Robot UK)
4. A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine (Tor; Tor UK)
5. Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com Publishing)
6. The City in the Middle of the Night, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan)

Best Novella

1. To Be Taught, If Fortunate, by Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager; Hodder & Stoughton)
2. In an Absent Dream, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
3. The Deep, by Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes (Saga Press/Gallery)
4. The Haunting of Tram Car 015, by P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
5. “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom”, by Ted Chiang (Exhalation (Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf; Picador))
6. This Is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (Saga Press; Jo Fletcher Books)

Best Novelette

1. “Away With the Wolves”, by Sarah Gailey (Uncanny Magazine: Disabled People Destroy Fantasy Special Issue, September/October 2019)
2. “For He Can Creep”, by Siobhan Carroll (Tor.com, 10 July 2019)
3. “The Archronology of Love”, by Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed, April 2019)
4. “Omphalos”, by Ted Chiang (Exhalation (Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf; Picador))
5. “The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye”, by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, July-August 2019)
6. Emergency Skin, by N.K. Jemisin (Forward Collection (Amazon))

Best Short Story

1. “Do Not Look Back, My Lion”, by Alix E. Harrow (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, January 2019)
2. “As the Last I May Know”, by S.L. Huang (Tor.com, 23 October 2019)
3. “And Now His Lordship Is Laughing”, by Shiv Ramdas (Strange Horizons, 9 September 2019)
4. “Blood Is Another Word for Hunger”, by Rivers Solomon (Tor.com, 24 July 2019)
5. “A Catalog of Storms”, by Fran Wilde (Uncanny Magazine, January/February 2019)
6. “Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island”, by Nibedita Sen (Nightmare Magazine, May 2019)

Best Series

1. The Expanse, by James S. A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
2. InCryptid, by Seanan McGuire (DAW)
3. Winternight Trilogy, by Katherine Arden (Del Rey; Del Rey UK)
4. Planetfall series, by Emma Newman (Ace; Gollancz)
5. Luna, by Ian McDonald (Tor; Gollancz)
6. The Wormwood Trilogy, by Tade Thompson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Best Related Work

1. Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, produced and directed by Arwen Curry
2. The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick, by Mallory O’Meara (Hanover Square)
3. Joanna Russ, by Gwyneth Jones (University of Illinois Press (Modern Masters of Science Fiction))
4. The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein, by Farah Mendlesohn (Unbound)
5. Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood, by J. Michael Straczynski (Harper Voyager US)
6. “2019 John W. Campbell Award Acceptance Speech”, by Jeannette Ng

Best Graphic Story or Comic

1. The Wicked + The Divine, Volume 9: “Okay”, by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Clayton Cowles (Image)
2. Monstress, Volume 4: The Chosen, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image)
3. Die, Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker, by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, letters by Clayton Cowles (Image)
4. Paper Girls, Volume 6, written by Brian K. Vaughan, drawn by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher (Image)
5. LaGuardia, written by Nnedi Okorafor, art by Tana Ford, colours by James Devlin (Berger Books; Dark Horse)
6. Mooncakes, by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker, letters by Joamette Gil (Oni Press; Lion Forge)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

1. Good Omens, written by Neil Gaiman, directed by Douglas Mackinnon (Amazon Studios/BBC Studios/Narrativia/The Blank Corporation)
2. Us, written and directed by Jordan Peele (Monkeypaw Productions/Universal Pictures)
3. Russian Doll (Season One), created by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland and Amy Poehler, directed by Leslye Headland, Jamie Babbit and Natasha Lyonne (3 Arts Entertainment/Jax Media/Netflix/Paper Kite Productions/Universal Television)
4. Captain Marvel, screenplay by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Walt Disney Pictures/Marvel Studios/Animal Logic (Australia))
5. Avengers: Endgame, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (Marvel Studios)
6. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, screenplay by Chris Terrio and J.J. Abrams, directed by J.J. Abrams (Walt Disney Pictures/Lucasfilm/Bad Robot)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

1. The Expanse: “Cibola Burn”, written by Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck and Naren Shankar, directed by Breck Eisner (Amazon Prime Video)
2. Watchmen: “A God Walks into Abar”, written by Jeff Jensen and Damon Lindelof, directed by Nicole Kassell (HBO)
3. Watchmen: “This Extraordinary Being”, written by Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson, directed by Stephen Williams (HBO)
4. The Good Place: “The Answer”, written by Daniel Schofield, directed by Valeria Migliassi Collins (Fremulon/3 Arts Entertainment/Universal Television)
5. The Mandalorian: “Redemption”, written by Jon Favreau, directed by Taika Waititi (Disney+)
6. Doctor Who: “Resolution”, written by Chris Chibnall, directed by Wayne Yip (BBC)

Best Editor, Short Form

1. Sheila Williams
2. Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
3. Ellen Datlow
4. Jonathan Strahan
5. C.C. Finlay
6. Neil Clarke

Best Editor, Long Form

1. Brit Hvide
2. Navah Wolfe
3. Sheila E. Gilbert
4. Diana M. Pho
5. Devi Pillai
6. Miriam Weinberg

Best Professional Artist

1. Tommy Arnold
2. Galen Dara
3. Alyssa Winans
4. Yuko Shimizu
5. Rovina Cai
6. John Picacio

Best Semiprozine

1. Fireside Magazine, editor Julia Rios, managing editor Elsa Sjunneson, copyeditor Chelle Parker, social coordinator Meg Frank, publisher & art director Pablo Defendini, founding editor Brian White
2. FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, executive editor Troy L. Wiggins, editors Eboni Dunbar, Brent Lambert, L.D. Lewis, Danny Lore, Brandon O’Brien and Kaleb Russell
3. Uncanny Magazine, editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, nonfiction/managing editor Michi Trota, managing editor Chimedum Ohaegbu, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
4. Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor Scott H. Andrews
5. Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and S.B. Divya, assistant editor Benjamin C. Kinney, audio producers Adam Pracht and Summer Brooks, hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart
6. Strange Horizons, Vanessa Rose Phin, Catherine Krahe, AJ Odasso, Dan Hartland, Joyce Chng, Dante Luiz and the Strange Horizons staff

Best Fanzine

1. nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla, and The G
2. Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur
3. The Book Smugglers, editors Ana Grilo and Thea James
4. Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice Marcus, senior writers Rosemary Benton, Lorelei Marcus and Victoria Silverwolf
5. Journey Planet, editors James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, Alissa McKersie, Ann Gry, Chuck Serface, John Coxon and Steven H Silver
6. The Rec Center, editors Elizabeth Minkel and Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Best Fancast

1. Claire Rousseau’s YouTube channel, produced & presented by Claire Rousseau
2. Our Opinions Are Correct, presented by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders
3. Be The Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske and Jennifer Mace
4. Galactic Suburbia, presented by Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce and Tansy Rayner Roberts, producer Andrew Finch
5. The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
6. The Skiffy and Fanty Show, presented by Jen Zink, Shaun Duke, Paul Weimer, Alex Acks, Trish Matson, David Annandale, and The Skiffy and Fanty Crew

Best Fan Writer

1. Adam Whitehead
2. Cora Buhlert
3. Bogi Takács
4. Paul Weimer
5. James Davis Nicoll
6. Alasdair Stuart

Best Fan Artist

1. Iain Clark
2. Ariela Housman
3. Grace P. Fong
4. Elise Matthesen
5. Meg Frank
6. Sara Felix

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

1. Riverland, by Fran Wilde (Amulet)
2. Catfishing on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
3. The Wicked King, by Holly Black (Little, Brown; Hot Key)
4. Dragon Pearl, by Yoon Ha Lee (Disney/Hyperion)
5. Deeplight, by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan)
6. Minor Mage, by T. Kingfisher (Argyll)

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

1. R.F. Kuang (2nd year of eligibility)
2. Tasha Suri (2nd year of eligibility)
3. Sam Hawke (2nd year of eligibility)
4. Emily Tesh (1st year of eligibility)
5. Nibedita Sen (2nd year of eligibility)
6. Jenn Lyons (1st year of eligibility)

Let me know how you voted or which of the finalists you’re rooting for.

The 2020 Hugo Voters Packet is available to members of CoNZealand, the 78th World Science Fiction Convention, from now until close of voting on July 15.  Many thanks to the creators and publishers who have shared materials for the consideration of Hugo voters and to the Hugo administrators for putting it all together!

Once logged in to the member area, you will be able to access the download page for the Hugo Packet.  The first file is a table of contents in PDF format showing the types of files provided for each participating finalist in each category (except dramatic presentation).  The remaining downloads are a series of ZIP files divided by category and further divided by finalist in categories with large file sizes.

In the following breakdown, I have put an asterisk (*) next to the file types where I noticed formatting issues.  In most cases, these issues only affect the EPUB and MOBI formats, and the PDF version of the same book looks fine.  However, Planetfall by Emma Newman (the first book in the Best Series finalist of the same name) has almost no formatting in either file type provided through NetGalley.  For example, paragraphs start on a new line with no line break or indent.  Atlas Alone (fourth and final book in the same series) is slightly better with at least paragraph line breaks.  The second and third books are uncorrected proofs but appear close to final copy on a cursory glance.

The books accessed through NetGalley links are DRM protected.  Contrary to what it says in some of the accompanying packet material, the “Send to Kindle” option is not available for the Kindle for PC or Mac desktop apps.  You will need to set up a specific Kindle device or mobile app to receive the file from NetGalley.  The book will then be available to download to any other Kindle device or mobile app logged into your Amazon account, but DRM will tie the book to the device or app it is downloaded to.  To read on your computer or other ereaders and apps, choose the “Download Protected EPUB/PDF” option.  You will need to install Adobe Digital Editions and authorize it with an Adobe ID.  Here the DRM will allow you to read on any device or app authorized with the same Adobe ID, but these are set to expire 55 days after downloading (which currently takes us past the close of the voting period).  NetGalley’s help pages have the details on setting up a Kindle or downloading and reading on other devices.

Happy reading, watching, listening, and viewing!

BEST NOVEL (5 novels, 1 novel excerpt)

• The City in the Middle of the Night, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan)
  • complete novel in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com Publishing)
  • complete novel in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• The Light Brigade, by Kameron Hurley (Saga; Angry Robot UK)
  • complete novel in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine (Tor; Tor UK)
  • complete novel in PDF
• Middlegame, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
  • complete novel in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January, by Alix E. Harrow (Redhook; Orbit UK)
  • excerpt of the first 100 pages in watermarked PDF

BEST NOVELLA (5 novellas, 1 collection)

• “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom”, by Ted Chiang (Exhalation (Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf; Picador))
  • uncorrected proof of complete collection including the nominated novella and novelette in watermarked PDF
  • PDF with NetGalley link for uncorrected proof of complete collection in Adobe DRM EPUB or Send to Kindle DRM AZW3
  • same files provided in the novelette packet
• The Deep, by Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes (Saga Press/Gallery)
  • complete novella in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• The Haunting of Tram Car 015, by P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
  • complete novella in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• In an Absent Dream, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
  • complete novella in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• This Is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (Saga Press; Jo Fletcher Books)
  • complete novella in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• To Be Taught, If Fortunate, by Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager; Hodder & Stoughton)
  • complete novella in watermarked PDF

BEST NOVELETTE (5 novelettes, 1 collection)

• “The Archronology of Love”, by Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed, April 2019)
  • complete novelette in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• “Away With the Wolves”, by Sarah Gailey (Uncanny Magazine: Disabled People Destroy Fantasy Special Issue, September/October 2019)
  • complete novelette in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• “The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye”, by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, July/August 2019)
  • complete novelette in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• Emergency Skin, by N.K. Jemisin (Forward Collection (Amazon))
  • complete novelette in MOBI
• “For He Can Creep”, by Siobhan Carroll (Tor.com, 10 July 2019)
  • complete novelette in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• “Omphalos”, by Ted Chiang (Exhalation (Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf; Picador))
  • uncorrected proof of complete collection including the nominated novelette and novella in watermarked PDF
  • PDF with NetGalley link for uncorrected proof of complete collection in Adobe DRM EPUB or Send to Kindle DRM AZW3
  • same files provided in the novella packet

BEST SHORT STORY (6 short stories)

• “And Now His Lordship Is Laughing”, by Shiv Ramdas (Strange Horizons, 9 September 2019)
  • complete short story in EPUB*, MOBI*, and PDF
• “As the Last I May Know”, by S.L. Huang (Tor.com, 23 October 2019)
  • complete short story in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• “Blood Is Another Word for Hunger”, by Rivers Solomon (Tor.com, 24 July 2019)
  • complete short story in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• “A Catalog of Storms”, by Fran Wilde (Uncanny Magazine, January/February 2019)
  • complete short story in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• “Do Not Look Back, My Lion”, by Alix E. Harrow (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, January 2019)
  • complete short story in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• “Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island”, by Nibedita Sen (Nightmare Magazine, May 2019)
  • complete short story in PDF (also in the new writer packet)

BEST SERIES (14 novels, 5 novel excerpts, 36 short fiction works)

• The Expanse, by James S. A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
  • excerpt of the first 100 pages of Leviathan Wakes (book 1) in watermarked PDF
• InCryptid, by Seanan McGuire (DAW)
  • PDF with NetGalley links for complete novels 1-8 in Adobe DRM EPUB or Send to Kindle DRM AZW3 (novels 7-8 are uncorrected proofs)
  • 36 complete works of short fiction in EPUB*, MOBI*, and PDF (The 2018 packet had well-formatted epub and mobi files.  Many of these are also available for free download from the author’s website.)
  • reading order in PDF
• Luna, by Ian McDonald (Tor; Gollancz)
  • complete novel of Luna: New Moon (book 1) in EPUB and PDF
  • excerpt of the first 34 pages of Luna: Wolf Moon (book 2) in PDF
  • excerpt of the first 29 pages of Luna: Moon Rising (book 3) in PDF
• Planetfall series, by Emma Newman (Ace; Gollancz)
  • PDF with NetGalley link for uncorrected proofs of complete novels 1-4 in Adobe DRM EPUB* or Send to Kindle DRM AZW3*
• Winternight Trilogy, by Katherine Arden (Del Rey; Del Rey UK)
  • excerpt of the first 156 pages of The Bear and the Nightingale (book 1) in watermarked PDF
  • page 2 of the excerpt has a NetGalley link to request the complete novel in Adobe DRM EPUB or Send to Kindle DRM AZW3
• The Wormwood Trilogy, by Tade Thompson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
  • excerpt of the first 114 pages of Rosewater (book 1) in watermarked PDF

BEST RELATED WORK (2 non-fiction books, 2 non-fiction book excerpts, 1 speech transcript, 1 documentary)

• Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood, by J. Michael Straczynski (Harper Voyager US)
  • complete book in watermarked PDF
• Joanna Russ, by Gwyneth Jones (University of Illinois Press (Modern Masters of Science Fiction))
  • excerpt of chapters 4-5 (46 pp) in PDF (red text across the bottom of every page stating: “Copyrighted material. For award review purposes only.”)
• The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick, by Mallory O’Meara (Hanover Square)
  • excerpt of the first 8 pages in PDF
• The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein, by Farah Mendlesohn (Unbound)
  • complete book in EPUB and PDF
• “2019 John W. Campbell Award Acceptance Speech”, by Jeannette Ng
  • complete transcript of speech in PDF
• Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, produced and directed by Arwen Curry
  • PDF with description and password protected link to online video of the complete documentary

BEST GRAPHIC STORY OR COMIC (22 graphic novels)

• Die, Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker, by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, letters by Clayton Cowles (Image)
  • complete graphic novel in PDF
• LaGuardia, written by Nnedi Okorafor, art by Tana Ford, colours by James Devlin (Berger Books; Dark Horse)
  • complete graphic novel in PDF
• Monstress, Volume 4: The Chosen, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image)
  • complete graphic novels of volumes 1-4 in PDF
• Mooncakes, by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker, letters by Joamette Gil (Oni Press; Lion Forge)
  • complete graphic novel in PDF
• Paper Girls, Volume 6, written by Brian K. Vaughan, drawn by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher (Image)
  • complete graphic novels of volumes 1-6 in PDF
• The Wicked + The Divine, Volume 9: “Okay”, by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Clayton Cowles (Image)
  • complete graphic novels of volumes 1-9 in PDF

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM (1 TV episode, 1 video clip)

• The Expanse: “Cibola Burn”, written by Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck and Naren Shankar, directed by Breck Eisner (Amazon Prime Video)
  • 1 minute video clip of episode in MOV
• Doctor Who: “Resolution”, written by Chris Chibnall, directed by Wayne Yip (BBC)
  • 1 hour complete video of episode in MOV

BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM (1 magazine issue, 2 prozine/semiprozine samplers, 2 anthologies, 3 anthology excerpts, 2 novellas, 11 short fiction works)

• Neil Clarke
  • sampler from Clarkesworld Magazine in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• Ellen Datlow
  • 5 short stories from Tor.com in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
  • complete novella of Desdemona and the Deep by C.S.E. Cooney in PDF
  • complete novella of Ormeshadow by Priya Sharma in PDF
  • complete anthology of Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories in PDF
  • introduction from The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven in PDF
  • table of contents for The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven in DOC
• Jonathan Strahan
  • introduction in PDF
  • 6 short fiction works from Tor.com in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF (including a story also in the short story packet)
  • excerpt from The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume Thirteen in EPUB and MOBI
  • excerpt from Mission Critical in EPUB and MOBI
• Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
  • sampler from Uncanny Magazine in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF (only the short fiction from this sampler should be considered for this category)
  • complete anthology of The Best of Uncanny in EPUB and MOBI
  • same files provided in the semiprozine packet
• Sheila Williams
  • complete July/August 2019 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction in PDF

BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM (7 novels, 2 novel samplers, 2 graphic novels, 1 novella)

• Sheila E. Gilbert
  • sampler of edited novels in PDF
• Brit Hvide
  • list of edited novels in PDF
• Diana M. Pho
  • list of edited works in PDF
  • complete novels in EPUB*, MOBI*, and watermarked PDF
    • A Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery by Curtis Craddock
    • Amnesty by Lara Elena Donnelly
    • Tides of the Titans by Thoraiya Dyer
    • The Perfect Assassin by K. A. Doore
    • The Impossible Contract by K. A. Doore
    • The Revenant Express by George Mann
    • The Sol Majestic by Ferrett Steinmetz
  • other works in EPUB*, MOBI*, and watermarked PDF (should not be considered in evaluation for this category)
    • Chronin Volume 1: The Knife in Your Back by Alison Wilgus (graphic novel)
    • Chronin Volume 2: The Sword in Your Hand by Alison Wilgus (graphic novel)
    • The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark (novella, different files from those included in the novella packet)
• Navah Wolfe
  • sampler of edited novels in EPUB*, MOBI*, and PDF

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST (14 pro art images, 3 pro art samplers)

• Tommy Arnold
  • 6 images in JPG (7 files with 1 duplicate)
• Rovina Cai
  • sampler of art in PDF
• Galen Dara
  • 1 image in JPG and TIF (3 files with 1 duplicate)
  • 4 images in JPG
• John Picacio
  • sampler of art in PDF
• Yuko Shimizu
  • sampler of art in PDF
• Alyssa Winans
  • 3 images in JPG

BEST SEMIPROZINE (5 semiprozine issues, 4 semiprozine samplers, 6 semiprozine podcasts, 1 anthology, 2 cover art images)

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor Scott H. Andrews
  • complete Issue #287 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and S.B. Divya, assistant editor Benjamin C. Kinney, audio producers Adam Pracht and Summer Brooks, hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart
  • sampler in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • 6 corresponding story podcasts in MP3
• Fireside Magazine, editor Julia Rios, managing editor Elsa Sjunneson, copyeditor Chelle Parker, social coordinator Meg Frank, publisher & art director Pablo Defendini, founding editor Brian White
  • sampler in EPUB and MOBI
• FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, executive editor Troy L. Wiggins, editors Eboni Dunbar, Brent Lambert, L.D. Lewis, Danny Lore, Brandon O’Brien and Kaleb Russell
  • complete issues #9-12 in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF (watermark across cover image only in all formats)
• Strange Horizons, Vanessa Rose Phin, Catherine Krahe, AJ Odasso, Dan Hartland, Joyce Chng, Dante Luiz and the Strange Horizons staff
  • sampler in EPUB (5 different device versions), MOBI, and PDF
• Uncanny Magazine, editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, nonfiction/managing editor Michi Trota, managing editor Chimedum Ohaegbu, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
  • sampler from Uncanny Magazine in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
  • complete anthology of The Best of Uncanny in EPUB and MOBI (reprint anthology which should only be used to evaluate the Thomases for Best Editor, Short Form)
  • same files are also included in the short form editor packet (2 separate cover art images in JPG for the sampler and anthology are only included in the semiprozine packet)

BEST FANZINE (4 fanzine issues, 5 fanzine samplers)

• The Book Smugglers, editors Ana Grilo and Thea James
  • sampler in PDF
• Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice Marcus, senior writers Rosemary Benton, Lorelei Marcus and Victoria Silverwolf
  • sampler in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• Journey Planet, editors James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, Alissa McKersie, Ann Gry, Chuck Serface, John Coxon and Steven H Silver
  • issues 45-48 in EPUB*, MOBI*, and PDF
• nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla, and The G
  • sampler in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur
  • sampler in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• The Rec Center, editors Elizabeth Minkel and Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
  • introduction with links to a selection of online content in PDF

BEST FANCAST (39 fancasts, 4 fancast videos, 3 fancast transcripts)

• Be The Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske and Jennifer Mace
  • 3 podcasts in MP3
  • 3 corresponding transcripts in PDF
• Claire Rousseau’s YouTube channel, produced & presented by Claire Rousseau
  • 4 videos in MP4
• The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
  • 3 podcasts in MP3
• Galactic Suburbia, presented by Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce and Tansy Rayner Roberts, producer Andrew Finch
  • 1 podcast in MP3
• Our Opinions Are Correct, presented by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders
  • 26 podcasts in MP3
• The Skiffy and Fanty Show, presented by Jen Zink, Shaun Duke, Paul Weimer, Alex Acks, Trish Matson, David Annandale, and The Skiffy and Fanty Crew
  • introduction in PDF
  • 6 podcasts in MP3

BEST FAN WRITER (6 fan writing samplers)

• Cora Buhlert
  • sampler in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• James Davis Nicoll
  • sampler in PDF
• Alasdair Stuart
  • sampler in PDF
  • sampler split into 18 separate PDF files
• Bogi Takács
  • sampler in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• Paul Weimer
  • sampler in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• Adam Whitehead
  • sampler with links to more online content in PDF

BEST FAN ARTIST (65 fan art images)

• Iain Clark
  • 10 images in JPG
• Sara Felix
  • 4 images in PNG
• Grace P. Fong
  • 4 images in PNG
  • 4 images in JPG
• Meg Frank
  • list of images in DOCX
  • 25 images in JPG
• Ariela Housman
  • 5 images in PDF
• Elise Matthesen
  • list of images in DOCX
  • 13 images in JPG

LODESTAR AWARD (5 YA books, 1 YA book excerpt)

• Catfishing on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
  • complete book in PDF
• Deeplight, by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan)
  • PDF with NetGalley link for an uncorrected proof of the complete book in Adobe DRM PDF or Send to Kindle DRM AZW3*
• Dragon Pearl, by Yoon Ha Lee (Disney/Hyperion)
  • complete book in double-page PDF
• Minor Mage, by T. Kingfisher (Argyll)
  • complete book in EPUB and MOBI
• Riverland, by Fran Wilde (Amulet)
  • PDF with NetGalley link for an uncorrected proof of the complete book in Adobe DRM PDF or Send to Kindle DRM AZW3*
• The Wicked King, by Holly Black (Little, Brown; Hot Key)
  • PDF with NetGalley link for an excerpt of the first 217 pages in Adobe DRM PDF or Send to Kindle DRM AZW3*

ASTOUNDING AWARD (3 novels, 1 novel excerpt, 1 novella, 3 short stories)

• Sam Hawke (2nd year of eligibility)
  • complete novel of City of Lies in watermarked PDF
• R.F. Kuang (2nd year of eligibility)
  • complete novel of The Poppy War in watermarked PDF
• Jenn Lyons (1st year of eligibility)
  • complete novel of The Ruin of Kings in PDF
• Nibedita Sen (2nd year of eligibility)
  • 3 short stories in PDF (including one which is also in the short story packet)
• Tasha Suri (2nd year of eligibility)
  • excerpt of the first 103 pages of Empire of Sand in watermarked PDF
• Emily Tesh (1st year of eligibility)
  • complete novella of Silver in the Wood in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF

SUMMARY

• 29 complete novels
• 6 novel excerpts
• 8 novellas
• 5 novelettes
• 13 short stories
• 41 other short fiction works
• 3 complete anthologies or collections
• 3 anthology excerpts
• 2 complete non-fiction books
• 2 non-fiction book excerpts
• 1 speech transcript
• 1 documentary
• 24 graphic novels
• 1 video clip
• 1 TV episode
• 1 magazine sampler
• 1 magazine issue
• 2 novel samplers
• 3 pro art samplers
• 14 pro art images
• 4 semiprozine samplers
• 5 semiprozine issues
• 6 semiprozine podcasts
• 2 cover art images
• 5 fanzine samplers
• 4 fanzine issues
• 38 fancasts
• 4 fancast videos
• 3 fancast transcripts
• 6 fan writing samplers
• 65 fan art images
• 5 complete YA books
• 1 YA book excerpt
• various support documents

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The Hugo Awards Ceremony will take place on August 18th at 8 pm IST (UTC +1) in Dublin, Ireland.  Live video streaming will be available.  Live text coverage will be provided at the Hugo Awards website.  (Links now updated to archived versions.)  I may continue to blog about the individual categories, but I’ll post my full ballot now to keep myself honest!

Best Novel

1. Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey / Macmillan)
2. The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
3. Record of a Spaceborn Few, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager)
4. Revenant Gun, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
5. Trail of Lightning, by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
6. Space Opera, by Catherynne M. Valente (Saga/Corsair)

Best Novella

1. Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
2. Beneath the Sugar Sky, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
3. Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, by Kelly Robson (Tor.com Publishing)
4. The Tea Master and the Detective, by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean Press / JABberwocky Literary Agency)
5. The Black God’s Drums, by P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
6. Binti: The Night Masquerade, by Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com Publishing)

Best Novelette

1. “When We Were Starless,” by Simone Heller (Clarkesworld 145, October 2018)
2. The Only Harmless Great Thing, by Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing)
3. “The Thing About Ghost Stories,” by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine 25, November-December 2018)
4. “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again,” by Zen Cho (B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog, 29 November 2018)
5. “Nine Last Days on Planet Earth,” by Daryl Gregory (Tor.com, 19 September 2018)
6. “The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections,” by Tina Connolly (Tor.com, 11 July 2018)

Best Short Story

1. “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies,” by Alix E. Harrow (Apex Magazine, February 2018)
2. “The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat,” by Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Magazine 23, July-August 2018)
3. “The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society,” by T. Kingfisher (Uncanny Magazine 25, November-December 2018)
4. “The Court Magician,” by Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed, January 2018)
5. “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington,” by P. Djèlí Clark (Fireside Magazine, February 2018)
6. “STET,” by Sarah Gailey (Fireside Magazine, October 2018)

Best Series

1. Wayfarers, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager)
2. The Universe of Xuya, by Aliette de Bodard (most recently Subterranean Press)
3. The October Daye Series, by Seanan McGuire (most recently DAW)
4. Machineries of Empire, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
5. The Centenal Cycle, by Malka Older (Tor.com Publishing)
6. The Laundry Files, by Charles Stross (most recently Orbit/Tor and Tor.com publishing)

Best Related Work

1. An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000, by Jo Walton (Tor)
2. Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction, by Alec Nevala-Lee (Dey Street Books)
3. Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing, by Ursula K. Le Guin with David Naimon (Tin House Books)
4. The Hobbit Duology (documentary in three parts), written and edited by Lindsay Ellis and Angelina Meehan (YouTube)
5. The Mexicanx Initiative Experience at Worldcon 76 (Julia Rios, Libia Brenda, Pablo Defendini, John Picacio)
6. Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Best Graphic Story

1. Monstress, Volume 3: Haven, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
2. Saga, Volume 9, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
3. Paper Girls, Volume 4, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher (Image Comics)
4. On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden (First Second)
5. Abbott, written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Sami Kivelä, colours by Jason Wordie, letters by Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios)
6. Black Panther: Long Live the King, written by Nnedi Okorafor and Aaron Covington, art by André Lima Araújo, Mario Del Pennino and Tana Ford (Marvel)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

1. Annihilation, directed and written for the screen by Alex Garland, based on the novel by Jeff VanderMeer (Paramount Pictures / Skydance)
2. A Quiet Place, screenplay by Scott Beck, John Krasinski and Bryan Woods, directed by John Krasinski (Platinum Dunes / Sunday Night)
3. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman, directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman (Sony)
4. Black Panther, written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, directed by Ryan Coogler (Marvel Studios)
5. Avengers: Infinity War, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (Marvel Studios)
6. Sorry to Bother You, written and directed by Boots Riley (Annapurna Pictures)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

1. The Expanse: “Abaddon’s Gate,” written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck and Naren Shankar, directed by Simon Cellan Jones (Penguin in a Parka / Alcon Entertainment)
2. Dirty Computer, written by Janelle Monáe and Chuck Lightning, directed by Andrew Donoho and Chuck Lightning (Wondaland Arts Society / Bad Boy Records / Atlantic Records)
3. The Good Place: “Janet(s),” written by Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan, directed by Morgan Sackett (NBC)
4. Doctor Who: “Demons of the Punjab,” written by Vinay Patel, directed by Jamie Childs (BBC)
5. Doctor Who: “Rosa,” written by Malorie Blackman and Chris Chibnall, directed by Mark Tonderai (BBC)
6. The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy,” written by Megan Amram, directed by Trent O’Donnell (NBC)

Best Professional Editor, Short Form

1. Lee Harris
2. Gardner Dozois
3. Julia Rios
4. E. Catherine Tobler
5. Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
6. Neil Clarke

Best Professional Editor, Long Form

1. Anne Lesley Groell
2. Diana Pho
3. Navah Wolfe
4. Gillian Redfearn
5. Sheila E. Gilbert
6. Beth Meacham

Best Professional Artist

1. Charles Vess
2. Jaime Jones
3. Galen Dara
4. Victo Ngai
5. Yuko Shimizu
6. John Picacio

Best Semiprozine

1. FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, executive editors Troy L. Wiggins and DaVaun Sanders, editors L.D. Lewis, Brandon O’Brien, Kaleb Russell, Danny Lore, and Brent Lambert
2. Fireside Magazine, edited by Julia Rios, managing editor Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, copyeditor Chelle Parker; social coordinator Meg Frank, special features editor Tanya DePass, founding editor Brian White, publisher and art director Pablo Defendini
3. Shimmer, publisher Beth Wodzinski, senior editor E. Catherine Tobler
4. Uncanny Magazine, publishers/editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, managing editor Michi Trota, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky, Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue editors-in-chief Elsa Sjunneson-Henry and Dominik Parisien
5. Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor-in-chief and publisher Scott H. Andrews
6. Strange Horizons, edited by Jane Crowley, Kate Dollarhyde, Vanessa Rose Phin, Vajra Chandrasekera, Romie Stott, Maureen Kincaid Speller, and the Strange Horizons Staff

Best Fanzine

1. nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla and The G
2. Rocket Stack Rank, editors Greg Hullender and Eric Wong
3. Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur
4. Lady Business, editors Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay & Susan
5. Journey Planet, edited by Team Journey Planet
6. Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice Marcus

Best Fancast

1. Be the Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske and Jennifer Mace
2. Our Opinions Are Correct, hosted by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders
3. Galactic Suburbia, hosted by Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts, produced by Andrew Finch
4. Fangirl Happy Hour, hosted by Ana Grilo and Renay Williams
5. The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
6. The Skiffy and Fanty Show</em>, produced by Jen Zink and Shaun Duke; hosted by Jen Zink, Shaun Duke, Paul Weimer, Alex Acks, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Trish Matson, and team

Best Fan Writer

1. Foz Meadows
2. Charles Payseur
3. James Davis Nicoll
4. Bogi Takács
5. Elsa Sjunneson-Henry
6. Alasdair Stuart

Best Fan Artist

1. Grace P. Fong
2. Likhain (Mia Sereno)
3. Ariela Housman
4. Spring Schoenhuth
5. Sara Felix
6. Meg Frank

Best Art Book

1. Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, ed. John Fleskes (Flesk Publications)
2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – The Art of the Movie, by Ramin Zahed (Titan Books)
3. Daydreamer’s Journey: The Art of Julie Dillon, by Julie Dillon (self-published)
4. The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, illustrated by Charles Vess, written by Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga Press /Gollancz)
5. Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History, by Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, Sam Witwer (Ten Speed Press)
6. Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, ed. Catherine McIlwaine (Bodleian Library)

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

1. Katherine Arden (2nd year of eligibility)
2. Jeannette Ng (2nd year of eligibility)
3. R.F. Kuang (1st year of eligibility)
4. Rivers Solomon (2nd year of eligibility)
5. S.A. Chakraborty (2nd year of eligibility)
6. Vina Jie-Min Prasad (2nd year of eligibility)

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

1. Tess of the Road, by Rachel Hartman (Random House / Penguin Teen)
2. The Belles, by Dhonielle Clayton (Freeform / Gollancz)
3. Dread Nation, by Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)
4. The Cruel Prince, by Holly Black (Little, Brown / Hot Key Books)
5. The Invasion, by Peadar O’Guilin (David Fickling Books / Scholastic)
6. Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt / Macmillan Children’s Books)

There were so many good finalists this year that it was difficult yet pleasant task to rank them.  I was often surprised by which ones ended up in the bottom ranks.  I kept reminding myself that they’re still above all those nominated but not on the ballot and all those eligible but overlooked.  In many cases, I’ll be happy to see any one of them win.  Which finalists are you rooting for?

The finalists for the 2019 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer were announced last week.  The winners will be presented on August 18th at Dublin 2019: An Irish Worldcon.

Best Novel

• The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
• Record of a Spaceborn Few, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager)
• Revenant Gun, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
• Space Opera, by Catherynne M. Valente (Saga)
• Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey / Macmillan)
• Trail of Lightning, by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)

Four of the novels are my own nominees, and I had already planned to read the books by Becky Chambers and Catherynne M. Valente.  The Calculating Stars and Trail of Lightning are first in series.  Valente recently revealed that there will be a sequel to Space Opera called Space Oddity.  Spinning Silver is in a similar vein to Naomi Novik’s previous novel Uprooted, but it isn’t actually connected in any way.

Record of a Spaceborn Few and Revenant Gun are both the third books in their respective series.  I’ve heard that all three of Chambers’ Wayfarers books can be read independently.  I know I read the second on its own without feeling lost.  Revenant Gun, on the other hand, definitely depends on reading the first two.  Although since they were previous finalists, those who have been voting in the Hugos for the past couple years have likely read them already.

Best Novella

• Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
• Beneath the Sugar Sky, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
• Binti: The Night Masquerade, by Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Black God’s Drums, by P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
• Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, by Kelly Robson (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Tea Master and the Detective, by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean Press / JABberwocky Literary Agency)

My nominees included the novellas by Seanan McGuire, Kelly Robson, and Aliette de Bodard.  I only just read Artificial Condition after nominations closed.  If I had read it beforehand, I probably would have nominated it.  I definitely considered nominating The Black God’s Drums.  For now, I believe it’s the only one here that isn’t part of a series, though I wouldn’t mind reading more about this world.

All three Binti novellas have now been finalists with the first one winning the trophy.  That one stood alone, but neither Binti: Home nor this one can be read on its own.  They now seem more like a three-part serialized novel.  Artificial Condition, Beneath the Sugar Sky, and The Tea Master and the Detective are all also part of series.  I feel they could each be read on their own, but you’ll get more out of them if you’re already familiar with their settings.  Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach is set in the same universe as some of Robson’s other stories but introduces us to previously unseen characters and places.  However, the abrupt ending certainly makes me hope it’s the start of a longer story.

Best Novelette

• “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again,” by Zen Cho (B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog, 29 November 2018)
• “The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections,” by Tina Connolly (Tor.com, 11 July 2018)
• “Nine Last Days on Planet Earth,” by Daryl Gregory (Tor.com, 19 September 2018)
• The Only Harmless Great Thing, by Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing)
• “The Thing About Ghost Stories,” by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine 25, November-December 2018)
• “When We Were Starless,” by Simone Heller (Clarkesworld 145, October 2018)

Out of these, Simone Heller’s novelette was my nominee.  As with Artificial Condition in novella, I didn’t read The Only Harmless Great Thing until after nominations closed, or I probably would have nominated it too.  Any of the rest would have been good choices as well.

Best Short Story

• “The Court Magician,” by Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed, January 2018)
• “The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society,” by T. Kingfisher (Uncanny Magazine 25, November-December 2018)
• “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington,” by P. Djèlí Clark (Fireside Magazine, February 2018)
• “STET,” by Sarah Gailey (Fireside Magazine, October 2018)
• “The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat,” by Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Magazine 23, July-August 2018)
• “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies,” by Alix E. Harrow (Apex Magazine, February 2018)

Here I nominated Alix E. Harrow’s story, and the only one I haven’t read yet is “STET” by Sarah Gailey.  The stories by T. Kingfisher and Brooke Bolander are both extremely fun, and the remaining two are also really good.

Best Series

• The Centenal Cycle, by Malka Older (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Laundry Files, by Charles Stross (most recently Tor.com Publishing and Tor/Orbit)
• Machineries of Empire, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
• The October Daye Series, by Seanan McGuire (most recently DAW)
• The Universe of Xuya, by Aliette de Bodard (most recently Subterranean Press)
• Wayfarers, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager)

My own nominees included Machineries of Empire and The Universe of Xuya.  I’ve read at least one work from each of the others and have been meaning to continue with them.  I haven’t actually read everything from Aliette de Bodard’s series either. With nothing longer than a novella so far, I believe the Xuya stories can be read independently and in any order.  Published in quite a few different magazines and anthologies over the years, it would be difficult to find all of them at this point.  I look forward to seeing if any of those I’ve missed might be included in the voters packet.

Best Related Work

• Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
• Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction, by Alec Nevala-Lee (Dey Street Books)
• The Hobbit Duology (documentary in three parts), written and edited by Lindsay Ellis and Angelina Meehan (YouTube: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3)
• An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000, by Jo Walton (Tor)
• www.mexicanxinitiative.com: The Mexicanx Initiative Experience at Worldcon 76 (Julia Rios, Libia Brenda, Pablo Defendini, John Picacio)
• Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing, by Ursula K. Le Guin with David Naimon (Tin House Books)

Here my nominees included Astounding and An Informal History of the Hugos.  I haven’t read the Ursula K. Le Guin book yet, and I hadn’t heard of the The Hobbit Duology before now.  I knew about The Mexicanx Initiative, but I’m not sure how to evaluate the whole campaign as a related work.  I was also aware that people have been trying to get the Archive of Our Own project nominated for a while now.  However, I don’t really understand how to look at the current 2019 website, the culmination of a decade of development, and consider it as a 2018 work.  Hopefully what they put together for the voters packet will help clarify things for me.

Best Graphic Story

• Abbott, written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Sami Kivelä, colours by Jason Wordie, letters by Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios)
• Black Panther: Long Live the King, written by Nnedi Okorafor and Aaron Covington, art by André Lima Araújo, Mario Del Pennino and Tana Ford (Marvel)
• Monstress, Volume 3: Haven, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
• On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden (First Second)
• Paper Girls, Volume 4, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher (Image Comics)
• Saga, Volume 9, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)

Abbott, Monstress, Paper Girls, and Saga were my own nominees.  I have the remaining two on hold from the library.

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Annihilation, directed and written for the screen by Alex Garland, based on the novel by Jeff VanderMeer (Paramount Pictures / Skydance)
• Avengers: Infinity War, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (Marvel Studios)
• Black Panther, written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, directed by Ryan Coogler (Marvel Studios)
• A Quiet Place, screenplay by Scott Beck, John Krasinski and Bryan Woods, directed by John Krasinski (Platinum Dunes / Sunday Night)
• Sorry to Bother You, written and directed by Boots Riley (Annapurna Pictures)
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman, directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman (Sony)

Here’s where my streak of having at least one of my own nominees in each category is broken.  In fact, I haven’t even seen any of these yet!

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• The Expanse: “Abaddon’s Gate,” written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck and Naren Shankar, directed by Simon Cellan Jones (Penguin in a Parka / Alcon Entertainment)
• Doctor Who: “Demons of the Punjab,” written by Vinay Patel, directed by Jamie Childs (BBC)
• Dirty Computer, written by Janelle Monáe and Chuck Lightning, directed by Andrew Donoho and Chuck Lightning (Wondaland Arts Society / Bad Boy Records / Atlantic Records)
• The Good Place: “Janet(s),” written by Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan, directed by Morgan Sackett (NBC)
• The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy,” written by Megan Amram, directed by Trent O’Donnell (NBC)
• Doctor Who: “Rosa,” written by Malorie Blackman and Chris Chibnall, directed by Mark Tonderai (BBC)

In contrast to DP Long Form, I’ve seen all of these.  The Expanse episode, Dirty Computer, and “Janets(s)” from The Good Place were my own nominees.  I nominated the Thirteenth Doctor’s first episode, “The Woman Who Fell to Earth,” rather than one of these two.

Best Professional Editor, Short Form

• Neil Clarke
• Gardner Dozois
• Lee Harris
• Julia Rios
• Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
• E. Catherine Tobler

Here my nominees included Neil Clarke and Gardner Dozois.  Julia Rios, editor of Fireside, E. Catherine Tobler, editor of Shimmer, and the Thomases, editors of Uncanny, are all also finalists for semiprozine.

Best Professional Editor, Long Form

• Sheila E. Gilbert
• Anne Lesley Groell
• Beth Meacham
• Diana Pho
• Gillian Redfearn
• Navah Wolfe

I usually nominate the editors of my best novel picks here.  This year I added the additional caveat of confirming that they had at least the requisite four novel-length works.  Out of all the editors of my novel and YA Book nominees, Anne Lesley Groell was the only one that I could definitely determine had cleared that bar.  She was my sole nominee in this category.

Best Professional Artist

• Galen Dara
• Jaime Jones
• Victo Ngai
• John Picacio
• Yuko Shimizu
• Charles Vess

For this category, I’m pleased to see first-time finalists Jaime Jones, Yuko Shimizu, and Charles Vess.  I’m especially thrilled about Charles Vess.  He was my own nominee, and he’s long overdue for Hugo recognition.

Best Semiprozine

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor-in-chief and publisher Scott H. Andrews
• Fireside Magazine, edited by Julia Rios, managing editor Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, copyeditor Chelle Parker; social coordinator Meg Frank, special features editor Tanya DePass, founding editor Brian White, publisher and art director Pablo Defendini
• FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, executive editors Troy L. Wiggins and DaVaun Sanders, editors L.D. Lewis, Brandon O’Brien, Kaleb Russell, Danny Lore, and Brent Lambert
• Shimmer, publisher Beth Wodzinski, senior editor E. Catherine Tobler
• Strange Horizons, edited by Jane Crowley, Kate Dollarhyde, Vanessa Rose Phin, Vajra Chandrasekera, Romie Stott, Maureen Kincaid Speller, and the Strange Horizons Staff
• Uncanny Magazine, publishers/editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, managing editor Michi Trota, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky, Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue editors-in-chief Elsa Sjunneson-Henry and Dominik Parisien

Here I nominated the three semiprozines that I subscribe to and read regularly:  Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Strange Horizons, and Uncanny Magazine.

Best Fanzine

• Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice Marcus
• Journey Planet, edited by Team Journey Planet
• Lady Business, editors Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay & Susan
• nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla and The G
• Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur
• Rocket Stack Rank, editors Greg Hullender and Eric Wong

Three of my nominees made the ballot here:  nerds of a feather, Quick Sip Reviews, and Rocket Stack Rank.  For this category, Quick Sip Reviews is the only newcomer.

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
• Fangirl Happy Hour, hosted by Ana Grilo and Renay Williams
• Galactic Suburbia, hosted by Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts, produced by Andrew Finch
• Our Opinions Are Correct, hosted by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders
• The Skiffy and Fanty Show, produced by Jen Zink and Shaun Duke, hosted by the Skiffy and Fanty Crew

I don’t usually listen to podcasts, and none of my BookTube nominees made the ballot.  Last year one of them did make the longlist.  Hopefully they’ll break through to the shortlist in the next year or two.

Best Fan Writer

• Foz Meadows
• James Davis Nicoll
• Charles Payseur
• Elsa Sjunneson-Henry
• Alasdair Stuart
• Bogi Takács

My nominees for this category included Charles Payseur.  Elsa Sjunneson-Henry and Alasdair Stuart are names we haven’t seen on the ballot before.

Best Fan Artist

• Sara Felix
• Grace P. Fong
• Meg Frank
• Ariela Housman
• Likhain (Mia Sereno)
• Spring Schoenhuth

Sara Felix, Meg Frank, and my own nominee, Ariela Housman, are all first-time finalists.

Best Art Book

• The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, illustrated by Charles Vess, written by Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga Press /Gollancz)
• Daydreamer’s Journey: The Art of Julie Dillon, by Julie Dillon (self-published)
• Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History, by Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, Sam Witwer (Ten Speed Press)
• Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, ed. John Fleskes (Flesk Publications)
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – The Art of the Movie, by Ramin Zahed (Titan Books)
• Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, ed. Catherine McIlwaine (Bodleian Library)

Each Worldcon is allowed to create a special Hugo category in addition to the regular ongoing categories.  This is what Dublin 2019 has chosen to do.  My nominees included The Books of Earthsea and Spectrum 25.

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The following awards are determined by the same process and are presented along with the Hugos, but their winners received something other than a shiny rocket.

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

• Katherine Arden
• S.A. Chakraborty
• R.F. Kuang
• Jeannette Ng
• Vina Jie-Min Prasad
• Rivers Solomon

All but S.A. Chakraborty and R.F Kuang are returning finalists from last year, and only R.F. Kuang is in her first year of eligibility for this award.  I nominated Katherine Arden.

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

• The Belles, by Dhonielle Clayton (Freeform / Gollancz)
• Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt / Macmillan Children’s Books)
• The Cruel Prince, by Holly Black (Little, Brown / Hot Key Books)
• Dread Nation, by Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)
• The Invasion, by Peadar O’Guilin (David Fickling Books / Scholastic)
• Tess of the Road, by Rachel Hartman (Random House / Penguin Teen)

The first four are the first book in a series.  The Invasion is the second book in a duology, the sequel to The Call.  Tess of the Road is set in the same world as Rachel Hartman’s previous books Seraphina and Shadow Scale, but I’ve heard that you can start with this one.  I nominated The Belles, Children of Blood and Bone, and Dread Nation.

 

With at least one of my nominees in all but two categories, I’m pretty happy with the outcome of the nomination phase.  What are your thoughts on the finalists?  Did your favorites make the list?