Hugos! AKA Chicon 8 Winners!

The Hugo winners were announced last night! So, as I usually do with the Oscars, here's my wrap-up post. My original Hugos post included bits about each of the nominees, which was fun to do. As you may known from that post, I marked texts consumed previously to the nominations in green, those consumed afterwards in blue, and I used purple to indicate stuff I already owned but hadn't read. The numbering indicates how I ranked them in my own vote. To indicate the actual winners, I opted to underscore.



Best Novel

1. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
   
2. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
   
3. Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
   
4. A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
   
5. A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
   
6. She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
   

Best Novella

1. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
   
2. Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
   
3. A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow
   
4. Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire
   
5. Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard
   
6. The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente
   

Best Novelette

1. "That Story Isn't the Story" by John Wiswell
   
2. "Bots of the Lost Ark" by Suzanne Palmer
   
3. "Colors of the Immortal Palette" by Caroline M. Yoachim
   
4. "Unseelie Brothers, Ltd." by Fran Wilde
   
5. "O2 Arena" by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
   
6. "L'Esprit de L'Escalier" by Catherynne M. Valente
   

Best Short Story

1. "Mr. Death" by Alix E. Harrow
   
2. "Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather" by Sarah Pinsker
   
3. "Unknown Number" by Blue Neustifter
   
4. "Proof by Induction" by José Pablo Iriarte
   
5. "The Sin of America" by Catherynne M. Valente
   
6. "Tangles" by Seanan McGuire
   

Best Series

1. The Kingston Cycle by CL Polk
   
2. The Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee
   
3. The World of the White Rat by T. Kingfisher
   
4. Wayward Children by Seanan McGuire
   
5. Merchant Princes by Charles Stross
   
6. Terra Ignota by Ada Palmer
   

Best Graphic Story or Comic
So for this category, we didn't receive Far Sector and Strange Adventures and, ALAS, the two weren't available at my local libraries, either.

1. DIE, vol. 4: Bleed, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles
   
2. Once & Future, vol. 3: The Parliament of Magpies, written by Kieron Gillen, illustrated by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain
   
3. Monstress, vol. 6: The Vow, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda
   
4. Lore Olympus, vol. 1, by Rachel Smythe
   

And the two I wasn't able to read in time, so I opted to not rank them, which felt really weird, but here we are:

• Far Sector, written by N.K. Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell
  
• Strange Adventures, written by Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads and Evan "Doc" Shaner

Best Related Work

1. Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism by Elsa Sjunneson
   
2. Never Say You Can't Survive by Charlie Jane Anders
   
3. "How Twitter can ruin a life" by Emily St. James
   
4. The Complete Debarkle: Saga of a Culture War by Camestros Felapton
   
5. True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee by Abraham Riesman
   
6. Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985 edited by Andrew Nette and Iain McIntyre
   

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

1. Space Sweepers, screenplay by Jo Sung-Hee, Yookang Seo-ae, and Yoon Seung-min; directed by Jo Sung-hee
   
2. 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
   
3. Encanto, screenplay by Charise Castro Smith and Jared Bush; directed by Jared Bush, Byron Howard, and Charise Castro Smith
   
4. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, screenplay by Dave Callaham, Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham; directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
   
5. Dune, screenplay by Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth; directed by Denis Villeneuve; based on the novel Dune by Frank Herbert
   
6. The Green Knight, written and directed by David Lowery
   

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

1. 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
   
2. For All Mankind: "The Grey", written by Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi; directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
   
3. Star Trek: Lower Decks: "wej Duj," written by Kathryn Lyn, directed by Bob Suarez
   
4. 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
   
5. The Expanse: "Nemesis Games," written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, and Naren Shankar; directed by Breck Eisner
   
6. Loki: "The Nexus Event," written by Eric Martin, directed by Kate Herron, created for television by Michael Waldron
   

Best Editor, Short Form

1. Sheree Renée Thomas
   
2. Mur Lafferty & S.B. Divya
   
3. Sheila Williams
   
4. Neil Clarke
   
5. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
   
6. Jonathan Strahan
   

Best Editor, Long Form

1. Ruoxi Chen
   
2. Sarah T Guan
   
3. Patrick Nielsen Hayden
   
4. Nivia Evans
   
5. Brit Hvide
   
6. Navah Wolfe
   

Best Professional Artist

1. Ashley Mackenzie
   
2. Maurizio Manzieri
   
3. Tommy Arnold
   
4. Will Staehle
   
5. Rovina Cai
   
6. Alyssa Winans
   

Best Semiprozine

1. Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor Scott H. Andrews
   
2. 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
   
3. 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, Arinn Dembo, Belen Edwards, Rebecca Evans, Ciro Faienza, Courtney Floyd, Lila Garrott, Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright, Colette Grecco, Julia Gunnison, Dan Hartland, Sydney Hilton, Angela Hinck, Amanda Jean, Jamie Johnson, Sean Joyce-Farley, Erika Kanda, Kat Kourbeti, Catherine Krahe, Anna Krepinsky, Clayton Kroh, Natasha Leullier, Dante Luiz, Gui Machiavelli, Cameron Mack, Samantha Manaktola, Marisa Manuel, Jean McConnell, Heather McDougal, Maria Morabe, Amelia Moriarty, Sarah Noakes, Aidan Oatway, AJ Odasso, Joel Oliver-Cormier, Kristina Palmer, Karintha Parker, Anjali Patel, Juliana Pinho, Nicasio Reed, Belicia Rhea, Abbey Schlanz, Elijah Rain Smith, Alyn Spector, Hebe Stanton, Melody Steiner, Romie Stott, Yejin Suh, Sonia Sulaiman, Ben Tyrrell, Renee Van Siclen, Kathryn Weaver, Liza Wemakor, Aigner Loren Wilson, E.M. Wright, Vicki Xu, and The Strange Horizons Editorial Collective
   
4. 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
   
5. 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
   
6. 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

Best Fanzine

1. Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, editors Amanda Wakaruk and Olav Rokne
   
2. 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
   
3. Small Gods, Lee Moyer (Icon) and Seanan McGuire (Story)
   
4. Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus; editor Janice L. Newman; associate writers Gwyn Conaway, Jason Sacks, and John Boston
   
5. Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur
   
6. The Full Lid, by Alasdair Stuart and Marguerite Kenner
   

Best Fancast

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

Best Fan Writer

1. Alex Brown
   
2. Cora Buhlert
   
3. Paul Weimer
   
4. Chris M Barkley
   
5. Bitter Karella
   
6. Jason Sanford
   

Best Fan Artist

1. Nilah Magruder
   
2. Sara Felix
   
3. Lee Moyer
   
4. Iain J. Clark
   
5. Lorelei Esther
   
6. Ariela Housman
   

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

1. Iron Widow, by Xiran Jay Zhao
   
2. Chaos on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer
   
3. Redemptor, by Jordan Ifueko
   
4. A Snake Falls to Earth, by Darcie Little Badger
   
5. Victories Greater Than Death, by Charlie Jane Anders
   
6. The Last Graduate, by Naomi Novik
   

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

1. Xiran Jay Zhao (1st year of eligibility), Iron Widow
   
2. Micaiah Johnson (2nd year of eligibility), The Space Between Worlds
   
3. Tracy Deonn (2nd year of eligibility), Legendborn
   
4. A.K. Larkwood (2nd year of eligibility), The Unspoken Name
   
5. Everina Maxwell (1st year of eligibility), Winter's Orbit
   
6. Shelley Parker-Chan (1st year of eligibility), She Who Became the Sun
   

As per usual, an excellent, excellent slate of nominees overall. If you're interested in voting for the Hugos, here are the details.