It’s that time of
year. The coronavirus can’t stop the brightest and nerdiest in science fiction
from gathering (digitally, safely, from their homes) to celebrate the annual
Hugo Awards, given to a variety of the best and brightest in the genre. This
year, the celebrations were hosted by George RR Martin, and featured a lot of
impressive talent.
It was an impressive
bunch of victors tonight, with Arkady Martine’s A
Memory Called Empire taking home the award for best novel. “This Is
How You Lose the Time War” continued
its triumph over award season after also winning at the Nebula Awards, and in
Friends of io9 News, Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders’s podcast, Our Opinions Are Correct, took home best
fancast. It’s seriously a good podcast, you should check it out.
Below are the
winners in every category of the 2020 Hugo Awards. Looks like a good media list
going into the fall, I think.
Best Novel
The City in the Middle of the Night, by
Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan)
Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com
Publishing)
The Light Brigade, by Kameron Hurley (Saga;
Angry Robot UK)
A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine (Tor; Tor UK)
Middlegame, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com
Publishing)
The Ten Thousand Doors of January, by Alix E.
Harrow (Redhook; Orbit UK)
Best Novella
“Anxiety
Is the Dizziness of Freedom”, by Ted Chiang (Exhalation (Borzoi/Alfred
A. Knopf; Picador))
The Deep, by Rivers Solomon, with Daveed
Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes (Saga Press/Gallery)
The Haunting of Tram Car 015, by P. Djèlí
Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
In an Absent Dream, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com
Publishing)
This Is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (Saga Press; Jo
Fletcher Books)
To Be Taught, If Fortunate, by Becky Chambers
(Harper Voyager; Hodder & Stoughton)
Best Novelette
“The
Archronology of Love”, by Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed,
April 2019)
“Away
With the Wolves”, by Sarah Gailey (Uncanny
Magazine: Disabled People Destroy Fantasy Special Issue,
September/October 2019)
“The
Blur in the Corner of Your Eye”, by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, July-August 2019)
Emergency Skin, by N.K. Jemisin (Forward Collection (Amazon))
“For
He Can Creep”, by Siobhan Carroll (Tor.com, 10 July 2019)
“Omphalos”,
by Ted Chiang (Exhalation (Borzoi/Alfred
A. Knopf; Picador))
Best Short Story
“And
Now His Lordship Is Laughing”, by Shiv Ramdas (Strange
Horizons, 9 September 2019)
“As the Last I May Know”, by S.L. Huang (Tor.com, 23
October 2019)
“Blood
Is Another Word for Hunger”, by Rivers Solomon (Tor.com, 24 July 2019)
“A
Catalog of Storms”, by Fran Wilde (Uncanny
Magazine, January/February 2019)
“Do
Not Look Back, My Lion”, by Alix E. Harrow (Beneath
Ceaseless Skies, January 2019)
“Ten
Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar
Island”, by Nibedita Sen (Nightmare Magazine,
May 2019)
Best Series
The Expanse, by James S. A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
InCryptid, by Seanan McGuire (DAW)
Luna, by Ian McDonald (Tor; Gollancz)
Planetfall series, by Emma Newman (Ace;
Gollancz)
Winternight Trilogy, by Katherine Arden (Del
Rey; Del Rey UK)
The Wormwood Trilogy, by Tade Thompson (Orbit
US; Orbit UK)
Best Related Work
Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to
Hollywood, by J. Michael Straczynski (Harper Voyager US)
Joanna Russ, by Gwyneth Jones (University of
Illinois Press (Modern Masters of Science Fiction))
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters
and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick, by Mallory O’Meara (Hanover
Square)
The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein,
by Farah Mendlesohn (Unbound)
“2019 John W. Campbell Award Acceptance Speech”, by
Jeannette Ng
Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, produced and
directed by Arwen Curry
Best Graphic Story or Comic
Die, Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker, by Kieron
Gillen and Stephanie Hans, letters by Clayton Cowles (Image)
LaGuardia, written by Nnedi Okorafor, art by Tana Ford, colours
by James Devlin (Berger Books; Dark Horse)
Monstress, Volume 4: The Chosen, written by
Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image)
Mooncakes, by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker,
letters by Joamette Gil (Oni Press; Lion Forge)
Paper Girls, Volume 6, written by Brian K.
Vaughan, drawn by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K.
Fletcher (Image)
The Wicked + The Divine, Volume 9: “Okay”, by
Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Clayton
Cowles (Image)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long
Form
Avengers: Endgame, screenplay by Christopher
Markus and Stephen McFeely, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (Marvel
Studios)
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))
Good Omens, written by Neil Gaiman, directed by Douglas
Mackinnon (Amazon Studios/BBC Studios/Narrativia/The Blank Corporation)
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)
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)
Us, written and directed by Jordan Peele
(Monkeypaw Productions/Universal Pictures)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short
Form
The Good Place: “The Answer”, written by Daniel Schofield, directed
by Valeria Migliassi Collins (Fremulon/3 Arts Entertainment/Universal
Television)
The Expanse: “Cibola Burn”, written by Daniel
Abraham & Ty Franck and Naren Shankar, directed by Breck Eisner (Amazon
Prime Video)
Watchmen: “A God Walks into Abar”, written by
Jeff Jensen and Damon Lindelof, directed by Nicole Kassell (HBO)
The Mandalorian: “Redemption”, written by Jon
Favreau, directed by Taika Waititi (Disney+)
Doctor Who: “Resolution”, written by Chris
Chibnall, directed by Wayne Yip (BBC)
Watchmen: “This Extraordinary Being”, written
by Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson, directed by Stephen Williams (HBO)
Best Editor, Short Form
Neil
Clarke
Ellen Datlow
C.C.
Finlay
Jonathan
Strahan
Lynne
M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
Sheila
Williams
Best Editor, Long Form
Sheila
E. Gilbert
Brit
Hvide
Diana
M. Pho
Devi
Pillai
Miriam
Weinberg
Navah Wolfe
Best Professional Artist
Tommy
Arnold
Rovina
Cai
Galen
Dara
John Picacio
Yuko
Shimizu
Alyssa
Winans
Best Semi-Pro Zine
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor Scott H.
Andrews
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
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
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
Strange Horizons, Vanessa Rose Phin, Catherine
Krahe, AJ Odasso, Dan Hartland, Joyce Chng, Dante Luiz and the Strange Horizons staff
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
Best Fanzine
The Book Smugglers, editors Ana Grilo and Thea James
Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus,
editor Janice Marcus, senior writers Rosemary Benton, Lorelei Marcus and
Victoria Silverwolf
Journey Planet, editors James Bacon,
Christopher J Garcia, Alissa McKersie, Ann Gry, Chuck Serface, John Coxon and
Steven H Silver
nerds of a feather, flock together, editors
Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla, and The G
Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur
The Rec Center, editors Elizabeth Minkel and
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
Best Fancast
Be The Serpent, presented by Alexandra
Rowland, Freya Marske and Jennifer Mace
Claire
Rousseau’s YouTube channel, produced & presented by Claire Rousseau
The Coode Street Podcast, presented by
Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
Galactic Suburbia, presented by Alisa
Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce and Tansy Rayner Roberts, producer Andrew Finch
Our Opinions Are Correct, presented by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders
The Skiffy and Fanty Show, presented by Jen
Zink and Shaun Duke
Best Fan Writer
Cora
Buhlert
James
Davis Nicoll
Alasdair
Stuart
Bogi Takács
Paul
Weimer
Adam
Whitehead
Best Fan Artist
Iain
Clark
Sara
Felix
Grace
P. Fong
Meg
Frank
Ariela
Housman
Elise Matthesen
Lodestar Award for Best Young
Adult Book (not a Hugo)
Catfishing on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
Deeplight, by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan)
Dragon Pearl, by Yoon Ha Lee (Disney/Hyperion)
Minor Mage, by T. Kingfisher (Argyll)
Riverland, by Fran Wilde (Amulet)
The Wicked King, by Holly Black (Little,
Brown; Hot Key)
Astounding Award for Best New Writer, sponsored by Dell
Magazines (not a Hugo)
Sam
Hawke (2nd year of eligibility)
R.F. Kuang (2nd year of eligibility)
Jenn
Lyons (1st year of eligibility)
Nibedita
Sen (2nd year of eligibility)
Tasha
Suri (2nd year of eligibility)
Emily
Tesh (1st year of eligibility)
https://gizmodo.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2020-nebula-awards-1843798577
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