sfadb : 2025 Most-Nominated Titles

2025 Most-Nominated Titles

science fiction awards database

6 Nominations:

The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

• Aurora Awards 2025 — novelette/novella — winner

• Hugo Awards 2025 — novella — nomination

• Ignyte Awards 2025 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — novella — 2nd place

• Nebula Awards 2025 — novella — nomination

• World Fantasy Awards 2025 — novella — nomination

We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read by Caroline M. Yoachim

• Eugie Awards 2025 — finalist

• Hugo Awards 2025 — short story — nomination

• Ignyte Awards 2025 — short story — winner

• Locus Awards 2025 — short story — 2nd place

• Nebula Awards 2025 — short story — nomination

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2025 — finalist

5 Nominations:

Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

• Compton Crook Stephen Tall Memorial Award 2025 — finalist

• Hugo Awards 2025 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — first novel — winner

• Nebula Awards 2025 — novel — winner

• William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award 2025 — shortlist

Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim

• British SF Association Awards 2025 — short fiction — winner

• Hugo Awards 2025 — short story — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — short story — winner

• Nebula Awards 2025 — short story — winner

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2025 — finalist

4 Nominations:

Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

• British SF Association Awards 2025 — novel — nomination

• Hugo Awards 2025 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — sf novel — 4th place

• Philip K. Dick Award 2025 — special citation

Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson

• Aurora Awards 2025 — novel — nomination

• Ignyte Awards 2025 — adult novel — nomination

• Le Guin Prize 2025 — shortlist

• Sunburst Award 2025 — winner

Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

• British Fantasy Awards 2025 — horror novel (August Derleth Award) — nomination

• Dragon Awards 2025 — horror novel — winner

• Lambda Award 2025 — LGBTQ+ speculative fiction — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — horror novel — winner

Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror by Sofia Ajram, ed.

• Aurora Awards 2025 — related work — nomination

• Bram Stoker Awards 2025 — anthology — nomination

• British Fantasy Awards 2025 — anthology — winner

• Shirley Jackson Awards 2025 — edited anthology — nomination

Loneliness Universe by Eugenia Triantafyllou

• British Fantasy Awards 2025 — short fiction — winner

• Hugo Awards 2025 — novelette — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — novelette — 5th place

• Nebula Awards 2025 — novelette — nomination

Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee

• Andre Norton Award 2025 — finalist

• Ignyte Awards 2025 — ya novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — young adult novel — winner

• Lodestar Award 2025 — finalist

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar

• Hugo Awards 2025 — novella — nomination

• Ignyte Awards 2025 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — novella — 5th place

• Nebula Awards 2025 — novella — nomination

• Philip K. Dick Award 2025 — finalist

Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera

• Le Guin Prize 2025 — winner

• Locus Awards 2025 — sf novel — 2nd place

• Nebula Awards 2025 — novel — nomination

• Otherwise Award 2025 — winner

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger

• Ignyte Awards 2025 — ya novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — young adult novel — 2nd place

• Lodestar Award 2025 — winner

• Mythopoeic Awards 2025 — young adult literature — nomination

Track Changes by Abigail Nussbaum

• British Fantasy Awards 2025 — non-fiction — nomination

• British SF Association Awards 2025 — nonfiction (long) — winner

• Hugo Awards 2025 — related work — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — non-fiction — 5th place

3 Nominations:

Benny Ramírez and the Nearly Departed by José Pablo Iriarte

• Andre Norton Award 2025 — finalist

• British SF Association Awards 2025 — fiction for younger readers — nomination

• Ignyte Awards 2025 — middle grade novel — nomination

The Book of Love by Kelly Link

• Compton Crook Stephen Tall Memorial Award 2025 — finalist

• Locus Awards 2025 — first novel — 2nd place

• Nebula Awards 2025 — novel — nomination

The City in Glass by Nghi Vo

• Le Guin Prize 2025 — shortlist

• Locus Awards 2025 — fantasy novel — 3rd place

• Mythopoeic Awards 2025 — adult literature — nomination

Countess by Suzan Palumbo

• Aurora Awards 2025 — novelette/novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — novella — 10th place

• Nebula Awards 2025 — novella — nomination

The Dragonfly Gambit by A. D. Sui

• Aurora Awards 2025 — novelette/novella — nomination

• Ignyte Awards 2025 — novella — nomination

• Nebula Awards 2025 — novella — winner

Five Views of the Planet Tartarus by Rachael K. Jones

• Hugo Awards 2025 — short story — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — short story — 5th place

• Nebula Awards 2025 — short story — nomination

The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea by Naomi Kritzer

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2025 — novelette — 1st place

• Hugo Awards 2025 — novelette — winner

• Locus Awards 2025 — novelette — 3rd place

Joanna's Bodies by Eugenia Triantafyllou

• Ignyte Awards 2025 — novelette — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — novelette — 10th place

• Nebula Awards 2025 — novelette — nomination

Kindling by Kathleen Jennings

• Aurealis Awards 2025 — collection — nomination

• Ditmar Awards 2025 — collected work — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — collection — 10th place

Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan

• British Fantasy Awards 2025 — fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) — nomination

• Dragon Awards 2025 — fantasy novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — fantasy novel — 7th place

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

• Arthur C. Clarke Award 2025 — shortlist

• Hugo Awards 2025 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — first novel — 3rd place

Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being by A. W. Prihandita

• Eugie Awards 2025 — finalist

• Ignyte Awards 2025 — novelette — nomination

• Nebula Awards 2025 — novelette — winner

Northern Lights by Michael Kelly, ed.

• Aurora Awards 2025 — related work — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — anthology — 7th place

• World Fantasy Awards 2025 — anthology — nomination

Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky

• Arthur C. Clarke Award 2025 — shortlist

• Hugo Awards 2025 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — sf novel — 8th place

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

• Hugo Awards 2025 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — fantasy novel — winner

• Nebula Awards 2025 — novel — nomination

A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez

• Bram Stoker Awards 2025 — fiction collection — nomination

• Ignyte Awards 2025 — anthology/collected works — nomination

• World Fantasy Awards 2025 — collection — winner

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

• Hugo Awards 2025 — novel — winner

• Locus Awards 2025 — fantasy novel — 4th place

• World Fantasy Awards 2025 — novel — winner

Three Faces of a Beheading by Arkady Martine

• Hugo Awards 2025 — short story — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — short story — 4th place

• Shirley Jackson Awards 2025 — short fiction — winner

The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler

• Hugo Awards 2025 — novella — winner

• Locus Awards 2025 — novella — 7th place

• Nebula Awards 2025 — novella — nomination

The V*mpire by PH Lee

• Locus Awards 2025 — short story — 10th place

• Nebula Awards 2025 — short story — nomination

• World Fantasy Awards 2025 — short fiction — nomination

The West Passage by Jared Pechaček

• Le Guin Prize 2025 — shortlist

• Locus Awards 2025 — first novel — 4th place

• William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award 2025 — winner

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher

• British Fantasy Awards 2025 — novella — nomination

• Hugo Awards 2025 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 2025 — novella — winner

This page last updated Friday 19 Dec 2025 at 10:57 PT

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