Hugo Awards 2023
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
Chengdu Worldcon,
Chengdu, China :
October 21, 2023
Eligibility Year: 2022
Associated Awards: Astounding Award for Best New Writer., Lodestar Award (also listed below)
Eligibility Year: 2022
Associated Awards: Astounding Award for Best New Writer., Lodestar Award (also listed below)
Novel
- The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey; Jo Fletcher)
- The Kaiju Preservation Society, John Scalzi (Tor; Tor UK)
- Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree (Cryptid; Tor)
- Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
- Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
- The Spare Man, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
Novella
- Even Though I Knew the End, C. L. Polk (Tordotcom)
- Into the Riverlands, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
- A Mirror Mended, Alix E. Harrow (Tordotcom)
- Ogres, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris)
- What Moves the Dead, T. Kingfisher (Nightfire; Titan UK)
- Where the Drowned Girls Go, Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
Novelette
- “The Difference Between Love and Time”, Catherynne M. Valente (Someone in Time)
- “A Dream of Electric Mothers”, Wole Talabi (Africa Risen)
- “If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You”, John Chu (Uncanny Jul/Aug 2022)
- “Murder By Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness”, S. L. Huang (Clarkesworld Dec 2022)
- “The Space-Time Painter”, Hai Ya (Galaxy's Edge Apr 2022)
- “We Built This City”, Marie Vibbert (Clarkesworld Jun 2022)
Short Story
- “D.I.Y.”, John Wiswell (Tor.com 24 Aug 2022)
- “On the Razor's Edge”, Jiang Bo (Science Fiction World Jan 2022)
- “Rabbit Test”, Samantha Mills (Uncanny Nov/Dec 2022)
- “Resurrection”, Ren Qing (Future Fiction/Science Fiction World Dec 2022)
- “The White Cliff”, Lu Ban (Science Fiction World May 2022)
- “Zhurong on Mars”, Regina Kanyu Wang (Frontiers Sep 2022)
Related Work
- Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road, Kyle Buchanan (William Morrow)
- Buffalito World Outreach Project, Lawrence M. Schoen (Paper Golem)
- Chinese Science Fiction: An Oral History, Volume 1, Yang Feng (Chengdu Times Press)
- “The Ghost of Workshops Past”, S. L. Huang (Tor.com 17 Aug 2022)
- Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir, Wil Wheaton (William Morrow)
- Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes, Rob Wilkins (Doubleday)
Graphic Story Or Comic
- Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams, Bartosz Sztybor, Filipe Andrade, Alessio Fioriniello, Roman Titov & Krzysztof Ostrowski (Dark Horse Books)
- Dune: The Official Movie Graphic Novel, Lilah Sturges, Drew Johnson & Zid (Legendary Comics)
- Monstress Vol. 7: Devourer, Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
- Once & Future Vol. 4: Monarchies in the UK, Kieron Gillen & Dan Mora (BOOM! Studios)
- Saga, Vol. 10, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples & Fonografiks (Image Comics)
- Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Tom King, Bilquis Evely & Matheus Lopes (DC Comics)
Dramatic Presentation: Long Form
- Avatar: The Way of Water (screenplay by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver, directed by James Cameron (Lightstorm Entertainment / TSG Entertainment II))
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (screenplay by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, directed by Ryan Coogler (Marvel Studios))
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (screenplay by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Sheinert (IAC Films / Gozie AGBO))
- Nope (written by Jordan Peele, directed by Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures / Monkeypaw Productions))
- Severance (written by Dan Erickson, Anna Ouyang Moench et al., directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle (Red Hour Productions / Fifth Season))
- Turning Red (screenplay by Julia Cho and Domee Shi, directed by Domee Shi (Walt Disney Studios / Pixar Animation Studios))
Dramatic Presentation: Short Form
- Andor: “One Way Out” (written by Beau Willimon, Tony Gilroy, and George Lucas, directed by Toby Haynes (Lucasfilm))
- Andor: “Rix Road” (written by Tony Gilroy and George Lucas, directed by Benjamin Caron (Lucasfilm))
- The Expanse: “Babylon's Ashes” (written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Naren Shankar, directed by Breck Eisner (Alcon Entertainment))
- For All Mankind: “Strange in a Strange Land” (written by Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi, directed by Craig Zisk (Tall Ship Productions/Sony Pictures Television))
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: “Whose Show is This?” (written by Jessica Gao, Francesca Gailes, and Jacqueline Gailes, directed by Kat Coiro (Marvel Entertainment))
- Stranger Things: “Chapter Four: Dear Billy” (written by Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, and Paul Dichter, directed by Shawn Levy (21 Laps Entertainment))
Editor, Short Form
Editor, Long Form
Professional Artist
Semiprozine
- Escape Pod, Mur Lafferty (co-editor), Valerie Valdes (co-editor), Benjamin C. Kinney (assistant editor), Premee Mohamed (assistant editor), Tina Connolly (host), Summer Brooks (producer), Adam Pracht (producer)
- FIYAH, The entire FIYAH team
- khoréo, Team khoréo
- PodCastle, Shingai Kagunda (co-editor), Eleanor R. Wood (co-editor), Sofía Barker (assistant editor), Matt Dovey (host), Peter Adrian Behravesh (audio producer), Devin Martin (audio producer), Eric Valdes (audio producer)
- Strange Horizons, The Strange Horizons Editorial Team
- Uncanny Magazine, Lynne M. Thomas (publisher and editor-in-chief), Michael Damian Thomas (publisher and editor-in-chief), Chimedum Ohaegbu (managing/poetry editor), Monte Lin (managine editor), Meg Elison (nonfiction editor), Erika Ensign (podcast producer), Steven Schapansky (podcast producer)
Fanzine
- Chinese Academic SF Express, Latssep & Tianluo_Qi
- Galactic Journey, Gideon Marcus, Janice Marcus, Tammi Bozich, Erica Frank, Arel Lucas, Mark Yon
- Journey Planet, Regina Kanyu Wang, Yen Ooi, Arthur Liu, Jean Martin, Erin Underwood, Steven H Silver, Pádraig Ó Méalóid
- Nerds of a Feather, Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer, Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla, G. Brown
- Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, Olav Rokne & Amanda Wakaruk
- Zero Gravity Newspaper, RiverFlow & Ling Shizhen
Fancast
- The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe
- Hugo, Girl!, Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson & Kevin Anderson
- Hugos There, Seth Heasley
- Kalanadi, Rachel
- Octothorpe, John Coxon, Alison Scott & Liz Batty
- Worldbuilding for Masochists, Cass Morris, Rowenna Miller & Marshall Ryan Maresca
Series
- Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US)
- The Founders Trilogy, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Jo Fletcher)
- The Locked Tomb, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
- October Daye, Seanan McGuire (DAW)
- Rivers of London, Ben Aaronovitch (DAW; Gollancz)
- The Scholomance, Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK)
— Associated Awards —
Finalists
- Travis Baldree (first year of eligibility)
- Naseem Jamnia (first year of eligibility)
- Isabel J. Kim (second year of eligibility)
- Maijia Liu (first year of eligibility)
- Everina Maxwell (second year of eligibility)
- Weimu Xin (second year of eligibility)
Finalists
- Akata Woman, Nnedi Okorafor (Viking)
- Bloodmarked, Tracy Deonn (McElderry)
- Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen; Titan UK)
- The Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK)
- In the Serpent's Wake, Rachel Hartman (Random House)
- Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods, Catherynne M. Valente (McElderry)
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