Hugo Awards 2026
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
LAcon V,
Los Angeles :
August 30, 2026
Eligibility Year: 2025
Associated Awards: Astounding Award for Best New Writer., Lodestar Award (also listed below)
Eligibility Year: 2025
Associated Awards: Astounding Award for Best New Writer., Lodestar Award (also listed below)
Novel
- Death of the Author, Nnedi Okorafor (Morrow; Gollancz)
- A Drop of Corruption, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape)
- The Everlasting, Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK)
- The Incandescent, Emily Tesh (Tor US; Orbit UK)
- The Raven Scholar, Antonia Hodgson (Orbit US; Hodderscape)
- Shroud, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US)
Novella
- Automatic Noodle, Annalee Newitz (Tordotcom)
- Cinder House, Freya Marske (Tordotcom; Tor UK)
- Murder by Memory, Olivia Waite (Tordotcom)
- The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom; Arcadia UK)
- The Summer War, Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK)
- What Stalks the Deep, T. Kingfisher (Nightfire; Titan UK)
Novelette
- “The Girl That My Mother Is Leaving Me For”, Cameron Reed (Reactor 2 Apr 2025)
- “Kaiju Agonistes”, Scott Lynch (Uncanny Jan/Feb 2025)
- “The Millay Illusion”, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Nov/Dec 2025)
- “Never Eaten Vegetables”, H. H. Pak (Clarkesworld Jan 2025)
- “Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy”, Martha Wells (Reactor 10 Jul 2025)
- “When He Calls Your Name”, Catherynne M. Valente (Uncanny Jul/Aug 2025)
Short Story
- “10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days”, Samantha Mills (Uncanny Mar/Apr 2025)
- “In My Country”, Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld Apr 2025)
- “Laser Eyes Ain't Everything”, Effie Seiberg (Diabolical Plots 16 May 2025)
- “Missing Helen”, Tia Tashiro (Clarkesworld Jul 2025)
- “Six People to Revise You”, J. R. Dawson (Uncanny Jan/Feb 2025)
- “Wire Mother”, Isabel J. Kim (Clarkesworld Oct 2025)
Series
- The Chronicles of Osreth, Katherine Addison (Tor US; Solaris UK; Subterranean)
- The Craft Wars, Max Gladstone (Tor; Tordotcom)
- Emily Wilde, Heather Fawcett (Del Rey US; Orbit UK)
- October Daye, Seanan McGuire (Tor US; DAW)
- Old Man's War, John Scalzi (Tor US; Tor UK)
- White Space, Elizabeth Bear (Saga; Gollancz)
Related Work
- Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Ficion, Paul Kincaid (Briardene)
- The Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom, Renay (Google spreadsheet)
- Inventing the Renaissance, Ada Palmer (University of Chicago Press; Head of Zeus)
- Last War in Albion: “The Cuddled Little Vice (Sandman)”, Elizabeth Sandifer (Eruditorum)
- Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler, Susana M. Morris (Amistad)
- “Ragnarök vs the Long Night”, Ashaya & Aziz (A History of Westeros 10 Aug 2025)
Graphic Story Or Comic
- Absolute Wonder Women Vol. 1: The Last Amazon, written by Kelly Thompson, art by Hayden Sherman & Mattia de Iulis, coloring by Jordie Bellaire, letting by Becca Carey (DC Comics)
- A Girl and Her Fed, written by KB Spangler, art by Ale Presser (agirlandherfed.com)
- The Invisible Parade, Leigh Bardugo & John Picacio (Little, Brown Books for Younger Readers; Orgion UK)
- The Power Fantasy Volume 1: The Superpowers, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Caspar Wijngaard, lettering by Clayton Cowles (Image Comics)
- The Space Cat, written by Nnedi Okorafor, art by Tana Ford (First Second)
- A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel, written by Ursula K. Le Guin, adapted & art by Fred Fordham (Clarion; Walker UK)
Dramatic Presentation: Long Form
- Andor (written by Tom Bissell, Dan Gilroy, Tony Gilroy & Beau Willimon; directed by Ariel Kleiman, Janus Metz & Alonso Ruizpalacios (Disney+))
- Frankenstein (screenplay by Guillermo del Toro, directed by Guillermo del Toro (Netflix))
- KPop Demon Hunters (screenplay by Chris Appelhans, Danya Jimenez, Maggie Kang & Hannah McMechan; directed by Maggie Kang & Chris Appelhans (Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix))
- Mickey 17 (screenplay by Bong Joon Ho, directed by Bong Joon Ho (Warner Bros.))
- Sinners (screenplay by Ryan Coogler, directed by Ryan Coogler (Proximity Media, Warner Bros.))
- Superman (screenplay by James Gunn, directed by James Gunn (DC))
Dramatic Presentation: Short Form
- Doctor Who: “The Story & the Engine” (written by Inua Ellams, directed by Makalla McPherson (BBC One, Disney +))
- Murderbot: “All Systems Red” (written by Paul Weitz & Chris Weitz, directed by Roseanne Liang, based on the book All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Apple TV))
- Murderbot: “The Perimeter” (written Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz, directed by Paul Weitz, based on the book All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Apple TV))
- Pluribus: “We Is Us” (written & directed by Vince Gilligan (Apple TV))
- Severance: “Cold Harbor” (written by Dan Erickson, directed by Ben Stiller (Apple TV))
- The Wheel of Time: “The Road to the Spear” (written by Rafe Lee Judkins, directed by Thomas Napper, based on the book The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (Amazon Prime Video))
Editor, Short Form
Editor, Long Form
Professional Artist
Semiprozine
- The Deadlands, publisher Sean Markey, editor-in-chief E. Catherine Tobler (poetry editor Nicasio Andres Reed, nonfiction editor David Gilmore, necromancer Amanda Downum, art director Cory Skerry, copyeditors Laura Blackwell & Annika Barranti Klein, proofreader Josephine Stewart, designer Christine M. Scott, social media skeleton)
- khōréō, Team khōréō (publisher Aleksandra Hill; editor-in-chief Zhui Ning Chang; editors Kanika Agrawal, Danai Christopoulou & Isabella Kestermann; audio Jenelle DeCosta, E.B., Aaron Kling, Grayson Norman & Lian Xia Rose; marketing M.L. Krishnan & Ashley Thompson; art Ambi Su)
- On Spec, Copper Pig Writers' Society (managing editor/art director Diane L. Walton; poetry editors Colleen Anderson & Bob Stallworthy; fiction editors Lareina Abbott, Ashley Alton, Barb Galler-Smith, Dan Gyoba, Matthew Stobie Jackman, Constantine Kaoukakis, Alyssa Kulchisky, Susan MacGregor, )
- Strange Horizons, Strange Horizons Editorial Collective
- Uncanny, Michael Damian Thomas, Monte Lin, Betsy Aoki, Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky (publisher and editor-in-chief, managing editor, poetry editor, and podcast producers)
Fanzine
- Intergalactic Mixtape, Renay, ed.
- Journey Planet, Allison Hartman Adams, James Bacon, Christopher J. Garcia, Jean Martin & Steven H Silver, eds.
- An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, Olav Rokne & Amanda Wakaruk, eds.
Fan Writer
- Jay Brantner (a.k.a. "Tar Vol")
- Alex Brown
- James David Nicoll
- Roseanna Pendlebury
- Jason Sanford
- Örjan Westin
Fan Artist
Fancast
- The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe
- Eating the Fantastic, Scott Edelman
- Hugo, Girl!, Kevin Anderson, Lori Anderson, Amy Salley & Haley Zapal
- A Meal of Thorns, Jake Casella Brookins
- Octothorpe, John Coxon, Liz Batty & Alison Scott
- Worldbuilding for Masochists, Natania Barron, Marshall Ryan Maresca & Cass Morris
Game Or Interactive Work
- Blue Prince (developed by Dogubomb, published by Raw Fury)
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (developed by Jump Over the Age, published by Fellow Traveller)
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (developed by Sandfall Interactive, published by Kepler Interactive)
- Dispatch (developed & published AdHoc Studio)
- Hades II (developed & published by Supergiant Games)
- Hollow Knight: Silksong (developed & published by Team Cherry)
Poem
- “Care for Lightning”, Mari Ness (Uncanny Jan/Feb 2025)
- “Hex Supply Customer Support Log”, Elis Montgomery (Strange Horizons Aug 2025)
- “How to Become a Sea Witch”, Theodora Goss (The Orange & Bee 18 Apr 2025)
- “Landing: Seattle”, Brandon O'Brien (Seattle Worldcon 2025 Opening Ceremony)
- “The Mourning Robot”, Angela Liu (Uncanny Sep/Oct 2025)
- “The World to Come”, Jennifer Hudak (Strange Horizons Dec 2025)
— Associated Awards —
Finalists
- Sophie Burnham (second year of eligibility)
- Kamilah Cole (second year of eligibility)
- Antonia Hodgson (first year of eligibility)
- Molly O'Neill (first year of eligibility)
- Pak. H. H. (second year of eligibility)
- Jared Pechaček (second year of eligibility)
Finalists
- Among Ghosts, Rachel Hartman (Random House Books for Young Readers)
- Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe, C. B. Lee (Feiwel & Friends)
- Holy Terrors, Margaret Owen (Holt; Hodderscape UK)
- Oathbound, Tracy Deonn (Simon & Schusters)
- Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
- They Bloom at Night, Trang Thanh Tran (Bloomsbury US; Bloomsbury UK)
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