Hugo Awards 2021
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
DisCon III,
Washington, DC :
December 15, 2021
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December 19, 2021
Eligibility Year: 2020
Associated Awards: Astounding Award for Best New Writer., Lodestar Award (also listed below)
Eligibility Year: 2020
Associated Awards: Astounding Award for Best New Writer., Lodestar Award (also listed below)
Novel
- Winner: Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)
- Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga; Solaris)
- The City We Became, N. K. Jemisin (Orbit)
- Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
- Piranesi, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
- The Relentless Moon, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor; Solaris)
Novella
- Winner: The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
- Come Tumbling Down, Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
- Finna, Nino Cipri (Tordotcom)
- Ring Shout, P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom)
- Riot Baby, Tochi Onyebuchi (Tordotcom)
- Upright Women Wanted, Sarah Gailey (Tordotcom)
Novelette
- Winner: “Two Truths and a Lie”, Sarah Pinsker (Tor.com 17 Jun 2020)
- “Burn or the Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super”, A. T. Greenblatt (Uncanny May/Jun 2020)
- Helicopter Story, Isabel Fall (Wyrm)
- “The Inaccessibility of Heaven”, Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny Jul/Aug 2020)
- “Monster”, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld Jan 2020)
- “The Pill”, Meg Elison (Big Girl)
Short Story
- Winner: “Metal Like Blood in the Dark”, T. Kingfisher
- “Badass Moms in the Zombie Apocalypse”, Rae Carson
- “A Guide for Working Breeds”, Vina Jie-Min Prasad
- “Little Free Library”, Naomi Kritzer
- “The Mermaid Astronaut”, Yoon Ha Lee
- “Open House on Haunted Hill”, John Wiswell
Related Work
- Winner: Beowulf, Maria Dahvana Headley
- CONZealand Fringe, Claire Rousseau, et al
- FIYAHCON, L. D. Lewis, Brent Lambert, Iori Kusano & Vida Cruz
- “George R.R. Martin Can Fuck Off Into the Sun, or: The 2020 Hugo Awards Ceremony (Rageblog Edition)”, Natalie Luhrs
- A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler, Lynell George
- The Last Bronycon: a fandom autopsy, Jenny Nicholson (others: C, Cassie Hart, Adri Joy, Marguerite Kenner, Cheryl Morgan & Alasdair Stuart)
Graphic Story Or Comic
- Winner: Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, Octavia E. Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings (Abrams ComicArts)
- Die, Volume 2: Split the Party, Kieron Gillen, illustrated by Stephanie Hans (Image)
- Ghost-Spider, Volume 1: Dog Days Are Over, Seanan McGuire, illustrated by Takeshi Miyazawa, Rosi Kämpe, and Ig Guara (Marvel)
- Invisible Kingdom, Volume 2: Edge of Everything, G. Willow Wilson, illustrated by Christian Ward (Berger)
- Monstress, Volume 5: Warchild, Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda (Image)
- Once & Future, Volume 1: The King Is Undead, Kieron Gillen, illustrated by Dan Mora (BOOM!)
Dramatic Presentation: Long Form
- Winner: The Old Guard
- Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
- Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
- Palm Springs
- Soul
- Tenet
Dramatic Presentation: Short Form
- Winner: The Good Place: “Whenever You're Ready”
- Doctor Who: “Fugitive of the Judoon”
- The Expanse: “Gaugamela”
- The Mandalorian: “The Jedi”
- The Mandalorian: “The Rescue”
- She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: “Heart (parts 1 and 2)”
Editor, Short Form
Editor, Long Form
Professional Artist
Semiprozine
- Winner: Fiyah, Troy L. Wiggins (publisher), DaVaun Sanders (executive editor), Eboni Dunbar (managing editor), Brandon O'Brien (poetry editor), Brent Lambert (reviews and social media), L. D. Lewis (art director) (and the FIYAH Team)
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Escape Pod, Mur Lafferty (editor), S. B. Divya (editor), Benjamin C. Kinney (assistant editor), Tina Connolly (host), Alasdair Stuart (host), Summer Brooks (audio producer), Adam Pracht (audio producer) (and the entire Escape Pod team)
- PodCastle, C. L. Clark (editor), Jen R Albert (editor), Setsu Uzumé (assistant editor and host), Peter Adrian Behravesh (producer) (and the entire PodCastle team)
- Strange Horizons, Vanessa Aguirre, Joseph Aitken, Rachel Ayers, M H Ayinde, Tierney Bailey, Scott Beggs, Drew Matthew Beyer, Gautam Bhatia, S. K. Campbell, Zhui Ning Chang, Tania Chen, Joyce Chng, Liz Christman, Linda H. Codega, Kristian Wilson Colyard, Yelena Crane, Bruhad Dave, Sarah Davidson, Tahlia Day, Arinn Dembo, Nathaniel Eakman, Belen Edwards, George Tom Elavathingal, Rebecca Evans, Ciro Faienza, Courtney Floyd, Lila Garrott, Colette Grecco, Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright, Julia Gunnison, Dan Hartland, Sydney Hilton, Angela Hinck, Stephen Ira, Amanda Jean, Ai Jiang, Sean Joyce-Farley, Erika Kanda, Anna Krepinsky, Kat Kourbeti, Clayton Kroh, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Catherine Krahe, Natasha Leullier, A. Z. Louise, Dante Luiz, Gui Machiavelli, Cameron Mack, Samantha Manaktola, Marisa Manuel, Jean McConnell, Heather McDougal, Maria Morabe, Amelia Moriarty, Emory Noakes, Sarah Noakes, Aidan Oatway, A. J. Odasso, Joel Oliver-Cormier, Kristina Palmer, Karintha Parker, Anjali Patel, Vanessa Rose Phin, Nicasio Reed, Belicia Rhea, Endria Richardson, Natalie Ritter, Abbey Schlanz, Clark Seanor, Elijah Rain Smith, Alyn Spector, Hebe Stanton, Melody Steiner, Romie Stott, Yejin Suh, Kwan-Ann Tan, Luke Tolvaj, Ben Tyrrell, Renee Van Siclen, Kathryn Weaver, Liza Wemakor, Aigner Loren Wilson, E. M. Wright, Vicki Xu, Fred G. Yost, Libia Brenda (guest editor), Raquel González-Franco Alva (guest first reader for the Mexicanx special issue)
- Uncanny, Lynne M. Thomas (editor in chief), Michael Damian Thomas (editor in chief), Chimedum Ohaegbu (managing editor), Elsa Sjunneson (non-fiction editor), Erika Ensign (podcast producer), Steven Schapansky (podcast producer)
Fanzine
- Winner: nerds of a feather, flock together, Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, The G & Vance Kotrla, eds.
- The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart & Marguerite Kenner, eds.
- Journey Planet, Michael Carroll, John Coxon, Sara Felix, Ann Gry, Sarah Gulde, Alissa McKersie, Errick Nunnally, Pádraig Ó Méalóid, Chuck Serface, Steven H Silver, Paul Trimble, Erin Underwood, James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia
- Lady Business (editors Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay & Susan)
- Quick Sip Reviews, Charles Payseur, ed.
- Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, Amanda Wakaruk & Olav Rokne, eds.
Fan Writer
Fan Artist
Fancast
- Winner: The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe
- Be the Serpent, Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske & Jennifer Mace
- Claire Rousseau's YouTube channel, Claire Rousseau
- Kalanadi, Rachel
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show, Shaun Duke, Jen Zink, Alex Acks, Paul Weimer & David Annandale
- Worldbuilding for Masochists, Rowenna Miller, Marshall Ryan Maresca & Cass Morris
Series
- Winner: The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)
- The Daevabad Trilogy, S. A. Chakraborty (Harper Voyager)
- The Interdependency, John Scalzi (Tor; Tor UK)
- The Lady Astronaut, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor; Solaris; Audible; F&SF)
- October Daye, Seanan McGuire (DAW)
- The Poppy War, R. F. Kuang (Harper Voyager)
Video Game
- Winner: Hades (Publisher and Developer: Supergiant Games)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Publisher and Developer: Nintendo)
- Blaseball (Publisher and Developer: The Game Band)
- Final Fantasy VII Remake (Publisher: Square Enix)
- The Last of Us: Part II (Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment / Developer: Naughty Dog)
- Spiritfarer (Publisher and Developer: Thunder Lotus)
— Associated Awards —
Winner
- Emily Tesh (second year of eligibility)
Finalists
- Lindsay Ellis (first year of eligibility)
- Simon Jimenez (first year of eligibility)
- Micaiah Johnson (first year of eligibility)
- A. K. Larkwood (first year of eligibility)
- Jenn Lyons (second year of eligibility)
Winner
- A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, T. Kingfisher (Argyll)
Finalists
- Cemetery Boys, Aiden Thomas (Swood Reads)
- A Deadly Education, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
- Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
- Legendborn, Tracy Deonn (McElderry; Simon & Schuster UK)
- Raybearer, Jordan Ifueko (Amulet; Hot Key)
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