2026 Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Winners
— posted Monday 31 August 2026 @ 3:16 pm PDT
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Winners were announced August 30, 2026, at LAcon V in Anaheim, California.
Selected tally updates:
Alix E. Harrow: This is her second win out of 7 nominations; previously won for short story “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies” in 2019.
Amal El-Mohtar: third win out of three nominations. Previously won for short story “Seasons of Glass and Iron” in 2017 and novella This Is How You Lose the Time War (with Max Gladstone) in 2020.
H. H. Pak: first nomination and first win.
Thomas Ha: first win out of two nominations.
John Scalzi: fourth win out of 14 nominations. Previously won for fan writer in 2008, related book Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008 in 2009, and novel Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas in 2013.
Ada Palmer: first win out of three nominations.
Neil Clarke: 8 wins out of 18 nominations. Previously won in 2010, 2011, and 2013 for semiprozine Clarkesworld, and five times in a row now, 2022 – 2026, for editor, short form.
Diane M. Pho: 3rd win out of six nominations, previously for editor, long form, in 2021 and 2025.
John Picacio: 4th win out of 19 nominations, previously as professional artist in 2012, 2013, and 2020.
Jason Sanford: 1st win out of seven nominations.
