sfadb: Hugo Awards 2025 (original) (raw)

Novel

• Winner: The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscope UK)
• Alien Clay, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit US; Tor UK)
• The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley (Avid Reader; Sceptre)
• Service Model, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tordotcom; Tor UK)
• Someone You Can Build a Nest In, John Wiswell (DAW; Arcadia UK)
• A Sorceress Comes to Call, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)

Novella

• Winner: The Tusks of Extinction, Ray Nayler (Tordotcom)
• The Brides of High Hill, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
• The Butcher of the Forest, Premee Mohamed (Tordotcom; Titan UK)
• Navigational Enganglements, Aliette de Bodard (Tordotcom)
• The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain, Sofia Samatar (Tordotcom)
• What Feasts at Night, T. Kingfisher (Nightfire)

Novelette

• Winner: “The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea”, Naomi Kritzer (Asimov's Sep/Oct 2024)
• “The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video”, Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld May 2024)
• “By Salt, by Sea, by Light of Stars”, Premee Mohamed (Strange Horizons 9 Jun 2024)
• “Lake of Souls”, Ann Leckie (Lake of Souls)
• “Loneliness Universe”, Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny May/Jun 2024)
• “Signs of Life”, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Jul/Aug 2024)

Short Story

• Winner: “Stitched to Skin Like Family Is”, Nghi Vo (Uncanny Jan/Feb 2024)
• “Five Views of the Planet Tartarus”, Rachael K. Jones (Lightspeed Jan 2024)
• “Marginalia”, Mary Robinette Kowal (Uncanny Jan/Feb 2024)
• “Three Faces of a Beheading”, Arkady Martine (Uncanny May/Jun 2024)
• “We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read”, Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed May 2024)
• “Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole”, Isabel J. Kim (Clarkesworld Feb 2024)

Series

• Winner: Between Earth and Sky, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
• The Burning Kingdoms, Tasha Suri (Orbit)
• InCryptid, Seanan McGuire (DAW; Tor)
• Southern Reach, Jeff VanderMeer (Farrar, Straus, Giroux; Fourth Estate)
• The Stormlight Archive, Brandon Sanderson (Tor; Gollancz)
• The Tyrant Philosophers, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Head of Zeus)

Related Work

• Winner: Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right, Jordan S. Carroll (University of Minnesota Press)
• “The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion”, Chris M. Barkley & Jason Sanford (Genre Grapevine; File 770 14 Feb 2024)
• “Charting the Cliff: An Investigation into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics”, Camestros Felapton & Heather Rose Jones (File 770 22 Feb 2024)
• r/Fantasy’s 2024 Bingo Reading Challenge, r Fantasy Bingo team (r/Fantasy on Reddit) (Alexandra Forrest (happy_book_bee), Amanda E. (Lyrrael), Arka (RuinEleint), Ashley Rollins (oboist73), Christine Sandquist (eriophora), David H. (FarragutCircle), Diana H. (HeLiBeB), Dianthaa, Dylan H. (RAAAImmaSunGod), Dylan Kilby (an_altar_of_plagues), )
• The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel, Jenny Nicholson (YouTube)
• Track Changes, Abigail Nussbaum (Briardene)

Graphic Story Or Comic

• Winner: Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way, written by Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio (IDW Publishing)
• The Deep Dark, Molly Knox Ostertag (Graphix)
• The Hunger and the Dusk: Vol 1, written by G. Willow Wilson, art by Chris Wildgoose (IDW Publishing)
• Monstress, Vol. 9: The Possessed, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image)
• My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Book Two, Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
• We Called Them Giants, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Stephanie Hans, letter by Clayton Cowles (Image)

Dramatic Presentation: Long Form

• Winner: Dune: Part Two (screenplay by Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts, directed by Denis Villeneuve (Legendary Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures))
• Flow (screenplay by Gints Zilbalodis & Matīss Kaža, directed by Gints Zilbalodis (Dream Well Studio))
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (screenplay by George Miller and Nick Lathouris, directed by George Miller (Warner Bros. Pictures))
• I Saw the TV Glow (screenplay by Jane Schoenbrun, directed by Jane Schoenbrun (Fruit Tree / Smudge Films / A24))
• Wicked (screenplay by Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox, directed by Jon M. Chu (Universal Pictures))
• The Wild Robot (screenplay by Chris Sanders & Peter Brown, directed by Chris Sanders (DreamWorks Animation))

Dramatic Presentation: Short Form

• Winner: Star Trek: Lower Decks: “The New Next Generation” (created and written by Mike McMahan, based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Megan Lloyd (CBS Eye Animation Productions for Paramount+))
• Agatha All Along: “Death's Hand in Mine” (written by Gia King & Cameron Squires, directed by Jac Schaeffer (Marvel; Disney+))
• Doctor Who: “Dot and Bubble” (written by Russell T Davies, directed by Dylan Holmes Williams (BBC; Disney+))
• Doctor Who: “73 Yards” (written by Russell T Davies, directed by Dylan Holmes Williams (BBC; Disney+))
• Fallout: “The Beginning” (written by Gursimran Sandhu, directed by Wayne Che Yip (Amazon Prime Video))
• Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Fissure Quest” (created by Mike McMahan, written by Lauren McGuire, based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Brandon Williams (CBS Eye Animation Productions for Paramount+))

Semiprozine

• Winner: Uncanny, Lynne M. Thomas (publisher and editor-in-chief), Michael Damian Thomas (publisher and editor-in-chief), Monte Lin (managing editor), Betsy Aoki (poetry editor), Erika Ensign (podcast producer), Steven Schapansky (podcast producer)
• The Deadlands, Sean Markey (publisher), E. Catherine Tobler (editor), Nicasio Andres Reed (editor), David Gilmore (editor), Laura Blackwell (editor), Annika Barranti Klein (editor), Josephine Stewart (proofreader), Amanda Downum (columnist), Cory Skerry (art and design), Christine M. Scott (art and design), Felicia Martínez (social media), Shana Du Bois (assistant)
• Escape Pod, Mur Lafferty (editor), Valerie Valdes (editor), Premee Mohamed (assistant editor), Kevin Wabaunsee (assistant editor), Tina Connolly (host), Alasdair Stuart (host), Summer Brooks (producer), Adam Pracht (producer), the entire Escape Pod team
• FIYAH, DaVaun Sanders (publisher and executive editor), B. Sharise Moore (poetry editor), Christian Ivey (art director), Rebecca McGee (acquiring editor), Kerine Wint (acquiring editor), Egbiameje Omole (acquiring editor), Emmalia Harrington (acquiring editor), Genine Tyson (acquiring editor), Tonya R. Moore (acquiring editor), Nelson Rolon (sponsor coordinator)
• khōréō, Zhui Ning Chang, Aleksandra Hill, Danai Christopoulou, Isabella Kestermann, Kanika Agrawal, Sachiko Ragosta, Lian Xia Rose, Jenelle DeCosta, Melissa Ren, Elaine Ho, Ambi Sun, Cyrus Chin, Nivair H. Gabriel, Jeané Ridges, Lilivette Domínguez, Isaree Thatchaichawalit, Jei E. Marcade, M. L. Krishnan, Ysabella Maglanque, Aaron Voigt, Adialyz Del Valle Berrios, Adil Mian, Akilah White, Alexandra Millatmal, Anselma Widha Prihandita, E. Broderick, K. S. Walker, Katarzyna Nowacka, Katie McIvor, Kelsea Yu, Lynn D. Jung, Madeleine Vigneron, Marie Croke, Merulai Femi, Phoebe Low, S. R. Westvik, Sanjna Bhartiya, Sara S. Messenger, Sophia Uy, Tina Zhu, Yuvashri Harish, Zohar Jacobs
• Strange Horizons, Strange Horizons Editorial Collective

Fanzine

• Winner: Black Nerd Problems, William Evans & Omar Holmon, eds.
• Ancillary Review of Books, Jake Casella Brookins, Zachary Gillan, Lane Gillespie, Misha Grifka Wander , Gareth A. Reeves, Bianca Skrinyár, Cynthia Zhang
• The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, edited by Marguerite Kenner
• Galactic Journey, Gideon Marcus (founder), Janice L. Newman (editor), Cora Buhlert (associate writer), Jessica Holmes (associate writer), Kerrie Dougherty (associate writer), Kris Vyas-Myall (associate writer), Natalie Devitt (and the rest of the Journey team)
• Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, Olav Rokne & Amanda Wakaruk, eds.

Fan Writer

• Winner: Abigail Nussbaum
• Camestros Felapton
• Roseanna Pendlebury
• Jason Sanford
• Alasdair Stuart
• Örjan Westin

Fancast

• Winner: Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones, Emily Tesh & Rebecca Fraimow
• The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe
• Hugo, Girl!, Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson & Kevin Anderson
• Hugos There, Seth Heasley
• A Meal of Thorns, Jake Casella Brookins
• Worldbuilding for Masochists, Marshall Ryan Maresca, Cass Morris & Natania Barron

Game Or Interactive Work

• Winner: Caves of Qud (co-creators Brian Bucklew & Jason Grinblat; contributors Nick DeCapua, Corey Frang, Craig Hamilton, Autumn McDonell, Bastia Rosen, Caelyn Sandel, Samuel Wilson (Freehold Games); sound design A Shell in the Pit; publisher Kitfox Games)
• 1000xRESIST (developed by sunset visitor 斜陽過客, published by Fellow Traveller)
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard (produced by BioWare)
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (produced by Nintendo)
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (produced by Simogo)
• Tactical Breach Wizards (developed by Suspicious Developments)

Poem

• Winner: “A War of Words”, Marie Brennan (Strange Horizons 16 Sep 2024)
• Calypso, Oliver K. Langmead (Titan)
• “Ever Noir”, Mari Ness (Haven Spec Jul 2024)
• “there are no taxis for the dead”, Angela Liu (Uncanny May/Jun 2024)
• “We Drink Lava”, Ai Jiang (Uncanny Mar/Apr 2024)
• “Your Visiting Dragon”, Devan Barlow (Strange Horizons 9 Jun 2024)

— Associated Awards —

Finalists

• Bethany Jacobs (second year of eligibility)
• Hannah Kaner (second year of eligibility)
• Angela Liu (second year of eligibility)
• Jared Pechaček (first year of eligibility)
• Tia Tashiro (second year of eligibility)

Finalists

• The Feast Makers, H. A. Clarke (Erewhom)
• Heavenly Tyrant, Xiran Jay Zhao (Tundra)
• The Maid and the Crocodile, Jordan Ifueko (Amulet; Hot Key UK)
• Moonstorm, Yoon Ha Lee (Delacorte; Solaris UK)
• So Let Them Burn, Kamilah Cole (Little, Brown; Atom UK)