John, Alison and Liz discuss this year’s Hugo Awards finalists.
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Best Novel

Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T Kingfisher
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett


Best Novella

The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo
The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed
Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar
The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler
What Feasts at Night by T Kingfisher


Best Novelette

“The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video” by Thomas Ha
“By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars” by Premee Mohamed
“The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea” by Naomi Kritzer
“Lake of Souls” by Ann Leckie
“Loneliness Universe” by Eugenia Triantafyllou
“Signs of Life” by Sarah Pinsker


Best Short Story

“Five Views of the Planet Tartarus” by Rachael K Jones
“Marginalia” by Mary Robinette Kowal
“Stitched to Skin Like Family Is” by Nghi Vo
“Three Faces of a Beheading” by Arkady Martine
“We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” by Caroline M Yoachim
“Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole” by Isabel J Kim


Best Series

Between Earth and Sky by Rebecca Roanhorse
The Burning Kingdoms by Tasha Suri
InCryptid by Seanan McGuire
Southern Reach by Jeff VanderMeer
The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson
The Tyrant Philosophers by Adrian Tchaikovsky


Best Graphic Story

The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag
The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 1 by G Willow Wilson and Chris Wildgoose
Monstress, Vol. 9 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Vol. 2 by Emil Ferris
Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way by Ryan North and Chris Fenoglio
We Called Them Giants by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans


Best Related Work

“Charting the Cliff: An Investigation into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics” by Camestros Felapton and Heather Rose Jones
r/Fantasy’s 2024 Bingo Reading Challenge
“The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel” by Jenny Nicholson
Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right by Jordan S Carroll
Track Changes by Abigail Nussbaum
“The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion” by Chris M Barkley and Jason Sanford


Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form)

Dune: Part Two
Flow
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
I Saw the TV Glow
Wicked
The Wild Robot


Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)

“The Beginning” (Fallout)
“Death’s Hand in Mine” (Agatha All Along)
“Dot and Bubble” (Doctor Who)
“Fissure Quest” (Star Trek: Lower Decks)
“The New Next Generation” (Star Trek: Lower Decks)
“73 Yards” (Doctor Who)


Best Game or Interactive Work

Caves of Qud
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Tactical Breach Wizards
1000xRESIST


Best Editor (Short Form)

Scott H. Andrews
Jennifer Brozek
Neil Clarke
Jonathan Strahan
Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
Sheila Williams


Best Editor (Long Form)

Carl Engle-Laird
Ali Fisher
Lee Harris
David Thomas Moore
Diana M. Pho
Stephanie Stein


Best Professional Artist

Micaela Alcaino
Audrey Benjaminsen
Rovina Cai
Maurizio Manzieri
Tran Nguyen
Alyssa Winans


Best Semiprozine

The Deadlands
Escape Pod
FIYAH
khōréō
Strange Horizons
Uncanny Magazine


Best Fanzine

The Ancillary Review of Books
Black Nerd Problems
The Full Lid
Galactic Journey
Journey Planet
Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog


Best Fancast

The Coode Street Podcast
Eight of Diana Wynne Jones
Hugo, Girl!
Hugos There
A Meal of Thorns
Worldbuilding for Mascochists


Best Fan Writer

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


Best Fan Artist

Iain Clark
Sara Felix
Meg Frank
Michelle Morrell
España Sheriff
Alison Scott


Best Poem

Calypso by Oliver K Langmead
“Ever Noir” by Mari Ness
“there are no taxis for the dead” by Angela Liu
“A War of Words” by Marie Brennan
“We Drink Lava” by Ai Jiang
“Your Visiting Dragon” by Devan Barlow


Lodestar Award

The Feast Makers by H.A. Clarke
Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao
The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko
Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee
Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole


Astounding Award

Moniquill Blackgoose
Bethany Jacobs
Hannah Kaner
Angela Liu
Jared Pechaček
Tia Tashiro


Credits

Cover art: “Scorching Hot Takes” by Alison Scott

Alt text: A black background. Text in purple reads “Octothorpe 132” while text MADE OF FIRE says “Scorching hot takes on the Hugo finalists”.


Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)

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