Hugo Awards 2017
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
Worldcon 75,
Helsinki, Finland :
August 11, 2017
Eligibility Year: 2016
Associated Awards: John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (also listed below)
Eligibility Year: 2016
Associated Awards: John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (also listed below)
Novel
- Winner: The Obelisk Gate, N. K. Jemisin (Orbit)
- All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan UK)
- A Closed and Common Orbit, Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton; Harper Voyager)
- Death's End, Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu (Tor; Head of Zeus)
- Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
- Too Like the Lightning, Ada Palmer (Tor)
Novella
- Winner: Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com)
- The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle (Tor.com)
- The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, Kij Johnson (Tor.com)
- Penric and the Shaman, Lois McMaster Bujold (Spectrum Literary Agency)
- A Taste of Honey, Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com)
- This Census-Taker, China Mi�ville (Del Rey; Picador)
Novelette
- Winner: “The Tomato Thief”, Ursula Vernon (Apex 5 Jan 2016)
- Alien Stripper Boned from Behind by the T-Rex, Stix Hiscock (self-published)
- “The Art of Space Travel”, Nina Allan (Tor.com 27 Jul 2016)
- The Jewel and Her Lapidary, Fran Wilde (Tor.com)
- “Touring with the Alien”, Carolyn Ives Gilman (Clarkesworld Apr 2016)
- “You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay”, Alyssa Wong (Uncanny May/Jun 2016)
Short Story
- Winner: “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood)
- “The City Born Great”, N. K. Jemisin (Tor.com 28 Sep 2016)
- “A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers”, Alyssa Wong (Tor.com 2 Mar 2016)
- “Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies”, Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Nov/Dec 2016)
- “That Game We Played During the War”, Carrie Vaughn (Tor.com 16 Mar 2016)
- “An Unimaginable Light”, John C. Wright (God, Robot)
Related Work
- Winner: Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, Ursula K. Le Guin (Small Beer)
- The Geek Feminist Revolution, Kameron Hurley (Tor)
- The Princess Diarist, Carrie Fisher (Blue Rider)
- Traveler of Worlds: Conversations with Robert Silverberg, Robert Silverberg & Alvaro Zinos-Amaro (Fairwood)
- The View from the Cheap Seats, Neil Gaiman (Morrow; Headline)
- Women of Harry Potter series of posts, Sarah Gailey (Tor.com)
Graphic Story
- Winner: Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image)
- Black Panther, Volume 1: A Nation Under Our Feet, written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, art by Brian Stelfreeze (Marvel)
- Ms. Marvel, Volume 5: Super Famous, written by G. Willow Wilson, art by Takeshi Miyazawa, Adrian Alphona & Nico Leon (Marvel)
- Paper Girls, Volume 1, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Cliff Chiang (Image)
- Saga, Volume 6, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples (Image)
- The Vision, Volume 1: Little Worse Than a Man, written by Tom King, art by Gabriel Hern�ndez Walta (Marvel)
Dramatic Presentation: Long Form
- Winner: Arrival (screenplay by Eric Heisserer based on a short story by Ted Chiang, directed by Denis Villeneuve; 21 Laps Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment/Lava Bear Films)
- Deadpool (screenplay by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick, directed by Tim Miller; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/Marvel Entertainment/Kinberg Genre/The Donners� Company/TSG Entertainment)
- Ghostbusters (screenplay by Katie Dippold & Paul Feig, directed by Paul Feig; Columbia Pictures/LStar Capital/Village Roadshow Pictures/Pascal Pictures/Feigco Entertainment/Ghostcorps/The Montecito Picture Company)
- Hidden Figures (screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi, directed by Theodore Melfi; Fox 2000 Pictures/Chernin Entertainment/Levantine Films/TSG Entertainment)
- Rogue One (screenplay by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy, directed by Gareth Edwards; Lucasfilm/Allison Shearmur Productions/Black Hangar Studios/Stereo D/Walt Disney Pictures)
- Stranger Things (Season One) (created by the Duffer Brothers; 21 Laps Entertainment/Monkey Massacre)
Dramatic Presentation: Short Form
- Winner: The Expanse: “Leviathan Wakes” (written by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, directed by Terry McDonough; SyFy)
- Black Mirror: “San Junipero” (written by Charlie Brooker, directed by Owen Harris; House of Tomorrow)
- Doctor Who: “The Return of Doctor Mysterio” (written by Steven Moffat, directed by Ed Bazalgette; BBC Cymru Wales)
- Game of Thrones: “Battle of the Bastards” (written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, directed by Miguel Sapochnik; HBO)
- Game of Thrones: “The Door” (written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, directed by Jack Bender; HBO)
- Splendor & Misery (album) (by Clipping (Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes))
Editor, Short Form
Editor, Long Form
Professional Artist
Semiprozine
- Winner: Uncanny Magazine, Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Julia Rios, Erika Ensign (podcast producer), Steven Schapansky (podcast producer)
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- The Book Smugglers, Ana Grilo & Thea James, eds.
- Cirsova Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, P. Alexander, ed.
- GigaNotoSaurus, Rashia J. Smith, ed.
- Strange Horizons, Niall Harrison, Catherine Krahe, Vajra Chandrasekera, Vanessa Rose Phin, Li Chua, Aishwarya Subramanian, Tim Moore, Anaea Lay and the Strange Horizons staff
Fanzine
- Winner: Lady Business (edited by Clare, Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay, and Susan)
- Castalia House Blog, Jeffro Johnson, ed.
- Journey Planet, James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Helena Nash, Errick Nunnally, P�draig � M�al�id, Chuck Serface, Erin Underwood
- nerds of a feather, flock together, The G, Vance Kotrla & Joe Sherry, eds.
- Rocket Stack Rank, Greg Hullender & Eric Wong, eds.
- SF Bluestocking, Bridget McKinney, ed.
Fan Writer
Fan Artist
Fancast
- Winner: Tea & Jeopardy, Emma Newman & Peter Newman
- The Coode Street Podcast, Gary K. Wolfe & Jonathan Strahan
- Ditch Diggers, Mur Lafferty & Matt Wallace
- Fangirl Happy Hour, Ana Grilo & Renay Williams
- Galactic Suburbia, presented by Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce and Tansy Rayner Roberts; produced by Andrew Finch
- The Rageaholic, Raz�rFist
Series
- Winner: The Vorkosigan Saga, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
- The Craft Sequence, Max Gladstone (Tor)
- The Expanse, James S. A. Corey (Orbit)
- The October Daye Books, Seanan McGuire (DAW; Corsair)
- The Peter Grant/Rivers of London series, Ben Aaronovitch (Gollancz; Del Rey; DAW; Subterranean)
- The Temeraire series, Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Harper Voyager UK)
— Associated Awards —
Winner
- Ada Palmer (first year of eligibility)
Finalists
- Sarah Gailey (first year of eligibility)
- J. Mulrooney (first year of eligibility)
- Malka Older (second year of eligibilisy)
- Laurie Penny (second year of eligibilisy)
- Kelly Robson (second year of eligibilisy)
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