Hugo Awards 2022
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
Chicon 8,
Chicago :
September 4, 2022
Eligibility Year: 2021
Associated Awards: Astounding Award for Best New Writer., Lodestar Award (also listed below)
Eligibility Year: 2021
Associated Awards: Astounding Award for Best New Writer., Lodestar Award (also listed below)
Novel
- Winner: A Desolation Called Peace, Arkady Martine (Tor)
- The Galaxy, and the Ground Within, Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton; Harper Voyager)
- Light From Uncommon Stars, Ryka Aoki (Tor; St. Martin's)
- A Master of Djinn, P. Dj�l� Clark (Tordotcom; Orbit)
- Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir (Ballantine; Del Rey)
- She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan (Tor; Mantle)
Novella
- Winner: A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Becky Chambers (Tordotcom)
- Across the Green Grass Fields, Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
- Elder Race, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tordotcom)
- Fireheart Tiger, Aliette de Bodard (Tordotcom)
- The Past Is Red, Catherynne M. Valente (Tordotcom)
- A Spindle Splintered, Alix E. Harrow (Tordotcom)
Novelette
- Winner: “Bots of the Lost Ark”, Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld Jun 2021)
- “Colors of the Immortal Palette”, Caroline M. Yoachim (Uncanny Mar/Apr 2021)
- “L'Esprit de L'Escalier”, Catherynne M. Valente (Tor.com 25 Aug 2021)
- “O2 Arena”, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Galaxy's Edge Nov 2021)
- “That Story Isn't the Story”, John Wiswell (Uncanny Nov/Dec 2021)
- “Unseelie Brothers, Ltd.”, Fran Wilde (Uncanny May/Jun 2021)
Short Story
- Winner: “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather”, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Mar/Apr 2021)
- “Mr. Death”, Alix E. Harrow (Apex Feb 2021)
- “Proof by Induction”, Jos� Pablo Iriarte (Uncanny May/Jun 2021)
- “The Sin of America”, Catherynne M. Valente (Uncanny Mar/Apr 2021)
- “Tangles”, Seanan McGuire (Magicthegathering.com: Magic Story Sep 2021)
- “Unknown Number”, Blue Neustifter (Twitter Jul 2021)
Related Work
- Winner: Never Say You Can't Survive, Charlie Jane Anders (Tordotcom)
- Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism, Elsa Sjunneson (Tiller)
- The Complete Debarkle: Saga of a Culture War, Camestros Felapton (Cattimothy House)
- Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985, Andrew Nette & Iain McIntyre (PM)
- “How Twitter can ruin a life”, Emily St. James (Vox Jun 2021)
- Ture Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee, Abraham Riesman (Crown)
Graphic Story Or Comic
- Winner: Far Sector, N. K. Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell (DC)
- Die, Volume 4: Bleed, Kieron Gillen, art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles (Image)
- Lore Olympus, Volume 1, Rachel Smythe (Del Rey)
- Monstress, Volume 6: The Vow, Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image)
- Once & Future, Volume 3: The Parliament of Magpies, Kieron Gillen, art by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain (BOOM!)
- Strange Adventures, Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads & Evan "Doc" Shaner (DC)
Dramatic Presentation: Long Form
- Winner: Dune (screenplay by Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth; directed by Denis Villeneuve; based on the novel Dune by Frank Herbert (Warner Bros / Legendary Entertainment))
- Encanto (screenplay by Charise Castro Smith and Jared Bush; directed by Jared Bush, Byron Howard, and Charise Castro Smith (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
- The Green Knight (written and directed by David Lowery (BRON Studios/A24))
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (screenplay by Dave Callaham, Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham; directed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures))
- Space Sweepers (written and directed by Jo Sung-hee (Bidangil Pictures))
- WandaVision (screenplay by Peter Cameron, Mackenzie Dohr, Laura Donney, Bobak Esfarjani, Megan McDonnell, Jac Schaeffer (created by and head writer), Cameron Squires, Gretchen Enders, Chuck Hayward; directed by Matt Shakman (Disney+))
Dramatic Presentation: Short Form
- Winner: The Expanse: “Nemesis Games” (written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, and Naren Shankar; directed by Breck Eisner (Amazon Studios))
- Arcane: “The Monster You Created” (written by Christian Linke and Alex Yee; story by Christian Linke, Alex Yee, Conor Sheehy, and Ash Brannon; directed by Pascal Charrue and Arnaud Delord (Netflix))
- For All Mankind: “The Grey” (written by Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi; directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (Tall Ship Productions/Sony Pictures Television))
- Loki: “The Nexus Event” (written by Eric Martin, directed by Kate Herron, created for television by Michael Waldron (Disney+))
- Star Trek: Lower Decks: “wej Duj” (written by Kathryn Lyn, directed by Bob Suarez (CBS Eye Animation Productions))
- The Wheel of Time: “The flame of Tar Valon” (written by Justine Juel Gillmer, directed by Salli Richardson-Whitfield, based on The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (Amazon Studios))
Editor, Short Form
Editor, Long Form
Professional Artist
Semiprozine
- Winner: Uncanny Magazine, Lynne M. Thomas (publisher and editor-in-chief), Michael Damian Thomas (publisher and editor-in-chief), Chimedum Ohaegbu (managing/poetry editor), Elsa Sjunneson (nonfiction editor), Erika Ensign (podcast producer), Steven Schapansky (podcast producer)
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Scott H. Andrews
- Escape Pod, S. B. Divya (editor), Mur Lafferty (editor), Valerie Valdes (editor), Benjamin C. Kinney (assistant editor), Premee Mohamed (assistant editor), Brent Lambert (guest editor), Tina Connolly (host), Alasdair Stuart (host), Summer Brooks (audio producer), Adam Pracht (audio producer)
- FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, Troy L. Wiggins (publisher), DaVaun Saunders (executive editor), Eboni Dunbar (managing editor), B. Sharise Moore (poetry editor), Brent Lambert (reviews editor and social media manager), L. D. Lewis (art director), Chavonne Brown (web editor), Margeaux Weston (non-fiction editor), Summer Farah (guest editor), Nadia Shammas (guest editor), Kaleb Russell (acquiring editor), Rebecca McGee (acquiring editor), Kerine Wint (acquiring editor), Joshua Morley (acquiring editor), Emmalia Harrington (acquiring editor), Genine Tyson (acquiring editor), Tonya R. Moore (acquiring editor), Danny Lore (acquiring editor), Nelson Rolon (technical assistant)
- PodCastle, Jen R Albert (co-editor), C. L. Clark (co-editor), Shingai Kagunda (co-editor), Eleanor R. Wood (co-editor), Summer Fletcher (assistant editor), Sof�a Barker (assistant editor), Peter Adrian Behravesh (audio producer), Matt Dovey (host)
- Strange Horizons, Vanessa Aguirre, Joseph Aitken, Kwan-Ann Tan, Rachel Ayers, M H Ayinde, Tierney Bailey, Scott Beggs, Drew Matthew Beyer, Gautam Bhatia, Tom Borger, S. K. Campbell, Emma Celi, Zhui Ning Chang, Rita Chen, Tania Chen, Liz Christman, Emma-Grace Clarke, Linda H. Codega, Kristian Wilson Colyard, Bruhad Dave, Sarah Davidson, Tahlia Day, Belen Edwards, Rebecca Evans, Ciro Faienza, Courtney Floyd, Lila Garrott, Guanan� G�mez-Van Cortright, Colette Grecco, Julia Gunnison, Dan Hartland, Sydney Hilton, Angela Hinck, Amanda Jean, Jamie Johnson, Sean Joyce-Farley, Erika Kanda, Kat Kourbeti, Catherine Krahe, Anna Krepinsky, Clayton Kroh, Natasha Leullier, Dante Luiz, Gui Machiavelli, Cameron Mack, Samantha Manaktola, Marisa Manuel, Jean McConnell, Heather McDougal, Maria Morabe, Amelia Moriarty, Sarah Noakes, Aidan Oatway, A. J. Odasso, Joel Oliver-Cormier, Kristina Palmer, Karintha Parker, Anjali Patel, Juliana Pinho, Nicasio Reed, Belicia Rhea, Abbey Schlanz, Elijah Rain Smith, Alyn Spector, Hebe Stanton, Melody Steiner, Romie Stott, Yejin Suh, Sonia Sulaiman, Ben Tyrrell, Renee Van Siclen, Kathryn Weaver, Liza Wemakor, Aigner Loren Wilson, E. M. Wright, Vicki Xu
Fanzine
- Winner: Small Gods, Lee Moyer & Seanan McGuire
- The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart & Marguerite Kenner
- Galactic Journey, Gideon Marcus (founder), Janice L. Newman (editor), Gwen Conaway (associate writer), Jason Sacks (associate writer), John Boston (associate writer)
- Journey Planet, Erin Underwood, Jean Martin, Sara Felix, Vanessa Applegate, Chuck Serface, Errick Nunnally, Steven H Silver, James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia
- Quick Sip Reviews, Charles Payseur
- Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, Amanda Wakaruk & Olav Rokne
Fan Writer
Fan Artist
Fancast
- Winner: Our Opinions Are Correct, Annalee Newitz, Charlie Jane Anders & Veronica Simonetti
- Be The Serpent, Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske & Jennifer Mace
- The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe
- Hugo, Girl!, Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson & Kevin Anderson
- Octothorpe, John Coxon, Alison Scott & Liz Batty
- Worldbuilding for Masochists, Cass Morris, Rowenna Miller & Marshall Ryan Maresca
Series
- Winner: Wayward Children, Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
- The Green Bone Saga, Fonda Lee (Orbit)
- The Kingston Cycle, C. L. Polk (Tordotcom)
- Merchant Princes, Charles Stross (Macmillan)
- Terra Ignota, Ada Palmer (Tor)
- The World of the White Rat, T. Kingfisher (Argyll)
— Associated Awards —
Winner
- Shelley Parker-Chan (first year of eligibility)
Finalists
- Tracy Deonn (second year of eligibility)
- Micaiah Johnson (second year of eligibility)
- A. K. Larkwood (second year of eligibility)
- Everina Maxwell (first year of eligibility)
- Xiran Jay Zhao (first year of eligibility)
Winner
- The Last Graduate, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
Finalists
- Chaos on CatNet, Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
- Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao (Penguin Teen; Rock the Boat)
- Redemptor, Jordan Ifueko (Amulet; Hot Key)
- A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
- Victories Greater Than Death, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen; Titan)
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