News: Hugo, Astounding and Lodestone Awards 2023 announced

WINNER: Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)

• Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree (Cryptid; Tor)
• The Spare Man, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
• The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey; Jo Fletcher)
• Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
• The Kaiju Preservation Society, John Scalzi (Tor; Tor UK)

Best Novella

WINNER: Where the Drowned Girls Go, Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)

• A Mirror Mended, Alix E. Harrow (Tordotcom)
• What Moves the Dead, T. Kingfisher (Nightfire; Titan UK)
• Even Though I Knew the End, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)
• Ogres, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris)
• Into the Riverlands, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)

Best Novelette

WINNER: “The Space-Time Painter”, Hai Ya (Galaxy’s Edge 4/22)

• “If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You”, John Chu (Uncanny 7-8/22)
• “Murder By Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness”, S.L. Huang (Clarkesworld 12/22)
• “A Dream of Electric Mothers”, Wole Talabi (Africa Risen)
• “The Difference Between Love and Time”, Catherynne M. Valente (Someone in Time)
• “We Built This City”, Marie Vibbert (Clarkesworld 6/22)

Best Short Story

WINNER: “Rabbit Test”, Samantha Mills (Uncanny 11-12/22)

• “The White Cliff”, Lu Ban (Science Fiction World 5/22)
• “On the Razor’s Edge”, Jiang Bo (Science Fiction World 1/22)
• “Resurrection”, Ren Qing (Future Fiction/Science Fiction World 12/22)
• “Zhurong on Mars”, Regina Kanyu Wang (Frontiers 9/22)
• “D.I.Y.”, John Wiswell (Tor.com 8/24/22)

Best Series

WINNER: Children of Time Series, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US)

• Rivers of London Series, Ben Aaronovitch (DAW; Gollancz)
• The Founders Trilogy, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Jo Fletcher)
• October Daye, Seanan McGuire (DAW)
• The Locked Tomb Series, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
• The Scholomance Series, Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK)

Best Related Work

WINNER: Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes, Rob Wilkins (Doubleday)

• Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road, Kyle Buchanan (William Morrow)
• Chinese Science Fiction: An Oral History, Volume 1, Yang Feng (Chengdu Times Press)
• “The Ghost of Workshops Past”, S.L. Huang (Tor.com 8/17/22)
• Buffalito World Outreach Project, Lawrence M. Schoen (Paper Golem)
• Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir, Wil Wheaton (William Morrow)

Best Graphic Story or Comic

WINNER: Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams

• DUNE: The Official Movie Graphic Novel
• Monstress, Volume 7: Devourer
• Once & Future, Volume 4: Monarchies in the UK
• Saga, Volume 10
• Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

WINNER: Everything Everywhere All at Once

• Avatar: The Way of Water
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Nope
• Severance, Season One
• Turning Red

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

WINNER: The Expanse: “Babylon’s Ashes”

• Andor: “One Way Out”
• Andor: “Rix Road”
• For All Mankind: “Stranger in a Strange Land”
• She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: “Whose Show is This?”
• Stranger Things: “Chapter Four: Dear Billy”

Best Editor, Short Form

WINNER: Neil Clarke

• Scott H. Andrews
• Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
• Sheree Renée Thomas
• Xu Wang
• Feng Yang

Best Editor, Long Form

WINNER: Lindsey Hall

• Ruoxi Chen
• Lee Harris
• Sarah Peed
• Huan Yan
• Haijun Yao

Best Professional Artist

WINNER: Enzhe Zhao

• Sija Hong
• Kuri Huang
• Paul Lewin
• Alyssa Winans
• Jian Zhan

Best Semiprozine

WINNER: Uncanny

• Escape Pod
• FIYAH
• khōréō
• PodCastle
• Strange Horizons

Best Fanzine

WINNER: Zero Gravity Newspaper

• Chinese Academic SF Express
• Galactic Journey
• Journey Planet
• Nerds of a Feather
• Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog

Best Fancast

WINNER: Hugo, Girl!

• Coode Street Podcast
• Hugos There
• Kalanadi
• Octothorpe
• Worldbuilding for Masochists

Best Fan Writer

WINNER: Chris M. Barkley

• Bitter Karella
• Arthur Liu
• RiverFlow
• Jason Sanford
• Örjan Westin

Best Fan Artist

WINNER: Richard Man

• Iain J. Clark
• Laya Rose
• Alison Scott
• España Sheriff
• Orion Smith

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (Not a Hugo)

WINNER: Akata Woman, Nnedi Okorafor (Viking)

• Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen; Titan UK)
• Bloodmarked, Tracy Deonn (McElderry)
• In the Serpent’s Wake, Rachel Hartman (Random House)
• The Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK)
• Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods, Catherynne M. Valente (McElderry)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (Not a Hugo)

WINNER: Travis Baldree

• Naseem Jamnia
• Isabel J. Kim*
• Maijia Liu
• Everina Maxwell*
• Weimu Xin*

*Second year of eligibility

The Big Heart Award went to Bobbi Armbruster, presented by chair Ben Yalow.