Yesterday evening (August 18), the winners of the 2019 Hugo Awards have been announced, during a glamorous and fantastic ceremony at WorldCon 2019 in Dublin. You’re probably wondering who the winners are, so without further ado, here we go!
Best Novel
The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
2) Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey / Macmillan)
3) Record of a Spaeborn Few, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager)
4) Trail of Lightining, by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
5) Revenant Gun, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
6) Space Opera, by Catherynne M. Valente (Saga/Corsair)
Best Novella
Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
2) The Tea master and the Detective, by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean Press / Jabberwocky Literary Agency)
Beneath the Sugar Sky, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
4) The Black God’s Drums, by P. Djèli Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
5) Binti: The Night Masquerade, by Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com Publishing)
6) Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, by Kelly Robson (Tor.com Publishing)
Best Novellette
“If at First You Don’t Succeed, try, Try, Again,” by Zen Cho (B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog, 29 November 2018)
2) “The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections,” by Tina Connolly (Tor.com, 11 July 2018)
3) “The Thing About Ghost Stories,” by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine 25, November-December 2018)
4) “Nine Last Days on Planet Earth,” by Daryl Gregory (Tor.com, 19 September 2018)
5) The Only Harmless Great Thing, by Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing)
6) “When we were Starless,” by Simone Heller (Clarkesworld 145, October 2018)
Best Short Story
“A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies,” by Alix E. Harrow (Apex Magazine, February 2018)
2) “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington,” by P. Djeli Clark (Fireside Magazine, February 2018)
3) The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society,” by T. Kingfisher (Uncanny Magazine 25, November-December 2018)
4) “STET,” by Sarah Cailey (Fireside Magazine, October 2018)
5) “The Court Magician,” by Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed, January 2018)
6) “The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who was Made of Meat,” by Brook Blander (Uncanny Magazine 23, July-August 2018)
Other Winners of the 2019 Hugo Awards include:
BEST SERIES
Wayfarers, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager)
BEST RELATED WORK
Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
BEST GRAPHIC STORY
Monstress, Volume 3: Haven, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman, directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman (Sony)
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM
The Good Place: “Janet(s),” written by Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan, directed by Morgan Sackett (NBC)
BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM
Gardner Dozois
BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM
Navah Wolfe
BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
Charles Vess
BEST SEMIPROZINE
Uncanny Magazine, publishers/editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, managing editor Michi Trota, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky, Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue editors-in-chief Elsa Sjunneson-Henry and Dominik Parisien
BEST FANZINE
Lady Business, editors Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay & Susan
BEST FANCAST
Our Opinions Are Correct, hosted by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders
BEST FAN WRITER
Foz Meadows
BEST FAN ARTIST
Likhain (Mia Sereno)
BEST ART BOOK
(A one-off category created as per WSFS rules by Dublin 2019)
The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, illustrated by Charles Vess, written by Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga Press /Gollancz)
So, that is all for this year’s Hugo Awards. An in-depth coverage of WorldCon 2019 soon to come!
