Discover the Hugo Awards 2023, featuring the highly anticipated Hugo finalists and nominees for various categories in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Explore exceptional works competing for recognition.
Overview of the 2023 Hugo Awards
The 81st World Science Fiction Convention, Chengdu Worldcon, has revealed the finalists for the highly anticipated 2023 Hugo Awards, as well as the Lodestar Award for Best Book for Young Adults and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. The announcement was made on July 6, 2023 via Chengdu Worldcon’s social media and website. A total of 1,847 valid nominations were received from members of the 2022 and 2023 World Science Fiction Convention.
Final voting will open on July 10, and only Chengdu Worldcon members will have the privilege to cast their votes and determine the winners of the prestigious awards in 2023. Non-members have the option to purchase a membership on the Chengdu Worldcon website to participate in the voting process. The winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Awards and Astounding Awards will be announced during a formal ceremony held on Saturday evening, October 21, 2023, at Chengdu Worldcon.
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Hugo finalists 2023
The finalists for the 2023 Hugo Award span a variety of categories, showcasing exceptional works in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Some of the notable contenders include Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “Dr. Moreau’s Daughter” and John Scalzi’s “Kaiju Preservation Society” for best novel, as well as Tamsyn Muir’s “Nona Ninth” and Mary Robinette Kowal’s “The Thrifty Man.” The best novella category includes works like “Even Though I Knew the End” by CL Polk and “A Mirror Mended” by Alix E. Harrow.
Works such as Catherynne M. Valenta’s “The Difference Between Love and Time” and John Chu’s “If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Formal You” were recognized in the best novella category. Several outstanding short stories were also nominated, including “DIY” by John Wiswell and “Zhurong on Mars” by Regina Kanyu Wang.
In addition, there are nominations for Best Series, Best Graphic Story or Comic, Best Connected Work, and Best Dramatic Presentation (both long and short), among others listed in the next section.
Nominated for the 2023 Hugo Awards
The best novel
- Dr. Moreau’s daughter, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey)
- The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi (Tor Books)
- Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree (Tor Books)
- Nona Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
- Nettles and Bone, T. Kingfisher (Tor Books)
- Spare Man, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Books)
The best novella
- Although I Knew the End by CL Polk (Tordotcom)
- Into the Riverlands, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
- The Repaired Mirror by Alix E. Harrow (Tordotcom)
- Ogre, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris)
- What Raises the Dead by T. Kingfisher (Tor Nightfire)
- Where Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
The best Novelette
- “The Difference Between Love and Time”, Catherynne M. Valente (Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance, Solaris)
- “A Dream of Electric Mothers” by Wole Talabi (Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, Tordotcom)
- “If you find yourself talking to God, address him with an informal You,” John Chu (Uncanny Magazine, July-August 2022)
- “Murder by Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Dark”, SL Huang (Clarkesworld, December 2022)
- “The Space-Time Painter,” Hai Ya (Galaxy’s Edge, April 2022)
- “We Built This City”, Marie Vibbert (Clarkesworld, June 2022)
Best short story
- DIY by John Wiswell (Tor.com, August 2022)
- “On the Razor’s Edge” by Jiang Bo (Science Fiction World, January 2022)
- “Rabbit Test” by Samantha Mills (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2022)
- “Resurrection” by Ren Qing (Future Fiction/Science Fiction World, December 2022)
- “White Cliff”, Lu Ban (Science Fiction World, May 2022)
- “Zhurong on Mars” by Regina Kanyu Wang (Frontiers, September 2022)
The best series
- Children of Time Series, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Pan Macmillan/Orbit)
- The Founders Trilogy, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey)
- The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com)
- October Daye, Seanan McGuire (DAW)
- Rivers of London, Ben Aaronovich (Orion)
- Scholomance, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
Best graphic story or comic
- Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams, Bartosz Sztybor, Filipe Andrade, Alessio Fioriniello, Roman Titov, Krzysztof Ostrowski (Dark Horse Books)
- DUNE: The Official Movie Graphic Novel by Lilah Sturges, Drew Johnson, The Wall (Legendary Comics)
- Monstress Vol. 7: Devourer by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
- Once & Future Vol 4: Monarchies in the UK, Kieron Gillen / Dan Mora (BOOM! Studios)
- Saga, St. 10, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Phonografiks (Image Comics)
- Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Tom King, Bilquis Evely and Matheus Lopes (DC Comics)
Best related work
- Blood, Sweat and Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road by Kyle Buchanan (William Morrow)
- Buffalito World Outreach Project, Lawrence M. Schoen (Paper Golem LLC)
- Chinese Science Fiction Oral History Volume 1 by Yang Feng (Chengdu Times Press)
- “The Spirit of Workshops Past”, SL Huang (Tor.com)
- Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir, Wil Wheaton (William Morrow)
- Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes by Rob Wilkins (Doubleday)
Best dramatic presentation, long form
- Avatar: The Way of Water, written by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, directed by James Cameron (Lightstorm Entertainment / TSG Entertainment II)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, directed by Ryan Coogler (Marvel Studios)
- Everything everywhere and at once, written by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Sheinert (IAC Films / Gozie AGBO)
- No, written by Jordan Peele, directed by Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures / Monkeypaw Productions)
- Severance (Season 1), written by Dan Erickson, Anna Ouyang Moench et al., directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle (Red Hour Productions / Season Five)
- Turning Red, written by Julia Cho and Domee Shi, directed by Domee Shi (Walt Disney Studios / Pixar Animation Studios)
Best dramatic presentation, short form
- Andor: “One Way Out”, written by Beau Willimon, Tony Gilroy and George Lucas, directed by Toby Haynes (Lucasfilm)
- Andor: “Rix Road”, screenplay by Tony Gilroy and George Lucas, directed by Benjamin Caron (Lucasfilm)
- The Expanse: “Babylon’s Ashes,” written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Naren Shankar, directed by Breck Eisner (Alcon Entertainment)
- For All Mankind: “Stranger in a Strange Land,” written by Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi, directed by Craig Zisk (Tall Ship Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
- She-Hulk: The Lawyer: “Whose Show Is This?” Written by Jessica Gao, Francesca Gailes and Jacqueline Gailes, directed by Kat Coiro (Marvel Entertainment)
- Stranger Things: “Chapter Four: Dear Billy,” written by Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer and Paul Dichter, directed by Shawn Levy (21 Laps Entertainment)
Best editor, short form
- Scott H. Andrews
- Neil Clarke
- Oghenechowe Donald Ekpeki
- Sheree Renée Thomas
- Xu Wang
- Feng Yang
Best editor, long form
- Ruoxi Chen
- Lindsey Hall
- Lee Harris
- Sarah Peed
- Huan Yan
- Haijun Yao
Best professional artist
- Sija Hong
- Kuri Huang
- Paul Lewin
- Alyssa Winans
- Jian Zhang
- Enzhe Zhao
The best Semiprozine
- Escape Pod, co-edited by Mur Lafferty and Valerie Valdes; Assistant Editors Benjamin C. Kinney and Premee Mohamed, Host Tina Connolly, Producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht
- FIYAH, edited by the entire FIYAH team
- khōréō, edited by Team khōréō
- PodCastle, co-edited by Shingai Njeri Kagunda and Eleanor R. Wood; Assistant Editor Sofia Barker; Hosted by Matt Dovey; Audio producers Peter Adrian Behravesh, Devin Martin and Eric Valdes
- Strange Horizons, edited by the Strange Horizons Editorial Team
- Uncanny Magazine, Publishers and Editors-in-Chief: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; Chief/Poetry Editor Chimedum Ohaegbu; editor-in-chief Monte Lin; nonfiction editor Meg Ellison; podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
The best fanzine
- Chinese Academic SF Express, Latssep and Tianluo_Qi
- Galactic Journey, Gideon Marcus, Janice Marcus, Tammi Bozich, Erica Frank, Arel Lucas and Mark Yon
- Journey Planet, Regina Kanyu Wang, Yen Ooi, Arthur Liu, Jean Martin, Erin Underwood, Steven H Silver, Pádraig Ó Méalóid and their other co-editors.
- Nerds of a Feather, Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer, Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla, G. Brown
- Unofficial blog of Hugo Book Club, authors Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk
- Zero Gravity Newspaper by RiverFlow and Ling Shizhen
The best fancast
- The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe, produced by Jonathan Strahan
- Hugo, Girl!, Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson and Kevin Anderson
- Hugos There, Seth Heasley
- Kalanadi, created and presented by Rachel
- Octothorpe, John Coxon, Alison Scott and Liz Batty
- World Building for Masochists, Cass Morris, Rowenna Miller, Marshall Ryan Maresca
Best fan writer
- Chris M. Barkley
- Gorka Karella
- Arthur Liu
- RiverFlow
- Jason Sanford
- Örjan Westin
Best fan artist
- Iain Clark
- Richard Mann
- Laya Rose
- Alison Scott
- Spanish sheriff
- Orion Smith
Lodestar Award for Best Book for Young Adults (awarded by the World Science Fiction Society)
- Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts), Nnedi Okorafor (Viking Books for Young Readers)
- Bloodmarked, Tracy Deonn (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
- Bigger Dreams Than Broken Hearts by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen/Titan Books)
- Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
- In the Serpents Wake, Rachel Hartman (Random House Books for Young Readers)
- Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods, Catherynne M. Valente (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
Amazing Best New Writer Award (presented by Dell Magazines)
- Travis Baldree (1st year of eligibility)
- Naseem Jamnia (1st year of eligibility)
- Isabel J Kim (2nd year of eligibility)
- Maijia Liu (1st year of eligibility)
- Everina Maxwell (2nd year of eligibility)
- Weimu Xin (2nd year of eligibility)
Hugo award winners
The winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer will be revealed during a formal ceremony on Saturday evening, October 21, 2023, at Chengdu Worldcon. The awards will recognize outstanding works in the science fiction and fantasy genres in a variety of categories, including Best Novel, Best Novel, Best Novelette, Best Short Story, Best Series, and Best Graphic Story or Comic, among others.
The winners will be selected by Chengdu Worldcon members through a voting process, and only those with membership will have the opportunity to cast their vote. Non-members can purchase a membership on the Chengdu Worldcon website to participate in the voting and have a say in determining the 2023 award winners. Follow the results of the 2023 Hugo Awards to find out which authors, editors, artists and works will be celebrated for of his contributions to the science fiction and fantasy community.
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