Hugo Awards 2018
science fiction awards database
Winners announced: August 19, 2018
Convention: Worldcon 76
Where: San Jose, CA
Eligibility Year: 2017
Associated Awards: John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Worldcon Special Convention Award (also listed below)
Convention: Worldcon 76
Where: San Jose, CA
Eligibility Year: 2017
Associated Awards: John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Worldcon Special Convention Award (also listed below)
Novel
- Winner: The Stone Sky, N. K. Jemisin (Orbit)
- The Collapsing Empire, John Scalzi (Tor)
- New York 2140, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
- Provenance, Ann Leckie (Orbit)
- Raven Stratagem, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
- Six Wakes, Mur Lafferty (Orbit)
Novella
- Winner: All Systems Red, Martha Wells (Tor.com)
- “And Then There Were (N-One)”, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Mar/Apr 2017)
- Binti: Home, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
- The Black Tides of Heaven, JY Yang (Tor.com)
- Down Among the Sticks and Bones, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com)
- River of Teeth, Sarah Gailey (Tor.com)
Novelette
- Winner: “The Secret Life of Bots”, Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld Sep 2017)
- “Children of Thorns, Children of Water”, Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny Jul/Aug 2017)
- “Extracurricular Activities”, Yoon Ha Lee (Tor.com 15 Feb 2017)
- “A Series of Steaks”, Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Clarkesworld Jan 2017)
- “Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time”, K. M. Szpara (Uncanny May/Jun 2017)
- “Wind Will Rove”, Sarah Pinsker (Asimov's Sep/Oct 2017)
Short Story
- Winner: “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian ExperienceTM”, Rebecca Roanhorse (Apex Aug 2017)
- “Carnival Nine”, Caroline M. Yoachim (Beneath Ceaseless Skies May 2017)
- “Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand”, Fran Wilde (Uncanny Sep/Oct 2017)
- “Fandom for Robots”, Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Uncanny Sep/Oct 2017)
- “The Martian Obelisk”, Linda Nagata (Tor.com 19 Jul 2017)
- “Sun, Moon, Dust”, Ursula Vernon (Uncanny May/Jun 2017)
Related Work
- Winner: No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters, Ursula K. Le Guin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
- Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate, Zoe Quinn (PublicAffairs)
- Iain M. Banks, Paul Kincaid (University of Illinois Press)
- A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison, Nat Segaloff (NESFA)
- Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler, Alexandra Pierce & Mimi Mondal, eds. (Twelfth Planet)
- Sleeping With Monsters: Readings and Reactions in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Liz Bourke (Aqueduct)
Graphic Story
- Winner: Monstress, Volume 2: The Blood, written by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda (Image)
- Bitch Planet, Volume 2: President Bitch, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, illustrated by Valentine De Landro & Taki Soma (Image)
- Black Bolt, Volume 1: Hard Time, written by Saladin Ahmed, illustrated by Christian Ward (Marvel)
- My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
- Paper Girls, Volume 3, written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Cliff Chiang (Image)
- Saga, Volume 7, written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image)
Dramatic Presentation: Long Form
- Winner: Wonder Woman (screenplay by Allan Heinberg, story by Zack Snyder & Allan Heinberg and Jason Fuchs, directed by Patty Jenkins; DC Films / Warner Brothers)
- Blade Runner 2049 (written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, directed by Denis Villeneuve; Alcon Entertainment / Bud Yorkin Productions / Torridon Films / Columbia Pictures)
- Get Out (written and directed by Jordan Peele; Blumhouse Productions / Monkeypaw Productions / QC Entertainment)
- The Shape of Water (written by Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, directed by Guillermo del Toro; TSG Entertainment / Double Dare You / Fox Searchlight Pictures)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (written and directed by Rian Johnson; Lucasfilm, Ltd.)
- Thor: Ragnorak (written by Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle, and Christopher Yost; directed by Taika Waititi; Marvel Studios)
Dramatic Presentation: Short Form
- Winner: The Good Place: “The Trolley Problem” (written by Josh Siegal and Dylan Morgan, directed by Dean Holland (Fremulon / 3 Arts Entertainment / Universal Television))
- Black Mirror: “USS Callister” (written by William Bridges and Charlie Brooker, directed by Toby Haynes (House of Tomorrow) "The Deep" [song], by Clipping (Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes))
- Doctor Who: “Twice Upon a Time” (written by Steven Moffat, directed by Rachel Talalay (BBC Cymru Wales))
- The Good Place: “Michael Gambit” (written and directed by Michael Schur (Fremulon / 3 Arts Entertainment / Universal Television))
- Star Trek: Discovery: “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad” (written by Aron Eli Coleite & Jesse Alexander, directed by David M. Barrett (CBS Television Studios))
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
- Escape Pod, Mur Lafferty, S. B. Divya, Norm Sherman, Benjamin C. Kinney (assistant editor)
- Fireside Magazine, Brian White, Julia Rios, Elsa Sjunneson-Henry (managing editor), Mikki Kendall (special feature editor), Pablo Defendini (publisher & art director)
- Strange Horizons, Kate Dollarhyde, Gautam Bhatia, A. J. Odasso, Lila Garrott, Heather McDougal, Ciro Faienza, Tahlia Day, Vanessa Rose Phin and the Strange Horizons staff
Fanzine
- Winner: File 770, Mike Glyer
- Galactic Journey, Gideon Marcus
- Journey Planet, Team Journey Planet
- nerds of a feather, flock together, The G, Vance Kotrla & Joe Sherry
- Rocket Stack Rank, Greg Hullender & Eric Wong
- SF Bluestocking, Bridget McKinney
Fan Writer
Fan Artist
Fancast
- Winner: Ditch Diggers, Mur Lafferty & Matt Wallace
- The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe
- Fangirl Happy Hour, Ana Grilo & Renay Williams
- Galactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Andrew Finch (producer)
- Sword and Laser, Veronica Belmont & Tom Merritt
- Verity!, Deborah Stanish, Erika Ensign, Katrina Griffiths, L. M. Myles, Lynne M. Thomas, Tansy Rayner Roberts
Series
- Winner: World of the Five Gods, Lois McMaster Bujold (Harper Voyager; Spectrum Literary Agency)
- The Books of the Raksura, Martha Wells (Night Shade)
- The Divine Cities, Robert Jackson Bennett (Broadway)
- InCryptid, Seanan McGuire (DAW)
- The Memoirs of Lady Trent, Marie Brennan (Tor US; Titan UK)
- The Stormlight Archive, Brandon Sanderson (Tor US; Gollancz UK)
— Associated Awards —
Winner
- Rebecca Roanhorse (first year of eligibility)
Finalists
- Katherine Arden (first year of eligibility)
- Sarah Kuhn (second year of eligibilisy)
- Jeanette Ng (first year of eligibility)
- Vina Jie-Min Prasad (first year of eligibility)
- Rivers Solomon (first year of eligibility)
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