2018 Hugo and Campbell Awards Finalists
Finalists for the Hugo Awards and for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer have been announced by Worldcon 76, the 76th World Science Fiction Convention, to be held at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose CA August 16-20, 2018. 1,813 valid nominating ballots (1,795 electronic and 18 paper) were received and counted from the members of Worldcon 75, Worldcon 76, and Dublin 2019. Nominating ballot information for individual categories has not been released.
Best Novel
- The Stone Sky, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- Six Wakes, Mur Lafferty (Orbit US)
- Provenance, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- Raven Stratagem, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris US; Solaris UK)
- New York 2140, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- The Collapsing Empire, John Scalzi (Tor US; Tor UK)
Best Novella
- River of Teeth, Sarah Gailey (Tor.com Publishing)
- Down Among the Sticks and Bones, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
- Binti: Home, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com Publishing)
- “And Then There Were (N-One)“, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny 3-4/17)
- All Systems Red, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
- The Black Tides of Heaven, JY Yang (Tor.com Publishing)
Best Novelette
- “Children of Thorns, Children of Water”, Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny 7-8/17)
- “Extracurricular Activities”, Yoon Ha Lee (Tor.com 2/15/17)
- “The Secret Life of Bots“, Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld 9/17)
- “Wind Will Rove”, Sarah Pinsker (Asimov’s 9-10/17)
- “A Series of Steaks“, Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Clarkesworld 1/17)
- “Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time”, K.M. Szpara (Uncanny 5-6/17)
Best Short Story
- “The Martian Obelisk”, Linda Nagata (Tor.com 7/19/17)
- “Fandom for Robots”, Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Uncanny 9-10/17)
- “Welcome to your Authentic Indian Experience™”, Rebecca Roanhorse (Apex 8/17)
- “Sun, Moon, Dust”, Ursula Vernon (Uncanny 5-6/17)
- “Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand”, Fran Wilde (Uncanny 9-10/17)
- “Carnival Nine”, Caroline M. Yoachim (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 5/17)
Best Related Work
- Sleeping With Monsters: Readings and Reactions in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Liz Bourke (Aqueduct)
- Iain M. Banks, Paul Kincaid (University of Illinois Press)
- No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters, Ursula K. Le Guin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
- Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler, Alexandra Pierce & Mimi Mondal, eds. (Twelfth Planet)
- Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate, Zoe Quinn (PublicAffairs)
- A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison, Nat Segaloff (NESFA)
Best Graphic Story
- Black Bolt, Volume 1: Hard Time, Saladin Ahmed, illustrated by Christian Ward (Marvel)
- Bitch Planet, Volume 2: President Bitch, Kelly Sue DeConnick, illustrated by Valentine De Landro and Taki Soma (Image)
- My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
- Monstress, Volume 2: The Blood, Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda (Image)
- Paper Girls, Volume 3, Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated
- Saga, Volume 7, Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image)
Best Dramatic Presentation — Long
- Blade Runner 2049
- Get Out
- The Shape of Water
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Wonder Woman
Best Dramatic Presentation — Short
- Black Mirror: “USS Callister”
- “The Deep”, Clipping
- Doctor Who: “Twice Upon a Time”
- The Good Place: “Michael’s Gambit”
- The Good Place: “The Trolley Problem”
- Star Trek: Discovery: “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad”
Best Editor Short Form
- John Joseph Adams
- Neil Clarke
- Lee Harris
- Jonathan Strahan
- Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
- Sheila Williams
Best Editor Long Form
- Sheila E. Gilbert
- Joe Monti
- Devi Pillai
- Diana M. Pho
- Miriam Weinberg
- Navah Wolfe
Best Professional Artist
- Galen Dara
- Bastien Lecouffe Deharme
- Kathleen Jennings
- Victo Ngai
- John Picacio
- Sana Takeda
Best Semiprozine
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
- The Book Smugglers
- Escape Pod
- Fireside
- Strange Horizons
- Uncanny
Best Fanzine
- File 770
- Galactic Journey
- Journey Planet
- nerds of a feather, flock together
- Rocket Stack Rank
- SF Bluestocking
Best Fancast
- The Coode Street Podcast
- Ditch Diggers
- Fangirl Happy Hour
- Galactic Suburbia
- Sword and Laser
- Verity!
Best Fan Writer
- Camestros Felapton
- Sarah Gailey
- Mike Glyer
- Foz Meadows
- Charles Payseur
- Bogi Takács
Best Fan Artist
- Geneva Benton
- Grace P. Fong
- Maya Hahto
- Spring Schoenhuth
- Likhain (M. Sereno)
- Steve Stiles
Best Series
- The Divine Cities, Robert Jackson Bennett (Broadway)
- The Memoirs of Lady Trent, Marie Brennan (Tor US; Titan UK)
- World of the Five Gods, Lois McMaster Bujold (Harper Voyager; Spectrum Literary Agency)
- InCryptid, Seanan McGuire (DAW)
- The Stormlight Archive, Brandon Sanderson (Tor US; Gollancz UK)
- The Books of the Raksura, Martha Wells (Night Shade)
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer [Not a Hugo Award]
- Katherine Arden
- *Sarah Kuhn
- Jeannette Ng
- Vina Jie-Min Prasad
- Rebecca Roanhorse
- Rivers Solomon
* Finalists in their 2nd year of eligibility.
The World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) Award for Best Young Adult Book [Not a Hugo Award]
- In Other Lands, Sarah Rees Brennan (Big Mouth House)
- A Skinful of Shadows, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan UK; Amulet)
- Summer in Orcus, T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon) (Sofawolf)
- The Art of Starving, Sam J. Miller (HarperTeen)
- Akata Warrior, Nnedi Okorafor (Viking)
- The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, Philip Pullman (Knopf; Fickling UK)
The final ballot to select this year’s winners will open in April 2018, and will be open to all full Attending and Supporting members of Worldcon 76. The winners will be announced at a ceremony at the convention Sunday evening, August 19, 2018.
Vox Day is nowhere to be found on the ballot this time around.
I’m sorry, the rhyme was not intended!
i can’t believe THE EXPANSE was left out again. This is the best space opera being done on TV right now and a great homage to classic science fiction on the page. Unjustly ignored.
Thinking more about this, Dramatic Presentation Short Form.
Lord! Season 2 Episode 5 of the The Expanse was one of the best TV SF episodes I have ever seen.
What happened?