2016 Hugo and Campbell Awards Winners
Winners for the Hugo Awards and for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer were announced August 20, 2016 at MidAmericon II, the 74th World Science Fiction Convention, held at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City MO, August 17-21, 2016.
Best Novel (3,695 nominating ballots)
- The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US)
- The Aeronaut’s Windlass, Jim Butcher (Roc)
- Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- Uprooted, Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
- Seveneves, Neal Stephenson (Morrow; The Borough Press)
Best Novella (2,416)
- Binti, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
- Penric’s Demon, Lois McMaster Bujold (self-published)
- The Builders, Daniel Polansky (Tor.com)
- Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds (Tachyon)
- Perfect State, Brandon Sanderson (Dragonsteel Entertainment)
Best Novelette (1,975)
- “Folding Beijing”, Hao Jingfang (Uncanny 1-2/15)
- “And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead”, Brooke Bolander (Lightspeed 2/15)
- “Obits”, Stephen King (The Bazaar of Bad Dreams)
- “What Price Humanity?”, David VanDyke (There Will Be War: Volume X)
- “Flashpoint: Titan”, Cheah Kai Wai (There Will Be War: Volume X)
Best Short Story (2451)
- “Cat Pictures Please”, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld, 1/15)
- “Asymmetrical Warfare”, S. R. Algernon (Nature 3/15)
The Commuter, Thomas A. Mays (Stealth)- “Seven Kill Tiger”, Charles Shao (There Will Be War: Volume X)
- “If You Were an Award, My Love”, Juan Tabo & S. Harris (voxday.blogspot.com 6/15)
- Space Raptor Butt Invasion, Chuck Tingle (self-published)
Best Dramatic Presentation – Long (2,904)
- The Martian
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Ex Machina
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Dramatic Presentation – Short (2,219)
- Jessica Jones: “AKA Smile”
- Doctor Who: “Heaven Sent”
- Grimm: “Headache”
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: “The Cutie Map: Parts 1 and 2”
- Supernatural: “Just My Imagination”
Best Related Work (2,080)
- NO AWARD
- Between Light and Shadow: An Exploration of the Fiction of Gene Wolfe, 1951 to 1986, Marc Aramini (Castalia House)
- SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police, Vox Day (Castalia House)
- “Safe Space as Rape Room”, Daniel Eness (castaliahouse.com)
- “The Story of Moira Greyland”, Moira Greyland (askthebigot.com)
- “The First Draft of My Appendix N Book”, Jeffro Johnson (castaliahouse.com)
Best Graphic Story (1,838)
- Invisible Republic: Vol 1, Corinna Bechko & Gabriel Hardman; art by Gabriel Hardman (Image)
- Erin Dies Alone, Grey Carter; art by Cory Rydell (dyingalone.net)
- The Divine, Boaz Lavie; art by Asaf Hanuka & Tomer Hanuka (First Second)
- Full Frontal Nerdity, Aaron Williams (ffn.nodwick.com)
Best Professional Editor Long Form (1,764)
- Sheila E. Gilbert
- Vox Day
- Liz Gorinsky
- Jim Minz
- Toni Weisskopf
Best Professional Editor Short Form (1,891)
- Ellen Datlow
- John Joseph Adams
- Neil Clarke
- Jerry Pournelle
- Sheila Williams
Best Professional Artist (1,481)
- Abigail Larson
- Lars Braad Andersen
- Larry Elmore
- Michal Karcz
- Larry Rostant
Best Semiprozine (1,457)
- Uncanny
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
- Daily Science Fiction
- Sci Phi Journal
- Strange Horizons
Best Fanzine (1,455)
- File 770
Black Gate- Castalia House Blog
- Lady Business**
- Superversive SF
- Tangent Online
Best Fancast (1,267)
- No Award
- 8‐4 Play
- Cane and Rinse
- HelloGreedo
- The Rageaholic
- Tales to Terrify
Best Fan Writer (1,568)
- Mike Glyer
- Douglas Ernst
- Morgan Holmes
- Jeffro Johnson
- Shamus Young
Best Fan Artist (1,073)
- Steve Stiles
- Matthew Callahan
- disse86
- Kukuruyo
- Christian Quinot
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer [Not a Hugo Award] (1,922)
- Andy Weir
- *Pierce Brown
- *Sebastien de Castell
- Brian Niemeier
- *Alyssa Wong
*Finalists in their 2nd year of eligibility.
**Added to ballot May 6, 2016.
The original ballot was revised May 6, 2016 when nominees Thomas A. Mays (short story) and Black Gate (fanzine) withdrew themselves from consideration. They were replaced by “Cat Pictures Please”, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld, 1/15) and Lady Business, respectively.
There were 4,032 nominating ballots received from members of Sasquan, MidAmeriCon II, and Worldcon 75.
Several awards for services to SF fandom were also presented.
First Fandom Hall of Fame Award
- Ben Bova
- Joseph Wrzos
First Fandom Posthumous Hall of Fame Awards
- Olon F. Wiggins
- Lew Martin
- Roy V. Hunt
Sam Moskowitz Archive Award
- Stephen D. Korshak
- Ned Brooks
Forrest J Ackerman Big Heart Award
- Edie Stern
- Joe Siclari
