2018 Hugo and Campbell Awards Winners
Winners for the Hugo Awards and for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer were announced by Worldcon 76, the 76th World Science Fiction Convention, on Sunday August 19, 2018 during a ceremony held at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose CA:
Best Novel
- WINNER: 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
- WINNER: All Systems Red, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
- 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)
- The Black Tides of Heaven, JY Yang (Tor.com Publishing)
Best Novelette
- WINNER: “The Secret Life of Bots“, Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld 9/17)
- “Children of Thorns, Children of Water”, Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny 7-8/17)
- “Extracurricular Activities”, Yoon Ha Lee (Tor.com 2/15/17)
- “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
- WINNER: “Welcome to your Authentic Indian Experience™”, Rebecca Roanhorse (Apex 8/17)
- “The Martian Obelisk”, Linda Nagata (Tor.com 7/19/17)
- “Fandom for Robots”, Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Uncanny 9-10/17)
- “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
- WINNER: No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters, Ursula K. Le Guin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
- Sleeping With Monsters: Readings and Reactions in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Liz Bourke (Aqueduct)
- Iain M. Banks, Paul Kincaid (University of Illinois Press)
- 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
- WINNER: Monstress, Volume 2: The Blood, Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda (Image)
- 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)
- Paper Girls, Volume 3, Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated
- Saga, Volume 7, Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image)
Best Dramatic Presentation — Long
- WINNER: Wonder Woman
- Blade Runner 2049
- Get Out
- The Shape of Water
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- Thor: Ragnarok
Best Dramatic Presentation — Short
- WINNER: The Good Place: “The Trolley Problem”
- Black Mirror: “USS Callister”
- “The Deep”, Clipping
- Doctor Who: “Twice Upon a Time”
- The Good Place: “Michael’s Gambit”
- Star Trek: Discovery: “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad”
Best Editor Short Form
- WINNER: Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
- John Joseph Adams
- Neil Clarke
- Lee Harris
- Jonathan Strahan
- Sheila Williams
Best Editor Long Form
- WINNER: Sheila E. Gilbert
- Joe Monti
- Devi Pillai
- Diana M. Pho
- Miriam Weinberg
- Navah Wolfe
Best Professional Artist
- WINNER: Sana Takeda
- Galen Dara
- Bastien Lecouffe Deharme
- Kathleen Jennings
- Victo Ngai
- John Picacio
Best Semiprozine
- WINNER: Uncanny
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
- The Book Smugglers
- Escape Pod
- Fireside
- Strange Horizons
Best Fanzine
- WINNER: File 770
- Galactic Journey
- Journey Planet
- nerds of a feather, flock together
- Rocket Stack Rank
- SF Bluestocking
Best Fancast
- WINNER: Ditch Diggers
- The Coode Street Podcast
- Fangirl Happy Hour
- Galactic Suburbia
- Sword and Laser
- Verity!
Best Fan Writer
- WINNER: Sarah Gailey
- Camestros Felapton
- Mike Glyer
- Foz Meadows
- Charles Payseur
- Bogi Takács
Best Fan Artist
- WINNER: Geneva Benton
- Grace P. Fong
- Maya Hahto
- Spring Schoenhuth
- Likhain (M. Sereno)
- Steve Stiles
Best Series
- WINNER: World of the Five Gods, Lois McMaster Bujold (Harper Voyager; Spectrum Literary Agency)
- The Divine Cities, Robert Jackson Bennett (Broadway)
- The Memoirs of Lady Trent, Marie Brennan (Tor US; Titan UK)
- 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]
- WINNER: Rebecca Roanhorse
- Katherine Arden
- *Sarah Kuhn
- Jeannette Ng
- Vina Jie-Min Prasad
- 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]
- WINNER: Akata Warrior, Nnedi Okorafor (Viking)
- 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)
- The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, Philip Pullman (Knopf; Fickling UK)
I went to the Worldcon in San Jose this year.
I inquired as to why for Best Dramatic Presentation — Short … The Expanse did not get a nomination.
Did not get an answer. Mostly found fans of the show.
I still passes beyond understanding.