2019 Hugo and Campbell Awards Finalists

Best Novel

• Record of a Spaceborn Few, Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager US; Hodder & Stoughton)
• The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
• Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris US; Solaris UK)
• Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Macmillan)
• Trail of Lightning, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
• Space Opera, Catherynne M. Valente (Saga)

Best Novella

• The Black God’s Drums, P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Tea Master and the Detective, Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean)
• Beneath the Sugar Sky, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
• Binti: The Night Masquerade, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com Publishing)
• Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, Kelly Robson (Tor.com Publishing)
• Artificial Condition, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)

Best Novelette

• The Only Harmless Great Thing, Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing)
• “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again“, Zen Cho (B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog 11/29/18)
• “The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections“, Tina Connolly (Tor.com 7/11/18)
• “Nine Last Days on Planet Earth“, Daryl Gregory (Tor.com 9/19/18)
• “When We Were Starless“, Simone Heller (Clarkesworld 10/18)
• “The Thing About Ghost Stories“, Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny 11-12/18)

Best Short Story

• “The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat“, Brooke Bolander (Uncanny 7-8/18)
• “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington“, Phenderson Djèlí Clark (Fireside 2/18)
• “STET“, Sarah Gailey (Fireside 10/18)
• “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies“, Alix E. Harrow (Apex 2/18)
• “The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society“, T. Kingfisher (Uncanny 11-12/18)
• “The Court Magician“, Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed 12/18)

Best Series

• Wayfarers, Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager US; Hodder & Stoughton)
• The Universe of Xuya, Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean)
• Machineries of Empire, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
• The October Daye series, Seanan McGuire (DAW)
• The Centenal Cycle, Malka Older (Tor)
• The Laundry Files, Charles Stross (Tor.com Publishing; Orbit)

Best Graphic Story

• Abbott, Saladin Ahmed, illustrated by Sami Kivela (BOOM! Studios)
• Monstress, Vol 3: Haven, Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda (Image)
• Black Panther: Long Live the King (issues 1-3), Nnedi Okorafor & Aaron Covington, illustrated by André Lima Araújo, Mario Del Pennino, Tana Ford (Marvel)
• Paper Girls, Volume 4, Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Cliff Chiang, (Image)
• Saga, Volume 9, Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image)
• On a Sunbeam, Tillie Walden (First Second)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Annihilation
• Avengers: Infinity War
• Black Panther
• A Quiet Place
• Sorry to Bother You
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• Doctor Who: “Demons of the Punjab”
• Doctor Who: “Rosa”
• Dirty Computer, Janelle Monáe
• The Expanse: “Abaddon’s Gate”
• The Good Place: “Janet(s)”
• The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy”

Best Related Work

• Archive of Our Own (The Organization for Transformative Works)
• The Hobbit Duology, Lindsay Ellis & Angelina Meehan (YouTube)
• Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing, Ursula K. Le Guin & David Naimon (Tin House Books)
• Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction, Alec Nevala-Lee (Dey Street)
• www.mexicanxinitiative.com/The Mexicanx Initiative Experience at Worldcon 76, Julia Rios, Libia Brenda, Pablo Defendini, John Picacio
• An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000, Jo Walton (Tor)

Best Professional Editor, Short Form

• Neil Clarke
• Gardner Dozois
• Lee Harris
• Julia Rios
• Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
• E. Catherine Tobler

Best Professional Editor, Long Form

• Sheila E. Gilbert
• Anne Lesley Groell
• Beth Meacham
• Diana Pho
• Gillian Redfearn
• Navah Wolfe

Best Professional Artist

• Galen Dara
• Jaime Jones
• Victo Ngai
• John Picacio
• Yuko Shimizu
• Charles Vess

Best Semiprozine

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies
• Fireside
• Fiyah
• Shimmer
• Strange Horizons
• Uncanny

Best Fanzine

• Galactic Journey
• Journey Planet
• Lady Business
• nerds of a feather, flock together
• Quick Sip Reviews
• Rocket Stack Rank

Best Fancast

• Be The Serpent
• The Coode Street Podcast
• Fangirl Happy Hour
• Galactic Suburbia
• Our Opinions Are Correct
• The Skiffy and Fanty Show

Best Fan Writer

• Foz Meadows
• James Davis Nicoll
• Charles Payseur
• Elsa Sjunneson-Henry
• Alasdair Stuart
• Bogi Takács

Best Fan Artist

• Sara Felix
• Grace P. Fong
• Meg Frank
• Ariela Housman
• Likhain (Mia Sereno)
• Spring Schoenhuth

Best Art Book

• Daydreamer’s Journey: The Art of Julie Dillon, Julie Dillon (self-published)
• Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, John Fleskes, ed. (Flesk)
• The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, Ursula K. Le Guin, illustrated by Charles Vess (Saga)
• Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, Catherine McIlwaine, ed. (Bodleian Library)
• Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History, Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, & Sam Witwer (Ten Speed)
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: The Art of the Movie, Ramin Zahed (Titan)

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (not a Hugo)

• Katherine Arden
• S.A. Chakraborty
• R.F. Kuang
• Jeannette Ng
• Vina Jie-Min Prasad
• Rivers Solomon

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

• Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt; Macmillan)
• The Cruel Prince, Holly Black (Little, Brown; Hot Key)
• The Belles, Dhonielle Clayton (Freeform; Gollancz)
• The Invasion, Peadar Ó Guilín (Scholastic; David Fickling)
• Tess of the Road, Rachel Hartman (Penguin Teen; Random House UK)
• Dread Nation, Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)

The final ballot to select this year’s winners will open in April 2019, and will be open to all members of Dublin 2019. The winners will be announced at a ceremony at the convention Sunday evening, August 18, 2019.

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