2019 Hugo and Campbell Awards Winners
Winners for the Hugo Awards and for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer were announced by Dublin 2019, the 77th Worldcon, on August 18, 2019 at the Convention Centre Dublin in Dublin Ireland.
Best Novel
- WINNER: The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
- Record of a Spaceborn Few, Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager US; Hodder & Stoughton)
- 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
- WINNER: Artificial Condition, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
- 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)
Best Novelette
- WINNER: “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again“, Zen Cho (B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog 11/29/18)
- The Only Harmless Great Thing, Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing)
- “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
- WINNER: “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies“, Alix E. Harrow (Apex 2/18)
- “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)
- “The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society“, T. Kingfisher (Uncanny 11-12/18)
- “The Court Magician“, Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed 12/18)
Best Series
- WINNER: 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
- WINNER: Monstress, Vol 3: Haven, Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda (Image)
- Abbott, Saladin Ahmed, illustrated by Sami Kivela (BOOM! Studios)
- 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
- WINNER: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Annihilation
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Black Panther
- A Quiet Place
- Sorry to Bother You
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
- WINNER: The Good Place: “Janet(s)”
- Doctor Who: “Demons of the Punjab”
- Doctor Who: “Rosa”
- Dirty Computer, Janelle Monáe
- The Expanse: “Abaddon’s Gate”
- The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy”
Best Related Work
- WINNER: 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
- WINNER: Gardner Dozois
- Neil Clarke
- Lee Harris
- Julia Rios
- Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
- E. Catherine Tobler
Best Professional Editor, Long Form
- WINNER: Navah Wolfe
- Sheila E. Gilbert
- Anne Lesley Groell
- Beth Meacham
- Diana Pho
- Gillian Redfearn
Best Professional Artist
- WINNER: Charles Vess
- Galen Dara
- Jaime Jones
- Victo Ngai
- John Picacio
- Yuko Shimizu
Best Semiprozine
- WINNER: Uncanny
Best Fanzine
- WINNER: Lady Business
- Galactic Journey
- Journey Planet
- nerds of a feather, flock together
- Quick Sip Reviews
- Rocket Stack Rank
Best Fancast
- WINNER: Our Opinions Are Correct
- Be The Serpent
- The Coode Street Podcast
- Fangirl Happy Hour
- Galactic Suburbia
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show
Best Fan Writer
- WINNER: Foz Meadows
- James Davis Nicoll
- Charles Payseur
- Elsa Sjunneson-Henry
- Alasdair Stuart
- Bogi Takács
Best Fan Artist
- WINNER: Likhain (Mia Sereno)
- Sara Felix
- Grace P. Fong
- Meg Frank
- Ariela Housman
- Spring Schoenhuth
Best Art Book
- WINNER: The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, Ursula K. Le Guin, illustrated by Charles Vess (Saga)
- Daydreamer’s Journey: The Art of Julie Dillon, Julie Dillon (self-published)
- Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, John Fleskes, ed. (Flesk)
- 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)
- WINNER: Jeannette Ng
- Katherine Arden
- S.A. Chakraborty
- R.F. Kuang
- Vina Jie-Min Prasad
- Rivers Solomon
Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
- WINNER: 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)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.
Well at least The Expanse won a Hugo for season 1.
Still passes beyond my understanding why it was not nominated for season 2 , because that was better than season 1.
It also should have been nominated for an Emmy VFX work at least.
Now that it has moved to Amazon maybe it will get noticed more?
It is the closest to all that classic prose SF ,quality space opera, (that made the genre so well known) that I have ever seen on TV. (And I have been watching TV for 60 years.)
I was hoping Dirty Computer would win, to be honest, and put it down for 1st-rank. The Good Place is terrific, but it’s already won, I believe. According to the breakdown, Dirty Computer actually came in first of 1st-rank votes, so at least there’s that.
Your mention of seasons reminds me that every year I wish that entire TV seasons could be nominated. I can rarely remember what happened in an individual episode. (“Janet(s)” was an exception.) Doing it by individual episodes means that the show can get multiple nominations, which isn’t fair to other nominees (for taking up spaces) nor to the nominated show (which can have its votes diluted).