2021 Hugo, Astounding, and Lodestar Awards Winners

Winners for the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book were announced by DisCon III, the 79th World Science Fiction Convention on December 18, 2021 in Washington D.C, USA.

Best Novel

Best Novella

Best Novelette

  • WINNER: “Two Truths and a Lie”, Sarah Pinsker (Tor.com 6/17/20)
  • “The Inaccessibility of Heaven”, Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny 7-8/20)
  • “The Pill”, Meg Elison (Big Girl)
  • “Helicopter Story”, Isabel Fall (Clarkesworld 1/20)
  • “Burn or The Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super”, A.T. Greenblatt (Uncanny 5-6/20)
  • “Monster”, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld 1/20)

Best Short Story

  • WINNER: “Metal Like Blood in the Dark”, T. Kingfisher (Uncanny 9-10/20)
  • “Badass Moms in the Zombie Apocalypse”, Rae Carson (Uncanny 1-2/20)
  • “Little Free Library”, Naomi Kritzer (Tor.com 4/8/20)
  • “The Mermaid Astronaut”, Yoon Ha Lee (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 2/27/20)
  • “A Guide for Working Breeds”, Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Made to Order)
  • “Open House on Haunted Hill”, John Wiswell (Diabolical Plots 6/15/20)

Best Series

  • WINNER: The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)
  • The Daevabad Trilogy, S.A. Chakraborty (Harper Voyager)
  • The Lady Astronaut Universe, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor; Solaris; Audible; F&SF)
  • The Poppy War, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager)
  • October Daye, Seanan McGuire (DAW)
  • The Interdependency, John Scalzi (Tor; Tor UK)

Best Related Work

  • WINNER: Beowulf, Maria Dahvana Headley (MCD x FSG Originals)
  • A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler, Lynell George (Angel City)
  • FIYAHCON, L.D. Lewis, Brent Lambert, Iori Kusano & Vida Cruz
  • “George R.R. Martin Can Fuck Off Into the Sun, or: The 2020 Hugo Awards Ceremony (Rageblog Edition)”, Natalie Luhrs (Pretty Terrible 8/20)
  • The Last Bronycon: a fandom autopsy, Jenny Nicholson (YouTube)
  • CoNZealand Fringe, Claire Rousseau, C, Cassie Hart, Adri Joy, Marguerite Kenner, Cheryl Morgan & Alasdair Stuart

Best Graphic Story or Comic

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

  • WINNER: The Old Guard
  • Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
  • Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
  • Palm Springs
  • Soul
  • Tenet

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

  • WINNER: The Good Place: “Whenever You’re Ready”
  • Doctor Who: “Fugitive of the Judoon”
  • The Expanse: “Gaugamela”
  • The Mandalorian: “The Jedi”
  • The Mandalorian: “The Rescue”
  • She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: “Heart” (parts 1 and 2)

Best Editor, Short Form

  • WINNER: Ellen Datlow
  • Neil Clarke
  • C.C. Finlay
  • Mur Lafferty & S.B. Divya
  • Jonathan Strahan
  • Sheila Williams

Best Editor, Long Form

  • WINNER: Diana M. Pho
  • Nivia Evans
  • Sheila E. Gilbert
  • Sarah Guan
  • Brit Hvide
  • Navah Wolfe

Best Professional Artist

  • WINNER: Rovina Cai
  • Tommy Arnold
  • Galen Dara
  • Maurizio Manzieri
  • John Picacio
  • Alyssa Winans

Best Semiprozine

  • WINNER: FIYAH
  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies
  • Escape Pod
  • PodCastle
  • Strange Horizons
  • Uncanny

Best Fanzine

  • WINNER: nerds of a feather, flock together
  • The Full Lid
  • Journey Planet
  • Lady Business
  • Quick Sip Reviews
  • Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog

Best Fancast

  • WINNER: The Coode Street Podcast
  • Be The Serpent
  • Kalanadi
  • Claire Rousseau’s YouTube channel
  • The Skiffy and Fanty Show
  • Worldbuilding for Masochists

Best Fan Writer

  • WINNER: Elsa Sjunneson
  • Cora Buhlert
  • Charles Payseur
  • Jason Sanford
  • Alasdair Stuart
  • Paul Weimer

Best Fan Artist

  • WINNER: Sara Felix
  • Iain J. Clark
  • Cyan Daly
  • Grace P. Fong
  • Maya Hahto
  • Laya Rose

Best Video Game

  • WINNER: Hades
  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Blaseball
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake
  • The Last of Us: Part II
  • Spiritfarer

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (Not a Hugo)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (Not a Hugo)

  • WINNER: Emily Tesh*
  • Lindsay Ellis
  • Simon Jimenez
  • Micaiah Johnson
  • A.K. Larkwood
  • Jenn Lyons*

*Second year of eligibility


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One thought on “2021 Hugo, Astounding, and Lodestar Awards Winners

  • December 20, 2021 at 9:06 am
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    It seems like male authors are having a rough time getting nominated anymore. Kim Stanley Robinson wrote easily the best novel of the year but didn’t even get nominated.

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