2022 Hugo, Astounding, and Lodestar Awards Winners

WINNER: A Desolation Called Peace, Arkady Martine (Tor; Tor UK)

• Light From Uncommon Stars, Ryka Aoki (Tor)
• The Galaxy, and the Ground Within, Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton; Harper Voyager US)
• A Master of Djinn, P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom; Orbit UK)
• She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan (Tor; Mantle)
• Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir (Ballantine; Del Rey)

Best Novella

WINNER: A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Becky Chambers (Tordotcom)

• Fireheart Tiger, Aliette de Bodard (Tordotcom)
• A Spindle Splintered, Alix E. Harrow (Tordotcom)
• Across the Green Grass Fields, Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
• Elder Race, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tordotcom)
• The Past Is Red, Catherynne M. Valente (Tordotcom)

Best Novelette

WINNER: “Bots of the Lost Ark”, Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld 6/21)

• “O₂ Arena”, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Galaxy’s Edge 11/21)
• “L’Esprit de L’Escalier”, Catherynne M. Valente (Tor.com 8/25/21)
• “Unseelie Brothers, Ltd.”, Fran Wilde (Uncanny 5-6/21)
• “That Story Isn’t the Story”, John Wiswell (Uncanny 11-12/21)
• “Colors of the Immortal Palette”, Caroline M. Yoachim (Uncanny 3-4/21)

Best Short Story

WINNER: Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather”, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny 3-4/21)“

• “Mr. Death”, Alix E. Harrow (Apex 2/21)
• “Proof by Induction”, José Pablo Iriarte (Uncanny 5-6/21)
• “Tangles”, Seanan McGuire (com: Magic Story 9/21)
• “Unknown Number”, Blue Neustifter (Twitter 7/21)
• “The Sin of America”, Catherynne M. Valente (Uncanny 3-4/21)

Best Series

WINNER: Wayward Children, Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)

• The World of the White Rat, Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon) (Argyll)
• The Green Bone Saga, Fonda Lee (Orbit)
• Terra Ignota, Ada Palmer (Tor)
• The Kingston Cycle, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)
• Merchant Princes, Charles Stross (Tor UK; Tor)

Best Related Work

WINNER: Never Say You Can’t Survive, Charlie Jane Anders (Tordotcom)

• The Complete Debarkle: Saga of a Culture War, Camestros Felapton (Cattimothy House)
• Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950-1985, Andrew Nette & Iain McIntyre (PM)
• True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee, Abraham Riesman (Crown)
• Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman’s Fight to End Ableism, Elsa Sjunneson (Tiller)
• “How Twitter can ruin a life”, Emily St. James (Vox 6/21)

Best Graphic Story or Comic

WINNER: Far Sector, N.K. Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell (DC)

• Die, Volume 4: Bleed, Kieron Gillen, art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles (Image)
• Once & Future, Volume 3: The Parliament of Magpies, Kieron Gillen, art by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain (BOOM!)
• Strange Adventures, Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads & Evan “Doc” Shaner (DC)
• Monstress, Volume 6: The Vow, Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image)
• Lore Olympus, Volume 1, Rachel Smythe (Del Rey)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

WINNER: Dune

• Encanto
• The Green Knight
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
• Space Sweepers
• WandaVision

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

WINNER: The Expanse: “Nemesis Games”

• Arcane: “The Monster You Created”
• For All Mankind: “The Grey”
• Loki: “The Nexus Event”
• Star Trek: Lower Decks: “wej Duj”
• The Wheel of Time: “The Flame of Tar Valon”

Best Editor, Short Form

WINNER: Neil Clarke

• Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
• Mur Lafferty & S.B. Divya
• Jonathan Strahan
• Sheree Renée Thomas
• Sheila Williams

Best Editor, Long Form

WINNER: Ruoxi Chen

• Nivia Evans
• Sarah T. Guan
• Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Brit Hvide
• Navah Wolfe

Best Professional Artist

WINNER: Rovina Cai

• Tommy Arnold
• Ashley Mackenzie
• Maurizio Manzieri
• Will Staehle
• Alyssa Winans

Best Semiprozine

WINNER: Uncanny

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies
• Escape Pod
• FIYAH
• PodCastle
• Strange Horizons

Best Fanzine

WINNER: Small Gods

• The Full Lid
• Galactic Journey
• Journey Planet
• Quick Sip Reviews
• Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog

Best Fancast

WINNER: Our Opinions Are Correct

• Be The Serpent
• The Coode Street Podcast
• Hugo, Girl!
• Octothorpe
• Worldbuilding for Masochists

Best Fan Writer

WINNER: Cora Buhlert

• Chris M. Barkley
• Bitter Karella
• Alex Brown
• Jason Sanford
• Paul Weimer

Best Fan Artist

WINNER: Lee Moyer

• Iain J. Clark
• Lorelei Esther
• Sara Felix
• Ariela Housman
• Nilah Magruder

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

WINNER: The Last Graduate, Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Del Rey UK)

• Victories Greater Than Death, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen; Titan)
• A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
• Redemptor, Jordan Ifueko (Amulet; Hot Key)
• Chaos on CatNet, Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
• Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao (Penguin Teen; Rock the Boat)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (Not a Hugo)

WINNER: Shelley Parker-Chan

• Tracy Deonn*
• Micaiah Johnson*
• A.K. Larkwood*
• Everina Maxwell
• Xiran Jay Zhao

*Second year of eligibility