2023 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 Chengdu Worldcon, the 81st World Science Fiction Convention on October 21, 2023 in Chengdu, China.

Best Novel

WINNER: Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)

Best Novella

WINNER: Where the Drowned Girls Go, Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)

Best Novelette

WINNER: “The Space-Time Painter”, Hai Ya (Galaxy’s Edge 4/22)

  • “If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You”, John Chu (Uncanny 7-8/22)
  • “Murder By Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness”, S.L. Huang (Clarkesworld 12/22)
  • “A Dream of Electric Mothers”, Wole Talabi (Africa Risen)
  • “The Difference Between Love and Time”, Catherynne M. Valente (Someone in Time)
  • “We Built This City”, Marie Vibbert (Clarkesworld 6/22)

Best Short Story

WINNER: “Rabbit Test”, Samantha Mills (Uncanny 11-12/22)

  • “The White Cliff”, Lu Ban (Science Fiction World 5/22)
  • “On the Razor’s Edge”, Jiang Bo (Science Fiction World 1/22)
  • “Resurrection”, Ren Qing (Future Fiction/Science Fiction World 12/22)
  • “Zhurong on Mars”, Regina Kanyu Wang (Frontiers 9/22)
  • “D.I.Y.”, John Wiswell (Tor.com 8/24/22)

Best Series

WINNER: Children of Time Series, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US)

  • Rivers of London Series, Ben Aaronovitch (DAW; Gollancz)
  • The Founders Trilogy, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Jo Fletcher)
  • October Daye, Seanan McGuire (DAW)
  • The Locked Tomb Series, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
  • The Scholomance Series, Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK)

Best Related Work

WINNER: Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes, Rob Wilkins (Doubleday)

  • Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road, Kyle Buchanan (William Morrow)
  • Chinese Science Fiction: An Oral History, Volume 1, Yang Feng (Chengdu Times Press)
  • “The Ghost of Workshops Past”, S.L. Huang (Tor.com 8/17/22)
  • Buffalito World Outreach Project, Lawrence M. Schoen (Paper Golem)
  • Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir, Wil Wheaton (William Morrow)

Best Graphic Story or Comic

WINNER: Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams

  • DUNE: The Official Movie Graphic Novel
  • Monstress, Volume 7: Devourer
  • Once & Future, Volume 4: Monarchies in the UK
  • Saga, Volume 10
  • Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

WINNER: Everything Everywhere All at Once

  • Avatar: The Way of Water
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  • Nope
  • Severance, Season One
  • Turning Red

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

WINNER: The Expanse: “Babylon’s Ashes”

  • Andor: “One Way Out”
  • Andor: “Rix Road”
  • For All Mankind: “Stranger in a Strange Land”
  • She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: “Whose Show is This?”
  • Stranger Things: “Chapter Four: Dear Billy”

Best Editor, Short Form

WINNER: Neil Clarke

  • Scott H. Andrews
  • Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
  • Sheree Renée Thomas
  • Xu Wang
  • Feng Yang

Best Editor, Long Form

WINNER: Lindsey Hall

  • Ruoxi Chen
  • Lee Harris
  • Sarah Peed
  • Huan Yan
  • Haijun Yao

Best Professional Artist

WINNER: Enzhe Zhao

  • Sija Hong
  • Kuri Huang
  • Paul Lewin
  • Alyssa Winans
  • Jian Zhan

Best Semiprozine

WINNER: Uncanny

  • Escape Pod
  • FIYAH
  • khōréō
  • PodCastle
  • Strange Horizons

Best Fanzine

WINNER: Zero Gravity Newspaper

  • Chinese Academic SF Express
  • Galactic Journey
  • Journey Planet
  • Nerds of a Feather
  • Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog

Best Fancast

WINNER: Hugo, Girl!

  • Coode Street Podcast
  • Hugos There
  • Kalanadi
  • Octothorpe
  • Worldbuilding for Masochists

Best Fan Writer

WINNER: Chris M. Barkley

  • Bitter Karella
  • Arthur Liu
  • RiverFlow
  • Jason Sanford
  • Örjan Westin

Best Fan Artist

WINNER: Richard Man

  • Iain J. Clark
  • Laya Rose
  • Alison Scott
  • España Sheriff
  • Orion Smith

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

WINNER: Akata Woman, Nnedi Okorafor (Viking)

  • Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen; Titan UK)
  • Bloodmarked, Tracy Deonn (McElderry)
  • In the Serpent’s Wake, Rachel Hartman (Random House)
  • The Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK)
  • Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods, Catherynne M. Valente (McElderry)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (Not a Hugo)

WINNER: Travis Baldree

  • Naseem Jamnia
  • Isabel J. Kim*
  • Maijia Liu
  • Everina Maxwell*
  • Weimu Xin*

*Second year of eligibility

The Big Heart Award went to Bobbi Armbruster, presented by chair Ben Yalow.





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