2024 Hugo, Astounding, and Lodestar Awards Finalists

Best Novel (1,420 ballots cast for 576 nominees.)

• The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, Shannon Chakraborty (Harper Voyager; Harper Voyager UK)
• The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)
• Translation State, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Starter Villain, John Scalzi (Tor US; Tor UK)
• Some Desperate Glory, Emily Tesh (Tordotcom; Orbit UK)
• Witch King, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)

Best Novella (962 ballots cast for 187 nominees.)

• “Seeds of Mercury”, Wang Jinkang / 水星播种, 王晋康, translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)
• Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
• Rose/House, Arkady Martine (Subterranean)
• The Mimicking of Known Successes, Malka Older (Tordotcom)
• Mammoths at the Gates, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
• “Life Does Not Allow Us to Meet”, He Xi / 人生不相见, 何夕,translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)

Best Novelette (755 ballots cast for 212 nominees.)

• I AM AI, Ai Jiang (Shortwave)
• “The Year Without Sunshine”, Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny 11-12/23)
• “One Man’s Treasure”, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny 1-2/23)
• “Ivy, Angelica, Bay”, C.L. Polk (Tor.com 12/8/23)
• “Introduction to 2181 Overture, Second Edition”, Gu Shi /〈2181序曲〉再版导言, 顾适, translated by Emily Jen (Clarkesworld 2/23)
• “On the Fox Roads”, Nghi Vo (Tor.com 10/31/23)

Best Short Story (720 ballots cast for 612 nominees.

• 美食三品, 宝树 / “Tasting the Future Delicacy Three Times”, Baoshu (银河边缘013：黑域密室 / Galaxy’s Edge Vol. 13: Secret Room in the Black Domain)
• “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub”, P. Djèlí Clark (Uncanny 1-2/23)
• “The Mausoleum’s Children”, Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny 5-6/23)
• “The Sound of Children Screaming”, Rachael K. Jones (Nightmare 10/23)
• “Better Living Through Algorithms”, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld 5/23)
• “Answerless Journey”, Han Song / 没有答案的航程, 韩松, translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)

Best Series (677 ballots cast for 228 nominees.)

• The Universe of Xuya, Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz; JABberwocky Literary Agency; Subterranean; Uncanny; et al.)
• Imperial Radch, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• The Last Binding, Freya Marske (Tordotcom; Tor UK)
• October Daye, Seanan McGuire (DAW)
• The Laundry Files, Charles Stross (Tordotcom; Orbit UK)
• The Final Architecture, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US)

Best Graphic Story or Comic (457 ballots cast for 256 nominees.)

• Bea Wolf
• Saga, Volume 11
• Shubeik Lubeik; as Your Wish Is My Command 
• 三体漫画:第一部 / The Three Body Problem, Part One
• The Witches of World War 2
• Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons

Best Related Work (775 ballots cast for 246 nominees.)

• The Culture: The Drawings, Iain M. Banks (Orbit)
• 中国科幻口述史, 第二卷, 第三卷, 杨枫 / Chinese Science Fiction: An Oral History, Volumes 2 and 3, Yang Feng, ed. (8-Light Minutes Culture; Chengdu Time Press)
• All These Worlds, Niall Harrison (Briardene)
• A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller, Maureen Kincaid Speller, edited by Nina Allan (Academia Lunare)
• A City on Mars, Kelly Weinersmith & Zach Weinersmith (Penguin Press; Particular Books)
• 雨果X访谈, 王雅婷 / Discover X, interviews presented by Tina Wong

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (763 ballots cast for 189 nominees.)

• Barbie
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
• Nimona
• Poor Things
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• 流浪地球2 / The Wandering Earth II

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (490 ballots cast for 318 nominees.)

• Doctor Who: “The Giggle”
• Doctor Who: “Wild Blue Yonder”
• The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time”
• Loki: “Glorious Purpose
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “Subspace Rhapsody”
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “Those Old Scientists”

• Alan Wake 2  
• Baldur’s Gate 3 
• Chants of Sennaar
• DREDGE 
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor 

Best Editor, Short Form (530 ballots cast for 179 nominees.)

• Scott H. Andrews 
• Neil Clarke 
• 杨枫  / Yang Feng 
• Jonathan Strahan  
• Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas 
• 刘维佳 / Liu Weijia 

Best Editor, Long Form (254 ballots cast for 103 nominees.)

• Ruoxi Chen 
• 姚海军 / Yao Haijun
• Lindsey Hall 
• Lee Harris 
• Kelly Lonesome
• David Thomas Moore 

Best Professional Artist (270 ballots cast for 219 nominees.)

• Micaela Alcaino 
• Rovina Cai 
• Galen Dara 
• Dan Dos Santos 
• Tristan Elwell 
• Alyssa Winans 

Best Semiprozine (338 ballots cast for 82 nominees.)

• Escape Pod  
• FIYAH Literary Magazine 
• GigaNotoSaurus 
• khōréō 
• Strange Horizons  
• Uncanny  

Best Fanzine (286 ballots cast for 80 nominees.)

• Black Nerd Problems 
• The Full Lid 
• Idea 
• Journey Planet  
• Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together  
• Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog 

Best Fancast (693 ballots cast for 230 nominees.)

• The Coode Street Podcast 
• Hugos There 
• Octothorpe  
• Publishing Rodeo
• 科幻Fans布玛 / Science Fiction Fans Buma
• Worldbuilding for Masochists 

Best Fan Writer (363 ballots cast for 134 nominees.)

• Bitter Karella 
• James Davis Nicoll 
• Jason Sanford 
• Alasdair Stuart 
• Paul Weimer 
• Örjan Westin 

Best Fan Artist (180 ballots cast for 96 nominees.)

• Iain J. Clark 
• Sara Felix 
• Dante Luiz 
• Laya Rose 
• Alison Scott 
• España Sheriff 

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book [Not a Hugo Award] (345 ballots cast for 178 nominees.)

• Promises Stronger than Darkness, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen) 
• To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey)
• Abeni’s Song, P. Djèlí Clark (Starscape) 
• Unraveller, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan) 
• Liberty’s Daughter, Naomi Kritzer (Fairwood) 
• The Sinister Booksellers of Bath, Garth Nix (Katherine Tegen Books; Gollancz; Allen & Unwin) 

Astounding Award for Best New Writer [Not a Hugo Award] (349 ballots cast for 167 nominees.)

• Moniquill Blackgoose  
• Sunyi Dean*  
• Ai Jiang*  
• Hannah Kaner  
• Em X. Liu  
• Xiran Jay Zhao**