Hugo Awards 2023 Nominees List and Latest Updates

Hugo Awards 2023 Overview

The 81st World Science Fiction Convention, Chengdu Worldcon, has revealed the finalists for the highly anticipated 2023 Hugo Awards, as well as the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. The announcement was made on July 6th, 2023, through social media and the Chengdu Worldcon website.  A total of 1847 valid nominating ballots were received from members of the 2022 and 2023 World Science Fiction Conventions.

The final ballot voting will open on July 10th, and only members of Chengdu Worldcon will have the privilege to cast their votes and determine the winners of the prestigious 2023 Awards. Non-members have the option to purchase a membership at the Chengdu Worldcon website to participate in the voting process.  The winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award, and Astounding Award will be announced during a formal ceremony held on Saturday evening, October 21, 2023, at Chengdu Worldcon. 

Hugo Finalists 2023

The finalists for the 2023 Hugo Awards span a variety of categories, showcasing exceptional works in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Some of the notable contenders include Silvia Moreno-Garcia's "The Daughter of Doctor Moreau" and John Scalzi's "The Kaiju Preservation Society" for Best Novel, as well as Tamsyn Muir's "Nona the Ninth" and Mary Robinette Kowal's "The Spare Man." The Best Novella category features works like C.L. Polk's "Even Though I Knew the End" and Alix E. Harrow's "A Mirror Mended."

In the Best Novelette category, works such as Catherynne M. Valente's "The Difference Between Love and Time" and John Chu's "If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You" have been recognized. Several outstanding short stories have also been nominated, including "D.I.Y." by John Wiswell and "Zhurong on Mars" by Regina Kanyu Wang.

Additionally, there are nominations for Best Series, Best Graphic Story or Comic, Best Related Work, and Best Dramatic Presentation (both long and short forms), among others are listed in the following section.

Hugo Awards 2023 Nominees

Best Novel

• The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey)
• The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi (Tor Books)
• Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree (Tor Books)
• Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
• Nettle & Bone, by T. Kingfisher (Tor Books)
• The Spare Man, by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Books)

Best Novella

• Even Though I Knew the End, by C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)
• Into the Riverlands, by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
• A Mirror Mended, by Alix E. Harrow (Tordotcom)
• Ogres, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris)
• What Moves the Dead, by T. Kingfisher (Tor Nightfire)
• Where the Drowned Girls Go, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)

Best Novelette

• “The Difference Between Love and Time”, by Catherynne M. Valente (Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance, Solaris)
• “A Dream of Electric Mothers”, by Wole Talabi (Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, Tordotcom)
• “If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You”, by John Chu (Uncanny Magazine, July-August 2022)
• “Murder By Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness”, by S.L. Huang (Clarkesworld, December 2022)
• “The Space-Time Painter”, by Hai Ya (Galaxy’s Edge, April 2022)
• “We Built This City”, by Marie Vibbert (Clarkesworld, June 2022)

Best Short Story

• “D.I.Y.”, by John Wiswell (Tor.com, August 2022)
• “On the Razor’s Edge”, by Jiang Bo (Science Fiction World, January 2022)
• “Rabbit Test”, by Samantha Mills (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2022)
• “Resurrection”, by Ren Qing (Future Fiction/Science Fiction World, December 2022)
• “The White Cliff”, by Lu Ban (Science Fiction World, May 2022)
• “Zhurong on Mars”, by Regina Kanyu Wang (Frontiers, September 2022)

Best Series

• Children of Time Series, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Pan Macmillan/Orbit)
• The Founders Trilogy, by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey)
• The Locked Tomb, by Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com)
• October Daye, by Seanan McGuire (DAW)
• Rivers of London, by Ben Aaronovich (Orion)
• The Scholomance, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams, by Bartosz Sztybor, Filipe Andrade, Alessio Fioriniello, Roman Titov, Krzysztof Ostrowski (Dark Horse Books)
• DUNE: The Official Movie Graphic Novel, by Lilah Sturges, Drew Johnson, Zid (Legendary Comics)
• Monstress vol. 7: Devourer, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
• Once & Future Vol 4: Monarchies in the UK, by Kieron Gillen / Dan Mora (BOOM! Studios)
• Saga, Vol. 10, by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Fonografiks (Image Comics)
• Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, and Matheus Lopes (DC Comics)

Best Related Work

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

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Avatar: The Way of Water, screenplay by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver, directed by James Cameron (Lightstorm Entertainment / TSG Entertainment II)
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, screenplay by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, directed by Ryan Coogler (Marvel Studios)
• Everything Everywhere All at Once, screenplay by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Sheinert (IAC Films / Gozie AGBO)
• Nope, written by Jordan Peele, directed by Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures / Monkeypaw Productions)
• Severance (Season 1), written by Dan Erickson, Anna Ouyang Moench et al., directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle (Red Hour Productions / Fifth Season)
• Turning Red, screenplay by Julia Cho and Domee Shi, directed by Domee Shi (Walt Disney Studios / Pixar Animation Studios)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• Andor: “One Way Out”, written by Beau Willimon, Tony Gilroy, and George Lucas, directed by Toby Haynes (Lucasfilm)
• Andor: “Rix Road”, written by Tony Gilroy and George Lucas, directed by Benjamin Caron (Lucasfilm)
• The Expanse: “Babylon’s Ashes”, written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Naren Shankar, directed by Breck Eisner (Alcon Entertainment)
• For All Mankind: “Stranger in a Strange Land”, written by Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi, directed by Craig Zisk (Tall Ship Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
• She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: “Whose Show is This?”, written by Jessica Gao, Francesca Gailes, and Jacqueline Gailes, directed by Kat Coiro (Marvel Entertainment)
• Stranger Things: “Chapter Four: Dear Billy”, written by Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, and Paul Dichter, directed by Shawn Levy (21 Laps Entertainment)

Best Editor, Short Form

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

Best Editor, Long Form

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

Best Professional Artist

• Sija Hong
• Kuri Huang
• Paul Lewin
• Alyssa Winans
• Jian Zhang
• Enzhe Zhao

Best Semiprozine

• Escape Pod, co-editors Mur Lafferty & Valerie Valdes; Assistant editors Benjamin C. Kinney & Premee Mohamed, host Tina Connolly, producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht
• FIYAH, edited by the entire FIYAH team
• khōréō, edited by Team khōréō
• PodCastle, co-Editors Shingai Njeri Kagunda and Eleanor R. Wood; Assistant Editor Sofia Barker; Host Matt Dovey; Audio Producers Peter Adrian Behravesh, Devin Martin, and Eric Valdes
• Strange Horizons, edited by The Strange Horizons Editorial Team
• Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing/poetry editor Chimedum Ohaegbu; managing editor Monte Lin; nonfiction editor Meg Elison; podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

Best Fanzine

• Chinese Academic SF Express, by Latssep and Tianluo_Qi
• Galactic Journey, by Gideon Marcus, Janice Marcus, Tammi Bozich, Erica Frank, Arel Lucas, and Mark Yon
• Journey Planet, by Regina Kanyu Wang, Yen Ooi, Arthur Liu, Jean Martin, Erin Underwood, Steven H Silver, Pádraig Ó Méalóid and their other co-editors.
• Nerds of a Feather, by Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer, Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla, G. Brown
• Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, by Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk
• Zero Gravity Newspaper, by RiverFlow and Ling Shizhen

Best Fancast

• Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe, produced by Jonathan Strahan
• Hugo, Girl!, by Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson, and Kevin Anderson
• Hugos There, by Seth Heasley
• Kalanadi, created and presented by Rachel
• Octothorpe, by John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty
• Worldbuilding for Masochists, by Cass Morris, Rowenna Miller, Marshall Ryan Maresca

Best Fan Writer

• Chris M. Barkley
• Bitter Karella
• Arthur Liu
• RiverFlow
• Jason Sanford
• Örjan Westin

Best Fan Artist

• Iain Clark
• Richard Man
• Laya Rose
• Alison Scott
• España Sheriff
• Orion Smith

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (presented by the World Science Fiction Society)

• Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts), by Nnedi Okorafor (Viking Books for Young Readers)
• Bloodmarked, by Tracy Deonn (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen/Titan Books)
• The Golden Enclaves, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
• In the Serpents Wake, by Rachel Hartman (Random House Books for Young Readers)
• Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods, by Catherynne M. Valente (Margaret K. McElderry Books)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (presented by Dell Magazines)

• Travis Baldree (1st year of eligibility)
• Naseem Jamnia (1st year of eligibility)
• Isabel J Kim (2nd year of eligibility)
• Maijia Liu (1st year of eligibility)
• Everina Maxwell (2nd year of eligibility)
• Weimu Xin (2nd year of eligibility)

Hugo Awards Winners

The winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award for Best New Writer will be revealed during a formal ceremony on Saturday evening, October 21, 2023, at Chengdu Worldcon. The awards will honor outstanding works in the science fiction and fantasy genres across various categories, including Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Novelette, Best Short Story, Best Series, and Best Graphic Story or Comic, among others.

The winners will be selected through a voting process by members of Chengdu Worldcon, and only those with memberships will have the opportunity to cast their votes. Non-members can purchase a membership at the Chengdu Worldcon website to participate in the voting and have a say in determining the winners of the 2023 Awards. Stay tuned for the results of the 2023 Hugo Awards to discover which authors, editors, artists, and works will be celebrated for their contributions to the science fiction and fantasy community.

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