The 2024 Hugo Award Nominees are Here

Here we are again, gang: Glasgow Worldcon has unveiled its list of nominees for this year’s Hugo Awards. Once again, Worldcon is changing locations: this time, it’ll be Glasgow, Scotland that’ll host the annual ceremony celebrating the year’s best genre media like sci-fi and fantasy books, TV, games, and criticism.

Nominee highlights include Ann Leckie’s Translation State and The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi S. A. Chakraborty for Best Novel, while Wang Jinkang’s Seeds of Mercury and T. Kingfisher’s Thornhedge feature in Best Novella. Video game nominees include 2023 big dogs like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Baldur’s Gate 3, and TV is headlined by the likes of Loki and The Last of Us’ respective standout episodes “Glorious Purpose” and “Long, Long Time.”

The 82nd Hugo Awards will take place on Sunday, August 11, and the full list of nominees can be read down below.

Lodestar Award for Best YA Book

• Abeni’s Song by P. Djèlí Clark (Starscape)
• Liberty’s Daughter by Naomi Kritzer (Fairwood Press)
• Promises Stronger than Darkness by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen)
• The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix (Katherine Tegen Books, Gollancz and Allen & Unwin)
• To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey)
• Unraveller by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s Books; eligible due to 2023 U.S. publication by Amulet)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer

• Moniquill Blackgoose (1st year of eligibility)
• Sunyi Dean (2nd year of eligibility)
• Ai Jiang (2nd year of eligibility)
• Hannah Kaner (1st year of eligibility)
• Em X. Liu (1st year of eligibility)
• Xiran Jay Zhao (eligibility extended at request of Dell Magazines)

Best Fan Artist

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

Best Fan Writer

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

Best Semiprozine

• Escape Podeditors Mur Lafferty and Valerie Valdes; assistant editors Benjamin C. Kinney, Premee Mohamed and Kevin Wabaunsee; hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart; producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht; and the entire Escape Pod team
• FIYAH Literary Magazinepublisher and executive editor DaVaun Sanders, poetry editor B. Sharise Moore, special projects manager L. D. Lewis, art director Christian Ivey, acquiring editors Rebecca McGee, Kerine Wint, Joshua Morley, Emmalia Harrington, Genine Tyson, Tonya R. Moore, sponsor coordinator Nelson Rolon
• GigaNotoSauruseditor LaShawn M. Wanak, associate editors Mia Tsai and Edgard Wentz, along with the GNS Slushreaders Team
• khōréōproduced by Aleksandra Hill, Zhui Ning Chang, Kanika Agrawal, Isabella Kestermann, Rowan Morrison, Sachiko Ragosta, Lian Xia Rose, Jenelle DeCosta, Melissa Ren, Elaine Ho, Lilivette Dominguez, Jei D. Market, Jeane Ridges, Isaree Thatchaichawalit, Danai ML Krishnan, Ysabella Maglanque, Aaron Voigt, Adil Mian, Alexandra Millatmal, E. Broderick, KS Walker, Katarzyna Nowacka, Katie McIvor, Kelsea Yu, Marie Croke, Osahon Ize-Iyamu, Phoebe Low, SR Westvik, Sara S. Messenger
• Strange Horizonsby the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective
• Uncanny Magazinepublishers and editors-in-chief: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing editor Monte Lin; nonfiction editor Meg Elison; podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

Best Fanzine

• Black Nerd Problemseditors Omar Holmon and William Evans
• The Full Lidwritten by Alasdair Stuart and edited by Marguerite Kenner
• Ideaeditor Geri Sullivan
• Journey Planetedited by Michael Carroll, Vincent Docherty, Sara Felix, Ann Gry, Sarah Gulde, Allison Hartman Adams, Arthur Liu, Jean Martin, Helena Nash, Pádraig Ó Mélóid, Yen Ooi, Chuck Serface, Alan Stewart, Regina Kanyu Wang, James Bacon and Christopher J. Garcia
• Nerds of a Feather, Flock Togethereditors Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer; senior editors Joe Sherry, Adri Joy, G. Brown, Vance Kotrla.
• Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blogeditors Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk

Best Fancast

• The Coode Street Podcastpresented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
• Hugos Therepresented by Seth Heasley
• Octothorpeby John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty
• Publishing Rodeopresented by Sunyi Dean and Scott Drakeford
• Sci-Fi Fans Boomer (Science Fiction Fans Buma), production team Buma, Liu Lu, Liu Chang
• Worldbuilding for Masochistspresented by Marshall Ryan Maresca, Rowenna Miller, Cass Morris and Natania Barron

Best Editor (Short Form)

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

Best Editor (Long Form)

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

Best Professional Artist

• Micaela Alcaino
• Ruin Cai
• Crazy Dara
• Dan Dos Santos
• Tristan Elwell
• Alyssa Winans

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)

• Doctor Who: “The Giggle”, written by Russell T. Davies, directed by Chanya Button (Bad Wolf with BBC Studios for The BBC and Disney Branded Television)
• Loki: “Glorious Purpose”, screenplay by Eric Martin, Michael Waldron and Katharyn Blair, directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Marvel / Disney+)
• The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time”, written by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, directed by Peter Hoar (Naughty Dog / Sony Pictures)
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “Those Old Scientists”, written by Kathryn Lyn and Bill Wolkoff, directed by Jonathan Frakes (CBS / Paramount+)
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “Subspace Rhapsody”, written by Dana Horgan and Bill Wolkoff, directed by Dermott Downs (CBS / Paramount+)
• Doctor Who: “Wild Blue Yonder”, written by Russell T. Davies, directed by Tom Kingsley (Bad Wolf with BBC Studios for The BBC and Disney Branded Television)

Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form)

• Barbiescreenplay by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, directed by Greta Gerwig (Warner Bros. Studios)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thievesscreenplay by John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein and Michael Gilio, directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Paramount Pictures)
• Nimonascreenplay by Robert L. Baird and Lloyd Taylor, directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane (Annapurna Animations)
• Poor Thingsscreenplay by Tony McNamara, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (Element Pictures)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Versescreenplay by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Dave Callaham, directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson (Columbia Pictures / Marvel Entertainment / Avi Arad Productions / Lord Miller / Pascal Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation)
• Wandering Earth 2 / The Wandering Earth IIbased on the novel by Liu Cixin, screenplay by Yang Zhixue, Frant Gwo, Gong Geer, and Ye Ruchang, script consultant Wang Hongwei, directed by Frant Gwo (Beijing) Film Co., Ltd./CFC Pictures Ltd, G!Film (Beijing) Studio Co. Ltd, Beijing Dengfeng International Culture Communication Co, Ltd, China Film Co. Ltd/China Film Co. Ltd)

Best Related Work

• All These Worlds: Reviews & Essays by Niall Harrison (Briardene Books)
• Oral History of Chinese Science Fiction, Volume 2, Volume 3, (Chinese Science Fiction: An Oral Historyvols 2 and 3) ed. 杨枫 / Yang Feng (8-Light Minutes Culture & Chengdu Time Press)
• A City on Mars by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith (Penguin Press; Particular Books)
• The Culture: The Drawings, by Iain M. Banks (Orbit) Hugo X Interview (Discover X), presented by Tina Wong
• A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Spellerby Maureen Kincaid Speller, edited by Nina Allan (Luna Press Publishing)

Best Graphic Story/Comic

• Bea Wolfwritten by Zach Weinersmith, art by Boulet (First Second)
• SagaVol. 11 written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
• Shubeik LubeikDeena Mohamed (Pantheon); as Your Wish Is My Command (Grant)
• Three-Body Comics: Part 1 / The Three Body ProblemPart One, adapted from the novels by Liu Cixin, written by Cai Jin, Ge Wendi, and Bo Mu, art by Caojijiuridong ( Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House)
• The Witches of World War II written by Paul Cornell, art by Valeria Burzo (TKO Studios LLC)
• Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, art by Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha and Nicola Scott (DC Comics)

Best Game or Interactive Work

• Alan Wake 2developed by Remedy Entertainment, published by Epic Games
• Baldur’s Gate 3produced by Larian StudiosChants of Sennaardeveloped by Rundisc, published by Focus Entertainment
• DREDGEdeveloped by Black Salt Games, published by Team17
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomproduced by Nintendo
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivordeveloped by Respawn Entertainment, published by Electronic Arts

Best Series

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

Best Short Story

• “Answerless Journey”, Han Song / 无码的故事, Han Song, translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)
• “Better Living Through Algorithms” by Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld May 2023)
• “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P. Djèlí Clark (Uncanny MagazineJanuary-February 2023)
• “The Mausoleum’s Children” by Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny MagazineMay-June 2023)
• “The Sound of Children Screaming” by Rachael K. Jones (Nightmare MagazineOctober 2023)
• Tasting the Future Delicacy Three Times (“Tasting the Future Delicacy Three Times”), Baoshu (Galaxy’s Edge 013: The Dark Chamber / Galaxy’s Edge Vol. 13: Secret Room in the Black Domain)

Best novelette

• I HAVE IT by Ai Jiang (Shortwave)
• “Introduction to 2181 Overture, Second Edition”, Gu Shi translated by Emily Jen (ClarkesworldFebruary 2023)
• “Ivy, Angelica, Bay” by C.L. Polk (Tor.com 8 December 2023)
• “On the Fox Roads” by Nghi Vo (Tor.com 31 October 2023)
• “One Man’s Treasure” by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny MagazineJanuary-February 2023)
• “The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny MagazineNovember-December 2023)

Best Novella

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

Best Novel

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

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