The winners of the 2017 Hugo Awards have been announced! You can read the full list below.
The 2017 Hugo Awards were presented on the evening of Friday, August 11, 2017 at a ceremony at the 75th World Science Fiction Convention in Helsinki, Finland. With 108 finalists, this was the most extensive Hugo ballot on record. 3319 valid ballots, the second highest in the history of the award, were received and counted from the members of the 2016, 2017, and 2018 World Science Fiction Conventions. This year’s award statue base was designed by Helsinki-based artist Eeva Jokinen.
This also marked the year that the Hugo Award was certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running Science Fiction Award ever!
All winners are in bold.
Best Novel
- The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin (Orbit Books)
- All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Books / Titan Books)
- A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager US)
- Death’s End by Cixin Liu (Tor Books / Head of Zeus)
- Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris Books)
- Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer (Tor Books)
Best Novella
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
- The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle (Tor.com Publishing)
- The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson (Tor.com Publishing)
- Penric and the Shaman by Lois McMaster Bujold (Spectrum Literary Agency)
- A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com Publishing)
- This Census-Taker by China Miéville (Del Rey / Picador)
Best Novelette
- “The Tomato Thief” by Ursula Vernon (Apex Magazine, January 2016)
- Alien Stripper Boned From Behind By The T-Rex by Stix Hiscock (self-published)
- “The Art of Space Travel” by Nina Allan (Tor.com, July 2016)
- “The Jewel and Her Lapidary” by Fran Wilde (Tor.com Publishing, May 2016)
- “Touring with the Alien” by Carolyn Ives Gilman (Clarkesworld Magazine, April 2016)
- “You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay” by Alyssa Wong (Uncanny Magazine, May 2016)
Best Short Story
- “Seasons of Glass and Iron” by Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales, Saga Press)
- “The City Born Great” by N. K. Jemisin (Tor.com, September 2016)
- “A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers” by Alyssa Wong (Tor.com, March 2016)
- “Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies” by Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Magazine, November 2016)
- “That Game We Played During the War” by Carrie Vaughn (Tor.com, March 2016)
- “An Unimaginable Light” by John C. Wright (God, Robot, Castalia House)
Best Related Work
- Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016 by Ursula K. Le Guin (Small Beer)
- The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley (Tor Books)
- The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher (Blue Rider Press)
- Traveler of Worlds: Conversations with Robert Silverberg by Robert Silverberg and Alvaro Zinos-Amaro (Fairwood)
- The View From the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman (William Morrow / Harper Collins)
- “The Women of Harry Potter” posts by Sarah Gailey (Tor.com)
Best Graphic Story
- Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening, written by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda (Image)
- Black Panther, Volume 1: A Nation Under Our Feet, written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, illustrated by Brian Stelfreeze (Marvel)
- Ms. Marvel, Volume 5: Super Famous, written by G. Willow Wilson, illustrated by Takeshi Miyazawa (Marvel)
- Paper Girls, Volume 1, written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Cliff Chiang, colored by Matthew Wilson, lettered by Jared Fletcher (Image)
- Saga, Volume 6, illustrated by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan, lettered by Fonografiks (Image)
- The Vision, Volume 1: Little Worse Than A Man, written by Tom King, illustrated by Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Marvel)
Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form
- Arrival, screenplay by Eric Heisserer based on a short story by Ted Chiang, directed by Denis Villeneuve (21 Laps Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment/Lava Bear Films)
- Deadpool, screenplay by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick, directed by Tim Miller (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/Marvel Entertainment/Kinberg Genre/The Donners’ Company/TSG Entertainment)
- Ghostbusters, screenplay by Katie Dippold & Paul Feig, directed by Paul Feig (Columbia Pictures/LStar Capital/Village Roadshow Pictures/Pascal Pictures/Feigco Entertainment/Ghostcorps/The Montecito Picture Company)
- Hidden Figures, screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi, directed by Theodore Melfi (Fox 2000 Pictures/Chernin Entertainment/Levantine Films/TSG Entertainment)
- Rogue One, screenplay by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy, directed by Gareth Edwards (Lucasfilm/Allison Shearmur Productions/Black Hangar Studios/Stereo D/Walt Disney Pictures)
- Stranger Things, Season One, created by the Duffer Brothers (21 Laps Entertainment/Monkey Massacre)
Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form
- The Expanse: “Leviathan Wakes,” written by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, directed by Terry McDonough (SyFy)
- Black Mirror: “San Junipero,” written by Charlie Brooker, directed by Owen Harris (House of Tomorrow)
- Doctor Who: “The Return of Doctor Mysterio,” written by Steven Moffat, directed by Ed Bazalgette (BBC Cymru Wales)
- Game of Thrones: “Battle of the Bastards,” written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, directed by Miguel Sapochnik (HBO)
- Game of Thrones: “The Door,” written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, directed by Jack Bender (HBO)
- Splendor & Misery [album], by Clipping (Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes)
Best Editor – Short Form
- Ellen Datlow
- John Joseph Adams
- Neil Clarke
- Jonathan Strahan
- Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
- Sheila Williams
Best Editor – Long Form
- Liz Gorinsky
- Vox Day
- Sheila E. Gilbert
- Devi Pillai
- Miriam Weinberg
- Navah Wolfe
Best Professional Artist
- Julie Dillon
- Galen Dara
- Chris McGrath
- Victo Ngai
- John Picacio
- Sana Takeda
Best Semiprozine
- Uncanny Magazine, edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Julia Rios, and podcast produced by Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor-in-chief and publisher Scott H. Andrews
- Cirsova Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, edited by P. Alexander
- GigaNotoSaurus, edited by Rashida J. Smith
- Strange Horizons, edited by Niall Harrison, Catherine Krahe, Vajra Chandrasekera, Vanessa Rose Phin, Li Chua, Aishwarya Subramanian, Tim Moore, Anaea Lay, and the Strange Horizons staff
- The Book Smugglers, edited by Ana Grilo and Thea James
Best Fanzine
- “Lady Business,” edited by Clare, Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay, and Susan
- “Castalia House Blog,” edited by Jeffro Johnson
- “Journey Planet,” edited by James Bacon, Chris Garcia, Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Helena Nash, Errick Nunnally, Pádraig Ó Méalóid, Chuck Serface, and Erin Underwood
- “nerds of a feather, flock together,” edited by The G, Vance Kotrla, and Joe Sherry
- “Rocket Stack Rank,” edited by Greg Hullender and Eric Wong
- “SF Bluestocking,” edited by Bridget McKinney
Best Fancast
- Tea and Jeopardy, presented by Emma Newman with Peter Newman
- The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan
- Ditch Diggers, presented by Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace
- Fangirl Happy Hour, presented by Ana Grilo and Renay Williams
- Galactic Suburbia, presented by Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce and Tansy Rayner Roberts, produced by Andrew Finch
- The Rageaholic, presented by RazörFist
Best Fan Writer
- Abigail Nussbaum
- Mike Glyer
- Jeffro Johnson
- Natalie Luhrs
- Foz Meadows
- Chuck Tingle
Best Fan Artist
- Elizabeth Leggett
- Ninni Aalto
- Vesa Lehtimäki
- Likhain (M. Sereno)
- Spring Schoenhuth
- Steve Stiles
Best Series
- The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
- The Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone (Tor Books)
- The Expanse by James S.A. Corey (Orbit US / Orbit UK)
- The October Daye Books by Seanan McGuire (DAW / Corsair)
- The Peter Grant / Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch (Gollancz / Del Rey / DAW / Subterranean)
- The Temeraire series by Naomi Novik (Del Rey / Harper Voyager UK)
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
- Ada Palmer (1st year of eligibility)
- Sarah Gailey (2nd year of eligibility)
- J. Mulrooney (1st year of eligibility)
- Malka Older (2nd year of eligibility)
- Laurie Penny (2nd year of eligibility)
- Kelly Robson (2nd year of eligibility)
This WorldCon also included the following specialty awards:
Given in honor of those who welcome people to sci-fi/fantasy fandom:
Big Heart Award
- Carolina Gómez Lagerlöf
Fandom Hall of Fame Award
- Les and Es Cole
Fandom Hall of Fame Award (Posthumous)
- Jim Harmon
Fandom Sam Moskowitz Archive Award
- Jon D. Swartz
Well done, Tor Books! Great many titles in these lists.
Because of Tor Lab’s Steal the Stars, I’ve installed a podcast reader on my phone. Thanks to the Best Fancast category, I’ve now added another podcast to my listening list.
So, no bold=no winner? Or is my phone not displaying these correctly?
shiznatikus, the awards are happening right now, they’re updating the list as each category winner is announced.
@@@@@3. shiznatikus, it’s not just your phone; I’m missing the bolds on most of them on my computer as well.
Exactly right; I just refreshed the page and Best Related Work updated with bold. (I foresee a lot of that happening over the next half hour or so.)
Greg, thank you. Apparently I misread the opening. Color me embarassed. :)
Looking at the list for best dramatic shortform really hammers home how dire small screen science fiction has got lately. Nothing there I would willingly watch, and it is probably only going to get worse too. I’d watch Season 1 of Star Trek TNG over any of that, even Season 1 Star Trek Enterprise really. I hope there is something more fun in the pipe, somewhere.
@8 random22 You’d call The Expanse or Black Mirror dire? I can understand if you say it’s not to your taste, but surely you can recognize their quality even if they aren’t your cup of tea?
#8, Have you watched The Expanse or Black Mirror?
The Expanse is well adapted literary space opera. It’s pretty damn good.
And while I haven’t watched all of Black Mirror, the anthology series is getting some high praise.
I can understand saying that they’re not to your taste but saying that these and the other nominees are low quality is plain wrong.
@9 and @10 They remind me of what 1950s UK municipal architecture looked like by the 1980s. There is something in there but all the bleh gets in the way. You couldn’t have picked a worse couple, really, the Expanse in particular is the one that makes me long for Neelix and Jar Jar Binks, that is how bad it is to me. It is all all I don’t want in a Space Opera in one package. However, adding in Black Mirror; those are the two that really get the bleh and urgh responses from me.
Certainly “The Expanse” is the best new SciFi to hit television. It does offer a darker view of human expansion into space, but is arguably more realistic than the many dystopian scenarios the fill the SciFi landscape. In addition, it is great “hard” SciFi. It pays respectful attention to detail, which makes it all the more believable and real.
I haven’t read the other short stories, but “Seasons of Glass and Iron” so deserved its award.
AeronaGreenjoy: Not even the ones that were published here? Tsk, tsk. At any rate, all but one of the short stories are well worth reading.
Finally, the Vorkosigan Saga gets the respect it deserves. Bujold’s masterpiece rarely gets recognized for the gem it is. (all the previous awards notwithstanding) :)
@13. AeronaGreenjoy “Seasons of Glass and Iron” is from The Starlit Wood anthology which is well worth reading if you haven’t already. Also, the best novella winner is wonderful as is one of the other nominees, “Ballad of Black Tom”.
I’m not sure that yet more recognition for a multi-Hugo-winning series counts as “finally,” but it’s clearly deserved.
I’m glad to see The Expanse get recognition, even if I had been rooting for San Junipero. I’m a little surprised that one of the GoT episodes didn’t take the category. And it’s nice to see the long-form award go to a film that actually deserves it.
With two thirds of the trilogy having won, will Jemisin’s third volume (out Tuesday!) finish the sweep next year? For that matter, will it garner a “best series” nomination?
This was a really strong novel year. While A Closed and Common Orbit was quiet and casual enough that I wouldn’t have thought of it as a Hugo contender until it got nominated, any of the six novels this year would have been worthy winners, and I can’t remember the last time I could say that.
Also: farewell, puppies!
Personally, I thought the short form category was STACKED this year. All great choices and I’m so glad The Expanse took it. I really thought Who or Hodor would get it.
Is it bad that my inner 12 year old really wanted Stix Hiscock to win just for the LOLs? Yeah I know it shouldn’t even be on there but it reminds me of NPR reporters having to say “Pussy Riot” on air over and over when the band got arrested.
While I think Hidden Figures was a great movie — easily the best of the ones in the list of nominations — it was most assuredly not a movie in the sf/f genre. Nor, had either been nominated was Apollo 13 or The Right Stuff. The presence of rockets doesn’t make it sf.
Congrats to all the winners, but I am especially delighted at the Bujold win.
Actually, both Apollo 13 and The Right Stuff were nominated, although neither won.
@19 – Interesting statement, considering the trophy handed out for the Hugo awards happens to be a rocket,
I completely agree with @19 on this one. Yes, the trophy is a rocket, but there is a difference between science fiction versus historical stories that include real-world space travel. I don’t think any of Hidden Figures, Apollo 13, The Right Stuff, or Gravity were appropriate nominees. I think it contributes to the ghettoization of genre if including a spaceship automatically makes a work speculative rather than historical fiction.
P.S. Yes of course I know Gravity was not historical; however, I would still class it as a realistic character drama with a present-day tech space setting, not a speculative story.
@19 et seq. The presence of rockets may not make a story SF but I would argue that they do make it eligible for the category. To quote the WSFS constitution (emphasis mine):
@25. Yes, I can see that interpretation. However, I’d be inclined to read “related subjects” more as allowing room for nominees in related genres such as horror. Matter of interpretation of a vague clause
Didn’t theApollo 11 moon landing win an award in 1971? So, I guess any kind of rocket is enough for nomination, even if it’s a real life rocket.