Hugo Award Winners Announced

August 17, 2024

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The winners of the 2024 Hugo Awards—one of the most prestigious honors in science fiction and fantasy, determined by the popular vote of WorldCon members—were announced on August 11 at the 82nd WorldCon in Glasgow, Scotland.

It’s an exciting time to be a sci-fi and fantasy reader, and this year’s lineup was exceptional!

Here are the winners in the literary categories:

Best Novel: Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh (Tordotcom)

Best Novella: Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher (Tor Books)

Best Novelette: “The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2023)

Best Short Story: “Better Living Through Algorithms” by Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld, May 2023)

Best Series: Imperial Radch by Ann Leckie (Orbit Books)

Best Graphic Story or Comic: Saga, Vol. 11 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image Comics)

Best Related Work: A City on Mars by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith (Penguin Press)

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book: To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (presented by Dell Magazines): Xiran Jay Zhao

The Hugo Awards are one of the biggest — and most controversial — sci-fi and fantasy awards. Last year, when the Hugos were hosted in China, several works were disqualified for political reasons. This year, almost 10% of the votes — representing tens of thousands of dollars in memberships — were disqualified when they were found to be part of a fraudulent campaign for one nominee.