Seattle Worldcon 2025, the 83rd World Science Fiction Convention hat die Finalisten für die diesjährigen Hugo Awards, den Astounding Award for Best New Writer und den Lodestar Award für das beste Jugendbuch verkündet.
Best Novel (1,078 ballots cast for 554 nominees)
- The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape UK)
- The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley (Avid Reader; Sceptre)
- A Sorceress Comes to Call, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
- Alien Clay, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit US; Tor UK)
- Service Model, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tordotcom; Tor UK)
- Someone You Can Build a Nest In, John Wiswell (DAW; Arcadia UK)
Best Novella (739 ballots cast for 209 nominees)
- Navigational Entanglements, Aliette de Bodard (Tordotcom)
- What Feasts at Night, T. Kingfisher (Nightfire)
- The Butcher of the Forest, Premee Mohamed (Tordotcom; Titan UK)
- The Tusks of Extinction, Ray Nayler (Tordotcom)
- The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain, Sofia Samatar (Tordotcom)
- The Brides of High Hill, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
Best Novelette (394 ballots cast for 188 nominees)
- “The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video”, Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 5/24)
- “The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea”, Naomi Kritzer (Asimov’s 9-10/24) [Achtung: der Link führt zu einem PDF!]
- “Lake of Souls”, Ann Leckie (Lake of Souls)
- “By Salt, by Sea, by Light of Stars”, Premee Mohamed (Strange Horizons 6/9/24)
- “Signs of Life”, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny 7-8/24)
- “Loneliness Universe”, Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny 5-6/24)
Best Short Story (610 ballots cast for 673 nominees)
- “Five Views of the Planet Tartarus”, Rachael K. Jones (Lightspeed 1/24)
- “Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole”, Isabel J. Kim (Clarkesworld 2/24)
- “Marginalia”, Mary Robinette Kowal (Uncanny 1-2/24)
- “Three Faces of a Beheading”, Arkady Martine (Uncanny 5-6/24)
- “Stitched to Skin Like Family Is”, Nghi Vo (Uncanny 2/24)
- “We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read”, Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed 5/24)
Best Series (621 ballots cast for 201 nominees)
- InCryptid, Seanan McGuire (DAW; Tor)
- Between Earth and Sky, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
- The Stormlight Archive, Brandon Sanderson (Tor; Gollancz)
- The Burning Kingdoms, Tasha Suri (Orbit)
- The Tyrant Philosophers, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Head of Zeus)
- Southern Reach, Jeff VanderMeer (Farrar, Straus, Giroux; Fourth Estate UK)
Best Graphic Story or Comic (265 ballots cast for 259 nominees)
- The Deep Dark, Molly Knox Ostertag (Graphix)
- The Hunger and the Dusk: Vol 1, written by G. Willow Wilson, art by Chris Wildgoose (IDW Publishing)
- Monstress, Vol. 9: The Possessed, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image)
- My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Book Two, Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
- Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way written by Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio (IDW Publishing)
- We Called Them Giants, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles (Image)
Best Related Work (431 ballots cast for 209 nominees)
- “The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion”, Chris M. Barkley & Jason Sanford (Genre Grapevine and File 770 2/14/24)
- Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right, Jordan S. Carroll (University of Minnesota Press)
- “Charting the Cliff: An Investigation into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics”, Camestros Felapton & Heather Rose Jones (File 770 2/22/24)
- r/Fantasy’s 2024 Bingo Reading Challenge (r/Fantasy on Reddit), presented by the r/Fantasy Bingo team: Alexandra Forrest (happy_book_bee), Amanda E. (Lyrrael), Arka (RuinEleint), Ashley Rollins (oboist73), Christine Sandquist (eriophora), David H. (FarragutCircle), Diana H. (HeLiBeB), Dianthaa, Dylan H. (RAAAImmaSunGod), Dylan Kilby (an_altar_of_plagues), Elsa (ullsi), Emma Surridge (PlantLady32), Gillian Gray (thequeensownfool), Kahlia (cubansombrero), Kevin James, Kopratic, Kristina (Cassandra_sanguine), Lauren Mulcahy (Valkhyrie), Lisa Richardson, Megan, Megan Creemers (Megan_Dawn), Melissa S. (wishforagiraffe), Mike De Palatis (MikeOfThePalace), Para (improperly_paranoid), Sham, The_Real_JS
- The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel, Jenny Nicholson (YouTube)
- Track Changes, Abigail Nussbaum (Briardene)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (610 ballots cast for 217 nominees)
- Dune: Part Two, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts, directed by Denis Villeneuve (Legendary Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures)
- Flow, screenplay by Gints Zilbalodis & Matīss Kaža, directed by Gints Zilbalodis (Dream Well Studio)
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, screenplay by George Miller and Nick Lathouris, directed by George Miller (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- I Saw the TV Glow, screenplay by Jane Schoenbrun, directed by Jane Schoenbrun (Fruit Tree / Smudge Films / A24)
- Wicked, screenplay by Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox, directed by Jon M. Chu (Universal Pictures)
- The Wild Robot, screenplay by Chris Sanders & Peter Brown, directed by Chris Sanders (DreamWorks Animation)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (451 ballots cast for 302 nominees)
- Fallout: “The Beginning”, written by Gursimran Sandhu, directed by Wayne Che Yip (Amazon Prime Video)
- Agatha All Along: “Death’s Hand in Mine”, written by Gia King & Cameron Squires, directed by Jac Schaeffer (Marvel; Disney+)
- Doctor Who: “Dot and Bubble”, written by Russell T Davies, directed by Dylan Holmes Williams (BBC; Disney+)
- Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Fissure Quest”, created by Mike McMahan, written by Lauren McGuire, based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Brandon Williams (CBS Eye Animation Productions for Paramount+)
- Star Trek: Lower Decks: “The New Next Generation”, created and written by Mike McMahan, based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Megan Lloyd (CBS Eye Animation Productions for Paramount+)
- Doctor Who: “73 Yards”, written by Russell T Davies, directed by Dylan Holmes Williams (BBC; Disney+)
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Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book [Not a Hugo Award] (268 ballots cast for 175 nominees)
- The Feast Makers, H.A. Clarke (Erewhon)
- So Let Them Burn, Kamilah Cole (Little, Brown; Atom UK)
- The Maid and the Crocodile, Jordan Ifueko (Amulet; Hot Key UK)
- Moonstorm, Yoon Ha Lee (Delacorte; Solaris UK)
- Sheine Lende, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
- Heavenly Tyrant, Xiran Jay Zhao (Tundra)
Astounding Award for Best New Writer [Not a Hugo Award] (341 ballots cast for 168 nominees)
- Moniquill Blackgoose*
- Bethany Jacobs*
- Hannah Kaner*
- Angela Liu*
- Jared Pechaček
- Tia Tashiro*
*Finalist in their 2nd year of eligibility.
Die drei Pünktchen bedeuten, dass ich da ein paar Kategorien ausgelassen habe; wer sich auch die übrigen Kategorien anschauen will - die Quelle des Ganzen ist natürlich wieder Locus, und da sind sämtliche Finalisten in sämtlichen Kategorien (incl. "bestes Katzenbild im Internet" - just kidding 
) aufgelistet.
Ansonsten sorgt die Kategorie Best Related Work bei mir mal wieder für Kopschütteln, aber das ist ja nichts Neues. (Ich frage mich allerdings, wie die Leute sich fühlen, die "echte" sekundärliterarische Sachen vorgelegt haben, in denen viel Arbeit - viel Zeit, viel Gehirnschmalz - steckt.)
