my entire 2020 Hugo ballot
Best Novel
1. A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine (Tor; Tor UK)
2. Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com Publishing)
3. The Light Brigade, by Kameron Hurley (Saga; Angry Robot UK)
4. The Ten Thousand Doors of January, by Alix E. Harrow (Redhook; Orbit UK)
5. The City in the Middle of the Night, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan)
6. Middlegame, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
Best Novella
1. To Be Taught, If Fortunate, by Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager; Hodder & Stoughton)
2. “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom”, by Ted Chiang (Exhalation (Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf; Picador))
3. The Haunting of Tram Car 015, by P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
4. This Is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (Saga Press; Jo Fletcher Books)
5. In an Absent Dream, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
6. The Deep, by Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson &
Jonathan Snipes (Saga Press/Gallery)
Best Novelette
1. “Omphalos”, by Ted Chiang (Exhalation (Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf; Picador))
2. “Away With the Wolves”, by Sarah Gailey (Uncanny Magazine: Disabled
People Destroy Fantasy Special Issue, September/October 2019)
3. “The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye”, by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, July-August 2019)
4. Emergency Skin, by N.K. Jemisin (Forward Collection (Amazon))
5. “The Archronology of Love”, by Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed, April 2019)
6. “For He Can Creep”, by Siobhan Carroll (Tor.com, 10 July 2019)
Best Short Story
1. “Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of
Ratnabar Island”, by Nibedita Sen (Nightmare Magazine, May 2019)
2. “Do Not Look Back, My Lion”, by Alix E. Harrow (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, January 2019)
3. “As the Last I May Know”, by S.L. Huang (Tor.com, 23 October 2019)
4. “And Now His Lordship Is Laughing”, by Shiv Ramdas (Strange Horizons, 9 September 2019)
5. “A Catalog of Storms”, by Fran Wilde (Uncanny Magazine, January/February 2019)
6. “Blood Is Another Word for Hunger”, by Rivers Solomon (Tor.com, 24 July 2019)
Best Series
1. Winternight Trilogy, by Katherine Arden (Del Rey; Del Rey UK)
2. The Wormwood Trilogy, by Tade Thompson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
3. Planetfall series, by Emma Newman (Ace; Gollancz)
4. Luna, by Ian McDonald (Tor; Gollancz)
Best Related Work
1. Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, produced and directed by Arwen Curry
2. “2019 John W. Campbell Award Acceptance Speech”, by Jeannette Ng
3. The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein, by Farah Mendlesohn (Unbound)
4. Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood, by J. Michael Straczynski (Harper Voyager US)
5. The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick, by Mallory O’Meara (Hanover Square)
6. Joanna Russ, by Gwyneth Jones (University of Illinois Press (Modern Masters of Science Fiction))
Best Graphic Story or Comic
1. The Wicked + The Divine, Volume 9: “Okay”, by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Clayton Cowles (Image)
2. LaGuardia, written by Nnedi Okorafor, art by Tana Ford, colours by James Devlin (Berger Books; Dark Horse)
3. Mooncakes, by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker, letters by Joamette Gil (Oni Press; Lion Forge)
4. Paper Girls, Volume 6, written by Brian K. Vaughan, drawn by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher (Image)
5. Die, Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker, by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, letters by Clayton Cowles (Image)
6. Monstress, Volume 4: The Chosen, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
1. Russian Doll (Season One), created by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland and Amy Poehler, directed by Leslye Headland, Jamie Babbit and Natasha Lyonne (3 Arts Entertainment/Jax Media/Netflix/Paper Kite Productions/Universal Television)
2. Captain Marvel, screenplay by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Walt Disney Pictures/Marvel Studios/Animal Logic (Australia))
3. Good Omens, written by Neil Gaiman, directed by Douglas Mackinnon (Amazon Studios/BBC Studios/Narrativia/The Blank Corporation)
4. Us, written and directed by Jordan Peele (Monkeypaw Productions/Universal Pictures)
5. Avengers: Endgame, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (Marvel Studios)
6. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, screenplay by Chris Terrio and J.J. Abrams, directed by J.J. Abrams (Walt Disney Pictures/Lucasfilm/Bad Robot)
Best Editor, Short Form
1. Neil Clarke
2. Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
3. Ellen Datlow
4. Jonathan Strahan
5. Sheila Williams
Best Editor, Long Form
1. Diana M. Pho
2. Devi Pillai
3. Navah Wolfe
Best Professional Artist
1. Galen Dara
2. Tommy Arnold
3. Rovina Cai
4. Alyssa Winans
5. Yuko Shimizu
6. John Picacio
Best Semiprozine
1. FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, executive editor Troy L. Wiggins, editors Eboni Dunbar, Brent Lambert, L.D. Lewis, Danny Lore, Brandon O’Brien and Kaleb Russell
2. Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor Scott H. Andrews
3. Fireside Magazine, editor Julia Rios, managing editor Elsa Sjunneson, copyeditor Chelle Parker, social coordinator Meg Frank, publisher & art director Pablo Defendini, founding editor Brian White
4. Strange Horizons, Vanessa Rose Phin, Catherine Krahe, AJ Odasso, Dan Hartland, Joyce Chng, Dante Luiz and the Strange Horizons staff
5. Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and S.B. Divya, assistant editor Benjamin C. Kinney, audio producers Adam Pracht and Summer Brooks, hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart
6. Uncanny Magazine, editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, nonfiction/managing editor Michi Trota, managing editor Chimedum Ohaegbu, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
Best Fanzine
1. Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur
2. The Rec Center, editors Elizabeth Minkel and Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
3. The Book Smugglers, editors Ana Grilo and Thea James
4. nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla, and The G
Best Fan Writer
1. Bogi Takács
Best Fan Artist
1. Elise Matthesen
2. Ariela Housman
3. Iain Clark
4. Grace P. Fong
5. Sara Felix
6. Meg Frank
Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (not a Hugo)
1. Catfishing on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
2. Deeplight, by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan)
3. Dragon Pearl, by Yoon Ha Lee (Disney/Hyperion)
4. Minor Mage, by T. Kingfisher (Argyll)
5. The Wicked King, by Holly Black (Little, Brown; Hot Key)
6. Riverland, by Fran Wilde (Amulet)
Astounding Award for Best New Writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a
Hugo)
1. Nibedita Sen (2nd year of eligibility)
2. R.F. Kuang (2nd year of eligibility)
3. Sam Hawke (2nd year of eligibility)
4. Emily Tesh (1st year of eligibility)
5. Tasha Suri (2nd year of eligibility)
6. Jenn Lyons (1st year of eligibility)
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