Some of last year ’s best comedian , movies , and genre prose works are in the running to win the honored Hugo Award . Get ready for a cinematic conflict royale between Get Out , The Shape of Water , Wonder Woman , Star state of war : The Last Jedi , Thor : Ragnarok and Blade Runner 2049 .
Over the weekend , theWorld Science Fiction Societyannounced the lean ofHugo Awards finalists . Voting is underway and the winners will be announced at WorldCon in August . Hugo watchers will note that N.K. Jemisin , who get ahead Best Novel in 2016 for The Fifth Season and again in 2017 for its continuation , The Obelisk Gate , is poise for a historic lid conjuring trick if the third account book in her Broken Earth trilogy , The Stone Sky , involve this year ’s booty .
Here ’s the full roster of finalist :
Best Novel
The Collapsing Empire , by John Scalzi ( Tor )
New York 2140 , by Kim Stanley Robinson ( Orbit )
Provenance , by Ann Leckie ( Orbit )
Raven Stratagem , by Yoon Ha Lee ( Solaris )
Six Wakes , by Mur Lafferty ( Orbit )
The Stone Sky , by N.K. Jemisin ( Orbit )
Best Novella
All Systems Red , by Martha Wells ( Tor.com Publishing )
“ And Then There Were ( N - One ) , ” by Sarah Pinsker ( Uncanny , March / April 2017 )
Binti : Home , by Nnedi Okorafor ( Tor.com Publishing )
The Black Tides of Heaven , by JY Yang ( Tor.com Publishing )
Down Among the Sticks and Bones , by Seanan McGuire ( Tor . Com Publishing )
River of Teeth , by Sarah Gailey ( Tor.com Publishing )
Best novella
“ tiddler of Thorns , Children of Water , ” by Aliette de Bodard ( Uncanny , July - August 2017 )
“ Extracurricular Activities , ” by Yoon Ha Lee ( Tor.com , February 15 , 2017 )
“ The Secret Life of Bots , ” by Suzanne Palmer ( Clarkesworld , September 2017 )
“ A Series of Steaks , ” by Vina Jie - Min Prasad ( Clarkesworld , January 2017 )
“ Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time , ” by K.M. Szpara ( Uncanny , May / June 2017 )
“ breaking wind Will Rove , ” by Sarah Pinsker ( Asimov ’s , September / October 2017 )
Best Short Story
“ Carnival Nine , ” by Caroline M. Yoachim ( Beneath Ceaseless Skies , May 2017 )
“ Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand , ” by Fran Wilde ( Uncanny , September 2017 )
“ Fandom for Robots , ” by Vina Jie - Min Prasad ( Uncanny , September / October 2017 )
“ The Martian Obelisk , ” by Linda Nagata ( Tor.com , July 19 , 2017 )
“ Sun , Moon , Dust ” by Ursula Vernon , ( Uncanny , May / June 2017 )
“ Welcome to your Authentic Indian Experience ™ , ” by Rebecca Roanhorse ( Apex , August 2017 )
Best Series
The Books of the Raksura , by Martha Wells ( Night Shade )
The Divine Cities , by Robert Jackson Bennett ( Broadway )
InCryptid , by Seanan McGuire ( DAW )
The Memoirs of Lady Trent , by Marie Brennan ( Tor US / Titan UK )
The Stormlight Archive , by Brandon Sanderson ( Tor US / Gollancz UK )
World of the Five Gods , by Lois McMaster Bujold ( Harper Voyager / Spectrum Literary Agency )
Best Related Work
Crash Override : How Gamergate ( virtually ) destroy My Life , and How We Can bring home the bacon the scrap Against Online Hate , by Zoe Quinn ( PublicAffairs )
Iain M. Banks ( Modern Masters of Science Fiction ) , by Paul Kincaid ( University of Illinois Press )
A Lit safety fuse : The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison , by Nat Segaloff ( NESFA Press )
Luminescent thread : Connections to Octavia E. Butler , edit by Alexandra Pierce and Mimi Mondal ( Twelfth Planet Press )
No Time to save : imagine About What Matters , by Ursula K. Le Guin ( Houghton Mifflin Harcourt )
slumber with Monsters : Readings and Reactions in Science Fiction and Fantasy , by Liz Bourke ( Aqueduct Press )
Best Graphic Story
Bitch Planet , book 2 : President Bitch , written by Kelly Sue DeConnick , illustrated by Valentine De
Black Bolt , bulk 1 : Hard Time , compose by Saladin Ahmed , instance by Christian Ward , letter by Clayton Cowles ( Marvel )
Landro and Taki Soma , colored by Kelly Fitzpatrick , letter by Clayton Cowles ( Image Comics )
Monstress , intensity 2 : The stock , written by Marjorie M. Liu , illustrated by Sana Takeda ( Image Comics )
My Favorite Thing is Monsters , written and illustrated by Emil Ferris ( Fantagraphics )
Paper young woman , Volume 3 , write by Brian K. Vaughan , illustrated by Cliff Chiang , colour by Matthew Wilson , letter by Jared Fletcher ( Image Comics )
Saga , mass 7 , write by Brian K. Vaughan , illustrated by Fiona Staples ( Image Comics )
Best Dramatic Presentation , Long Form
Blade Runner 2049 , written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green , direct by Denis Villeneuve ( Alcon Entertainment / Bud Yorkin Productions / Torridon Films / Columbia Pictures )
Get Out , written and direct by Jordan Peele ( Blumhouse Productions / Monkeypaw Productions / QC Entertainment )
The Shape of Water , drop a line by Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor , directed by Guillermo del Toro ( TSG Entertainment / Double Dare You / Fox Searchlight Pictures )
Star warfare : The Last Jedi , written and point by Rian Johnson ( Lucasfilm , Ltd. )
Thor : Ragnarok , written by Eric Pearson , Craig Kyle , and Christopher Yost ; directed by Taika Waititi ( Marvel Studios )
Wonder Woman , screenplay by Allan Heinberg , story by Zack Snyder & Allan Heinberg and Jason Fuchs , manoeuvre by Patty Jenkins ( DC Films / Warner Brothers )
Best Dramatic Presentation , Short class
Black Mirror : “ USS Callister , ” written by William Bridges and Charlie Brooker , directed by Toby Haynes ( House of Tomorrow )
“ The Deep ” [ birdcall ] , by dress ( Daveed Diggs , William Hutson , Jonathan Snipes )
Doctor Who : “ Twice Upon a fourth dimension , ” written by Steven Moffat , directed by Rachel Talalay ( BBC Cymru Wales )
The Good Place : “ Michael ’s Gambit , ” publish and head by Michael Schur ( Fremulon / 3 Arts Entertainment / Universal Television )
The Good Place : “ The Trolley Problem , ” indite by Josh Siegal and Dylan Morgan , directed by Dean Holland ( Fremulon / 3 Arts Entertainment / Universal Television )
Star Trek : Discovery : “ conjuration to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad , ” indite by Aron Eli Coleite & Jesse Alexander , directed by David M. Barrett ( CBS Television Studios )
John Joseph Adams
Neil Clarke
Lee Harris
Jonathan Strahan
Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
Sheila Williams
Sheila E. Gilbert
Joe Monti
Diana M. Pho
Devi Pillai
Miriam Weinberg
Navah Wolfe
Best Professional Artist
Galen Dara
Kathleen Jennings
Bastien Lecouffe Deharme
Victo Ngai
John Picacio
Sana Takeda
Best Semiprozine
Beneath Ceaseless Skies , editor in chief - in - chief and publishing house Scott H. Andrews
The Book Smugglers , edited by Ana Grilo and Thea James
Escape Pod , delete by Mur Lafferty , S.B. Divya , and Norm Sherman , with assistant editor in chief Benjamin C. Kinney
Fireside Magazine , edit by Brian White and Julia Rios ; managing editor Elsa Sjunneson - Henry ; special characteristic editor Mikki Kendall ; publishing firm & art director Pablo Defendini
Strange Horizons , edit by Kate Dollarhyde , Gautam Bhatia , A.J. Odasso , Lila Garrott , Heather McDougal , Ciro Faienza , Tahlia Day , Vanessa Rose Phin , and the Strange Horizons staff
Uncanny Magazine , edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas , Michi Trota , and Julia Rios ; podcast produced by Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky
Best Fanzine
File 770 , edited by Mike Glyer
Galactic Journey , edit by Gideon Marcus
Journey Planet , edited by Team Journey Planet
nerds of a feather , flock together , cut 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
The Coode Street Podcast , presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
Ditch Diggers , presented by Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace
Fangirl Happy Hour , presented by Ana Grilo and Renay William
Galactic Suburbia , presented by Alisa Krasnostein , Alexandra Pierce and Tansy Rayner Roberts ; grow by Andrew Finch
Sword and Laser , presented by Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt
Verity ! , presented by Deborah Stanish , Erika Ensign , Katrina Griffiths , L.M. Myles , Lynne M. Thomas , and Tansy Rayner Roberts
Best Fan Writer
Camestros Felapton
Sarah Gailey
Mike Glyer
Foz Meadows
Charles Payseur
Bogi Takács
Best Fan Artist
Geneva Benton
Grace P. Fong
Maya Hahto
Likhain ( M. Sereno )
Spring Schoenhuth
Steve Stiles
honour for Best Young Adult Book ( Not a Hugo Award ; convention set by WSFS and dole out by current Worldcon )
Akata Warrior , by Nnedi Okorafor ( Viking )
The Art of Starving , by Sam J. Miller ( HarperTeen )
The Book of Dust : La Belle Sauvage , by Philip Pullman ( Knopf )
In Other Lands , by Sarah Rees Brennan ( Big Mouth House )
A Skinful of Shadows , by Frances Hardinge ( Macmillan UK / Harry N. Abrams US )
summertime in Orcus , write by T. Kingfisher ( Ursula Vernon ) , illustrated by Lauren Henderson ( Sofawolf Press )
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer ( Not a Hugo Award ; patronize by Dell Publications and dispense by current Worldcon )
Katherine Arden
Sarah Kuhn
Jeannette Ng
Vina Jie - Min Prasad
Rebecca Roanhorse
Rivers Solomon
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