2025 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
Sheine Lende, by Darcie Little Badger
Best Poem
“A War of Words,” by Marie Brennan
Best Fan Artist
Sara Felix
Best Fan Writer
Abigail Nussbaum
Best Fancast
Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones, presented by Emily Tesh and Rebecca Fraimow
Best Fanzine
Black Nerd Problems, editors William Evans and Omar Holmon
Best Semiprozine
Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing editor Monte Lin; poetry editor Betsy Aoki, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
Best Professional Artist
Alyssa Winans
Best Editor, Long Form
Diana M. Pho
Best Editor, Short Form
Neil Clarke
Best Game or Interactive Work
Caves of Qud, Freehold Games
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Star Trek: Lower Decks: “The New Next Generation,” created and written by Mike McMahan, directed by Megan Lloyd
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Dune: Part Two, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, directed by Denis Villeneuve
Best Related Work
Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right, by Jordan S. Carroll
Best Graphic Story or Comic
Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way, written by Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio
Best Series
Between Earth and Sky, by Rebecca Roanhorse
Best Short Story
“Stitched to Skin Like Family Is,” by Nghi Vo
Best Novelette
“The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea,” by Naomi Kritzer
Best Novella
The Tusks of Extinction, by Ray Nayler
Best Novel
The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennett
