{"id":33220,"date":"2025-04-17T08:27:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33220"},"modified":"2025-04-17T08:27:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:27:59","slug":"2025-hugo-award-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33220","title":{"rendered":"2025 Hugo Award Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h5><em>To view the full list of nominees, go directly to<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/seattlein2025.org\/wsfs\/hugo-awards\/2025-hugo-award-finalists\/\"><em> https:\/\/seattlein2025.org\/wsfs\/hugo-awards\/2025-hugo-award-finalists\/<\/em><\/a><\/h5>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">2025 Hugo Award Finalists<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>Seattle Worldcon 2025, the 83rd World Science Fiction Convention, is delighted to announce the finalists for the 2025 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and <i>Astounding<\/i> Award for Best New Writer.<\/p>\n<p>1,338* valid electronic nominating ballots were received by the deadline of March 14 at 11:59 p.m. PDT and counted from the members of the 2024 and 2025 World Science Fiction Conventions for the 2025 Hugo Awards. \u200b\u200bUnfortunately, two mailed ballots were received 2.5 weeks later on April 3 after the deadline of receipt. Voting on the final ballot will open during April 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Only Seattle Worldcon 2025 WSFS members will be able to vote on the final ballot and choose the winners for the 2025 Awards. The 2025 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award, and the Astounding Award will be presented on Saturday evening, August 16, 2025, at a formal ceremony at Seattle Worldcon 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Questions about the Hugo Awards process may be directed to <a href=\"mailto:hugo-help@seattlein2025.org\">hugo-help@seattlein2025.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Initial publication had an error of 1,738 ballots instead of the correct number of 1,338.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left wpb_content_element\">\n<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-thumbnail\" title=\"Hugo Finalists\" src=\"https:\/\/seattlein2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/unnamed-256x256.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattlein2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/unnamed-256x256.png 256w, https:\/\/seattlein2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/unnamed-512x512.png 512w, https:\/\/seattlein2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/unnamed-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/seattlein2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/unnamed-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/seattlein2025.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/unnamed.png 1115w\" alt=\"Seattle Worldcon 2025 Hugo Award Finalists\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h2>Best Novel<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Alien Clay<\/b> by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit US, Tor UK)<\/li>\n<li><b>The Ministry of Time<\/b> by Kaliane Bradley (Avid Reader Press, Sceptre)<\/li>\n<li><b>Service Model<\/b> by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tordotcom)<\/li>\n<li><b>Someone You Can Build a Nest In<\/b> by John Wiswell (DAW)<\/li>\n<li><b>A Sorceress Comes to Call<\/b> by T. Kingfisher (Tor)<\/li>\n<li><b>The Tainted Cup<\/b> by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey, Hodderscape UK)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1078 ballots cast for 554 nominees, finalists range 90 to 157<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h2>Best Novella<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Brides of High Hill<\/b> by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)<\/li>\n<li><b>The Butcher of the Forest<\/b> by Premee Mohamed (Tordotcom)<\/li>\n<li><b>Navigational Entanglements<\/b> by Aliette de Bodard (Tordotcom)<\/li>\n<li><b>The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain<\/b> by Sofia Samatar (Tordotcom)<\/li>\n<li><b>The Tusks of Extinction<\/b> by Ray Nayler (Tordotcom)<\/li>\n<li><b>What Feasts at Night<\/b> by T. Kingfisher (Nightfire)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>739 ballots cast for 209 nominees, finalists range 75 to 135<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h2>Best Novelette<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe Brotherhood of Montague St. Video\u201d by Thomas Ha (<i>Clarkesworld<\/i>, May 2024)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBy Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars\u201d by Premee Mohamed (<i>Strange Horizons<\/i>, Fund Drive 2024)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea\u201d by Naomi Kritzer (<i>Asimov\u2019s<\/i>, September\/October 2024)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLake of Souls\u201d by Ann Leckie in <i>Lake of Souls<\/i> (Orbit)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLoneliness Universe\u201d by Eugenia Triantafyllou (<i>Uncanny Magazine<\/i>, Issue 58)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSigns of Life\u201d by Sarah Pinsker (<i>Uncanny Magazine<\/i>, Issue 59)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>394 ballots cast for 188 nominees, finalists range 36 to 58<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h2>Best Short Story<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cFive Views of the Planet Tartarus\u201d by Rachael K. Jones (<i>Lightspeed Magazine<\/i>, Jan 2024 (Issue 164))<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMarginalia\u201d by Mary Robinette Kowal (<i>Uncanny Magazine<\/i>, Issue 56)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cStitched to Skin Like Family Is\u201d by Nghi Vo (<i>Uncanny Magazine<\/i>, Issue 57)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThree Faces of a Beheading\u201d by Arkady Martine (<i>Uncanny Magazine<\/i>, Issue 58)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWe Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read\u201d by Caroline M. Yoachim (<i>Lightspeed Magazine<\/i>, May 2024 (Issue 168))<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhy Don\u2019t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole\u201d by Isabel J. Kim (<i>Clarkesworld<\/i>, February 2024)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>610 ballots cast for 673 nominees, finalists range 32 to 110<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h2>Best Series<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Between Earth and Sky<\/b> by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga Press)<\/li>\n<li><b>The Burning Kingdoms<\/b> by Tasha Suri (Orbit)<\/li>\n<li><b>InCryptid<\/b> by Seanan McGuire (DAW)<\/li>\n<li><b>Southern Reach<\/b> by Jeff VanderMeer (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)<\/li>\n<li><b>The Stormlight Archive<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books)<\/li>\n<li><b>The Tyrant Philosophers<\/b> by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Ad Astra)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>621 ballots cast for 201 nominees, finalists range 57 to 90<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h2>Best Graphic Story or Comic<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Deep Dark<\/b> by Molly Knox Ostertag (Graphix)<\/li>\n<li><b>The Hunger and the Dusk: Vol. 1<\/b> written by G. Willow Wilson, art by Chris Wildgoose (IDW Publishing)<\/li>\n<li><b>Monstress, Vol. 9: The Possessed<\/b> written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image)<\/li>\n<li><b>My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Book 2<\/b> by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)<\/li>\n<li><b>Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way<\/b> written by Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio (IDW Publishing)<\/li>\n<li><b>We Called Them Giants<\/b> written by Kieron Gillen, art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles (Image)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>265 ballots cast for 259 nominees, finalists range 13 to 37<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To view the full list of nominees, go directly to https:\/\/seattlein2025.org\/wsfs\/hugo-awards\/2025-hugo-award-finalists\/ 2025 Hugo Award Finalists Seattle Worldcon 2025, the 83rd World Science Fiction Convention, is delighted to announce the finalists for the 2025 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award for Best New Writer. 1,338* valid electronic nominating ballots were &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33220\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2025 Hugo Award Finalists<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":645,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[398],"tags":[932,1780,1779],"class_list":["post-33220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","tag-hugo","tag-seatle","tag-world-con-2025"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33221,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33220\/revisions\/33221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}