Science Fiction Retrospective

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2020 Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding</em> Awards Finalists and Winners

Best Novel

  • The City in the Middle of the Night, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan)

  • Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com Publishing)

  • The Light Brigade, by Kameron Hurley (Saga; Angry Robot UK)

  • A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine (Tor; Tor UK)

  • Middlegame, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)

  • The Ten Thousand Doors of January, by Alix E. Harrow (Redhook; Orbit UK)

Best Novella

  • “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom”, by Ted Chiang (Exhalation (Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf; Picador))

  • The Deep, by Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes (Saga Press/Gallery)

  • The Haunting of Tram Car 015, by P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)

  • In an Absent Dream, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)

  • This Is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (Saga Press; Jo Fletcher Books)

  • To Be Taught, If Fortunate, by Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager; Hodder & Stoughton)

Best Novelette

  • “The Archronology of Love”, by Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed, April 2019)

  • “Away With the Wolves”, by Sarah Gailey (Uncanny Magazine: Disabled People Destroy Fantasy Special Issue, September/October 2019)

  • “The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye”, by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, July-August 2019)

  • Emergency Skin, by N.K. Jemisin (Forward Collection (Amazon))

  • “For He Can Creep”, by Siobhan Carroll (Tor.com, 10 July 2019)

  • “Omphalos”, by Ted Chiang (Exhalation (Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf; Picador))

Best Short Story

  • “And Now His Lordship Is Laughing”, by Shiv Ramdas (Strange Horizons, 9 September 2019)

  • “As the Last I May Know”, by S.L. Huang (Tor.com, 23 October 2019)

  • “Blood Is Another Word for Hunger”, by Rivers Solomon (Tor.com, 24 July 2019)

  • “A Catalog of Storms”, by Fran Wilde (Uncanny Magazine, January/February 2019)

  • “Do Not Look Back, My Lion”, by Alix E. Harrow (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, January 2019)

  • “Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island”, by Nibedita Sen (Nightmare Magazine, May 2019)

Best Series

  • The Expanse, by James S. A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

  • InCryptid, by Seanan McGuire (DAW)

  • Luna, by Ian McDonald (Tor; Gollancz)

  • Planetfall series, by Emma Newman (Ace; Gollancz)

  • Winternight Trilogy, by Katherine Arden (Del Rey; Del Rey UK)

  • The Wormwood Trilogy, by Tade Thompson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Best Related Work

  • Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood, by J. Michael Straczynski (Harper Voyager US)

  • Joanna Russ, by Gwyneth Jones (University of Illinois Press (Modern Masters of Science Fiction))

  • The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick, by Mallory O’Meara (Hanover Square)

  • The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein, by Farah Mendlesohn (Unbound)

  • “2019 John W. Campbell Award Acceptance Speech”, by Jeannette Ng

  • Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, produced and directed by Arwen Curry

Best Graphic Story or Comic

  • Die, Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker, by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, letters by Clayton Cowles (Image)

  • LaGuardia, written by Nnedi Okorafor, art by Tana Ford, colours by James Devlin (Berger Books; Dark Horse)

  • Monstress, Volume 4: The Chosen, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image)

  • Mooncakes, by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker, letters by Joamette Gil (Oni Press; Lion Forge)

  • Paper Girls, Volume 6, written by Brian K. Vaughan, drawn by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher (Image)

  • The Wicked + The Divine, Volume 9: “Okay”, by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Clayton Cowles (Image)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

  • Avengers: Endgame, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (Marvel Studios)

  • 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))

  • Good Omens, written by Neil Gaiman, directed by Douglas Mackinnon (Amazon Studios/BBC Studios/Narrativia/The Blank Corporation)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • Us, written and directed by Jordan Peele (Monkeypaw Productions/Universal Pictures)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

  • The Good Place: “The Answer”, written by Daniel Schofield, directed by Valeria Migliassi Collins (Fremulon/3 Arts Entertainment/Universal Television)

  • The Expanse: “Cibola Burn”, written by Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck and Naren Shankar, directed by Breck Eisner (Amazon Prime Video)

  • Watchmen: “A God Walks into Abar”, written by Jeff Jensen and Damon Lindelof, directed by Nicole Kassell (HBO)

  • The Mandalorian: “Redemption”, written by Jon Favreau, directed by Taika Waititi (Disney+)

  • Doctor Who: “Resolution”, written by Chris Chibnall, directed by Wayne Yip (BBC)

  • Watchmen: “This Extraordinary Being”, written by Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson, directed by Stephen Williams (HBO)

Best Editor, Short Form

  • Neil Clarke

  • Ellen Datlow

  • C.C. Finlay

  • Jonathan Strahan

  • Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas

  • Sheila Williams

Best Editor, Long Form

  • Sheila E. Gilbert

  • Brit Hvide

  • Diana M. Pho

  • Devi Pillai

  • Miriam Weinberg

  • Navah Wolfe

Best Professional Artist

  • Tommy Arnold

  • Rovina Cai

  • Galen Dara

  • John Picacio

  • Yuko Shimizu

  • Alyssa Winans

Best Semiprozine

  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor Scott H. Andrews

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Strange Horizons, Vanessa Rose Phin, Catherine Krahe, AJ Odasso, Dan Hartland, Joyce Chng, Dante Luiz and the Strange Horizons staff

  • 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

  • The Book Smugglers, editors Ana Grilo and Thea James

  • Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice Marcus, senior writers Rosemary Benton, Lorelei Marcus and Victoria Silverwolf

  • Journey Planet, editors James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, Alissa McKersie, Ann Gry, Chuck Serface, John Coxon and Steven H Silver

  • nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla, and The G

  • Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur

  • The Rec Center, editors Elizabeth Minkel and Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Best Fancast

  • Be The Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske and Jennifer Mace

  • Claire Rousseau’s YouTube channel, produced & presented by Claire Rousseau

  • The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe

  • Galactic Suburbia, presented by Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce and Tansy Rayner Roberts, producer Andrew Finch

  • Our Opinions Are Correct, presented by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders

  • The Skiffy and Fanty Show, presented by Jen Zink, Shaun Duke, Paul Weimer, Alex Acks, Trish Matson, David Annandale, and The Skiffy and Fanty Crew

Best Fan Writer

  • Cora Buhlert

  • James Davis Nicoll

  • Alasdair Stuart

  • Bogi Takács

  • Paul Weimer

  • Adam Whitehead

Best Fan Artist

  • Iain Clark

  • Sara Felix

  • Grace P. Fong

  • Meg Frank

  • Ariela Housman

  • Elise Matthesen

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (not a Hugo) 

  • Catfishing on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)

  • Deeplight, by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan)

  • Dragon Pearl, by Yoon Ha Lee (Disney/Hyperion)

  • Minor Mage, by T. Kingfisher (Argyll)

  • Riverland, by Fran Wilde (Amulet)

  • The Wicked King, by Holly Black (Little, Brown; Hot Key)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo) 

  • Sam Hawke (2nd year of eligibility)

  • R.F. Kuang (2nd year of eligibility)

  • Jenn Lyons (1st year of eligibility)

  • Nibedita Sen (2nd year of eligibility)

  • Tasha Suri (2nd year of eligibility)

  • Emily Tesh (1st year of eligibility)