Hugo Awards 2025 Nominations Spreadsheet (Historical)
Table of Contents
- Overview
- Guidelines
- Category Rules
- Data Sheets (Raw Text)
- Disclaimers, etc. (Notes on Eligibility and Process)
- Final Notes
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Overview
Hello!
1. This spreadsheet is a read-only collection of possible nominations for the 2025 Hugo Awards
(work released in 2024). It is now a historical document! If you contributed, thank you so much.
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Guidelines
This is a recommendation sheet only. It is not affiliated with any current or past Worldcon, or the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS).
Appearing in this resource does not mean you're a nominee or a finalist.
This is a fan resource, not an author promotional tool. Professionals are welcome to share their work. However, for each item you add of
your own, also consider adding 2-3 items by others that you enjoyed.
Before adding short fiction, check to see if it's in one of the adjacent fiction categories, if it's close to the transition between forms. Things get
a little squiggly word-count wise in the early days.
We don't change the order of author names or titles any longer to make copy/pasting easier on Hugo volunteers come nomination time.
YA media will be eligible in both the YA category and the other categories and may be listed in both, because the YA Award is for best book,
which includes graphic novels, collections, nonfiction, etc. Don't remove them if they're in the YA category plus another category. Fans using
this resource, please put your YA recs in the sheet where you plan to nominate them (both is an acceptable decision). However, adult work
should NOT be listed in the Lodestar category.
Don't delete work that has a release date in the future of 2024. Many people who read ARCs months in advance use this resource to help
guide them during nominations. If the release date is potentially not in 2024 (titles get moved sometimes), raise an eligibility flag.
There will be "eligible?" columns in each sheet. The only items in this column should be "Y" or "?". If "?" is present, there should be
discussion of the item in the "eligible?" sheet because the item's eligibility is disputed. Please don't remove ? rows from category sheets
unless you're a sheet admin. If an item is assessed to not be eligible in that category (via comment discussion, which everyone can see and
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Category Rules
NOVEL: a science fiction or fantasy story of forty thousand (40,000) words or more.
NOVELLA: a science fiction or fantasy story of between seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) and forty thousand (40,000) words.
NOVELETTE: a science fiction or fantasy story of between seven thousand five hundred (7,500) and seventeen thousand five hundred
(7,500) words.
SHORT STORY: For science fiction or fantasy stories of less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) words.
RELATED WORK: from the official rules — 3.3.5: Best Related Work. Any work related to the field of science fiction, fantasy, or fandom,
appearing for the first time during the previous calendar year
or which has been substantially modified during the previous calendar year, and which is either non-fiction or, if fictional, is noteworthy
primarily for aspects other than the fictional text, and which is not eligible in any other category.
SERIES: A multi-installment science fiction or fantasy story, unified by elements such as plot, characters, setting, and presentation,
appearing in at least three (3) installments consisting in total of at least 240,000 words by the close of the previous calendar year, at least
one (1) installment of which was published in the previous calendar year, and which has not previously won Best Series.
Previous losing finalists in the Best Series category shall be eligible only upon the publication of at least two (2) additional installments
consisting in total of at least 240,000 words after they qualified for their last appearance on the final ballot and by the close of the previous
calendar year.
SPECULATIVE POEM: A special category for the 2025 Hugo Awards that honors a poem within the speculative, science fiction, and fantasy
genres, published in 2024, that is at least three lines.
GRAPHIC STORY: a science fiction or fantasy story told in graphic form, such as a comic book, graphic novel, or webcomic.
BDP-LONGFORM: For a dramatized production in any medium, including film, television, radio, live theater, computer games or music. The
work must last 90 minutes or longer (excluding commercials).
BDP-SHORTFORM: For a dramatized production in any medium, including film, television, radio, live theater, computer games or music.
The work must be less than 90 minutes long (excluding commercials).
GAME OR INTERACTIVE WORK: An interactive work is (1) a game, or (2) a narrative or presentation in which active input or interactive
play is an integral component of the work itself or where it impacts the outcome, narrative, or order of elements of the work itself in a nontrivial fashion, and (3) is not ephemeral, in the sense that the interactive elements of the work are accessible to participants through
published or shareable artifacts, and the work is not an event requiring the participation of specific named persons.
EDITOR-LONGFORM: Need to have edited at least 4 novels published in 2017 to be eligible.
EDITOR-SHORTFORM: must have edited at least four anthologies, collections or magazine issues devoted to science fiction and/or
fantasy, at least one of which must have been published in the year of eligibility.
SEMIPROZINE: NO ONE KNOWS THE RULES, REALLY. WE'RE ALL STUMBLING AROUND LOST AND GUESSING.
Any generally available non-professional periodical publication devoted to science fiction or fantasy, or related subjects which by the close
of the previous calendar year has published four (4) or more issues (or the equivalent in other media), at least one (1) of which appeared in
the previous calendar year, which does not qualify as a fancast, and which in the previous calendar year met at least one (1) of the following
criteria:
(1) paid its contributors and/or staff in other than copies of the publication,
(2) was generally available only for paid purchase.
PRO ARTIST: Needs to have at least 3 professional-qualifying publications in 2017 to be eligible, otherwise, qualifies for Fan Artist
FANZINE: anything that is neither professional nor semi-professional and that does not qualify as a Fancast. The publication must also
satisfy the rule of a minimum of 4 issues, at least one of which must have appeared in the year of eligibility.
FAN WRITER: Any person whose writing has appeared in semiprozines or fanzines or in generally available electronic media during the
previous calendar year.
FAN ARTIST: applies to SF fanart done across mediums: DeviantArt, Tumblr, hard copy fanzines, digital fanzines, semiprozines, and social
media.
FANCAST: for any non-professional AUDIO- or VIDEO-casting with at least four episodes that had at least one episode released in
the previous calendar year.
ASTOUNDING: given to the best new science fiction or fantasy writer whose first work of science fiction or fantasy was published in a
professional publication in the previous two years.
LODESTAR AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK: The Award for Best Young Adult Book is given for a book published for young
adult readers in the field of science fiction or fantasy appearing for the first time during the previous calendar year, with such exceptions as
are listed in Section 3.4. (3.4 is the Extended Eligibility section.)
Disclaimers, etc.
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Work/Creator Original Category Eligibility Question Eligiblity Resolution Additional Item Details
Key of Dreams, The Game or Interactive Work Would this (and LARPs in general) be ineligible
under (3) of the category definition?
https://www.thekeyofdreams.co.uk/
Siege of Burning Grass, The by Premee Mohamed Best Novel Is this a novella? Per the publisher, it's 368 pages. Remains
in Novel category.
These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by Izzy Wasserstein Best Novel Is this a novella? According to the publisher, yes. Moved to Novella. 31k words
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark Best Novella Word count? (Is this a novella?) According to the publisher, it's 50k words. Moved to novel.
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older Best Novella Also curious about the word count on this. word count is 43k
The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo Best Novella Word count word count is 42k
Three Black Halflings Best Fancast Fan? https://www.3blackhalflings.com/ Mars Express Dramatic Presentation Long Form Released in only France in 2023, worldwide in 2024. Would it needed to have had its eligibility extended?
Eligible for both 2023 (original release) and for 2024 (English-language
release/US release), no need to extend
(per Constitution, 3.4.1. and 3.4.2.) The 88 minute running time would place it in short
form, not long form, counterintuitive as
that may be.
Not sure of the protocol in this case. I created an entry for Mars Express in the BDP-SF category.
Hundreds of Beavers Dramatic Presentation Long Form First shown at film festivals in 2022 but got general release only in 2024. Is it still eligible?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundreds_of_Beavers#Release
Lore Olympus, Vol. 6 Graphic Story the volume collects the webcomic up to episode 152, originally published in 2021 Not eligible. But Lore Olympus is eligible
in tota (concluded in 2024), as are Lore Olympus Season 3 (the final one). At the current pace, it seems likely that Lore Olympus Volume 10 will be the final one, but since that organizational scheme wasn't used online it seems like a worse
fit, while seasons were used and marked
in the online format.
Lore Olympus should not be eligible as a whole since part of it was already on the shortlist before
(see: Wheel of Time being allowed to be nominated as a whole for Best Novel only because none of the individual books were shortlisted in 2014). So only season 3 of the web version should be eligible – P. Dembowski
Love Advice From the Great Duke of Hell, Vol. 1 Graphic Story the volume collects issues of the webcomic published in 2019 Neither the compilation nor the webcomic are eligible unless the wiki is out of date--if
the webcomic completed publication in 2022 it was eligible for 2023 and is not eligible in 2025. Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Game or Interactive Work DLC expansion, not playable as a standalone game. Are these eligible? RimWorld - Anomaly Game or Interactive Work DLC expansion, not playable as a standalone game. Are these eligible? Dune: Imperium Game or Interactive Work video game adaptation of a 2020 board game,
fully implementing board game rules; is it effectively a new game? Portal: Revolution Game or Interactive Work unofficial mod for Portal, should be treated like
fan fiction? Also not standalone, requires Portal 2. Riven Game or Interactive Work Remake of a 1997 game. Different enough? PokéRogue Game or Interactive Work unofficial fan-made game based on a Nintendo
franchise; equivalent of fan fiction Unsong by Scott Alexander Novel This appeared in 2015-2017 as online series but first book edition was in 2024 Unsong: Alexander, Scott: 9798320962610: Amazon.com: Books
North Continent Ribbon Novella This is about 46000 words--too long for novella?
Tommy Arnold Pro Artist He drew the cover art for the Starfield: Shattered Space game expansion which was
rleased in 2024. This may have been his only 2024 work + it is a game expansion. House of Open Wounds/Adrian Tchaikovsky Novel US hardback pub appears to be March 2024, but some places seem to show a 2023 publication date (not sure of format or country), so what date is correct/governing?
Looks like UK release was in 2023, US in 2024. Days of Shattered Faith is UK in 2024, US in 2025. Both books are eligible
this year because of extended eligibility for US edition. (WSFS Constitution 3.4.2)
UK edition: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/house-of-open-wounds-9781035901388/
On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) Solvej Balle (Trans. Barbara J. Haveland) New Horizons Novella Original copyright 2020, translated to English and published in 2024
Eligible for year of English edition per Constitution, 3.4.1. A More Civilized Age: A Star Wars Podcast Best Fancast Fan? https://amorecivilizedage.net/ On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) Solvej Balle (Trans. Barbara J. Haveland) New Horizons Novella Length? (Kobo estimate is 50,000 words)
Title Author Editor (if known) Imprint Publisher Pub Month Eligible? Notes URL
The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett Del Rey February 2024 y
Alien Clay Adrian Tchaikovsky Tor Books March 2024
The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley Simon & Schuster May 2024
Service Model Adrian Tchaikovsky Tor June 2024 Y
Someone You Can Build a Nest In John Wiswell Katie Hoffman DAW April 2024 Y https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739891/someone-you-can-build-a-nest-in-by-john-wiswell/
A Sorceress Comes to Call T. Kingfisher Tor Books August 2024 A Breathless Sky Veronica G. Henry 47 North December 2024 Y
A Flame In The North Lilith Saintcrow Orbit February 2024 A Letter to the Luminous Deep Sylvie Cathrall Orbit April 2024 https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sylvie-cathrall/a-letter-to-the-luminous-deep/9780316565547/ A Quantum Love Story Mike Chen MIRA Books January 2024 Y https://www.harpercollins.com/products/a-quantum-love-story-mike-chen?variant=41056074727458 A Third Kind of Madness Christiane Knight Three Ravens Press May 2024 https://books2read.com/u/3RX7jD
A World Adrift Adrian Tchaikovsky Bloomsbury Dec 2024 Y published in the UK in 2024 (US in 2025) https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/days-of-shattered-faith-9781035901524/ A World Adrift Douglas A. Van Belle Wordfire Press November 2023 Y First Published in New Zealand Annie Bot Sierra Greer Mariner Books March 2024 Apostles of Mercy Lindsay Ellis St. Martin's Press June 2024 https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250274564/apostlesofmercy/ Archangels of Funk Andrea Hairston Tordotcom May 2024 Asunder Kerstin Hall Tordotcom Asunder eBook : Hall, Kerstin: Kindle Store Blackheart Man Nalo Hopkinson Saga Press August 2024 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199798012-blackheart-man Blood Jade Julia Vee, Ken Bebelle Tor Books July 2024 Blood of the Pale Light Eric Linke Eric's Golden Dragon Publishing September 2024 https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Pale-Light-Eric-Linke/dp/B0DD9KSFYR
Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms Sarah Wallace, S.O. Callahan Sarah Wallace January 2024 Bringer of Dust J. M. Miro Flatiron Books September 2024 Bury Your Gays Chuck Tingle Tor Nightfire July 2024 https://tornightfire.com/catalog/bury-your-gays-chuck-tingle/ Cahokia Jazz Francis Spufford Simon & Schuster February 2024 2023 publicaton in UK, 2024 in US https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Cahokia-Jazz/Francis-Spufford/9781668025451 Calypso Oliver K. Langmead Titan Books April 2024 Poem
Cast in Atonement Michelle Sagara MIRA August 2024 City of Dancing Gargoyles Tara Campbell Santa Fe Writers Project September 2024 https://www.sfwp.com/books/gargoyles Counterblow Clemency Naomi Shibles Golden Storyline Books January 2024
ebook was released Dec. '23; paperback released January 2024 - 42,000 words https://goldenstorylinebooks.com/counterblow-clemency/
Daughter of the Merciful Deep Leslye Penelope Redhook June 2024 Dr. Malice K A Baker June 2024 https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Malice-K-Baker/dp/B0D6GPXF6Y/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.RZ0GcCVWZrHTq_Aalr9ERMYDpu6pGjS-vVeBrP8RV0CCVk5o_N-MrhgaAfRj3512pmcfdO3DiZtHL7GfMU97CMsrd7zdPgaJqqOvVUQab0omJQ6DAHo-LCkMNs7Lw7CCX55_WbZuCznM_Qlmtqv3PYd8-m3NovAqfiHQzvJ1fxD3UePZrKKZ9w-1VlF4PhW42XBO8xQR-Ql4UDA-nfS36_dAf42pS0RAIFrOEgtXfLk.TFCJnj1fAIL-uYgIbChVOtGkuglgQ2JaAzIBz5XSlHY&dib_tag=se&keywords=dr+malice&qid=1718719999&sr=8-1 Drowning Earth Sean Willson WideAsleep Publishing January 2025 https://www.amazon.com/Drowning-Earth-Sean-Willson/dp/1958800120/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2F8XW1ZP2TJDR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ujYegiW-TuqkudCxn-q24GV90TbK5TgLnA2kRpkQ2MVhiJNU1eSRoEg4mQ179_GNXHvyoctdHt8iNOAp2v-Y1zGQituzXmfeTNWIvf8HFnPy1Hwr6qfes5wZI6SR8sC64UEU4s6UzBK5OJJqtLLFE9Jfp9ygo3jSOMcnzQE7ajozwPALaFYN4o4P6AUs3EZZEzy0kLkfw4uIcwabUP_FtpADQsU70srtziEF1Po9o1Y.ido3xk7hdKt7ZmewOTMBl4nKYlyDw519C-c_UsG22eo&dib_tag=se&keywords=Drowning+Earth&qid=1734355283&sprefix=drowning+earth%2Caps%2C141&sr=8-1 Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands Heather Fawcett Del Rey January 2024 Y https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/710900/DR/ Escape Velocity Victor Manibo Erewhon Books May 2024 Exordia Seth Dickinson Tordotcom January 2024 Y https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250233011/exordia Extremophile Ian Green Head of Zeus August 2024 Y https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/extremophile-9781804545843/ Fathomfolk Eliza Chan Jenni Hill Orbit Floating Hotel Grace Curtis Westland IF October 2024 Foul Days Genoveva Dimova Sanaa Ali-Virani Tor June 2024 Y Ghostdrift Suzanne Palmer DAW May 2024 Y Gilgamesh Emily H. Wilson Titan Books August 2024 Glass Houses Madeline Ashby Tor Books August 2024 https://www.madelineashby.com/writing/glass-houses/ Goddess of the River Vaishnavi Patel Orbit May 2024 https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/vaishnavi-patel/goddess-of-the-river/9780759557345/ Grim Root Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam Dark Matter Ink June 2024 https://darkmattermagazine.shop/products/grim-root
House of Open Wounds Adrian Tchaikovsky Head of Zeus March 2024 Y
2023 in the UK but 2024 in the US, eligible per WSFS Constitution 3.4.2. (Works originally published outside
the United States of America and first published in the United States of America in the previous calendar year shall also be eligible for Hugo Awards. ) https://www.amazon.com/House-Open-Wounds-Tyrant-Philosophers/dp/1035901382 How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying Django Wexler Orbit May 2024 https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/django-wexler/how-to-become-the-dark-lord-and-die-trying/9780316392204/ How to Summon a Fairy Godmother Laura J. Mayo Stephanie Clark Orbit October 2024 https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laura-j-mayo/how-to-summon-a-fairy-godmother/9780316580717/
I Was a Teenage Slasher Stephen Graham Jones S&S/Saga Press July 2024 https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/I-Was-A-Teenage-Slasher/Stephen-Graham-Jones/9781668022245
I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons Peter S. Beagle Saga Press May 2024
In Ascension Martin MacInnes Grove Atlantic February 2024 2023 publication in UK, 2024 in US https://groveatlantic.com/book/in-ascension/
In Universes Emet North Harper April 2024
Jumpnauts Hao Jingfang, transl. Ken Liu Saga March 2024 Key Lime Sky Al Hess Angry Robot Books August 2024 https://angryrobotbooks.com/books/key-lime-sky-2/ Kinning Nisi Shawl Tor Books January 2024
Lady Eve's Last Con Rebecca Fraimow Solaris June 2024
Lake of Darkness Adam Roberts Orion July 2024 https://www.gollancz.co.uk/titles/adam-roberts/lake-of-darkness/9781399617710/ Long Live Evil Sarah Rees Brennan Orbit July 2024
Lord of the Empty Isles Jules Arbeaux Hodder&Stoughton 2024 Mechanize My Hands to War Erin K. Wagner DAW December 2024 https://astrapublishinghouse.com/product/mechanize-my-hands-to-war-9780756419349/ Memento Mori Eunice Hong Red Hen Press August 2024 https://redhen.org/book/memento-mori/ Metal From Heaven August Clarke Erewhon Books October 2024 Mirrored Heavens Rebecca Roanhorse Saga Press June 2024 Moon of the Turning Leaves Waubgeshig Rice William Morrow & Company February 2024 https://www.harpercollins.com/products/moon-of-the-turning-leaves-waubgeshig-rice?variant=41066458546210 Moonbound Robin Sloan Tor June 2024 More Bugs Em Reed Knight Errant June 2024 https://www.knighterrantpress.com/product-page/more-bugs-by-em-reed
Navigational Entanglements Aliette de Bodard Tordotcom Jul 2024
Author skeet says this is “within the tolerance window
for a novella” and “I don't think that in terms of story or scope or length it can compete in the same categories as a novel” Navola Paolo Bacigalupi Knopf July 2024 Nightstrider Sophia Slade Orbit September 2024 https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sophia-slade/nightstrider/9780316580458/ Number 103 Mohammad Reza Hosseini Form Art Group March 2024 Y https://www.amazon.com/dp/1738359808/ Ocean's Godori Elaine U. Cho Hillman Grad Books April 2024 Y Of Friction S.J. Lee Self-Published February 2024 On Vicious Worlds Bethany Jacobs Orbit Oct 2024 Y
Plastic Scott Guild Pantheon February 2024 2024 Playground Richard Powers Norton September 2024 https://wwnorton.com/books/playground Private Rites Julia Armfield HarperCollins/Fourth Estate June 2024 https://www.4thestate.co.uk/products/private-rites-julia-armfield-9780008608033/ Rabbit in the Moon Fiona Moore A.M. Rycroft Epic Publishing December 2024 Y Rakesfall Vajra Chandrasekera Tordotcom June 2024 Red Side Story Jasper Fforde Hodder & Stoughton Jan 2024 https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/jasper-fforde/red-side-story/9781444763669/ Relics of Ruin Erin M. Evans Orbit April 2024 Remember You Will Die Eden Robins Sourcebooks Landmark October 2024 Y Ribbon Dance Sharon Lee & Steve Miller Baen June 2024 Road to Ruin Hana Lee Saga Press May 2024 Rozdroże kruków (Crossroad of Ravens) Andrzej Sapkowski Danuta Górska, Marzena Kłos superNOWA December 2024 Y
Polish edition, will be eligible both this year and for year of English edition too (likely next year) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozdro%C5%BCe_kruk%C3%B3w
Running Close to the Wind Alexandra Rowland Tordotcom June 2024 Sargassa Sophie Burnham DAW Books October 2024 https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/755221/sargassa-by-sophie-burnham/ Sargassa by Sophie Burnham
Saudade Critical Mass RocketWorks June 2024
Shadowrun: Magic, Machines, and Mayhem Jennifer Brozek Catalyst Game Labs 2024 N
Editors: Jennifer Brozek, John Helfers eligible for Short Form Hugo—but this is the page for the Novel category, and anthologies are not eligible in this category.
Shadowrun: Through the Decades Jennifer Brozek Catalyst Game Labs 2024 N
Editors: Jennifer Brozek, John Helfers eligible for Short Form Hugo—but this is the page for the Novel category, and anthologies are not eligible in this category. Sheine Lende Darcie Little Badger Levine Querido April 2024 Sky Full of Elephants Cebo Campbell Simon and Schuster September 2024 Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory Yaroslav Barsukov Cat Rambo Caezik SF & Fantasy November 2024 Y https://www.cbsd.com/9781647101367/sleeping-worlds-have-no-memory/ Song of the Six Realms Judy I. Lin Feiwel & Friends 2024 Sorcery and Small Magics Maiga Doocy Orbit October 2024 https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/maiga-doocy/sorcery-and-small-magic
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