The Results Are In: 2017 Hugo Award Winners

Winner: The Obelisk Gate, by N. K. Jemisin

Nominees: 

• All the Birds in the Sky, by Charlie Jane Anders
• A Closed and Common Orbit, by Becky Chambers
• Death’s End, by Cixin Liu
• Ninefox Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee
• Too Like the Lightning, by Ada Palmer

Winner: Every Heart a Doorway, by Seanan McGuire

Nominees: 

• The Ballad of Black Tom, by Victor LaValle
• The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, by Kij Johnson
• Penric and the Shaman, by Lois McMaster Bujold
• A Taste of Honey, by Kai Ashante Wilson
• This Census-Taker, by China Miéville

Winner: “The Tomato Thief”, by Ursula Vernon

Nominees: 

• Alien Stripper Boned From Behind By The T-Rex, by Stix Hiscock
• The Art of Space Travel, by Nina Allan
• The Jewel and Her Lapidary, by Fran Wilde
• Touring with the Alien, by Carolyn Ives Gilman
• You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay, by Alyssa Wong

Winner: “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, by Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales)

Nominees: 

• The City Born Great, by N. K. Jemisin
• A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers, by Alyssa Wong
• Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies, by Brooke Bolander
• That Game We Played During the War, by Carrie Vaughn
• An Unimaginable Light, by John C. Wright

Winner: Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, by Ursula K. Le Guin 

Nominees: 

• The Geek Feminist Revolution, by Kameron Hurley
• The Princess Diarist, by Carrie Fisher
• Traveler of Worlds: Conversations with Robert Silverberg, by Robert Silverberg and Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
• The View From the Cheap Seats, by Neil Gaiman
• “The Women of Harry Potter” posts, by Sarah Gailey

Winner: Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening, written by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda 

Nominees: 

• Black Panther, Volume 1: A Nation Under Our Feet, written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, illustrated by Brian Stelfreeze
• Ms. Marvel, Volume 5: Super Famous, written by G. Willow Wilson, illustrated by Takeshi Miyazawa
• Paper Girls, Volume 1, written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Cliff Chiang, colored by Matthew Wilson, lettered by Jared Fletcher
• Saga, Volume 6, illustrated by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan, lettered by Fonografiks
• The Vision, Volume 1: Little Worse Than A Man, written by Tom King, illustrated by Gabriel Hernandez Walta

Winner: Arrival, screenplay by Eric Heisserer based on a short story by Ted Chiang, directed by Denis Villeneuve

Nominees: 

• Deadpool, screenplay by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick, directed by Tim Miller
• Ghostbusters, screenplay by Katie Dippold & Paul Feig, directed by Paul Feig
• Hidden Figures, screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi, directed by Theodore Melfi
• Rogue One, screenplay by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy, directed by Gareth Edwards
• Stranger Things, season 1, created by the Duffer Brothers

Winner: The Expanse: “Leviathan Wakes”, written by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, directed by Terry McDonough

Nominees: 

• Black Mirror: “San Junipero,” written by Charlie Brooker, directed by Owen Harris
• Doctor Who: “The Return of Doctor Mysterio,” written by Steven Moffat, directed by Ed Bazalgette
• Game of Thrones: “Battle of the Bastards,” written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, directed by Miguel Sapochnik
• Game of Thrones: “The Door,” written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, directed by Jack Bender
• Splendor & Misery [album], by Clipping

Winner: Ellen Datlow

Nominees: 

• John Joseph Adams
• Neil Clarke
• Jonathan Strahan
• Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
• Sheila Williams

Winner: Liz Gorinsky

Nominees: 

• Vox Day
• Sheila E. Gilbert
• Devi Pillai
• Miriam Weinberg
• Navah Wolfe

Winner: Julie Dillon

Nominees: 

• Galen Dara
• Chris McGrath
• Victo Ngai
• John Picacio
• Sana Takeda

Winner: Uncanny Magazine, edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Julia Rios, and podcast produced by Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky

Nominees: 

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor-in-chief and publisher Scott H. Andrews
• Cirsova Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, edited by P. Alexander
• GigaNotoSaurus, edited by Rashida J. Smith
• Strange Horizons, edited by Niall Harrison, Catherine Krahe, Vajra Chandrasekera, Vanessa Rose Phin, Li Chua, Aishwarya Subramanian, Tim Moore, Anaea Lay, and the Strange Horizons staff
• The Book Smugglers, edited by Ana Grilo and Thea James

Winner: "Lady Business", edited by Clare, Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay, and Susan

Nominees: 

• “Castalia House Blog,” edited by Jeffro Johnson
• “Journey Planet,” edited by James Bacon, Chris Garcia, Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Helena Nash, Errick Nunnally, Pádraig Ó Méalóid, Chuck Serface, and Erin Underwood
• “nerds of a feather, flock together,” edited by The G, Vance Kotrla, and Joe Sherry
• “Rocket Stack Rank,” edited by Greg Hullender and Eric Wong
• “SF Bluestocking,” edited by Bridget McKinney

Winner: Tea and Jeopardy, presented by Emma Newman with Peter Newman

Nominees:

• The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan
• Ditch Diggers, presented by Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace
• Fangirl Happy Hour, presented by Ana Grilo and Renay Williams
• Galactic Suburbia, presented by Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce and Tansy Rayner Roberts, produced by Andrew Finch
• The Rageaholic, presented by RazörFist 

Winner: Abigail Nussbaum

Nominees: 

• Mike Glyer
• Jeffro Johnson
• Natalie Luhrs
• Foz Meadows
• Chuck Tingle

Winner: Elizabeth Leggett

Nominees: 

• Ninni Aalto
• Vesa Lehtimäki
• Likhain (M. Sereno)
• Spring Schoenhuth
• Steve Stiles

Winner: The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold

Nominees: 

• The Craft Sequence, by Max Gladstone
• The Expanse, by James S.A. Corey
• The October Daye Books, by Seanan McGuire
• The Peter Grant / Rivers of London series, by Ben Aaronovitch
• The Temeraire series, by Naomi Novik

Note: This award is not a Hugo Award, but presented alongside the Hugos.

Winner: Ada Palmer

Nominees: 

• Sarah Gailey
• J. Mulrooney
• Malka Older
• Laurie Penny
• Kelly Robson

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