2023 Hugo Award Finalists

Congratulations to all of the Finalists!

From the Chengdu Worldcon website – (as reported by File 770, because neither we nor, apparently, anyone else, received an email notification*) (with some summaries below):

2nd ETA:  The listing of editors of Journey Planet has been updated to include the full list, as opposed to the truncated one that has been published.

ETA:  Less than five minutes after posting the following, we were notified, via email, by the Convention, with this (incomplete) Finalists listing (original post follows):

Chengdu, China – Chengdu Worldcon, the 81st World Science Fiction Convention, is honored to announce the finalists for the 2023 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award for Best New Writer. The announcement was made live on social media and via the Chengdu Worldcon website.

1847 valid nominating ballots (1843 electronic and 4 paper) were received and counted from members of the 2022 and 2023 World Science Fiction Conventions for the 2023 Hugo Awards. Voting on the final ballot will open on July 10th.

The Hugo Awards are the premier award in the science fiction genre, honoring science fiction literature and media as well as the genre’s fans. The Hugo Awards were first presented at the 1953 World Science Fiction Convention in Philadelphia (Philcon II), and they have continued to honor science fiction and fantasy notables for more than 60 years.

Only Chengdu Worldcon members will be able to vote on the final ballot and choose the winners for the 2023 Awards. If you are not already a member, please go to our website https://en.chengduworldcon.com/ to register as a World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) member in order to participate in the Hugo Awards. The 2023 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award, and the Astounding Award will be presented on Saturday evening, October 21, 2023, at a highlighted formal ceremony at Chengdu Worldcon.

Questions about the Hugo Awards process should be directed to hugoteam@chengduworldcon.com.

The 81st World Science Fiction Convention, Chengdu Worldcon, will take place in Chengdu, China from October 18-22, 2023. For more information about the convention, including current membership rates, visit https://en.chengduworldcon.com/.

Final Ballot for the 2023 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award for Best New Writer

Astounding Award for Best New Writer

Travis Baldree
Naseem Jamnia
Isabel J Kim*
Maijia Liu
Everina Maxwell*
Weimu Xin*
*  – finalist in their 2nd year of eligibility

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts), by Nnedi Okorafor (Viking Books for Young Readers)
Bloodmarked, by Tracy Deonn (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen/Titan Books)
The Golden Enclaves, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
In the Serpents Wake, by Rachel Hartman (Random House Books for Young Readers)
Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods, by Catherynne M. Valente (Margaret K. McElderry Books)

Best Fan Artist

Iain Clark
Richard Man
Laya Rose
Alison Scott
España Sheriff
Orion Smith

Best Fan Writer

Chris M. Barkley
Bitter Karella
Arthur Liu
RiverFlow
Jason Sanford
Örjan Westin

Best Fancast

Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe, produced by Jonathan Strahan
Hugo, Girl!, by Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson, and Kevin Anderson
Hugos There, by Seth Heasley
Kalanadi, created and presented by Rachel
Octothorpe, by John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty
Worldbuilding for Masochists, by Cass Morris, Rowenna Miller, Marshall Ryan Maresca

Best Fanzine

Chinese Academic SF Express, by Latssep and Tianluo_Qi
Galactic Journey, by Gideon Marcus, Janice Marcus, Tammi Bozich, Erica Frank, Arel Lucas, and Mark Yon
Journey Planet, by Regina Kanyu Wang, Yen Ooi, Arthur Liu, Sara Felix, Amanda Wakaruk, Olav Rokne, Jean Martin, Steven H Silver, Chuck Serface, Erin Underwood, Alissa Wales, John Coxon, Pádraig Ó Méalóid, James Bacon and Christopher J Garcia.
Nerds of a Feather, by Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer, Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla, G. Brown
Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, by Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk
Zero Gravity Newspaper, by RiverFlow and Ling Shizhen

Best Semiprozine

Escape Pod, co-editors Mur Lafferty & Valerie Valdes; Assistant editors Benjamin C. Kinney & Premee Mohamed, host Tina Connolly, producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht
FIYAH, edited by the entire FIYAH team
khōréō, edited by Team khōréō
PodCastle, co-Editors Shingai Njeri Kagunda and Eleanor R. Wood; Assistant Editor Sofia Barker; Host Matt Dovey; Audio Producers Peter Adrian Behravesh, Devin Martin, and Eric Valdes
Strange Horizons, edited by The Strange Horizons Editorial Team
Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing/poetry editor Chimedum Ohaegbu; managing editor Monte Lin; nonfiction editor Meg Elison; podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

Best Professional Artist

Sija Hong
Kuri Huang
Paul Lewin
Alyssa Winans
Jian Zhang
Enzhe Zhao

Best Editor, Long Form

Ruoxi Chen
Lindsey Hall
Lee Harris
Sarah Peed
Huan Yan
Haijun Yao

Best Editor, Short Form

Scott H. Andrews
Neil Clarke
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
Sheree Renée Thomas
Xu Wang
Feng Yang

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

Andor: “One Way Out”, written by Beau Willimon, Tony Gilroy, and George Lucas, directed by Toby Haynes (Lucasfilm)
Andor: “Rix Road”, written by Tony Gilroy and George Lucas, directed by Benjamin Caron (Lucasfilm)
The Expanse: “Babylon’s Ashes”, written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Naren Shankar, directed by Breck Eisner (Alcon Entertainment)
For All Mankind: “Stranger in a Strange Land”, written by Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi, directed by Craig Zisk (Tall Ship Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: “Whose Show is This?”, written by Jessica Gao, Francesca Gailes, and Jacqueline Gailes, directed by Kat Coiro (Marvel Entertainment)
Stranger Things: “Chapter Four: Dear Billy”, written by Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, and Paul Dichter, directed by Shawn Levy (21 Laps Entertainment)

Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form

Avatar: The Way of Water, screenplay by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver, directed by James Cameron (Lightstorm Entertainment / TSG Entertainment II)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, screenplay by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, directed by Ryan Coogler (Marvel Studios)
Everything Everywhere All at Once, screenplay by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Sheinert (IAC Films / Gozie AGBO)
Nope, written by Jordan Peele, directed by Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures / Monkeypaw Productions)
Severance (Season 1), written by Dan Erickson, Anna Ouyang Moench et al., directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle (Red Hour Productions / Fifth Season)
Turning Red, screenplay by Julia Cho and Domee Shi, directed by Domee Shi (Walt Disney Studios / Pixar Animation Studios)

Best Related Work

Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road, by Kyle Buchanan (William Morrow)
Buffalito World Outreach Project, by Lawrence M. Schoen (Paper Golem LLC)
Chinese Science Fiction, An Oral History, Volume 1, by Yang Feng (Chengdu Times Press)
“The Ghost of Workshops Past”, by S.L. Huang (Tor.com)
Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir, by Wil Wheaton (William Morrow)
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes, by Rob Wilkins (Doubleday)

Best Graphic Story or Comic

Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams, by Bartosz Sztybor, Filipe Andrade, Alessio Fioriniello, Roman Titov, Krzysztof Ostrowski (Dark Horse Books)
DUNE: The Official Movie Graphic Novel, by Lilah Sturges, Drew Johnson, Zid (Legendary Comics)
Monstress vol. 7: Devourer, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
Once & Future Vol 4: Monarchies in the UK, by Kieron Gillen / Dan Mora (BOOM! Studios)
Saga, Vol. 10, by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Fonografiks (Image Comics)
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, and Matheus Lopes (DC Comics)

Best Series

Children of Time Series, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Pan Macmillan/Orbit)
The Founders Trilogy, by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey)
The Locked Tomb, by Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com)
October Daye, by Seanan McGuire (DAW)
Rivers of London, by Ben Aaronovich (Orion)
The Scholomance, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)

Best Short Story

“D.I.Y.”, by John Wiswell (Tor.com, August 2022)
“On the Razor’s Edge”, by Jiang Bo (Science Fiction World, January 2022)
“Rabbit Test”, by Samantha Mills (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2022)
“Resurrection”, by Ren Qing (Future Fiction/Science Fiction World, December 2022)
“The White Cliff”, by Lu Ban (Science Fiction World, May 2022)
“Zhurong on Mars”, by Regina Kanyu Wang (Frontiers, September 2022)

Best Novelette

“The Difference Between Love and Time”, by Catherynne M. Valente (Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance, Solaris)
“A Dream of Electric Mothers”, by Wole Talabi (Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, Tordotcom)
“If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You”, by John Chu (Uncanny Magazine, July-August 2022)
“Murder By Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness”, by S.L. Huang (Clarkesworld, December 2022)
“The Space-Time Painter”, by Hai Ya (Galaxy’s Edge, April 2022)
“We Built This City”, by Marie Vibbert (Clarkesworld, June 2022)

Best Novella

Even Though I Knew the End, by C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)
Into the Riverlands, by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
A Mirror Mended, by Alix E. Harrow (Tordotcom)
Ogres, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris)
What Moves the Dead, by T. Kingfisher (Tor Nightfire)
Where the Drowned Girls Go, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)

Best Novel

Email from Chengdu Ends

Original Post follows –