• 2025 Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards Winners

    From James Nicoll@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 18 02:59:39 2025
    Best Novel: The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett

    Best Novella: The Tusks of Extinction, Ray Nayler

    Best Novelette: The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea, Naomi Kritzer

    Best Short Story: Stitched to Skin Like Family Is, Nghi Vo

    Best Series: Between Earth and Sky, Rebecca Roanhorse

    Best Graphic Story or Comic: Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your
    Own Way, written by Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio

    Best Related Work: Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the
    Alt-Right, Jordan S. Carroll

    Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Dune: Part Two, screenplay
    by Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts, directed by Denis Villeneuve

    Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Star Trek: Lower Decks: The
    New Next Generation, created and written by Mike McMahan, based
    on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Megan Lloyd

    Best Game or Interactive Work: Caves of Qud, co-creators Brian Bucklew
    & Jason Grinblat; contributors Nick DeCapua, Corey Frang, Craig Hamilton, Autumn McDonell, Bastia Rosen, Caelyn Sandel, Samuel Wilson; sound
    design A Shell in the Pit

    Best Editor, Short Form: Neil Clarke

    Best Editor, Long Form: Diana M. Pho

    Best Professional Artist: Alyssa Winans

    Best Semiprozine: Uncanny, publishers and editors-in-chief
    Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas; managing editor Monte Lin;
    poetry editor Betsy Aoki, podcast producers Erika Ensign & Steven
    Schapansky

    Best Fanzine: Black Nerd Problems, editors William Evans & Omar Holmon

    Best Fancast: Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones, presented by Emily
    Tesh & Rebecca Fraimow

    Best Fan Writer: Abigail Nussbaum

    Best Fan Artist: Sara Felix

    Best Poem: A War of Words, Marie Brennan

    Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book: Sheine Lende, Darcie
    Little Badger

    Astounding Award for Best New Writer: Moniquill Blackgoose
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  • From Garrett Wollman@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 18 10:42:03 2025
    In article <107t1pr$fpu$1@reader1.panix.com>,
    James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
    Best Novel: The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett
    Best Novella: The Tusks of Extinction, Ray Nayler
    Best Novelette: The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea, Naomi Kritzer
    Best Short Story: Stitched to Skin Like Family Is, Nghi Vo

    Out of all the categories that I voted in (I did not vote for novel or
    the fan categories) this is the only one where the overall body of
    Hugo voters chose the same work as I ranked first. Which is, to be
    honest, par for the course -- I am apparently quite unusual in my
    preferences among WSFS members.

    -GAWollman
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  • From Robert Woodward@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 18 15:04:01 2025
    In article <107t1pr$fpu$1@reader1.panix.com>,
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

    Best Novel: The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett


    I forgot to save a copy of my ballot, but I know that I had this as my
    first choice in the Novel category.

    The administrators reported that there were several categories that had
    very narrow wins, including 1 one vote difference. I await the formal
    full report.

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    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. -----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com

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