2023 Results
science fiction awards database
Science Fiction Hall of Fame
- creator : N. K. Jemisin
- creator : John Carpenter
- creation : Rocky Horror Picture Show
- creation : Dune
Hugo Awards
- novel : Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher
- novella : Where the Drowned Girls Go, Seanan McGuire
- novelette : “The Space-Time Painter”, Hai Ya
- short story : “Rabbit Test”, Samantha Mills
- related work : Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes, Rob Wilkins
- graphic story or comic : Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams, Bartosz Sztybor, Filipe Andrade, Alessio Fioriniello, Roman Titov & Krzysztof Ostrowski
- dramatic presentation: long form : Everything Everywhere All at Once
- dramatic presentation: short form : The Expanse: “Babylon's Ashes”
- editor, short form : Neil Clarke
- editor, long form : Lindsey Hall
- professional artist : Enzhe Zhao
- semiprozine : Uncanny Magazine, Lynne M. Thomas (publisher and editor-in-chief), Michael Damian Thomas (publisher and editor-in-chief), Chimedum Ohaegbu (managing/poetry editor), Monte Lin (managine editor), Meg Elison (nonfiction editor), Erika Ensign (podcast producer), Steven Schapansky (podcast producer)
- fanzine : Zero Gravity Newspaper, RiverFlow & Ling Shizhen
- fan writer : Chris M. Barkley
- fan artist : Richard Man
- fancast : Hugo, Girl!, Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson & Kevin Anderson
- series : Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky
Nebula Awards
- novel : Babel, R. F. Kuang
- novella : Even Though I Knew the End, C. L. Polk
- novelette : “If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You”, John Chu
- short story : “Rabbit Test”, Samantha Mills
- game writing : Elden Ring, Hidetaka Miyazaki & George R. R. Martin
World Fantasy Awards
- life achievement : Peter Crowther
- life achievement : John Douglas
- novel : Saint Death's Daughter, C. S. E. Cooney
- novella : Pomegranates, Priya Sharma
- short fiction : “Incident at Bear Creek Lodge”, Tananarive Due
- anthology : Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, Sheree Ren�e Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Zelda Knight, eds.
- collection : All Nightmare Long, Tim Lebbon
- artist : Kinuko Y. Craft
- special award, professional : Matt Ottley
- special award, non-professional : Michael Kelly
Andre Norton Award
- Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion, K. Tempest Bradford
British Fantasy Awards
- fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) : The Spear Cuts Through Water, Simon Jimenez
- horror novel (August Derleth Award) : Just Like Home, Sarah Gailey
- anthology : Someone in Time, Jonathan Strahan, ed.
- collection : Under the Moon, E. M. Faulds
- novella : The Queen of the High Fields, Rhiannon A. Grist
- short fiction : “Morta”, James Bennett
- non-fiction : An Earnest Blackness, Eugen Bacon
- independent press : Luna
- magazine/periodical : Interzone
- artist : Vince Haig
- audio : The Stranger Times, C. K. McDonnell
- Karl Edward Wagner Award for Special Achievement : Ann Landmann
- Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer : Hiron Ennes
British SF Association Awards
- novel : City of Last Chances, Adrian Tchaikovsky
- short fiction : Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances, Aliette de Bodard
- book for younger readers : Unraveller, Frances Hardinge
- nonfiction : Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes, Rob Wilkins
- artwork : The Red Scholar's Wake, Alyssa Winans
Arthur C. Clarke Award
- Venomous Lumpsucker, Ned Beauman
Dragon Awards
- sf novel : The Icarus Plot, Timothy Zahn
- fantasy novel (including paranormal) : The Witch King, Martha Wells
- YA/middle grade novel : The Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik
- alternate history novel : Lost in Time, A. G. Riddle
- horror novel : A House with Good Bones, T. Kingfisher
- illustrative cover : Tower of Silence, Kurt Miller
- comic book or graphic novel : Dune: House Harkonnen, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson & Michael Shelfer
- SF/F TV series, TV, or Internet : The Sandman
- SF/F movie : Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Eugie Awards
- “Quandary Aminu vs The Butterly Man”, Rich Larson
Ignyte Awards
- adult novel : The Blood Trials, N. E. Davenport
- YA novel : Bloodmarked, Tracy Deonn
- middle grade novel : Witchlings, Claribel A. Ortega
- novella : Into the Riverlands, Nghi Vo
- novelette : “If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You”, John Chu
- short story : “The Lady of the Yellow-Painted Library”, Tobi Ogundiran
- poetry : “We Smoke Pollution”, Ai Jiang
- critics award : Nerds of a Feather
- fiction podcast : Black Women Are Scary
- artist : Aimee Campbell
- comics team : Where Black Stars Rise, Marie Enger & Nadia Shammas
- anthology/collected works : Reclaim the Stars, Zoraida C�rdova, ed.
- creative nonfiction : “The H Word: Horror in a Country that Is Not Afraid of Death”, Dante Luiz
- Ember award : Afronauts Podcast
- community award : Flights of Fountry
Le Guin Prize
- Arboreality, Rebecca Campbell
Lodestar Award
- Akata Woman, Nnedi Okorafor
Philip K. Dick Award
- The Extractionist, Kimberly Unger
Ray Bradbury Award
- Everything Everywhere All at Once, Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Shirley Jackson Awards
- novel : Where I End, Sophie White
- novel : The Devil Takes You Home, Gabino Iglesias
- novella : The Bone Lantern, Angela Slatter
- novelette : What the Dead Know, Nghi Vo
- short fiction : “Pre-Simulation Consultation XF007867”, Kim Fu
- collection : We Are Here to Hurt Each Other, Paula D. Ashe
- anthology : The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors, Doug Murano, ed.
Bram Stoker Awards
- lifetime achievement : Nuzo Onoh
- lifetime achievement : John Saul
- lifetime achievement : Elizabeth Massie
- novel : The Devil Takes You Home, Gabino Iglesias
- first novel : Beulah, Christi Nogle
- young adult novel : The Triangle, Robert P. Ottone
- middle grade novel : They Stole Our Hearts, Daniel Kraus
- long fiction : The Wehrwolf, Alma Katsu
- short fiction : “Fracture”, Mercedes M. Yardley
- collection : Breakable Things, Cassandra Khaw
- anthology : Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous, Ellen Datlow, ed.
- nonfiction : Writing in the Dark: The Workbook, Tim Waggoner
- short nonfiction : “I Don't Read Horror (& Other Weird Tales)”, Lee Murray
- graphic novel : Kolchak: The Night Stalker: 50th Anniversary, James Aquilone, ed.
- screenplay : Stranger Things: “s4e1: Chapter One: The Hellfire Club”, The Duffer Brothers
- screenplay : The Black Phone, Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill
- poetry collection : Crime Scene, Cynthia Pelayo
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
- “Rabbit Test”, Samantha Mills
Locus Awards
- sf novel : The Kaiju Preservation Society, John Scalzi
- fantasy novel : Babel, R. F. Kuang
- horror novel : What Moves the Dead, T. Kingfisher
- young adult novel : Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, Charlie Jane Anders
- first novel : The Mountain in the Sea, Ray Nayler
- novella : A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, Becky Chambers
- novelette : “If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You”, John Chu
- short story : “Rabbit Test”, Samantha Mills
- collection : Boys, Beasts & Men, Sam J. Miller
- anthology : Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, Sheree Ren�e Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Zelda Knight, eds.
- nonfiction : Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography, Rob Wilkins
- illustrated and art book : Chivalry, Neil Gaiman, art by Colleen Doran
- editor : Ellen Datlow
- magazine : Tor.com
- publisher/imprint : Tor
- artist : Charles Vess
- Special Award: Developing Diversity in Genre Communities : Carl Brandon Society
Analog Readers Poll
- novella : “Communion”, Jay Werkheiser & Frank Wu
- novelette : “Shepherd Moons”, Jerry Oltion
- short story : “Beneath the Surface, a Womb of Ice”, Deborah L. Davitt
- short story : “Sacred Cow”, Larry Niven & Steven Barnes
- fact article : “The Science Behind 'The Power of Apollo (16)'”, Marianne J. Dyson
- poem : “Belter Cats”, Mary Soon Lee
- cover : Eldar Zakirov
Asimov's Reader Poll
- novella : “The Court Martial of the Renegat Renegades”, Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- novelette : “Falling Off the Edge of the World”, Suzanne Palmer
- short story : “Sparrows”, Susan Palwick
- short story : “Destiny Delayed”, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
- poem : “The Three Laws of Poetics”, Stewart C. Baker
- cover : Maurizio Manzieri
- cover : Dominic Harman
Aurealis Awards
- sf novel : 36 Streets, T. R. Napper
- sf novella : Resembling Lepus, Amanda Kool
- sf short story : “As Though I Were a Little Sun”, Grace Chan
- fantasy novel : Path of Thorns, Angela Slatter
- fantasy novella : Winterbloom, Kirstyn McDermott
- fantasy short story : “The Icecutter's Daughter”, Aiki Flinthart
- horror novel : The Stone Road, Trent Jamieson
- horror novella : “Kookaburra Cruel”, Aaron Dries
- horror short story : “They Call Me Mother”, Geneve Flynn
- anthology : This All Come Back Now, Mykaela Saunders, ed.
- collection : Here be Leviathans, Chris Flynn
- graphic novel/illustrated work : The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness, Matt Ottley
- young adult novel : Only a Monster, Vanessa Len
- young adult short story : “Tastes Like Home”, Kiera Lesley
- children's fiction : The Wintrish Girl, Melanie La'Brooy
- Convenors' Award : The Phantom Never Dies, Maria Lewis
Aurora Awards
- novel : The Embroidered Book, Kate Heartfield
- ya novel : The Hollow Boys, Douglas Smith
- short story : “Broken Vow: The Adventures of Flick Gibson, Intergalactic Videographer”, Peter G. Reynolds
- novelette/novella : The Jade Setter of Janloon, Fonda Lee
- related work : Nothing Without Us Too, Cait Gordon & Talia C. Johnson, eds.
- related work : The Astronaut Always Rings Twice, Shannon Allen & JR Campbell, eds.
- graphic novel/comic : It Never Rains, Kari Maaren
- poem/song : “Rapunzel in the Desert”, Melissa Yuan-Innes
- cover art/interior illustration : Arboreality, Rachel Yu Lobbenberg
William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award
- The Spear Cuts Through Water, Simon Jimenez
Compton Crook Stephen Tall Memorial Award
- The Ballad of Perilous Graves, Alex Jennings
Ditmar Awards
- novel : 36 Streets, T. R. Napper
- novella or novelette : “Remnants and Bad Water”, Kaaron Warren
- novella or novelette : “The Smell of Waiting”, Kaaron Warren
- short story : “Everything so slow and quiet”, Kaaron Warren
- collected work : Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts, Aaron Dries
- fan publication in any medium : Pratchat Podcast, Ben McKenzie & Elizabeth Flux
- fan writer : Kat Clay
- fan artist : C. H. Pearce
- new talent : Aaron Dries
- William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review : Ian Mond
Dwarf Stars Award
- “Believe the Graves”, Rasha Abdulhadi
- “In Perpetuity”, Bruce Boston
Elgin Awards
- full-length book : Some Disassembly Required, David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- chapbook : The Last Robot and Other Science Fiction Poems, Jane Yolen
Endeavour Award
- The Bone Orchard, Sara A. Mueller
The Kitschies
- Red Tentacle (novel) : The Last Blade Priest, W. P. Wiles
- Golden Tentacle (debut novel) : Our Wives Under the Sea, Julia Armfield
- Inky Tentacle (cover art) : Paper Crusade, Klara Smith
Lambda Award
- LGBTQ+ speculative fiction : The Wicked and the Willing, Lianyu Tan
Mythopoeic Awards
- adult literature : When the Angels Left the Old Country, Sacha Lamb
- children's literature : The Ogress and the Orphans, Kelly Barnhill
- Inklings studies : Charles Williams and C.S. Lewis: Friends in Co-inherence, Paul S. Fiddes
- myth and fantasy studies : Fantasy: How It Works, Brian Attebery
Prometheus Awards
- novel : Cloud-Castles, Dave Freer
- hall of fame : “Free Men”, Robert A. Heinlein
Rhysling Awards
- short poem : “Harold and the Blood-Red Crayon”, Jennifer Crow
- short poem : “In Stock Images of the Future, Everything is White”, Terese Mason Pierre
- long poem : “Machine (r)Evolution”, Colleen Anderson
Seiun Awards
- translated novel : Foundation series, Isaac Asimov
- translated story : “Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea”, Sarah Pinsker
- translated story : “The Wandering Earth”, Cixin Liu
SFWA Awards
- Infinity Award : Octavia E. Butler
- Kevin O'Donnell Jr. Service to SFWA : Mishell Baker
- Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award : Cerece Rennie Murphy
- Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award : Greg Bear
Sidewise Awards
- long form : The Peacekeeper, B. L. Blanchard
- short form : “Dreams of Electric Mothers”, Wole Talabi
- short form : “A Sky and a Heaven”, Eric Choi
WSFA Small Press Award
- “The Dragon Project”, Naomi Kritzer
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