2016

The 74th Hugo Award winners were just announced at the World Science Fiction convention, MidAmeriCon II,  in Kansas City.  The big draw about the Hugos, is unlike the Nebula Awards, the votes are cast by people at the convention.

Last year, the Hugo’s lost in a quagmire of controversy. A small collective of people under the name “Sad Puppies” and a rival group “Rabid Puppies” who are disheartened with the “touchy feely” decline of science fiction into a genre that allows gay couples and women who don’t have giant breasts to exist. The groups have garnered enough voting support to send their favorites to the top of the lists, then have seemingly been quite open about achieving their goals.

BEST NOVEL

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

BEST NOVELLA

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

BEST NOVELETTE

“Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfang

BEST SHORT STORY

“Cat Pictures Please” by Naomi Kritzer

 

BEST GRAPHIC STORY

The Sandman: Overture written by Neil Gaiman

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM

The Martian screenplay by Drew Goddard, directed by Ridley Scott (Scott Free Productions; Kinberg Genre; TSG Entertainment; 20th Century Fox)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM

Jessica Jones: “AKA Smile” written by Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, and Jamie King, directed by Michael Rymer (Marvel Television; ABC Studios; Tall Girls Productions;Netflix)

BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM

Ellen Datlow

BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM

Sheila E. Gilbert

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

Abigail Larson

BEST SEMIPROZINE

Uncanny Magazine edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, and Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky

BEST FANZINE

File 770 edited by Mike Glyer

BEST FAN WRITER

Mike Glyer

BEST FAN ARTIST

Steve Stiles

Editor-in-chief | michael@goodereader.com

Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.