The Hugo Awards

2026 Worldcon to Present Hugo Award for Best Poem LAcon V, the 2026 Worldcon, announced on December 1, 2025 that they would use their authority under Section 3.3.20 of the WSFS Constitution to present a Hugo Award for Best Poem as part of the 2026…

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2025 Hugo Award Winners Our heartfelt congratulations to this year's Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding award winners! The winners are listed here, along with links to this year's administrator's report and voting statistics.

We'll update the Hugo Awards website later today, but the detailed results of the 2025 Hugo Awards are posted to the @seattlein2025.org website: seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-aw...

Business Meeting Agenda and Information The 2025 Business Meeting Agenda, along with the instructions for the virtual meeting platform, may be downloaded from the 'Documents' section of this page.

The 2025 WSFS Business Meeting Agenda & Virtual Instructions are now live!

Attending or virtual attending members of Seattle Worldcon are eligible to review these documents to help shape the future of the WSFS at the first virtual business meeting on July 4!

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Hugo Awards Information The Hugo Award® is the leading award for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy. The Hugo Awards were first presented in 1953 and have been awarded every year since 1955 by the…

Hugo Voting opens Wednesday, April 23 at 9 a.m. PDT for all WSFS members!

The Hugo Packet will also be available to download at that time—and it's a big one (over 30 GB!). We’ve tried to optimize for speed, but please be patient when downloading.

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Seattle Worldcon 2025 icon with rocket indicating Hugo Voting is now open.

Hugo Awards Voting is NOW OPEN!

All WSFS members can now cast their votes and access the Hugo Packet — packed with finalist works across all categories!

Voting closes July 23 at 11:59 p.m. PDT, so don’t wait too long!

Learn more here: seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-aw...

ASTOUNDING AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER Moniquill Blackgoose Bethany Jacobs Hannah Kaner Angela Liu Jared Pechacek Tia Tashiro 341 ballots cast for 168 nominees Finalists range 28 to 96

LODESTAR AWARD FOR BEST YA BOOK THE FEAST MAKERS by H.A. Clarke (Erewhon) HEAVENLY TYRANT by Xiran Jay Zhao (Tundra Books) THE MAID AND THE CROCODILE by Jordan Ifueko (Amulet) 268 ballots cast for 175 nominees Finalists range 18 to 52

LODESTAR AWARD FOR BEST YA BOOK MOONSTORM by Yoon Ha Lee (Delacorte Press) SHEINE LENDE by Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido) So LET THEM BURN by Kamilah Cole (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) 268 ballots cast for 175 nominees Finalists range 18 to 52

BEST POEM CALYPSO by Oliver K. Langmead (Titan) "EVER NOIR" by Mari Ness (Haven Spec Magazine, Issue 16, July 2024) "THERE ARE NO TAXIS FOR THE DEAD" by Angela Liu (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 58) 219 ballots cast for 266 nominees Finalists range 11 to 26

✨ 2025 Hugo, Lodestar, & Astounding Awards Finalists (🧵 1/10) ✨

🚀 2025 Astounding Award Finalists for Best New Writer

🚀 2025 Lodestar Award Finalists for Best Young Adult Book

Congratulations to all of the finalists!

#HugoAwards #AstoundingAward #LodestarAward #Worldcon #SeattleWorldcon2025

2025 Hugo Award Nominations Open Through March 14, 2025 Nominations are now open for the 2025 Hugo Awards. See the 2025 Seattle Worldcon website for nomination information. WSFS members of the 2025 Seattle Worldcon and 2024 Glasgow Worldcon are eligible…

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The Seattle Worldcon 2025 logo over the Hugo Rocket in a circle that says Hugo Award Nominations Now Open, all over a wavy blue and gold background.

🚀 Nominations for the 2025 Hugo Awards are now open! 🚀

Members of the 2025 Seattle Worldcon & the 2024 Glasgow Worldcon can nominate for the 2025 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award & the Astounding Awards

Deadline: March 14, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PDT
Learn more: https://buff.ly/3QcUTw6

#HugoAwards

We're working on it.

WSFS Business Meeting Issues Apology The 2024 World Science Fiction Society Business Meeting held at the 2024 Glasgow Worldcon passed a resolution apologizing “for any failures in the administration of the 2023 Hugo Awards.&#822…

The 2024 World Science Fiction Society Business Meeting held at the 2024 Glasgow Worldcon passed a resolution apologizing “for any failures in the administration of the 2023 Hugo Awards.” www.thehugoawards.org/2024/09/wsfs...

2024 Hugo Award Winners Glasgow 2024, a Worldcon for Our Futures (the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention) announced the winners of the 2024 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award fo…

2024 Hugo Award Winners www.thehugoawards.org/2024/08/2024...

The winners of the 2024 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award for Best New Writer were announced on Sunday, 11 August, 2024, during a formal ceremony at Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon for our Futures.

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Glasgow 2024 Disqualifies Fraudulent Hugo Ballots The Glasgow 2024 Hugo Administration Subcommittee, led by Hugo Administrator Nicholas Whyte, issued the following statement on July 22, 2024 and has released a corresponding announcement video.

Glasgow 2024 Disqualifies Fraudulent Hugo Ballots www.thehugoawards.org/2024/07/glas...

Worldcon Heritage Organization Succeeds in Buying First Hugo at Auction Ackerman’s Hugo Close-up of plaque The first Hugo Award ever presented, given to Forrest J Ackerman by Isaac Asimov at the 1953 Worldcon, was acquired by Worldcon Heritage Organization w…

Worldcon Heritage Organization Succeeds in Buying First Hugo at Auction file770.com/worldcon-her... This means that the trophy will become part of Worldcon historical exhibits instead of vanishing into a private collection. The money that WHO spent was raised by private contributions from fans.

Do You Want To Own the First Hugo Award Ever Given? Ackerman and Asimov as first ever Hugo Award is presented in 1953. On June 7 the Hugo Award given to Forrest J Ackerman by Isaac Asimov at the 1953 Worldcon will be up for auction – the first ever …

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We are incredibly excited to announce that our Hugo Packet is now available! Everyone with a WSFS membership will have received an email with instructions on how to access this!
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The Hugo Award is named for Luxembourg-born Hugo Gernsback, recognized as the “Father of Magazine SF." He has a crater on the Moon named for him, and a street named for him in his home country. www.thehugoawards.org/wp-content/u...

Due to technical difficulties the event live stream failed and recording sectioned it into 2. This is part 1.Part 2 is here https://youtu.be/yI4JJEzQWzo?si=P... Town Hall Event: Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards Glasgow 2024 - Part 1

The recording of the Hugo Town Hall is split into two parts, both of which you can see at the links below on our YouTube channel:

Part 1 youtu.be/x85xfzjSw1g?...

Part 2 youtu.be/yI4JJEzQWzo?...

We are delighted to announce that the voting for the Hugo Awards 2024 is now open! You can find out more about eligibility and how to vote here:

glasgow2024.org/hugo-awards/...

The deadline for voting for the Hugo Awards is Saturday the 20th of July at 20:17 GMT.

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2024 Hugo Awards, Astounding Award and Lodestar Award Voting Open www.thehugoawards.org/2024/04/2024...

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Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon For Our Futures will be holding a Virtual Town Hall Webinar Event about thetimeline and processes for the Hugo, Lodestar and Astounding Awards on Saturday, April 20th at 7 pm (BST). Get your free ticket at the link below

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Watch the announcement of the Finalists for The Hugo, Lodestar and Astounding Award in this specially curated video by the Glasgow 2024 Worldcon Team:

youtu.be/JqWYSAUrPrg 

Congratulations and best of luck to all the Finalists!

#Glasgow2024 #HugoFinalists #Hugos

2024 Hugo Award, Lodestar Award, and Astounding Finalists Announced www.thehugoawards.org/2024/03/2024...

Glasgow 2024 Announces Designers for the 2024 Hugo and Lodestar Award Trophies www.thehugoawards.org/2024/03/glas...

The WSFS Mark Protection Committee has issued the
following Press Release: www.wsfs.org/2024/02/26/a...

Glasgow 2024 Hugo Awards Statement – 15th February 2024 www.thehugoawards.org/2024/02/glas...

Worldcon events are not operated by the Hugo Awards website. Worldcon events are run by each individual Worldcon.

We are happy to announce that nominations for the Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards have reopened.

For full information about the nomination process please see our webpages
glasgow2024.org/hugo-awards/...

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