Hugo Award for Best Novella
{{Short description|Annual award for science fiction or fantasy}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Hugo Award for Best Novella
| current_awards =
| awarded_for = The best science fiction or fantasy story of between 17,500 and 40,000 words published in the prior calendar year
| presenter = World Science Fiction Society
| country =
| location =
| year = 1968
| holder = T. Kingfisher (Thornhedge)
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| website = {{URL|http://www.thehugoawards.org/}}
}}
The Hugo Award for Best Novella is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novella award is available for works of fiction of between 17,500 and 40,000 words; awards are also given out in the short story, novelette and novel categories. The Hugo Awards have been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction" and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing".
The Hugo Award for Best Novella has been awarded annually since 1968. In addition to the regular Hugo Awards, beginning in 1996 Retrospective Hugo Awards, or "Retro Hugos", have been available to be awarded for years 50, 75, or 100 years prior in which no awards were given. Retro Hugos may only be awarded for years after 1939 in which no awards were originally given. To date, Retro Hugo awards have been given for novellas for 1939, 1941, 1943–1946, 1951, and 1954.
During the 66 nomination years, 192 authors have had works as finalists; 47 of these have won, including coauthors and Retro Hugos. One translator has been noted along with the author of a novella written in a language other than English: Alex Woodend, in 2024, for translations of two works from Chinese. Connie Willis has received the most Hugos for Best Novella at four out of eight final ballot nominations. Willis and Charles Stross at three out of four nominations, and Robert A. Heinlein at three out of six nominations for Retro Hugos, are the only authors to have won more than twice. Seanan McGuire has earned nine nominations, the most of any author; Robert Silverberg has earned eight, Nancy Kress seven, and Heinlein, George R. R. Martin, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Lucius Shepard six, the only authors besides Willis to get more than five. Robinson has the highest number of nominations without winning.
Selection
Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by the supporting and attending members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention, or Worldcon, and the presentation evening constitutes its central event. The selection process is defined in the World Science Fiction Society Constitution as instant-runoff voting with six finalists, except in the case of a tie. These novellas on the ballot are the six most-nominated by members that year, with no limit on the number of stories that can be nominated. Initial nominations are made by members in January through March, while voting on the ballot of six finalists is performed roughly in April through July, subject to change depending on when that year's Worldcon is held. Prior to 2017, the final ballot was five works; it was changed that year to six, with each initial nominator limited to five nominations. Worldcons are generally held near the start of September, and are held in a different city around the world each year. Members are permitted to vote "no award", if they feel that none of the finalists is deserving of the award that year, and in the case that "no award" takes the majority the Hugo is not given in that category. This happened in the Best Novella category in 2015.
Winners and finalists
In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the novella was first published. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature". Entries with a yellow background have won the award; those with a grey background are the finalists on the short-list. If the novella was originally published in a book with other stories rather than by itself or in a magazine, the book title is included after the publisher's name.
* Winners and joint winners
+ No winner selected
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!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1968 | {{sortname|Philip José|Farmer}}* | "Riders of the Purple Wage" | Dangerous Visions (Doubleday) | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
| {{sortname|Anne|McCaffrey}}* | "Weyr Search" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Roger|Zelazny}} | "Damnation Alley" | Galaxy Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Samuel R.|Delany}} | {{sort|"Star Pit"|"The Star Pit"}} | Worlds of Tomorrow | |
| {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}} | "Hawksbill Station" | Galaxy Science Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1969 | {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}}* | "Nightwings" | Galaxy Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Anne|McCaffrey}} | "Dragonrider" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Samuel R.|Delany}} | "Lines of Power" | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|Dean|McLaughlin|dab=writer}} | "Hawk Among the Sparrows" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1970 | {{sortname|Fritz|Leiber}}* | "Ship of Shadows" | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|Harlan|Ellison}} | {{sort|"Boy and His Dog"|"A Boy and His Dog"}} | {{sort|Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World|The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World}} (Avon Publications) | |
| {{sortname|James|Blish}} | "We All Die Naked" | Three for Tomorrow (Meredith Press) | |
| {{sortname|Anne|McCaffrey}} | "Dramatic Mission" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}} | "To Jorslem" | Galaxy Science Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1971 | {{sortname|Fritz|Leiber}}* | "Ill Met in Lankhmar" | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|Clifford D.|Simak}} | {{sort|"Thing in the Stone"|"The Thing in the Stone"}} | If | |
| {{sortname|Harlan|Ellison}} | {{sort|"Region Between"|"The Region Between"}} | Galaxy Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}} | {{sort|"World Outside"|"The World Outside"}} | Galaxy Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Dean|Koontz}} | "Beastchild" | Venture Science Fiction Magazine | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1972 | {{sortname|Poul|Anderson}}* | {{sort|"Queen of Air and Darkness"|"The Queen of Air and Darkness"}} | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|Arthur C.|Clarke}} | {{sort|"Meeting with Medusa"|"A Meeting with Medusa"}} | Playboy | |
| {{sortname|Larry|Niven}} | {{sort|"Fourth Profession"|"The Fourth Profession"}} | Quark/4 (Paperback Library) | |
| {{sortname|John|Brunner|John Brunner (novelist)}} | "Dread Empire" | Fantastic | |
| {{sortname|Gardner|Dozois}} | {{sort|"Special Kind of Morning"|"A Special Kind of Morning"}} | New Dimensions 1 (Doubleday) | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1973 | {{sortname|Ursula K.|Le Guin}}* | {{sort|"Word for World Is Forest"|"The Word for World Is Forest"}} | Again, Dangerous Visions (Doubleday) | |
| {{sortname|Frederik|Pohl}} | {{sort|"Gold at the Starbow's End"|"The Gold at the Starbow's End"}} | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Gene|Wolfe}} | {{sort|"Fifth Head of Cerberus"|"The Fifth Head of Cerberus"}} | Orbit #10 (Putnam Publishing Group) | |
| {{sortname|Joe|Haldeman}} | "Hero" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Jerry|Pournelle}} | {{sort|"Mercenary"|"The Mercenary"}} | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1974 | {{sortname|James|Tiptree, Jr.}}* | {{sort|"Girl Who Was Plugged In"|"The Girl Who Was Plugged In"}} | New Dimensions 3 (Doubleday) | |
| {{sortname|Gene|Wolfe}} | {{sort|"Death of Doctor Island"|"The Death of Doctor Island"}} | Universe 3 (Bantam Spectra) | |
| {{sortname|Michael|Bishop|Michael Bishop (author)}} | "Death and Designation Among the Asadi" | If | |
| {{sortname|Michael|Bishop|Michael Bishop (author)}} | {{sort|"White Otters of Childhood"|"The White Otters of Childhood"}} | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|Gardner|Dozois}} | "Chains of the Sea" | Chains of the Sea (X-S Books) | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1975 | {{sortname|George R. R.|Martin}}* | {{sort|"Song for Lya"|"A Song for Lya"}} | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Gardner|Dozois}} | "Strangers" | New Dimensions 4 (Doubleday) | |
| {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}} | "Born with the Dead" | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|Norman|Spinrad}} | "Riding the Torch" | Threads of Time (Thomas Nelson) | |
| {{sortname|Jack|Vance}} | "Assault on a City" | Universe 4 (Bantam Spectra) | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1976 | {{sortname|Roger|Zelazny}}* | "Home Is the Hangman" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|George R. R.|Martin}}
|rowspan="2"| {{sort|"Storms of Windhaven"|"The Storms of Windhaven"}} |rowspan="2"| Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |||
| {{sortname|Lisa|Tuttle}} | |||
| {{sortname|Larry|Niven}} | "ARM" | Epoch (Putnam Publishing Group) | |
| {{sortname|Algis|Budrys}} | {{sort|"Silent Eyes of Time"|"The Silent Eyes of Time"}} | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|Richard|Cowper}} | {{sort|"Custodians"|"The Custodians"}} | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1977 | {{sortname|Spider|Robinson}}* | "By Any Other Name" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
| {{sortname|James|Tiptree, Jr.}}* | "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" | Aurora: Beyond Equality (Fawcett Publications) | |
| {{sortname|Michael|Bishop|Michael Bishop (author)}} | {{sort|"Samurai and the Willows"|"The Samurai and the Willows"}} | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|Richard|Cowper}} | "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1978 | {{sortname|Spider|Robinson}}* |rowspan="2"| "Stardance" |rowspan="2"| Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |||
| style="background:lightyellow;"
| {{sortname|Jeanne|Robinson}}* | |||
| {{sortname|John|Varley|John Varley (author)}} | "In the Hall of the Martian Kings" | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|Vonda N.|McIntyre}} | "Aztecs" | 2076: The American Tricentennial (Pyramid Books) | |
| {{sortname|Gregory|Benford}} | {{sort|"Snark in the Night"|"A Snark in the Night"}} | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|Keith|Laumer}} | {{sort|"Wonderful Secret"|"The Wonderful Secret"}} | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1979 | {{sortname|John|Varley|John Varley (author)}}* | {{sort|"Persistence of Vision"|"The Persistence of Vision"}} | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|Joan D.|Vinge}} | "Fireship" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Christopher|Priest|Christopher Priest (novelist)}} | {{sort|"Watched"|"The Watched"}} | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|Brian|Aldiss}} | "Enemies of the System" | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|Gene|Wolfe}} | "Seven American Nights" | Orbit #20 (Putnam Publishing Group) | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1980 | {{sortname|Barry B.|Longyear}}* | "Enemy Mine" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Orson Scott|Card}} | "Songhouse" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Donald|Kingsbury}} | {{sort|"Moon Goddess and the Son"|"The Moon Goddess and the Son"}} | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Ted|Reynolds|Ted Reynolds (writer)}} | "Ker-Plop" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Hilbert|Schenck}} | {{sort|"Battle of the Abaco Reefs"|"The Battle of the Abaco Reefs"}} | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1981 | {{sortname|Gordon R.|Dickson}}* | "Lost Dorsai" | Destinies #2 (Ace Books) | |
| {{sortname|George R. R.|Martin}}
|rowspan="2"| "One-Wing" |rowspan="2"| Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |||
| {{sortname|Lisa|Tuttle}} | |||
| {{sortname|George R. R.|Martin}} | "Nightflyers" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Thomas M.|Disch}} | {{sort|"Brave Little Toaster"|"The Brave Little Toaster"}} | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|Harlan|Ellison}} | "All the Lies that Are My Life" | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1982 | {{sortname|Poul|Anderson}}* | {{sort|"Saturn Game"|"The Saturn Game"}} | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Phyllis|Eisenstein}} | "In the Western Tradition" | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|John|Varley|John Varley (author)}} | "Blue Champagne" | New Voices #4 (Berkley Books) | |
| {{sortname|Kate|Wilhelm}} | "With Thimbles, With Forks and Hope" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Vernor|Vinge}} | "True Names" | Binary Star #5 (Dell Publishing) | |
| {{sortname|David R.|Palmer}} | "Emergence" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1983 | {{sortname|Joanna|Russ}}* | "Souls" | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|David|Brin}} | {{sort|"Postman"|"The Postman"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|George R. R.|Martin}} | "Unsound Variations" | Amazing Stories | |
| {{sortname|Joseph H.|Delaney}} | "Brainchild" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Kim Stanley|Robinson}} | "To Leave a Mark" | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|John|Kessel}} | "Another Orphan" | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1984 | {{sortname|Timothy|Zahn}}* | "Cascade Point" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Greg|Bear}} | "Hardfought" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Joseph H.|Delaney}} | "In the Face of My Enemy" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|David R.|Palmer}} | "Seeking" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Hilbert|Schenck}} | "Hurricane Claude" | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1985 | {{sortname|John|Varley|John Varley (author)}}* | "Press Enter ■" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|David|Brin}} | "Cyclops" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Joseph H.|Delaney}}
|rowspan="2"| "Valentina" |rowspan="2"| Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |||
| {{sortname|Marc|Stiegler}} | |||
| {{sortname|Charles L.|Harness}} | "Summer Solstice" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Geoffrey A.|Landis}} | "Elemental" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1986 | {{sortname|Roger|Zelazny}}* | "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}} | "Sailing to Byzantium" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|James|Tiptree, Jr.}} | {{sort|"Only Neat Thing to Do"|"The Only Neat Thing to Do"}} | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} | |
| {{sortname|Kim Stanley|Robinson}} | "Green Mars" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|C. J.|Cherryh}} | {{sort|"Scapegoat"|"The Scapegoat"}} | Alien Stars (Baen Books) | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1987 | {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}}* | "Gilgamesh in the Outback" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Kim Stanley|Robinson}} | "Escape from Kathmandu" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Lucius|Shepard}} | "R&R" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Connie|Willis}} | "Spice Pogrom" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Michael F.|Flynn}} | "Eifelheim" | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1988 | {{sortname|Orson Scott|Card}}* | "Eye for Eye" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}} | {{sort|"Secret Sharer"|"The Secret Sharer"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Kim Stanley|Robinson}} | {{sort|"Blind Geometer"|"The Blind Geometer"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Kim Stanley|Robinson}} | "Mother Goddess of the World" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Michael F.|Flynn}} | {{sort|"Forest of Time"|"The Forest of Time"}} | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1989 | {{sortname|Connie|Willis}}* | {{sort|"Last of the Winnebagos"|"The Last of the Winnebagos"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Lucius|Shepard}} | {{sort|"Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter"|"The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Norman|Spinrad}} | "Journals of the Plague Years" | Full Spectrum (Doubleday) | |
| {{sortname|Bradley|Denton}} | {{sort|"Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians"|"The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians"}} | Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Walter Jon|Williams}} | "Surfacing" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1990 | {{sortname|Lois McMaster|Bujold}}* | {{sort|"Mountains of Mourning"|"The Mountains of Mourning"}} | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Lucius|Shepard}} | {{sort|"Father of Stones"|"The Father of Stones"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Megan|Lindholm}} | {{sort|"Touch of Lavender"|"A Touch of Lavender"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Connie|Willis}} | "Time-Out" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Judith|Moffett}} | "Tiny Tango" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1991 | {{sortname|Joe|Haldeman}}* | {{sort|"Hemingway Hoax"|"The Hemingway Hoax"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Mike|Resnick}} | "Bully!" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Kim Stanley|Robinson}} | {{sort|"Short, Sharp Shock"|"A Short, Sharp Shock"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Pat|Murphy|Pat Murphy (writer)}} | "Bones" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Pat|Cadigan}} | "Fool to Believe" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1992 | {{sortname|Nancy|Kress}}* | "Beggars in Spain" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Kristine Kathryn|Rusch}} | {{sort|"Gallery of His Dreams"|"The Gallery of His Dreams"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Connie|Willis}} | "Jack" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Michael|Swanwick}} | {{sort|"Griffin's Egg"|Griffin's Egg}} | St. Martin's Press | |
| {{sortname|Nancy|Kress}} | "And Wild for to Hold" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1993 | {{sortname|Lucius|Shepard}}* | "Barnacle Bill the Spacer" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Frederik|Pohl}} | {{sort|"Stopping at Slowyear"|Stopping at Slowyear}} | Bantam Spectra | |
| {{sortname|Maureen F.|McHugh}} | "Protection" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Jonathan|Carroll}} | "Uh-Oh City" | Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Bradley|Denton}} | {{sort|"Territory"|"The Territory"}} | Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1994 | {{sortname|Harry|Turtledove}}* | "Down in the Bottomlands" | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | |
| {{sortname|Walter Jon|Williams}} | "Wall, Stone, Craft" | Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|G. David|Nordley}} | "Into the Miranda Rift" | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | |
| {{sortname|Jack|Cady}} | {{sort|"Night We Buried Road Dog"|"The Night We Buried Road Dog"}} | Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Pat|Murphy|Pat Murphy (writer)}} | {{sort|"American Childhood"|"An American Childhood"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Harlan|Ellison}} | "Mefisto In Onyx" | Omni | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1995 | {{sortname|Mike|Resnick}}* | "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" | Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Brian|Stableford}} | "Les Fleurs du Mal" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Ursula K.|Le Guin}} | "Forgiveness Day" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Michael|Bishop|Michael Bishop (author)}} | "Cri de Coeur" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Michael F.|Flynn}} | "Melodies of the Heart" | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1996 | {{sortname|Allen|Steele}}* | {{sort|"Death of Captain Future"|"The Death of Captain Future"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Ursula K.|Le Guin}} | {{sort|"Woman's Liberation"|"A Woman's Liberation"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Mike|Resnick}}
|rowspan="2"| "Bibi" |rowspan="2"| Asimov's Science Fiction | |||
| {{sortname|Susan|Shwartz}} | |||
| {{sortname|Ursula K.|Le Guin}} | {{sort|"Man of the People"|"A Man of the People"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Nancy|Kress}} | "Fault Lines" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1997 | {{sortname|George R. R.|Martin}}* | "Blood of the Dragon" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Jack|McDevitt}} | "Time Travelers Never Die" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Gregory|Benford}} | "Immersion" | SF Age | |
| {{sortname|Jerry|Oltion}} | "Abandon in Place" | Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Mary|Rosenblum}} | "Gas Fish" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Maureen F.|McHugh}} | {{sort|"Cost to Be Wise"|"The Cost to Be Wise"}} | Starlight #1 (Tor Books) | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1998 | {{sortname|Allen|Steele}}* | {{sort|"Where Angels Fear to Tread"|"...Where Angels Fear to Tread"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Adam-Troy|Castro}} | {{sort|"Funeral March of the Marionettes"|"The Funeral March of the Marionettes"}} | Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Geoffrey A.|Landis}} | "Ecopoiesis" | SF Age | |
| {{sortname|Paul|Levinson}} | "Loose Ends" | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | |
| {{sortname|Robert|Reed|Robert Reed (author)}} | "Marrow" | SF Age | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1999 | {{sortname|Greg|Egan}}* | "Oceanic" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Catherine|Asaro}} | "Aurora in Four Voices" | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | |
| {{sortname|Ted|Chiang}} | "Story of Your Life" | Starlight #2 (Tor Books) | |
| {{sortname|Terry|Bisson}} | "Get Me to the Church on Time" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Ian R.|MacLeod}} | {{sort|"Summer Isles"|"The Summer Isles"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2000 | {{sortname|Connie|Willis}}* | {{sort|"Winds of Marble Arch"|"The Winds of Marble Arch"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Harry|Turtledove}} | "Forty, Counting Down" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Adam-Troy|Castro}}
|rowspan="2"| {{sort|"Astronaut from Wyoming"|"The Astronaut from Wyoming"}} |rowspan="2"| Analog Science Fiction and Fact | |||
| {{sortname|Jerry|Oltion}} | |||
| {{sortname|Mike|Resnick}} | "Hunting the Snark" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Kage|Baker}} | "Son Observe the Time" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2001 | {{sortname|Jack|Williamson}}* | {{sort|"Ultimate Earth"|"The Ultimate Earth"}} | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | |
| {{sortname|Catherine|Asaro}} | {{sort|"Roll of the Dice"|"A Roll of the Dice"}} | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | |
| {{sortname|Kristine Kathryn|Rusch}} | {{sort|"Retrieval Artist"|"The Retrieval Artist"}} | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | |
| {{sortname|Greg|Egan}} | "Oracle" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Ted|Chiang}} | "Seventy-Two Letters" | Vanishing Acts (Tor Books) | |
| {{sortname|Lucius|Shepard}} | "Radiant Green Star" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2002 | {{sortname|Vernor|Vinge}}* | "Fast Times at Fairmont High" | {{sort|Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge|The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge}} (Tor Books) | |
| {{sortname|Allen|Steele}} | "Stealing Alabama" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Brenda|Clough}} | "May Be Some Time" | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | |
| {{sortname|Andy|Duncan|Andy Duncan (writer)}} | {{sort|"Chief Designer"|"The Chief Designer"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Jack|Dann}} | {{sort|"Diamond Pit"|"The Diamond Pit"}} | Jubilee (Tor Books) | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2003 | {{sortname|Neil|Gaiman}}* | {{sort|"Coraline"|Coraline}} | HarperCollins | |
| {{sortname|Richard|Chwedyk}} | "Brontë's Egg" | Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Ian R.|MacLeod}} | "Breathmoss" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Paul Di|Filippo}} | {{sort|"Year in the Linear City"|A Year in the Linear City}} | PS Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Charles Coleman|Finlay}} | {{sort|"Political Officer"|"The Political Officer"}} | Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Pat|Forde|nolink=1}} | "In Spirit" | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2004 | {{sortname|Vernor|Vinge}}* | {{sort|"Cookie Monster"|"The Cookie Monster"}} | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | |
| {{sortname|Kage|Baker}} | {{sort|"Empress of Mars"|"The Empress of Mars"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Connie|Willis}} | "Just Like the Ones We Used to Know" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Walter Jon|Williams}} | {{sort|"Green Leopard Plague"|"The Green Leopard Plague"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Catherine|Asaro}} | "Walk in Silence" | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2005 | {{sortname|Charles|Stross}}* | {{sort|"Concrete Jungle"|"The Concrete Jungle"}} | {{sort|Atrocity Archives|The Atrocity Archives}} (Golden Gryphon Press) | |
| {{sortname|Bradley|Denton}} | "Sergeant Chip" | Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Charles|Stross}} | "Elector" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Lois McMaster|Bujold}} | "Winterfair Gifts" | Irresistible Forces (New American Library) | |
| {{sortname|Michael A.|Burstein}} | "Time Ablaze" | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2006 | {{sortname|Connie|Willis}}* | "Inside Job" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|James Patrick|Kelly}} | {{sort|"Burn"|Burn}} | Tachyon Publications | |
| {{sortname|Kelly|Link}} | "Magic for Beginners" | Magic for Beginners (Small Beer Press) | |
| {{sortname|Ian|McDonald|Ian McDonald (author)}} | {{sort|"Little Goddess"|"The Little Goddess"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Robert J.|Sawyer}} | "Identity Theft" | Down These Dark Spaceways (Science Fiction Book Club) | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2007 | {{sortname|Robert|Reed|Robert Reed (author)}}* | {{sort|"Billion Eves"|"A Billion Eves"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Michael|Swanwick}} | "Lord Weary's Empire" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Robert Charles|Wilson}} | {{sort|"Julian: A Christmas Story"|Julian: A Christmas Story}} | PS Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Paul|Melko}} | {{sort|"Walls of the Universe"|"The Walls of the Universe"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|William|Shunn}} | "Inclination" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2008 | {{sortname|Connie|Willis}}* | "All Seated on the Ground" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Kristine Kathryn|Rusch}} | "Recovering Apollo 8" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Nancy|Kress}} | "Fountain of Age" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Lucius|Shepard}} | "Stars Seen Through Stone" | Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Gene|Wolfe}} | "Memorare" | Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2009 | {{sortname|Nancy|Kress}}* | {{sort|"Erdmann Nexus"|"The Erdmann Nexus"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Robert|Reed|Robert Reed (author)}} | "Truth" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Ian|McDonald|Ian McDonald (author)}} | {{sort|"Tear"|"The Tear"}} | Galactic Empires (Science Fiction Book Club) | |
| {{sortname|Benjamin|Rosenbaum}}
|rowspan="2"| "True Names" |rowspan="2"| Fast Forward 2 (Pyr) | |||
| {{sortname|Cory|Doctorow}} | |||
| {{sortname|Charles Coleman|Finlay}} | {{sort|"Political Prisoner"|"The Political Prisoner"}} | Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2010 | {{sortname|Charles|Stross}}* | "Palimpsest" | Wireless (Ace Books) | |
| {{sortname|Nancy|Kress}} | "Act One" | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|John|Scalzi}} | {{sort|"God Engines"|The God Engines}} | Subterranean Press | |
| {{sortname|James|Morrow}} | {{sort|"Shambling Towards Hiroshima"|Shambling Towards Hiroshima}} | Tachyon Publications | |
| {{sortname|Ian|McDonald|Ian McDonald (author)}} | "Vishnu at the Cat Circus" | Cyberabad Days (Pyr) | |
| {{sortname|Kage|Baker}} | {{sort|"Women of Nell Gwynne's"|The Women of Nell Gwynne's}} | Subterranean Press | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2011 | {{sortname|Ted|Chiang}}* | {{sort|"Lifecycle of Software Objects"|The Lifecycle of Software Objects}} | Subterranean Press | |
| {{sortname|Rachel|Swirsky}} | {{sort|"Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window"|"The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window"}} | Subterranean Magazine | |
| {{sortname|Elizabeth|Hand}} | {{sort|"Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon"|"The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon"}} | Stories: New Tales (Morrow) | |
| {{sortname|Geoffrey A.|Landis}} | {{sort|"Sultan of the Clouds"|"The Sultan of the Clouds"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Alastair|Reynolds}} | "Troika" | Godlike Machines (Science Fiction Book Club) | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2012 | {{sortname|Kij|Johnson}}* | {{sort|"Man Who Bridged the Mist"|"The Man Who Bridged the Mist"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Mira|Grant|Seanan McGuire}} | {{sort|"Countdown"|Countdown}} | Orbit Books | |
| {{sortname|Carolyn Ives|Gilman}} | {{sort|"Ice Owl"|"The Ice Owl"}} | Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Mary Robinette|Kowal}} | {{sort|"Kiss Me Twice"|"Kiss Me Twice"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| {{sortname|Ken|Liu}} | {{sort|"Man Who Ended History: A Documentary"|"The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary"}} | Panverse 3 (Panverse Publishing) | |
| {{sortname|Catherynne M.|Valente}} | {{sort|"Silently and Very Fast"|Silently and Very Fast}} | WSFA Press | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2013 | {{sortname|Brandon|Sanderson}}* | {{sort|"Emperor's Soul"|The Emperor's Soul}} | Tachyon Publications | |
| {{sortname|Nancy|Kress}} | {{sort|"After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall"|After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall}} | Tachyon Publications | |
| {{sortname|Aliette de|Bodard}} | {{sort|"On a Red Station, Drifting"|On a Red Station, Drifting}} | Immersion Press | |
| {{sortname|Mira|Grant|Seanan McGuire}} | {{sort|"San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats"|San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats}} | Orbit Books | |
| {{sortname|Jay|Lake}} | {{sort|"Stars Do Not Lie"|"The Stars Do Not Lie"}} | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2014 | {{sortname|Charles|Stross}}* | {{sort|"Equoid"|"Equoid"}} | Tor.com | |
| {{sortname|Dan|Wells|Dan Wells (author)}} | {{sort|"Butcher of Khardov"|The Butcher of Khardov}} | Privateer Press | |
| {{sortname|Brad R.|Torgersen}} | {{sort|"Chaplain's Legacy"|"The Chaplain's Legacy"}} | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | |
| {{sortname|Catherynne M.|Valente}} | {{sort|"Six-Gun Snow White"|Six-Gun Snow White}} | Subterranean Press | |
| {{sortname|Andy|Duncan|Andy Duncan (writer)}}
|rowspan="2"| {{sort|"Wakulla Springs"|"Wakulla Springs"}} |rowspan="2"| Tor.com | |||
| {{sortname|Ellen|Klages}} | |||
| style="background:lightgray;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2015 | (no award)+ | |align="center"| | ||
| {{sortname|Arlan|Andrews, Sr.}} | "Flow" | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | |
| {{sortname|Tom|Kratman}} | {{sort|"Big Boys Don't Cry|Big Boys Don't Cry}} | Castalia House | |
| {{sortname|John C.|Wright|John C. Wright (author)}} | {{sort|"One Bright Star to Guide Them"|One Bright Star to Guide Them}} | Castalia House | |
| {{sortname|John C.|Wright|John C. Wright (author)}} | "Pale Realms of Shade" | The Book of Feasts & Seasons (Castalia House) | |
| {{sortname|John C.|Wright|John C. Wright (author)}} | {{sort|"Plural of Helen of Troy"|"The Plural of Helen of Troy"}} | City Beyond Time: Tales of the Fall of Metachronopolis (Castalia House) | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2016 | {{sortname|Nnedi|Okorafor}}* | {{sort|"Binti"|Binti}} | Tor.com | |
| {{sortname|Daniel|Polansky|nolink=1}} | {{sort|"Builders"|The Builders}} | Tor.com | |
| {{sortname|Lois McMaster|Bujold}} | {{sort|"Penric's Demon"|Penric's Demon}} | Spectrum Literary Agency | |
| {{sortname|Brandon|Sanderson}} | {{sort|"Perfect State"|Perfect State}} | Dragonsteel Entertainment | |
| {{sortname|Alastair|Reynolds}} | {{sort|"Slow Bullets"|Slow Bullets}} | Tachyon Publications | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2017 | {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}}* | {{sort|"Every Heart"|Every Heart a Doorway}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Victor|LaValle}} | {{sort|"Ballad of Black Tom"|The Ballad of Black Tom}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Kij|Johnson}} | {{sort|"Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe"|The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Lois McMaster|Bujold}} | {{sort|"Penric and the Shaman"|Penric and the Shaman}} | Spectrum Literary Agency | |
| {{sortname|Kai Ashante|Wilson}} | {{sort|"Taste of Honey"|A Taste of Honey}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|China|Miéville}} | {{sort|"This Census-Taker"|This Census-Taker}} | Del Rey Books / Picador | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2018 | {{sortname|Martha|Wells}}* | {{sort|"All Systems Red"|All Systems Red}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Sarah|Pinsker}} | "And Then There Were (N-One)" | Uncanny Magazine | |
| {{sortname|Nnedi|Okorafor}} | {{sort|"Binti: Home"|Binti: Home}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|JY|Yang}} | {{sort|"Black Tides of Heaven"|The Black Tides of Heaven}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}} | {{sort|"Down Among the Sticks and Bones"|Down Among the Sticks and Bones}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Sarah|Gailey}} | {{sort|"River of Teeth"|River of Teeth}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2019 | {{sortname|Martha|Wells}}* | {{sort|"Artificial Condition"|Artificial Condition}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}} | {{sort|"Beneath the Sugar Sky"|Beneath the Sugar Sky}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Nnedi|Okorafor}} | {{sort|"Binti: The Night Masquerade"|Binti: The Night Masquerade}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|P. Djèlí|Clark}} | {{sort|"Black God's Drums"|The Black God's Drums}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Kelly|Robson}} | {{sort|"Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach"|Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Aliette de|Bodard}} | {{sort|"Tea Master and the Detective"|The Tea Master and the Detective}} | Subterranean Press / JABberwocky Literary Agency | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="10" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2020 | {{sortname|Amal|El-Mohtar}}* |rowspan="2"| {{sort|"This Is How You Lose the Time War"|This Is How You Lose the Time War}} |rowspan="2"| Saga Press | |||
| style="background:lightyellow;"
| {{sortname|Max|Gladstone}}* | |||
| {{sortname|Ted|Chiang}} | "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" | Exhalation: Stories | |
| {{sortname|Rivers|Solomon}}
|rowspan="4"| {{sort|"Deep"|The Deep}} |rowspan="4"| Saga Press | |||
| {{sortname|Daveed|Diggs}} | |||
| {{sortname|William|Hutson|nolink=1}} | |||
| {{sortname|Jonathan|Snipes|nolink=1}} | |||
| {{sortname|P. Djèlí|Clark}} | {{sort|"Haunting of Tram Car 015"|The Haunting of Tram Car 015}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}} | {{sort|"In an Absent Dream"|In an Absent Dream}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Becky|Chambers|Becky Chambers (author)}} | {{sort|"To Be Taught, if Fortunate"|To Be Taught, if Fortunate}} | Harper Voyager | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2021 | {{sortname|Nghi|Vo}}* | {{sort|"Empress of Salt and Fortune"|The Empress of Salt and Fortune}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Nino|Cipri}} | {{sort|"Finna"|Finna}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|P. Djèlí|Clark}} | {{sort|"Ring Shout"|Ring Shout}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}} | {{sort|"Come Tumbling Down"|Come Tumbling Down}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Tochi|Onyebuchi}} | {{sort|"Riot Baby"|Riot Baby}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| {{sortname|Sarah|Gailey}} | {{sort|"Upright Women Wanted"|Upright Women Wanted}} | Tor.com Publishing | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2022 | {{sortname|Becky|Chambers|Becky Chambers (author)}}* | {{sort|"Psalm for the Wild-Built"|A Psalm for the Wild-Built}} | Tordotcom | |
| {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}} | {{sort|"Across the Green Grass Fields"|Across the Green Grass Fields}} | Tordotcom | |
| {{sortname|Adrian|Tchaikovsky}} | {{sort|"Elder Race"|Elder Race}} | Tordotcom | |
| {{sortname|Aliette de|Bodard}} | {{sort|"Fireheart Tiger"|Fireheart Tiger}} | Tordotcom | |
| {{sortname|Catherynne M.|Valente}} | {{sort|"Past Is Red"|The Past Is Red}} | Tordotcom | |
| {{sortname|Alix E.|Harrow}} | {{sort|"Spindle Splintered"|A Spindle Splintered}} | Tordotcom | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2023 | {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}}* | {{sort|"Where the Drowned Girls Go"|Where the Drowned Girls Go}} | Tordotcom | |
| {{sortname|C. L.|Polk}} | {{sort|"Even Though I Knew the End"|Even Though I Knew the End}} | Tordotcom | |
| {{sortname|Nghi|Vo}} | {{sort|"Into the Riverlands"|Into the Riverlands}} | Tordotcom | |
| {{sortname|Alix E.|Harrow}} | {{sort|"Mirror Mended"|A Mirror Mended}} | Tordotcom | |
| {{sortname|Adrian|Tchaikovsky}} | {{sort|"Ogres"|Ogres}} | Solaris Books | |
| {{sortname|Ursula|Vernon}} (as T. Kingfisher) | {{sort|"What Moves the Dead"|What Moves the Dead}} | Tor Nightfire | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="8" style="font-weight:normal; |2024 |{{sortname|Ursula|Vernon}} (as T. Kingfisher)* |{{sort|"Thornhedge"|Thornhedge}} | |||
| {{sortname|He|Xi}} (Chinese)
| rowspan="2" | "Life Does Not Allow Us to Meet" | rowspan="2" | Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers (Flame Tree Press) | |||
| {{sortname|Alex|Woodend|nolink=1}} (translator) | |||
| {{sortname|Nghi|Vo}} | {{sort|"Mammoths at the Gates"|Mammoths at the Gates}} | Tordotcom | |
| {{sortname|Malka|Older}} | {{sort|"Mimicking of Known Successes"|The Mimicking of Known Successes}} | Tordotcom | |
| {{sortname|Arkady|Martine}} | {{sort|"Rose/House|Rose/House}} | Subterranean Press | |
| {{sortname|Wang|Jinkang}} (Chinese)
|rowspan=2| "Seeds of Mercury" |rowspan=2| Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers (Flame Tree Press) | |||
| {{sortname|Alex|Woodend|nolink=1}} (translator) | |||
| scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2025
| {{sortname|Nghi|Vo}} || {{sort|Brides of High Hill|The Brides of High Hill}} || Tordotcom | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| {{sortname|Premee|Mohamed}} | {{sort|Butcher of the Forest|The Butcher of the Forest}} | Tordotcom | |
| {{sortname|Aliette de|Bodard}} | Navigational Entanglements | Tordotcom | |
| {{sortname|Sofia|Samatar}} | {{sort|Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain|The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain}} | Tordotcom | |
| {{sortname|Ray|Nayler}} | {{sort|Tusks of Extinction|The Tusks of Extinction}} | Tordotcom | |
| {{sortname|Ursula|Vernon}} (as T. Kingfisher) | What Feasts at Night | Nightfire |
= Retro Hugos =
Beginning with the 1996 Worldcon, the World Science Fiction Society created the concept of "Retro Hugos", in which the Hugo award could be retroactively awarded for years 50, 75, or 100 years before the current year, if no awards were originally given that year. Retro Hugos have been awarded eight times, for 1939, 1941, 1943–1946, 1951, and 1954.
| class="sortable wikitable" width="85%" cellpadding="5" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+ {{sronly|Retro Hugo winners and nominees}} | ||
| width="7%" scope="col"|Year
! width="7%" scope="col"|Year awarded ! width="21%" scope="col"|Author(s) ! width="35%" scope="col"|Novella ! width="26%" scope="col"|Publisher or publication ! width="4%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1939 !align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2014 | {{sortname|John W.|Campbell}} (as Don A. Stuart)* | "Who Goes There?" | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| {{sortname|Ayn|Rand}} | {{sort|"Anthem"|Anthem}} | Cassell |
| {{sortname|H. L.|Gold}} | {{sort|"Matter of Form|"A Matter of Form"}} | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| {{sortname|John|Wyndham}} | "Sleepers of Mars" | Tales of Wonder |
| {{sortname|Henry|Kuttner}} | {{sort|"Time Trap|"The Time Trap"}} | Marvel Science Stories |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="7" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1941 !align="center" rowspan="7" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2016 | {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}}* | {{sort|If This Goes On|"If This Goes On…"}} | Astounding Science Fiction |
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}} | {{sort|Coventry|"Coventry"}} | Astounding Science Fiction |
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}} | {{sort|Magic, Inc.|"Magic, Inc."}} | Unknown |
| {{sortname|L. Sprague de|Camp}}
|rowspan="2"| {{sort|"Mathematics of Magic"|"The Mathematics of Magic"}} |rowspan="2"| Unknown | ||
| {{sortname|Fletcher|Pratt}} | ||
| {{sortname|L. Sprague de|Camp}}
|rowspan="2"| {{sort|"Roaring Trumpet"|"The Roaring Trumpet"}} |rowspan="2"| Unknown | ||
| {{sortname|Fletcher|Pratt}} | ||
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1943 !align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2018 | {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}} (as Anson MacDonald)* | "Waldo" | Astounding Science Fiction |
| {{sortname|A. E. van|Vogt}} | "Asylum" | Astounding Science Fiction |
| {{sortname|Anthony|Boucher}} | {{sort|"Compleat Werewolf"|"The Compleat Werewolf"}} | Unknown |
| {{sortname|Alfred|Bester}} | "Hell is Forever" | Unknown |
| {{sortname|Lester del|Rey}} | "Nerves" | Astounding Science Fiction |
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}} (as John Riverside) | {{sort|"Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag"|"The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag"}} | Unknown |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="7" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1944 !align="center" rowspan="7" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2019 | {{sortname|Antoine de|Saint-Exupéry}}* | {{sort|"Little Prince"|"The Little Prince"}} | Reynal & Hitchcock |
| {{sortname|Hal|Clement}} | "Attitude" | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| {{sortname|Henry|Kuttner}} (as Lawrence O'Donnell)
|rowspan="2"| "Clash by Night" |rowspan="2"| Astounding Science-Fiction | ||
| {{sortname|C. L.|Moore}} (as Lawrence O'Donnell) | ||
| {{sortname|H. P.|Lovecraft}} | {{sort|"Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"|"The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"}} | Beyond the Wall of Sleep (Arkham House) |
| {{sortname|Mary|Norton|Mary Norton (author)}} | {{sort|"Magic Bed-Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons"|The Magic Bed-Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons}} | Hyperion Press |
| {{sortname|Anthony|Boucher}} | "We Print the Truth" | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1945 !align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2020 | {{sortname|Theodore|Sturgeon}}* | "Killdozer!" | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| {{sortname|A. E.|van Vogt}} | {{sort|"Changeling"|"The Changeling"}} | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| {{sortname|Henry|Kuttner}} | {{sort|"God Named Kroo"|"A God Named Kroo"}} | Thrilling Wonder Stories |
| {{sortname|Ross|Rocklynne}} | "Intruders from the Stars" | Amazing Stories |
| {{sortname|Leigh|Brackett}} | {{sort|"Jewel of Bas"|"The Jewel of Bas"}} | Planet Stories |
| {{sortname|Murray|Leinster}} | "Trog" | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1946 !align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1996 | {{sortname|George|Orwell}}* | {{sort|"Animal Farm"|Animal Farm}} | Secker and Warburg |
| {{sortname|Isaac|Asimov}} | "Dead Hand" | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| {{sortname|A. Bertram|Chandler}} | "Giant Killer" | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| {{sortname|Richard S.|Shaver|Richard Sharpe Shaver}} | "I Remember Lemuria" | Amazing Stories |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1951 !align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2001 | {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}}* | {{sort|"Man Who Sold the Moon"|The Man Who Sold the Moon}} | Shasta Publishers |
| {{sortname|Theodore|Sturgeon}} | {{sort|"Dreaming Jewels"|"The Dreaming Jewels"}} | Fantastic Adventures |
| {{sortname|Isaac|Asimov}} | {{sort|"And Now You Don't"|"...And Now You Don't"}} | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| {{sortname|H. Beam|Piper}} | "Last Enemy" | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| {{sortname|L. Ron|Hubbard}} | "To the Stars" | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1954 !align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2004 | {{sortname|James|Blish}}* | {{sort|"Case of Conscience"|"A Case of Conscience"}} | If |
| {{sortname|Poul|Anderson}} | "Three Hearts and Three Lions" | {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}} |
| {{sortname|Theodore|Sturgeon}} | {{sort|"And My Fear is Great"|"...And My Fear is Great..."}} | Beyond Fantasy Fiction |
| {{sortname|Poul|Anderson}} | "Un-Man" | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| {{sortname|Charles L.|Harness}} | {{sort|"Rose"|"The Rose"}} | Authentic Science Fiction |
See also
Notes
References
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{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo.html|title=The Locus index to SF Awards: About the Hugo Awards|work=Locus|access-date=2010-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103034223/http://locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo.html |archive-date=2010-01-03}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2008/aug/07/aninternationalcontestweca|title=An International Contest We Can Win|last=Jordison|first=Sam|author-link=Sam Jordison|date=2008-08-07|work=The Guardian|access-date=2010-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729220341/http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2008/aug/07/aninternationalcontestweca |archive-date=2009-07-29}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/RetroHugo.html|title=The Locus index to SF Awards: About the Retro Hugo Awards|publisher=Locus|access-date=2010-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103042101/http://locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/RetroHugo.html |archive-date=2010-01-03}}
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External links
- [http://thehugoawards.org/ Hugo Award official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126195236/http://thehugoawards.org/ |date=2021-01-26 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110920202744/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/HugoNomList.html List of Hugo Award nominees] in Locus magazine
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