Hugo Award for Best Novelette
{{Short description|Annual award for science fiction or fantasy stories}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = Hugo Award for Best Novelette
| current_awards =
| awarded_for = The best science fiction or fantasy story of between 7,500 and 17,500 words published in the prior calendar year
| presenter = World Science Fiction Society
| country =
| location =
| year = 1955
| holder = Naomi Kritzer ("The Year Without Sunshine")
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| website = [http://www.thehugoawards.org/ thehugoawards.org]
}}
{{multiple image | total_width = 300 | footer = Poul Anderson (left, pictured in 1985) and Harlan Ellison (right, pictured in 1986) each won the award three times. | image1 = Poul anderson.jpg | image2 = Harlan Ellison at the LA Press Club (cropped).jpg }}
The Hugo Award for Best Novelette 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 novelette award is available for works of fiction of between 7,500 and 17,500 words; awards are also given out in the short story, novella 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 Novelette was first awarded in 1955, and was subsequently awarded in 1956 and 1959, lapsing in 1960. The category was reinstated for 1967 through 1969, before lapsing again in 1970; after returning in 1973, it has remained to date. In addition to the regular Hugo awards, beginning in 1996 Retrospective Hugo Awards, or "Retro Hugos", have been available to be awarded for 50, 75, or 100 years prior. 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 novelettes for 1939, 1941, 1943–1946, 1951, and 1954.
Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by supporting or attending members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention, or Worldcon, and the award presentation 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. The novelettes 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.
During the 67 nomination years, 215 authors have had works as finalists; 52 of these have won, including coauthors and Retro Hugos. Three translators have been noted along with the author of a novelette written in a language other than English: Lia Belt for a translation from Dutch in 2015, Ken Liu for a translation from Chinese in 2016, and Emily Jen for a translation from Chinese in 2024. Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, and Harlan Ellison both have received the most Hugos for Best Novelette at three, with Ellison having been a finalist a total of six times, while seven other authors have won twice. Mike Resnick has had the most final ballot nominations at eight, and Ursula K. Le Guin and Greg Egan have been nominated seven times each. Fifteen other authors have been nominated at least four times, while Egan has the most nominations without winning.
Winners and finalists
In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the novelette 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 novelette was originally published in a book with other stories rather than by itself or in a magazine, the publisher's name is included after the book title.
* Winners and joint winners
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|-
! width="7%" scope="col"|Year
! width="28%" scope="col"|Author(s)
! width="35%" scope="col"|Novelette
! width="26%" scope="col"|Publisher or publication
! width="4%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref.
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="row" align="center" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1955
| {{sortname|Walter M.|Miller, Jr.}}* || {{sort|"Darfstellar"|"The Darfsteller"}} || Astounding Science-Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" style="font-weight:normal;" rowspan=9| 1956
| {{sortname|Murray|Leinster}}* || "Exploration Team" || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|L. Sprague de|Camp}} || {{sort|"Gun for Dinosaur"|"A Gun for Dinosaur"}} || Galaxy Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Alan|Nourse}} || "Brightside Crossing" || Galaxy Science Fiction
|-
|| {{sortname|Henry|Kuttner}}
|rowspan=2| "Home There's No Returning"
|rowspan=2| No Boundaries (Ballantine Books)
|-
| {{sortname|C. L.|Moore}}
|-
| {{sortname|Eric Frank|Russell}} || "Legwork" || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|F. L.|Wallace}} || {{sort|"Assistant Self"|"The Assistant Self"}} || Fantastic Universe
|-
| {{sortname|Algis|Budrys}} || {{sort|"End of Summer"|"The End of Summer"}} || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Theodore|Sturgeon}} || "Who?" || Galaxy Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="8" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1959
| {{sortname|Clifford D.|Simak}}* || {{sort|"Big Front Yard"|"The Big Front Yard"}} || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Pauline|Ashwell}} || "Unwillingly to School" || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Zenna|Henderson}} || "Captivity" || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|C.M.|Kornbluth|Cyril M. Kornbluth}} || "Reap the Dark Tide" (aka: "Shark Ship") || Vanguard
|-
| {{sortname|Fritz|Leiber}} || {{sort|"Deskful of Girls"|"A Deskful of Girls"}} || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Katherine|MacLean}} || "Second Game" || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Rog|Phillips}} || "Rat in the Skull" || If
|-
| {{sortname|Jack|Vance}} || {{sort|"Miracle-Workers"|"The Miracle-Workers"}} || Astounding Science-Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="9" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1967
| {{sortname|Jack|Vance}}* || {{sort|"Last Castle"|"The Last Castle"}} || Galaxy Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Gordon R.|Dickson}} || "Call Him Lord" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Robert M.|Green, Jr.|nolink=1}} || "Apology to Inky" || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Charles L.|Harness}} || {{sort|"Alchemist"|"The Alchemist"}} || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Charles L.|Harness}} || {{sort|"Ornament to His Profession"|"An Ornament to His Profession"}} || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Hayden|Howard}} || {{sort|"Eskimo Invasion"|"The Eskimo Invasion"}} || Galaxy Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Thomas Burnett|Swann}} || {{sort|"Manor of Roses"|"The Manor of Roses"}} || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Roger|Zelazny}} || "For a Breath I Tarry" || Fantastic
|-
| {{sortname|Roger|Zelazny}} || "This Moment of the Storm" || {{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;"| 1968
| {{sortname|Fritz|Leiber}}* || "Gonna Roll the Bones" || Dangerous Visions (Doubleday)
|-
| {{sortname|Andre|Norton}} || "Wizard's World" || If
|-
| {{sortname|Philip K.|Dick}} || "Faith of Our Fathers" || Dangerous Visions (Doubleday)
|-
| {{sortname|Harlan|Ellison}} || "Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes" || Knight
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1969
| {{sortname|Poul|Anderson}}* || {{sort|"Sharing of Flesh"|"The Sharing of Flesh"}} || Galaxy Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Brian|Aldiss}} || "Total Environment" || Galaxy Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Piers|Anthony}} || "Getting Through University" || If
|-
| {{sortname|Richard|Wilson|Richard Wilson (author)}} || "Mother to the World" || {{sort|Orbit 03|Orbit #3}} (G. P. Putnam's Sons)
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1973
| {{sortname|Poul|Anderson}}* || "Goat Song" || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|William|Rotsler}} || "Patron of the Arts" || {{sort|Universe 02|Universe #2}} (Bantam Spectra)
|-
| {{sortname|Harlan|Ellison}} || "Basilisk" || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Gardner|Dozois}} || {{sort|"Kingdom by the Sea"|"A Kingdom by the Sea"}} || {{sort|Orbit 10|Orbit #10}} (G. P. Putnam's Sons)
|-
| {{sortname|James|Tiptree, Jr.}} || "Painwise" || {{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;"| 1974
| {{sortname|Harlan|Ellison}}* || {{sort|"Deathbird"|"The Deathbird"}} || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Vonda N.|McIntyre}} || "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|James|Tiptree, Jr.}} || "Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death" || {{sort|Alien Condition|The Alien Condition}} (Ballantine Books)
|-
| {{sortname|George Alec|Effinger}} || {{sort|"City on the Sand"|"The City on the Sand"}} || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Jerry|Pournelle}} || "He Fell into a Dark Hole" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="7" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1975
| {{sortname|Harlan|Ellison}}* || "Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W" || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Isaac|Asimov}} || {{sort|"That Thou art Mindful of Him"|"—That Thou art Mindful of Him"}} || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Fritz|Leiber}} || "Midnight by the Morphy Watch" || If
|-
| {{sortname|Richard A.|Lupoff}} || "After the Dreamtime" || New Dimensions #4 (Doubleday)
|-
| {{sortname|Jerry|Pournelle}} || "Extreme Prejudice" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|William|Walling|nolink=1}} || "Nix Olympica" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Kate|Wilhelm}} || {{sort|"Brother to Dragons, a Companion of Owls"|"A Brother to Dragons, a Companion of Owls"}} || {{sort|Orbit 14|Orbit #14}} (G. P. Putnam's Sons)
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1976
| {{sortname|Larry|Niven}}* || {{sort|"Borderland of Sol"|"The Borderland of Sol"}} || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Ursula K.|Le Guin}} || {{sort|"New Atlantis"|"The New Atlantis"}} || {{sort|"New Atlantis"|The New Atlantis}} (Warner Books)
|-
| {{sortname|George R. R.|Martin}} || "And Seven Times Never Kill Man" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Tom|Reamy}} || "San Diego Lightfoot Sue" || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Jerry|Pournelle}} || "Tinker" || Galaxy Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1977
| {{sortname|Isaac|Asimov}}* || {{sort|"Bicentennial Man"|"The Bicentennial Man"}} || Stellar #2 (Ballantine Books)
|-
| {{sortname|Ursula K.|Le Guin}} || {{sort|"Diary of the Rose"|"The Diary of the Rose"}} || Future Power (Random House)
|-
| {{sortname|John|Varley|John Varley (author)}} || "Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance" || Galaxy Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|John|Varley|John Varley (author)}} || {{sort|"Phantom of Kansas"|"The Phantom of Kansas"}} || Galaxy Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1978
| {{sortname|Joan D.|Vinge}}* || "Eyes of Amber" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Orson Scott|Card}} || "Ender's Game" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|James|Tiptree, Jr.}} || {{sort|"Screwfly Solution"|"The Screwfly Solution"}} || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Samuel R.|Delany}} || "Prismatica" || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Carter|Scholz}} || {{sort|"Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs"|"The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs"}} || {{sort|Universe 07|Universe #7}} (Bantam Spectra)
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1979
| {{sortname|Poul|Anderson}}* || "Hunter's Moon" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Orson Scott|Card}} || "Mikal's Songbird" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Thomas|Disch}} || {{sort|"Man Who Had No Idea"|"The Man Who Had No Idea"}} || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Dean|Ing}} || "Devil You Don't Know" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|John|Varley|John Varley (author)}} || {{sort|"Barbie Murders"|"The Barbie Murders"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1980
| {{sortname|George R. R.|Martin}}* || "Sandkings" || Omni
|-
| {{sortname|Barry B.|Longyear}} || "Homecoming" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Larry|Niven}} || {{sort|"Locusts"|"The Locusts"}} || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Vonda N.|McIntyre}} || "Fireflood" || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|John|Varley|John Varley (author)}} || "Options" || {{sort|Universe 09|Universe #9}} (Bantam Spectra)
|-
| {{sortname|Christopher|Priest|Christopher Priest (novelist)}} || "Palely Loitering" || {{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}}* || {{sort|"Cloak and the Staff"|"The Cloak and the Staff"}} || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Barry B.|Longyear}} || "Savage Planet" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|John|Varley|John Varley (author)}} || "Beatnik Bayou" || New Voices #3: The Campbell Award Nominees (Berkley Books)
|-
| {{sortname|Keith|Roberts}} || {{sort|"Lordly Ones"|"The Lordly Ones"}} || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Michael|Shea|Michael Shea (author)}} || {{sort|"Autopsy"|"The Autopsy"}} || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Howard|Waldrop}} || {{sort|"Ugly Chickens"|"The Ugly Chickens"}} || {{sort|Universe 10|Universe #10}} (Bantam Spectra)
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1982
| {{sortname|Roger|Zelazny}}* || "Unicorn Variation" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|George R. R.|Martin}} || "Guardians" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Edward|Bryant}} || {{sort|"Thermals of August"|"The Thermals of August"}} || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Parke|Godwin}} || {{sort|"Fire When It Comes"|"The Fire When It Comes"}} || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Michael|Bishop|Michael Bishop (author)}} || {{sort|"Quickening"|"The Quickening"}} || {{sort|Universe 11|Universe #11}} (Bantam Spectra)
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1983
| {{sortname|Connie|Willis}}* || "Fire Watch" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Phyllis|Eisenstein}} || "Nightlife" || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Timothy|Zahn}} || "Pawn's Gambit" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|S. P.|Somtow}} || "Aquila" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Bruce|Sterling}} || "Swarm" || {{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|Greg|Bear}}* || "Blood Music" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|George R. R.|Martin}} || {{sort|"Monkey Treatment"|"The Monkey Treatment"}} || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Connie|Willis}} || {{sort|"Sidon in the Mirror"|"The Sidon in the Mirror"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Ian|Watson|Ian Watson (author)}} || "Slow Birds" || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Kim Stanley|Robinson}} || "Black Air" || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="7" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1985
| {{sortname|Octavia E.|Butler}}* || "Bloodchild" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Lucius|Shepard}} || {{sort|"Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule"|"The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule"}} || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Timothy|Zahn}} || "Return to the Fold" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Connie|Willis}} || "Blued Moon" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Hilbert|Schenck}} || "Silicon Muse" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Eric|Vinicoff|nolink=1}} || {{sort|"Weigher"|"The Weigher"}} || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Kim Stanley|Robinson}} || {{sort|"Lucky Strike"|"The Lucky Strike"}} || {{sort|Universe 14|Universe #14}} (Bantam Spectra)
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1986
| {{sortname|Harlan|Ellison}}* || "Paladin of the Lost Hour" || {{sort|Universe 15|Universe #15}} (Bantam Spectra)
|-
| {{sortname|George R. R.|Martin}} || "Portraits of His Children" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Orson Scott|Card}} || {{sort|"Fringe"|"The Fringe"}} || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Michael|Bishop|Michael Bishop (author)}} || {{sort|"Gift from the GrayLanders"|"A Gift from the GrayLanders"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Michael|Swanwick}}
|rowspan="2"| "Dogfight"
|rowspan="2"| Omni
|-
| {{sortname|William|Gibson}}
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1987
| {{sortname|Roger|Zelazny}}* || "Permafrost" || Omni
|-
| {{sortname|David|Brin}} || "Thor Meets Captain America" || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|William|Gibson}} || {{sort|"Winter Market"|"The Winter Market"}} || Stardate
|-
| {{sortname|Orson Scott|Card}} || "Hatrack River" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Vernor|Vinge}} || {{sort|"Barbarian Princess"|"The Barbarian Princess"}} || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1988
| {{sortname|Ursula K.|Le Guin}}* || "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight" || Fantasy & Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Pat|Murphy|Pat Murphy (writer)}} || "Rachel in Love" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Walter Jon|Williams}} || "Dinosaurs" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Bruce|Sterling}} || "Flowers of Edo" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Bruce|McAllister}} || "Dream Baby" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1989
| {{sortname|George Alec|Effinger}}* || "Schrödinger's Kitten" || Omni
|-
| {{sortname|Steven|Gould}} || "Peaches for Mad Molly" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Howard|Waldrop}} || "Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance?" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Harlan|Ellison}} || {{sort|"Function of Dream Sleep"|"The Function of Dream Sleep"}} || Midnight Graffiti
|-
| {{sortname|Neal|Barrett, Jr.}} || "Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1990
| {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}}* || "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Mike|Resnick}} || "For I Have Touched the Sky" || Fantasy & Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|George Alec|Effinger}} || "Everything But Honor" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Connie|Willis}} || "At the Rialto" || Omni
|-
| {{sortname|Nancy|Kress}} || {{sort|"Price of Oranges"|"The Price of Oranges"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Orson Scott|Card}} || "Dogwalker" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1991
| {{sortname|Mike|Resnick}}* || {{sort|"Manamouki"|"The Manamouki"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Charles|Sheffield}} || {{sort|"Braver Thing"|"A Braver Thing"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Ted|Chiang}} || "Tower of Babylon" || Omni
|-
| {{sortname|Dafydd|ab Hugh}} || {{sort|"Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk"|"The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Martha|Soukup}} || "Over the Long Haul" || Amazing Stories
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1992
| {{sortname|Isaac|Asimov}}* || "Gold" || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Pat|Cadigan}} || "Dispatches from the Revolution" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Connie|Willis}} || "Miracle" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Howard|Waldrop}} || "Fin de Cyclé" || Night of the Cooters: More Neat Stories (Mark V. Ziesing)
|-
| {{sortname|Ted|Chiang}} || "Understand" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1993
| {{sortname|Janet|Kagan}}* || {{sort|"Nutcracker Coup"|"The Nutcracker Coup"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Pamela|Sargent}} || "Danny Goes to Mars" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Pat|Cadigan}} || "True Faces" || Fantasy & Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Susan|Shwartz}} || "Suppose They Gave a Peace..." || Alternate Presidents (Tor Books)
|-
| {{sortname|Barry N.|Malzberg}} || "In the Stone House" || Alternate Kennedys (Tor Books)
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1994
| {{sortname|Charles|Sheffield}}* || "Georgia on My Mind" || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|Nancy|Kress}} || "Dancing on Air" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Terry|Bisson}} || {{sort|"Shadow Knows"|"The Shadow Knows"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Bruce|Sterling}} || "Deep Eddy" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|John|Kessel}} || {{sort|"Franchise"|"The Franchise"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1995
| {{sortname|David|Gerrold}}* || {{sort|"Martian Child"|"The Martian Child"}} || Fantasy & Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Greg|Egan}} || "Cocoon" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Mike|Resnick}} || {{sort|"Little Knowledge"|"A Little Knowledge"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Ursula K.|Le Guin}} || "Solitude" || Fantasy & Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Geoffrey A.|Landis}} || {{sort|"Singular Habits of Wasps"|"The Singular Habits of Wasps"}} || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|Ursula K.|Le Guin}} || {{sort|"Matter of Seggri"|"The Matter of Seggri"}} || Crank
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1996
| {{sortname|James Patrick|Kelly}}* || "Think Like a Dinosaur" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Mike|Resnick}} || "When the Old Gods Die" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Allen|Steele}} || {{sort|"Good Rat"|"The Good Rat"}} || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|Harry|Turtledove}} || "Must and Shall" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Greg|Egan}} || "Luminous" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Greg|Egan}} || "TAP" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1997
| {{sortname|Bruce|Sterling}}* || "Bicycle Repairman" || Intersections (Tor Books)
|-
| {{sortname|Mike|Resnick}} || {{sort|"Land of Nod"|"The Land of Nod"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Ursula K.|Le Guin}} || "Mountain Ways" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Suzy McKee|Charnas}} || "Beauty and the Opéra or The Phantom Beast" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|William|Barton|William Barton (writer)}} || "Age of Aquarius" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1998
| {{sortname|Bill|Johnson|Bill Johnson (author)}}* || "We Will Drink a Fish Together..." || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|James Alan|Gardner}} || "Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Stephen|Baxter|Stephen Baxter (author)}} || "Moon Six" || SF Age
|-
| {{sortname|Michael A.|Burstein}} || "Broken Symmetry" || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|William|Sanders|William Sanders (writer)}} || {{sort|"Undiscovered"|"The Undiscovered"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="7" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1999
| {{sortname|Bruce|Sterling}}* || "Taklamakan" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Kristine Kathryn|Rusch}} || "Echea" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Allen|Steele}} || "Zwarte Piet's Tale" || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|Nancy|Kress}} || "Steamship Soldier on the Information Front" || Future Histories (Horizon House)
|-
| {{sortname|Greg|Egan}} || {{sort|"Planck Dive"|"The Planck Dive"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Ellen|Klages}} || "Time Gypsy" || Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction ({{sort|Overlook Press|The Overlook Press)}}
|-
| {{sortname|Robert Charles|Wilson}} || "Divided by Infinity" || Starlight #2 (Tor Books)
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2000
| {{sortname|James Patrick|Kelly}}* || "1016 to 1" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Eleanor|Arnason}} || "Stellar Harvest" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Greg|Egan}} || "Border Guards" || Interzone
|-
| {{sortname|Jan|Jensen|nolink=1}} || {{sort|"Secret History of the Ornithopter"|"The Secret History of the Ornithopter"}} || Fantasy & Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Tom|Purdom}} || "Fossil Games" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Ian R.|MacLeod}} || {{sort|"Chop Girl"|"The Chop Girl"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2001
| {{sortname|Kristine Kathryn|Rusch}}* || "Millennium Babies" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Stephen|Baxter|Stephen Baxter (author)}} || "On the Orion Line" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Allen|Steele}} || "Agape Among the Robots" || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|Stanley|Schmidt}} || "Generation Gap" || Artemis
|-
| {{sortname|Mike|Resnick}} || "Redchapel" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2002
| {{sortname|Ted|Chiang}}* || "Hell Is the Absence of God" || Starlight #3 (Tor Books)
|-
| {{sortname|Allen|Steele}} || {{sort|"Days Between"|"The Days Between"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|James Patrick|Kelly}} || "Undone" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Charles|Stross}} || "Lobsters" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Shane|Tourtellotte|nolink=1}} || {{sort|"Return of Spring"|"The Return of Spring"}} || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2003
| {{sortname|Michael|Swanwick}}* || "Slow Life" || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|Ursula K.|Le Guin}} || {{sort|"Wild Girls"|"The Wild Girls"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Charles|Stross}} || "Halo" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Maureen F.|McHugh}} || "Presence" || Fantasy & Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Gregory|Frost}} || "Madonna of the Maquiladora" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2004
| {{sortname|Michael|Swanwick}}* || "Legions in Time" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Jeffrey|Ford}} || {{sort|"Empire of Ice Cream"|"The Empire of Ice Cream"}} || Scifi.com
|-
| {{sortname|Charles|Stross}} || "Nightfall" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Jay|Lake}} || "Into the Gardens of Sweet Night" || Writers of the Future #19 (Galaxy Press)
|-
| {{sortname|James Patrick|Kelly}} || "Bernardo's House" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Robert|Reed|Robert Reed (author)}} || "Hexagons" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2005
| {{sortname|Kelly|Link}}* || {{sort|"Faery Handbag"|"The Faery Handbag"}} || {{sort|Faery Reel|The Faery Reel}} (Viking Publishers)
|-
| {{sortname|Michael F.|Flynn}} || {{sort|"Clapping Hands of God"|"The Clapping Hands of God"}} || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|Paolo|Bacigalupi}} || {{sort|"People of Sand and Slag"|"The People of Sand and Slag"}} || Fantasy & Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Benjamin|Rosenbaum}} || "Biographical Notes to 'A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, with Airplanes', by Benjamin Rosenbaum" || All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories (Wheatland Press)
|-
| {{sortname|Christopher|Rowe|nolink=1}} || {{sort|"Voluntary State"|"The Voluntary State"}} || Scifi.com
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2006
| {{sortname|Peter S.|Beagle}}* || "Two Hearts" || Fantasy & Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Paolo|Bacigalupi}} || {{sort|"Calorie Man"|"The Calorie Man"}} || Fantasy & Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Michael A.|Burstein}} || "TelePresence" || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|Cory|Doctorow}} || "I, Robot" || {{sort|Infinite Matrix|The Infinite Matrix}}
|-
| {{sortname|Howard|Waldrop}} || {{sort|"King of Where-I-Go"|"The King of Where-I-Go"}} || Scifi.com
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2007
| {{sortname|Ian|McDonald|Ian McDonald (author)}}* || {{sort|"Djinn's Wife"|"The Djinn's Wife"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Geoff|Ryman}} || "Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter" || Fantasy & Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Michael F.|Flynn}} || "Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Mike|Resnick}} || "All the Things You Are" || Jim Baen's Universe
|-
| {{sortname|Paolo|Bacigalupi}} || "Yellow Card Man" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2008
| {{sortname|Ted|Chiang}}* || {{sort|"Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"|"The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"}} || Fantasy & Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Daniel|Abraham|Daniel Abraham (author)}} || {{sort|"Cambist and Lord Iron: a Fairytale of Economics"|"The Cambist and Lord Iron: a Fairytale of Economics"}} || Logorrhea (Bantam Books)
|-
| {{sortname|Greg|Egan}} || "Dark Integers" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Greg|Egan}} || "Glory" || {{sort|The New Space Opera #1|The New Space Opera}} (Eos)
|-
| {{sortname|David|Moles}} || "Finisterra" || Fantasy & Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2009
| {{sortname|Elizabeth|Bear}}* || "Shoggoths in Bloom" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|John|Kessel}} || "Pride and Prometheus" || Fantasy & Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|James Alan|Gardner}} || {{sort|"Ray-Gun: A Love Story"|"The Ray-Gun: A Love Story"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Paolo|Bacigalupi}} || {{sort|"Gambler"|"The Gambler"}} || Fast Forward 2 (Pyr)
|-
| {{sortname|Mike|Resnick}} || "Alastair Baffle's Emporium of Wonders" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2010
| {{sortname|Peter|Watts|Peter Watts (author)}}* || {{sort|"Island"|"The Island"}} || {{sort|The New Space Opera #2|The New Space Opera #2}} (Eos)
|-
| {{sortname|Rachel|Swirsky}} || "Eros, Philia, Agape" || Tor.com
|-
| {{sortname|Nicola|Griffith}} || "It Takes Two" || Eclipse #3 (Night Shade Books)
|-
| {{sortname|Paul|Cornell}} || "One of Our Bastards is Missing" || {{sort|Solaris Book of New Science Fiction #3|The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction #3}} (Solaris Books)
|-
| {{sortname|Charles|Stross}} || "Overtime" || Tor.com
|-
| {{sortname|Eugie|Foster}} || "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" || Interzone
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2011
| {{sortname|Allen|Steele}}* || {{sort|"Emperor of Mars"|"The Emperor of Mars"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Sean|McMullen}} || "Eight Miles" || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|Aliette|de Bodard}} || {{sort|"Jaguar House, in Shadow"|"The Jaguar House, in Shadow"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Eric James|Stone}} || {{sort|"Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made"|"The Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made"}} || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|James Patrick|Kelly}} || "Plus or Minus" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2012
| {{sortname|Charlie Jane|Anders|Charlie Anders}}* || "Six Months, Three Days" || Tor.com
|-
| {{sortname|Paul|Cornell}} || {{sort|"Copenhagen Interpretation"|"The Copenhagen Interpretation"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Rachel|Swirsky}} || "Fields of Gold" || Eclipse #4 (Night Shade Books)
|-
| {{sortname|Brad R.|Torgersen}} || "Ray of Light" || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|Geoff|Ryman}} || "What We Found" || Fantasy & Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2013
| {{sortname|Pat|Cadigan}}* || {{sort|"Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi"|"The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi"}} || Edge of Infinity (Solaris Books)
|-
| {{sortname|Thomas Olde|Heuvelt}} || {{sort|"Boy Who Cast No Shadow"|"The Boy Who Cast No Shadow"}} || Postscripts: Unfit For Eden (PS Publishing)
|-
| {{sortname|Catherynne M.|Valente}} || "Fade To White" || Clarkesworld Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}} || "In Sea-Salt Tears" || Self-published
|-
| {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}} || "Rat-Catcher" || {{sort|Fantasy Medley 2|A Fantasy Medley 2}} (Subterranean Press)
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2014
| {{sortname|Mary Robinette|Kowal}}* || {{sort|"Lady Astronaut of Mars"|"The Lady Astronaut of Mars"}} || Tor.com
|-
| {{sortname|Vox|Day}} || "Opera Vita Aeterna" || {{sort|Last Witchking|The Last Witchking}} (Marcher Lord Hinterlands)
|-
| {{sortname|Brad R.|Torgersen}} || {{sort|"Exchange Officers"|"The Exchange Officers"}} || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|Ted|Chiang}} || {{sort|"Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling"|"The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling"}} || Subterranean Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Aliette de|Bodard}} || {{sort|"Waiting Stars"|"The Waiting Stars"}} || {{sort|Other Half of the Sky|The Other Half of the Sky}} (Candlemark & Gleam)
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2015
| {{sortname|Thomas Olde|Heuvelt}} (Dutch)*
|rowspan="2"| {{sort|"Day The World Turned Upside Down"|"The Day The World Turned Upside Down"}}
|rowspan="2"| Lightspeed
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
| {{sortname|Lia|Belt|nolink=1}} (translator)*
|-
| {{sortname|Michael F.|Flynn}} || {{sort|"Journeyman: In the Stone House"|"The Journeyman: In the Stone House"}} || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|Edward M.|Lerner}} || "Championship B’tok" || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|Gray|Rinehart|nolink=1}} || "Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, Earth to Alluvium" || Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show
|-
| {{sortname|Rajnar|Vajra|nolink=1}} || {{sort|"Triple Sun: A Golden Age Tale"|"The Triple Sun: A Golden Age Tale"}} || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2016
|rowspan="2"| "Folding Beijing"*
|rowspan="2"| Uncanny Magazine
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
| {{sortname|Ken|Liu}} (translator)*
|-
| {{sortname|Brooke|Bolander}} || "And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead" || Lightspeed
|-
| {{sortname|Cheah Kai|Wai|nolink=1}} || "Flashpoint: Titan" || There Will Be War Volume X (Castalia House)
|-
| {{sortname|Stephen|King}} || "Obits" || {{sort|Bazaar of Bad Dreams|The Bazaar of Bad Dreams}} (Charles Scribner's Sons)
|-
| {{sortname|David|VanDyke|nolink=1}} || "What Price Humanity?" || There Will Be War Volume X (Castalia House)
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2017
| {{sortname|Ursula|Vernon}}* || {{sort|"Tomato Thief"|"The Tomato Thief"}} || Apex Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Stix|Hiscock|nolink=1}} || {{sort|"Alien Stripper Boned from Behind by the T-Rex"|Alien Stripper Boned from Behind by the T-Rex}} || Self-published
|-
| {{sortname|Nina|Allan}} || {{sort|"Art of Space Travel"|"The Art of Space Travel"}} || Tor.com
|-
| {{sortname|Fran|Wilde|Fran Wilde (author)}} || {{sort|"Jewel and Her Lapidary"|"The Jewel and Her Lapidary"}} || Tor.com
|-
| {{sortname|Carolyn Ives|Gilman}} || "Touring with the Alien" || Clarkesworld Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Alyssa|Wong}} || "You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay" || Uncanny Magazine
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2018
| {{sortname|Suzanne|Palmer}}* || {{sort|"Secret Life of Bots"|"The Secret Life of Bots"}} || Clarkesworld Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Aliette de|Bodard}} || "Children of Thorns, Children of Water" || Uncanny Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Yoon Ha|Lee}} || "Extracurricular Activities" || Tor.com
|-
| {{sortname|Vina Jie-Min|Prasad}} || {{sort|"Series of Steaks"|"A Series of Steaks"}} || Clarkesworld Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|K. M.|Szpara|nolink=1}} || "Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time" || Uncanny Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Sarah|Pinsker}} || "Wind Will Rove" || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2019
| {{sortname|Zen|Cho}}* || "If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again" || B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog
|-
| {{sortname|Tina|Connolly}} || {{sort|"Last Banquet of Temporal Confections"|"The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections"}} || Tor.com
|-
| {{sortname|Daryl|Gregory}} || "Nine Last Days on Planet Earth" || Tor.com
|-
| {{sortname|Brooke|Bolander}} || {{sort|"Only Harmless Great Thing"|"The Only Harmless Great Thing"}} || Tor.com Publishing
|-
| {{sortname|Naomi|Kritzer}} || {{sort|"Thing About Ghost Stories"|"The Thing About Ghost Stories"}} || Uncanny Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Simone|Heller|nolink=1}} || "When We Were Starless" || Clarkesworld Magazine
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"|2020
| {{sortname|N. K.|Jemisin}}* || {{sort|"Emergency Skin"|Emergency Skin}} || Amazon.com
|-
|{{sortname|Caroline M.|Yoachim}} || {{sort|"Archronology of Love"|"The Archronology of Love"}} || Lightspeed Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Sarah|Gailey}} || "Away With the Wolves" || Uncanny Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Sarah|Pinsker}} || {{sort|"Blur in the Corner of Your Eye"|"The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye"}} || Uncanny Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Siobhan|Carroll}} || "For He Can Creep" || Tor.com
|-
| {{sortname|Ted|Chiang}} || "Omphalos" || Exhalation: Stories (Alfred A. Knopf)
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"|2021
| {{sortname|Sarah|Pinsker}}* || {{sort|"Two Truths and a Lie"|Two Truths and a Lie}} || Tor.com
|-
| {{sortname|A. T.|Greenblatt}} || "Burn, or the Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super" || Uncanny Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Isabel|Fall|nolink=1}} || "Helicopter Story" || Clarkesworld Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Aliette de|Bodard}} || {{sort|"Inaccessibility of Heaven"|"The Inaccessibility of Heaven"}} || Uncanny Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Naomi|Kritzer}} || "Monster" || Clarkesworld Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Meg|Elison}} || {{sort|"Pill"|"The Pill"}} || Big Girl (PM Press)
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"|2022
| {{sortname|Suzanne|Palmer}}* || "Bots of the Lost Ark" || Clarkesworld Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Caroline M.|Yoachim}} || "Colors of the Immortal Palette" || Uncanny Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Catherynne M.|Valente}} || {{sort|"Esprit de L'Escalier"|"L'Esprit de L'Escalier"}}|| Tor.com
|-
| {{sortname|Oghenechovwe Donald|Ekpeki}} || "O2 Arena" || Galaxy's Edge
|-
| {{sortname|John|Wiswell}} || "That Story Isn't the Story" || Uncanny Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Fran|Wilde|Fran Wilde (author)}} || "Unseelie Brothers, Ltd." || Uncanny Magazine
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"|2023
| {{sortname|Hai|Ya}}* || {{sort|"Space-Time Painter"|"The Space-Time Painter"}} || Galaxy's Edge
|-
| {{sortname|Catherynne M.|Valente}} || {{sort|"Difference Between Love and Time"|"The Difference Between Love and Time"}} || Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance (Solaris Books)
|-
| {{sortname|Wole|Talabi}} || {{sort|"Dream of Electric Mothers"|"A Dream of Electric Mothers"}} || Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction (Tordotcom)
|-
| {{sortname|John|Chu}} || "If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You" || Uncanny Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|S. L.|Huang}} || "Murder By Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness" || Clarkesworld Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Marie|Vibbert}} || "We Built This City" || Clarkesworld Magazine
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="7" style="font-weight:normal;"|2024
| {{sortname|Naomi|Kritzer}}* || {{sort|Year Without Sunshine|"The Year Without Sunshine"}} || Uncanny Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Ai|Jiang}} || {{sort|I AM AI|I AM AI}} || Shortwave Publishing
|-
| {{sortname|Gu|Shi|nolink=1}} (Chinese)
|rowspan=2| "Introduction to 2181 Overture, Second Edition"
|rowspan=2| Clarkesworld Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Emily|Jen|nolink=1}} (translator)
|-
| {{sortname|C. L.|Polk}} || "Ivy, Angelica, Bay" || Tor.com
|-
| {{sortname|Nghi|Vo}} || "On the Fox Roads" || Tor.com
|-
| {{sortname|Sarah|Pinsker}} || "One Man's Treasure" || Uncanny Magazine
|-
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"|2025
| {{sortname|Thomas|Ha|nolink=1}} || {{sort|"Brotherhood of Montague St. Video"|"The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video"}} || Clarkesworld Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Premee|Mohamed}} || "By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars" || Strange Horizons
|-
| {{sortname|Naomi|Kritzer}} || {{sort|"Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea"|"The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea"}} || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Ann|Leckie}} || "Lake of Souls" || Lake of Souls (Orbit Books)
|-
| {{sortname|Eugenia|Triantafyllou|nolink=1}} || "Loneliness Universe" || Uncanny Magazine
|-
| {{sortname|Sarah|Pinsker}} || "Signs of Life" || Uncanny Magazine
|}
= 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"|Novelette
! 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|Clifford D.|Simak}}* || "Rule 18" || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|John W.|Campbell}} || "Dead Knowledge" || Astounding Stories
|-
| {{sortname|Henry|Kuttner}} || "Hollywood on the Moon" || Thrilling Wonder Stories
|-
| {{sortname|Robert E.|Howard}} || "Pigeons from Hell" || Weird Tales
|-
| {{sortname|C. L.|Moore}} || "Werewoman" || Leaves
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1941
!align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2016
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}}* || {{sort|"Roads Must Roll"|"The Roads Must Roll"}} || Astounding Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}} || "Blowups Happen" || Astounding Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Jack|Williamson}} || "Darker Than You Think" || Unknown
|-
| {{sortname|Harry|Bates|Harry Bates (author)}} || "Farewell to the Master" || Astounding Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Theodore|Sturgeon}} || "It!" || Unknown
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1943
!align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2018
| {{sortname|Isaac|Asimov}}* || "Foundation" (aka "The Encyclopedists") || Astounding Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Isaac|Asimov}} || "Bridle and Saddle" (aka "The Mayors") || Astounding Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}} (as Anson MacDonald) || "Goldfish Bowl" || Astounding Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Fredric|Brown}} || {{sort|"Star Mouse"|"The Star Mouse"}} || Planet Stories
|-
| {{sortname|C. L.|Moore}} || "There Shall Be Darkness" || Astounding Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|A. E. van|Vogt}}|| {{sort|"Weapon Shop"|"The Weapon Shop"}} || Astounding Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="7" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1944
!align="center" rowspan="7" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2019
| {{sortname|C. L.|Moore}}* (as Lewis Padgett)
|rowspan="2"| "Mimsy Were the Borogoves"
|rowspan="2"| Astounding Science-Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
| {{sortname|Henry|Kuttner}}* (as Lewis Padgett)
|-
| {{sortname|Leigh|Brackett}} || "Citadel of Lost Ships" || Planet Stories
|-
| {{sortname|Leigh|Brackett}} || {{sort|"Halfling"|"The Halfling"}} || Astonishing Stories
|-
| {{sortname|Henry|Kuttner}} (as Lewis Padgett) || {{sort|"Proud Robot"|"The Proud Robot"}} || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Eric Frank|Russell}} || "Symbiotica" || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Fritz|Leiber}} || "Thieves' House" || Unknown Worlds
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="8" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1945
!align="center" rowspan="8" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2020
| {{sortname|Clifford D.|Simak}}* || "City" ||Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
|{{sortname|Fredric|Brown}}|| "Arena" ||Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Isaac|Asimov}} || {{sort|"Big and the Little"|"The Big and the Little" ("The Merchant Princes")}} || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|C. L.|Moore}} (as Lawrence O'Donnell)
|rowspan="2"| {{sort|"Children's Hour"|"The Children's Hour"}}
|rowspan="2"| Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Henry|Kuttner}} (as Lawrence O'Donnell)
|-
| {{sortname|C. L.|Moore}} || "No Woman Born" || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|C. L.|Moore}} (as Lewis Padgett)
|rowspan="2"| "When the Bough Breaks"
|rowspan="2"| Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Henry|Kuttner}} (as Lewis Padgett)
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1946
!align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1996
| {{sortname|Murray|Leinster}}* || "First Contact" || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Fredric|Brown}} || "Pi in the Sky" || Thrilling Wonder Stories
|-
| {{sortname|Lester|del Rey}} || "Into Thy Hands" || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|A. E.|van Vogt}} || {{sort|"Mixed Men"|"The Mixed Men"}} || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Lewis|Padgett|Henry Kuttner}} || {{sort|"Piper's Son"|"The Piper's Son"}} || Astounding Science-Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1951
!align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2001
| {{sortname|Cyril M.|Kornbluth}}* || {{sort|"Little Black Bag"|"The Little Black Bag"}} || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Cordwainer|Smith}} || "Scanners Live in Vain" || Fantasy Book
|-
| {{sortname|Poul|Anderson}} || {{sort|"Helping Hand"|"The Helping Hand"}} || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|James|Blish}} || "Okie" || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Eric Frank|Russell}} || "Dear Devil" || Other Worlds
|- 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}}* || "Earthman, Come Home" || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Philip K.|Dick}} || "Second Variety" || Space Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Poul|Anderson}} || {{sort|"Adventure of the Misplaced Hound"|"The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound"}} || Universe
|-
| {{sortname|Poul|Anderson}} || "Sam Hall" || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Theodore|Cogswell}} || {{sort|"Wall Around the World"|"The Wall Around the World"}} || Beyond Fantasy 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}}
Unused citation {{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 site] {{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
{{Hugo Awards}}
{{Hugo Award Best Novelette}}