Hugo Award for Best Series#Retro-Hugos
{{Short description|Annual awards for science fiction or fantasy}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = Hugo Award for Best Series
| current_awards =
| awarded_for = The best science fiction or fantasy series of at least 3 volumes and 240,000 words, with a work published in the prior calendar year
| presenter = World Science Fiction Society
| country =
| location =
| year = 2017
| holder = Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch)
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| website = {{official website|http://www.thehugoawards.org/}}
}}
The Hugo Award for Best Series 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 award is available for series of science fiction or fantasy stories consisting of at least 3 published works totaling at least 240,000 words, with at least one work released or translated into English during the previous calendar year. A losing finalist becomes eligible again with the publication of at least two new works totaling at least 240,000 words.
The Hugo Award for Best Series has been awarded annually since 2017. It was first presented in that year as a one-time special Hugo Award in advance of a vote to make it a permanent category, and was ratified as such by members of the World Science Fiction Society that year. An earlier series award was given to Isaac Asimov for his Foundation series in 1966 for Best All-Time Series. 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. A Retro-Hugo Award has been given for the series category once, in 2020, representing what could have been awarded in 1945.
Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by supporting or 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. The series on the ballot are the six most-nominated by members that year, with no limit on the number of series that can be nominated. Initial nominations of five series each 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. Worldcons are generally held near the start of September, and are held in a different city around the world each year.
In the 10 nomination years, 49 series by 43 authors have been finalists, including co-authors and Retro-Hugos. Lois McMaster Bujold is the only author to win twice, for the Vorkosigan Saga and World of the Five Gods series. Eleven other authors have received multiple final ballot nominations, with Seanan McGuire and Adrian Tchaikovsky nominated for three different series; Robert Jackson Bennett, Naomi Novik, Charles Stross, and Martha Wells being nominated for two; and Ben Aaronovitch, Aliette de Bodard, Brandon Sanderson, and James S. A. Corey (a pen-name for Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) nominated multiple times for the same series. McGuire has the most nominations overall with nine, winning once.
Winners and finalists
In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when any work in the series was published. Entries with a yellow background have won the award; those with a grey background are the other finalists.
* Winners and joint winners
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|+ {{sronly|Winners and finalists}} ! width="10%" scope="col"|Year ! width="20%" scope="col"|Author ! width="35%" scope="col"|Series ! width="30%" scope="col"|Publisher(s) ! width="5%" class="unsortable" scope="col"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} | ||
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2017 | {{sortname|Lois McMaster|Bujold}}* | {{sort|Vorkosigan Saga|The Vorkosigan Saga}} | Baen Books |
| {{sortname|Max|Gladstone}} | {{sort|Craft Sequence|The Craft Sequence}} | Tor Books |
| {{sortname|James S. A.|Corey}} (pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck)
| {{sort|Expanse|The Expanse}} | ||
| {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}} | {{sort|October Daye|The October Daye series}} | DAW Books / Corsair Books |
| {{sortname|Ben|Aaronovitch}} | {{sort|Rivers of London|The Peter Grant / Rivers of London series}} | Victor Gollancz Ltd / Del Rey Books / DAW Books / Subterranean Press |
| {{sortname|Naomi|Novik}} | {{sort|Temeraire|The Temeraire series}} | Del Rey Books / Harper Voyager UK |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2018 | {{sortname|Lois McMaster|Bujold}}* | World of the Five Gods | Harper Voyager / Spectrum Literary Agency |
| {{sortname|Martha|Wells}} | {{sort|Books of the Raksura|The Books of the Raksura}} | Night Shade Books |
| {{sortname|Robert Jackson|Bennett}} | {{sort|Divine Cities|The Divine Cities}} | Broadway Books |
| {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}} | InCryptid | DAW Books |
| {{sortname|Marie|Brennan}} | {{sort|Memoirs of Lady Trent|The Memoirs of Lady Trent}} | Tor Books / Titan Books |
| {{sortname|Brandon|Sanderson}} | {{sort|Stormlight Archive|The Stormlight Archive}} | Tor Books / Victor Gollancz Ltd |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2019 | {{sortname|Becky|Chambers|Becky Chambers (author)}}* | Wayfarers | Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager |
| {{sortname|Malka|Older}} | {{sort|Centenal Cycle|The Centenal Cycle}} | Tor.com Publishing |
| {{sortname|Charles|Stross}} | {{sort|Laundry Files|The Laundry Files}} | Tor.com Publishing / Orbit Books |
| {{sortname|Yoon Ha|Lee}} | Machineries of Empire | Solaris Books |
| {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}} | {{sort|October Daye|The October Daye series}} | DAW Books |
| {{sortname|Aliette de|Bodard}} | {{sort|Universe of Xuya|The Universe of Xuya}} | Subterranean Press |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2020 | {{sortname|James S. A.|Corey}} (pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck)* | {{sort|Expanse|The Expanse}} | ||
| {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}} | InCryptid | DAW Books |
| {{sortname|Ian|McDonald|Ian McDonald (British author)}} | Luna | Tor Books / Victor Gollancz Ltd |
| {{sortname|Emma|Newman}} | Planetfall series | Ace Books / Victor Gollancz Ltd |
| {{sortname|Katherine|Arden}} | Winternight Trilogy | Del Rey Books |
| {{sortname|Tade|Thompson}} | {{sort|Wormwood Trilogy|The Wormwood Trilogy}} | Orbit Books |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2021 | {{sortname|Martha|Wells}}* | {{sort|Murderbot Diaries|The Murderbot Diaries}} | Tor.com Publishing |
| {{sortname|S. A.|Chakraborty}} | {{sort|Daevabad Trilogy|The Daevabad Trilogy}} | Harper Voyager |
| {{sortname|John|Scalzi}} | {{sort|Interdependency|The Interdependency}} | Tor Books |
| {{sortname|Mary Robinette|Kowal}} | {{sort|Lady Astronaut Universe|The Lady Astronaut Universe}} | Tor Books / Audible / The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}} | {{sort|October Daye|The October Daye series}} | DAW Books |
| {{sortname|R. F.|Kuang}} | {{sort|Poppy War|The Poppy War}} | Harper Voyager |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2022 | {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}}* | Wayward Children | Tordotcom Publishing |
| {{sortname|Fonda|Lee}} | {{sort|Green Bone Saga|The Green Bone Saga}} | Orbit Books |
| {{sortname|C. L.|Polk}} | {{sort|Kingston Cycle|The Kingston Cycle}} | Tordotcom Publishing |
| {{sortname|Charles|Stross}} | {{sort|Merchant Princes|The Merchant Princes}} | Macmillan Publishers |
| {{sortname|Ada|Palmer}} | Terra Ignota | Tor Books |
| {{sortname|T.|Kingfisher|Ursula Vernon}} | {{sort|World of the White Rat|The World of the White Rat}} | Argyll Productions |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2023 | {{sortname|Adrian|Tchaikovsky}}* | Children of Time series | Pan Macmillan/Orbit Books |
| {{sortname|Robert Jackson|Bennett}} | {{sort|Founders Trilogy|The Founders Trilogy}} | Del Rey Books |
| {{sortname|Tamsyn|Muir}} | {{sort|Locked Tomb|The Locked Tomb}} | Tordotcom |
| {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}} | October Daye | DAW Books |
| {{sortname|Ben|Aaronovitch}} | {{sort|Rivers of London|Rivers of London}} | Orion Publishing Group |
| {{sortname|Naomi|Novik}} | {{sort|Scholomance|The Scholomance}} | Del Rey Books |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2024 | {{sortname|Ann|Leckie}}* | Imperial Radch | Orbit Books |
| {{sortname|Adrian|Tchaikovsky}} | The Final Architecture | Tordotcom / Orbit Books |
| {{sortname|Freya|Marske}} | {{sort|Last Binding|The Last Binding}} | Tordotcom / Tor Books |
| {{sortname|Charles|Stross}} | {{sort|Laundry Files|The Laundry Files}} | Tordotcom / Orbit Books |
| {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}} | October Daye | DAW Books |
| {{sortname|Aliette de|Bodard}} | {{sort|Universe of Xuya|The Universe of Xuya}} | Victor Gollancz Ltd / JABberwocky Literary Agency / Subterranean Press / Uncanny Magazine / et al.) |
| scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2025
| {{sortname|Rebecca|Roanhorse}} || Between Earth and Sky || Saga Press | ||
|---|---|---|
| {{sortname|Tasha|Suri}} | {{sort|Burning Kingdoms|The Burning Kingdoms}} | Tordotcom / Orbit Books |
| {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}} | InCryptid | DAW Books |
| {{sortname|Jeff|VanderMeer}} | Southern Reach | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| {{sortname|Brandon|Sanderson}} | {{sort|Stormlight Archive|The Stormlight Archive}} | Tor Books |
| {{sortname|Adrian|Tchaikovsky}} | {{sort|Tyrant Philosophers|The Tyrant Philosophers}} | Ad Astra |
= Retro-Hugos =
Beginning with the 1996 Worldcon, the World Science Fiction Society gave Worldcons the option to award Retrospective Hugo Awards, or "Retro-Hugos", in addition to the regular nominations for the year. Retro-Hugos can be retroactively awarded for years 50, 75, or 100 years before the current year, if no awards were originally given that year. They have been awarded seven times, for 1939, 1941, 1943–1946, 1951, and 1954, though only once for series. Retro-Hugos for series do not note the original publishers.
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|+ {{sronly|Retro-Hugo winners and nominees}} ! width="7%" scope="col"|Year ! width="7%" scope="col"|Year awarded ! width="34%" scope="col"|Author(s) ! width="48%" scope="col"|Series ! width="4%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="8" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1945 !align="center" rowspan="8" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2020 | {{sortname|H. P.|Lovecraft}}* |rowspan="2"| {{sort|Cthulhu Mythos|The Cthulhu Mythos}} | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
| {{sortname|August|Derleth}} et al.* | |
| {{sortname|Edmond|Hamilton}} (as Brett Sterling) | Captain Future |
| {{sortname|Kenneth|Robeson}}
|rowspan="2"| Doc Savage | |
| {{sortname|Lester|Dent}} | |
| {{sortname|Seabury|Quinn}} | Jules de Grandin |
| {{sortname|Edgar Rice|Burroughs}} | Pellucidar |
| {{sortname|Walter B.|Gibson}} (as Maxwell Grant) | The Shadow |
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://sfadb.com/Retro_Hugo_Awards |title=Retro Hugo Awards |work=Locus |access-date=2021-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116171919/http://sfadb.com/Retro_Hugo_Awards |archive-date=2021-01-16}}
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External links
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