The winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award for Best New Writer have been announced during a formal ceremony at Chengdu Worldcon, the 81st World Science Fiction Convention on October 21st, 2023 in Chengdu, China.

The Hugo Awards have been running since 1953 and are tied into the annual Worldcon events. As the name suggests, Worldcon is a huge book event that travels around the world (including much of North America). Regular attendees (known as members) tend to be affluent, broadly read, and widely travelled.

Best Novel
Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)

Best Novella
Where the Drowned Girls Go, Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)

Best Novelette
The Space-Time Painter, Hai Ya (Galaxy’s Edge 4/22)

Best Short Story
Rabbit Test, Samantha Mills (Uncanny 11-12/22)

Best Series
Children of Time Series, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US)

Best Graphic Story or Comic
Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams, Szytbor, Bartosz, Andrade, et al

Best Related Work
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes, Rob Wilkins (Doubleday)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
The Expanse: ‘Babylon’s Ashes’

Best Editor, Short Form
Neil Clarke

Best Editor, Long Form
Lindsey Hall

Best Professional Artist
Enzhe Zhao

Best Semiprozine
Uncanny

Best Fanzine
Zero Gravity Newspaper

Best Fancast
Hugo, Girl!

Best Fan Writer
Chris M. Barkley

Best Fan Artist
Richard Man

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
Akata Woman, Nnedi Okorafor (Viking)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer
Travis Baldree

Congratulations to everyone involved.