Hugo Awards and Nominations 2026

jian · Apr 22, 2026

Hi all,

The Hugo nominations are out for this year! Sorry if I’ve missed a thread about this (or indeed a recurrent annual thread), hope this is of interest.

2026 Hugo Awards

Presented at: LAcon V, Anaheim, California, USA, August 30, 2026 Hosts: Base design: Lodestar Award trophy design: Awards Administration: Tammy Coxen, Warren Buff, Linda Deneroff, Emily January, Ro…

www.thehugoawards.org

So, to list a few classes:

Best Novel

A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape)
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow; Gollancz)
Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US)
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK)
The Incandescent by Emily Tesh (Tor US; Orbit UK)
The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (Orbit US; Hodderscape)

(I’ve read 4/6 and my current nomination is Death of the Author.)

Best Novella

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz (Tordotcom)
Cinder House by Freya Marske (Tordotcom; Tor UK)
Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite (Tordotcom)
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom; Arcadia UK)
The Summer War by Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK)
What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher (Nightfire; Titan UK)

(I’ve read 4/6 and my current nomination is Automatic Noodle.)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

Andor (Season 2), written by Tom Bissell, Dan Gilroy, Tony Gilroy, and Beau Willimon, directed by Ariel Kleiman, Janus Metz, Alonso Ruizpalacios, (Disney+)
Frankenstein, screenplay by Guillermo del Toro, directed by Guillermo del Toro (Netflix)
KPop Demon Hunters, screenplay by Danya Jimenez & Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans; directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans (Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix)
Mickey 17, screenplay by Bong Joon Ho, directed by Bong Joon Ho (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Sinners, screenplay by Ryan Coogler, directed by Ryan Coogler (Proximity Media, Warner Bros. Pictures)
Superman, screenplay by James Gunn, directed by James Gunn (DC Studios)

(I’ve watched 4/6 and my nomination is Mickey 17.)

What do we think of the choices and likely winners?