Using Awards Lists As A RA Tool: Hugo Awards 2019 Edition

Over the weekend, the Hugo Awards were given out in Ireland. I have posted the winners and nominees below and you can find also find them at this link.

One of my most popular mantras is-- Awards lists are one of your best RA and Collection Development tools. 

Click here to see every time I have talked about this and here for the first time.  

But the gist is you can use them for displays, as a resource of sure bet reads, to get yourself up to speed in the genre [in this case SF and fantasy], and for collection development. I especially like the Hugo Awards because they give an award for best series and a new writer which means we have nominees too. 

See below or click here, and start using any titles you see listed to help a patron, build a display, or add to your collection today.

2019 Hugo and Campbell Awards Winners

Winners for the Hugo Awards and for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer were announced by Dublin 2019, the 77th Worldcon, on August 18, 2019 at the Convention Centre Dublin in Dublin Ireland.

Best Novel

WINNER: The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)

• Record of a Spaceborn Few, Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager US; Hodder & Stoughton)
• Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris US; Solaris UK)
• Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Macmillan)
• Trail of Lightning, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
• Space Opera, Catherynne M. Valente (Saga)

Best Novella

WINNER: Artificial Condition, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing

• The Black God’s Drums, P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Tea Master and the Detective, Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean)
• Beneath the Sugar Sky, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
• Binti: The Night Masquerade, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com Publishing)
• Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, Kelly Robson (Tor.comPublishing)

Best Novelette

WINNER: “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again“, Zen Cho (B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog 11/29/18)

• The Only Harmless Great Thing, Brooke Bolander (Tor.comPublishing)
• “The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections“, Tina Connolly (Tor.com 7/11/18)
• “Nine Last Days on Planet Earth“, Daryl Gregory (Tor.com 9/19/18)
• “When We Were Starless“, Simone Heller (Clarkesworld 10/18)
• “The Thing About Ghost Stories“, Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny 11-12/18)

Best Short Story

WINNER: “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies“, Alix E. Harrow (Apex 2/18)

• “The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat“, Brooke Bolander (Uncanny 7-8/18)
• “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington“, Phenderson Djèlí Clark (Fireside 2/18)
• “STET“, Sarah Gailey (Fireside 10/18)
• “The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society“, T. Kingfisher (Uncanny 11-12/18)
• “The Court Magician“, Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed 12/18)

Best Series

WINNER: Wayfarers, Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager US; Hodder & Stoughton)

• The Universe of Xuya, Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean)
• Machineries of Empire, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
• The October Daye series, Seanan McGuire (DAW)
• The Centenal Cycle, Malka Older (Tor)
• The Laundry Files, Charles Stross (Tor.com Publishing; Orbit)

Best Graphic Story

WINNER: Monstress, Vol 3: Haven, Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda (Image)

• Abbott, Saladin Ahmed, illustrated by Sami Kivela (BOOM! Studios)
• Black Panther: Long Live the King (issues 1-3), Nnedi Okorafor & Aaron Covington, illustrated by André Lima Araújo, Mario Del Pennino, Tana Ford (Marvel)
• Paper Girls, Volume 4, Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Cliff Chiang, (Image)
• Saga, Volume 9, Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image)
• On a Sunbeam, Tillie Walden (First Second)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

WINNER: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

• Annihilation
• Avengers: Infinity War
• Black Panther
• A Quiet Place
• Sorry to Bother You

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

WINNER: The Good Place: “Janet(s)”

• Doctor Who: “Demons of the Punjab”
• Doctor Who: “Rosa”
• Dirty Computer, Janelle Monáe
• The Expanse: “Abaddon’s Gate”
• The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy”

Best Related Work

WINNER: Archive of Our Own (The Organization for Transformative Works)

• The Hobbit Duology, Lindsay Ellis & Angelina Meehan (YouTube)
• Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing, Ursula K. Le Guin & David Naimon (Tin House Books)
• Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction, Alec Nevala-Lee (Dey Street)
• www.mexicanxinitiative.com/The Mexicanx Initiative Experience at Worldcon 76, Julia Rios, Libia Brenda, Pablo Defendini, John Picacio
• An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000, Jo Walton (Tor)

Best Professional Editor, Short Form

WINNER: Gardner Dozois

• Neil Clarke
• Lee Harris
• Julia Rios
• Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
• E. Catherine Tobler

Best Professional Editor, Long Form

WINNER: Navah Wolfe

• Sheila E. Gilbert
• Anne Lesley Groell
• Beth Meacham
• Diana Pho
• Gillian Redfearn

Best Professional Artist

WINNER: Charles Vess

• Galen Dara
• Jaime Jones
• Victo Ngai
• John Picacio
• Yuko Shimizu

Best Semiprozine

WINNER: Uncanny

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies
• Fireside 
• Fiyah
• Shimmer
• Strange Horizons

Best Fanzine

WINNER: Lady Business

• Galactic Journey
• Journey Planet
• nerds of a feather, flock together
• Quick Sip Reviews
• Rocket Stack Rank

Best Fancast

WINNER: Our Opinions Are Correct

• Be The Serpent
• The Coode Street Podcast
• Fangirl Happy Hour
• Galactic Suburbia
• The Skiffy and Fanty Show

Best Fan Writer

WINNER: Foz Meadows

• James Davis Nicoll
• Charles Payseur
• Elsa Sjunneson-Henry
• Alasdair Stuart
• Bogi Takács

Best Fan Artist

WINNER: Likhain (Mia Sereno)

• Sara Felix

• Grace P. Fong
• Meg Frank
• Ariela Housman
• Spring Schoenhuth

Best Art Book

WINNER: The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, Ursula K. Le Guin, illustrated by Charles Vess (Saga)

• Daydreamer’s Journey: The Art of Julie Dillon, Julie Dillon (self-published)
• Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, John Fleskes, ed. (Flesk)
• Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, Catherine McIlwaine, ed. (Bodleian Library)
• Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History, Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, & Sam Witwer (Ten Speed)
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: The Art of the Movie, Ramin Zahed (Titan)

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (not a Hugo)

WINNER: Jeannette Ng

• Katherine Arden
• S.A. Chakraborty
• R.F. Kuang
• Vina Jie-Min Prasad
• Rivers Solomon

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

WINNER: Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt; Macmillan)

• The Cruel Prince, Holly Black (Little, Brown; Hot Key)
• The Belles, Dhonielle Clayton (Freeform; Gollancz)
• The Invasion, Peadar Ó Guilín (Scholastic; David Fickling)
• Tess of the Road, Rachel Hartman (Penguin Teen; Random House UK)
• Dread Nation, Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)