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Monday, August 19, 2019

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)
Best Novella
WINNER: Artificial Condition, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing
Best Novelette
WINNER: “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again“, Zen Cho (B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog 11/29/18)
Best Short Story
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)
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 ComputerJanelle Monáe
  • The Expanse: “Abaddon’s Gate”
  • The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy”
Best Related Work
WINNER: Archive of Our Own (The Organization for Transformative Works)
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
Best Fanzine
WINNER: Lady Business
Best Fancast
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)
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)

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