2016 Hugo Award Winners Revealed

By Maryann Yin 

Hugo Award Logo (GalleyCat)The winners of the 2016 Hugo Awards have been unveiled.

The awards were presented at the 74th World Science Fiction Convention, MidAmeriCon II. Below, we’ve posted the full list of winners.

Here’s more from the organization’s website: “4032 valid nominating ballots (4015 electronically-submitted and 17 paper) were received and counted. Members of the 2015, 2016, and 2017 Worldcons as of the end of January 2016 were eligible to make up to five equally-weighted nominations in each category.” (via Tor.com)

2016 Hugo Award Winners

Best Novel: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Best Novella: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Best Novelette: “Folding Beijing” written by Hao Jingfang and translated by Ken Liu

Best Short Story: “Cat Pictures Please” by Naomi Kritzer

Best Graphic Story: The Sandman: Overture written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by J.H. Williams III

Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form): The Martian screenplay written by Drew Goddard with a movie directed by Ridley Scott

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form): Jessica Jones: “AKA Smile” written by Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, and Jamie King with an episode directed by Michael Rymer

Best Editor (Long Form): Sheila E. Gilbert

Best Editor (Short Form): Ellen Datlow

Best Professional Artist: Abigail Larson

Best Semiprozine: Uncanny Magazine edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, and Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky

Best Fanzine: File 770 edited by Mike Glyer

Best Fan Writer: Mike Glyer

Best Fan Artist: Steve Stiles

The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer: Andy Weir