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    Here are the winners of the 2019 Hugo Awards.

    Emily Temple

    August 19, 2019, 10:33am

    The winners of the 2019 Hugo Awards—one of science fiction and fantasy’s most prestigious awards, decided by the popular vote of Worldcon members—were presented last night at a ceremony at the 77th World Science Fiction Convention in Dublin, Ireland. Congratulations to all!

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    The 2019 Hugo Award Winners:

    Best Novel: The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)

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

    Best Novella: Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)

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

    Best Short Story: “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies,” by Alix E. Harrow (Apex Magazine, February 2018)

    Finalists:
    “The Court Magician,” by Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed, January 2018)
    “The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society,” by T. Kingfisher (Uncanny Magazine 25, November-December 2018)
    “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington,” by P. Djèlí Clark (Fireside Magazine, February 2018)
    “STET,” by Sarah Gailey (Fireside Magazine, October 2018)
    “The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat,” by Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Magazine 23, July-August 2018)

    Best Series: Wayfarers, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager)

    Finalists:
    The Centenal Cycle, by Malka Older (Tor.com Publishing)
    The Laundry Files, by Charles Stross (most recently Tor.com Publishing/Orbit)
    Machineries of Empire, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
    The October Daye Series, by Seanan McGuire (most recently DAW)
    The Universe of Xuya, by Aliette de Bodard (most recently Subterranean Press)

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    Best Graphic Story: Monstress, Volume 3: Haven, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image Comics)

    Finalists:
    Abbott, written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Sami Kivelä, colours by Jason Wordie, letters by Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios)
    Black Panther: Long Live the King, written by Nnedi Okorafor and Aaron Covington, art by André Lima Araújo, Mario Del Pennino and Tana Ford (Marvel)
    On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden (First Second)
    Paper Girls, Volume 4, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher (Image Comics)
    Saga, Volume 9, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)

    See the full list of winners here.

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