2021 Hugo Awards announced

The 2021 Hugo Awards have been announced at the World Science Fiction Convention, currently ongoing in Washington, DC.

• Best Novel: Network Effect by Martha Wells
• Best Novella: The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
• Best Novelette: Two Truths and a Lie by Sarah Pinsker
• Best Short Story: "Metal Like Blood in the Dark" by T. Kingfisher
• Best Series: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
• Best Related Work: Beowulf: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley
• Best Graphics Story: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, art by John Jennings
• Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: The Old Guard
• Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: The Good Place, Whenever You're Ready
• Best Editor, Short Form: Ellen Datlow
• Best Editor, Long Form: Diana M. Pho
• Best Professional Artist: Rovina Cai
• Best Semiprozine: FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction by DaVaun Sanders, Eboni Dunbar, Brandon O'Brien, Brent Lambert, L.D. Lewis and the FIYAH Team
• Best Fanzine: nerds of a feather, flock together by Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, The G and Vance Kotrla
• Best Fancast: The Coode Street Podcast by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
• Best Fan Writer: Elsa Sjunneson
• Best Fan Artist: Sara Felix
• Best Video Game: Hades
• Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book: A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
• Astounding Award for Best New Writer: Emily Tesh

The 2022 WorldCon will be held in Chicago, Illinois and the 2023 event will take place in Chengdu, China, where the Hugo Awards for those years will be announced.