The winners of the 2025 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award for Best New Writer were announced on Saturday, August 16 at Seattle Worldcon 2025.

The winners are:

BEST NOVEL

• The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey, Hodderscape UK)

BEST NOVELLA

• The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler (Tordotcom)

BEST NOVELETTE

•  “The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea” by Naomi Kritzer (Asimov’s, September/October 2024)

BEST SHORT STORY

•  “Stitched to Skin Like Family Is” by Nghi Vo (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 57)

BEST SERIES

• Between Earth and Sky by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga Press)

BEST GRAPHIC STORY OR COMIC

• Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way written by Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio (IDW Publishing)

BEST RELATED WORK

• Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right by Jordan S. Carroll (University of Minnesota Press)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM

• Dune: Part Two, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, directed by Denis Villeneuve (Legendary Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM

• Star Trek: Lower Decks: “The New Next Generation” created and written by Mike McMahan, based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Megan Lloyd (CBS Eye Animation Productions for Paramount+)

BEST GAME OR INTERACTIVE WORK

• Caves of Qud, co-creators Brian Bucklew and Jason Grinblat; contributors Nick DeCapua, Corey Frang, Craig Hamilton, Autumn McDonell, Bastia Rosen, Caelyn Sandel, Samuel Wilson (Freehold Games); sound design A Shell in the Pit; publisher Kitfox Games

BEST EDITOR SHORT FORM

• Neil Clarke

BEST EDITOR LONG FORM

• Diana M. Pho

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

• Alyssa Winans

BEST SEMIPROZINE

• Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing editor Monte Lin; poetry editor Betsy Aoki, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

BEST FANZINE

• Black Nerd Problems, editors William Evans and Omar Holmon

BEST FANCAST

• Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones, presented by Emily Tesh and Rebecca Fraimow

BEST FAN WRITER

• Abigail Nussbaum

BEST FAN ARTIST

• Sara Felix

BEST POEM

•  “A War of Words” by Marie Brennan (Strange Horizons, September 2024)

LODESTAR AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG ADULT  BOOK

• Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)

ASTOUNDING AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER (sponsored by Dell Magazines)

• Moniquill Blackgoose (2nd year of eligibility)

View the video of the ceremony on YouTube.