Hugo Ballot - 2025

[chris_gerrib]

Herewith my Hugo ballot for 2025. Categories not listed are ones in which I didn't vote.

Category: Best Novel

• The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (Avid Reader Press, Sceptre): 1
• The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey, Hodderscape UK): 2
• Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell (DAW): 3
• Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit US, Tor UK)): 4
• A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher (Tor): 5
• Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tordotcom): 6
• No Award: Unranked

Category: Best Novella

• The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler (Tordotcom): 1
• The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed (Tordotcom): 2
• What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher (Nightfire): 3
• The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar (Tordotcom): 4
• The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom): 5
• Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard (Tordotcom): 6
• No Award: Unranked

Category: Best Novelette

• “The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea” by Naomi Kritzer (Asimov's, September/October 2024): 1
• “Signs of Life” by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 59): 2
• “By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars” by Premee Mohamed (Strange Horizons, Fund Drive 2024): 3
• “The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video” by Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld, May 2024): 4
• “Loneliness Universe” by Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 58): 5
• “Lake of Souls” by Ann Leckie in Lake of Souls (Orbit): 6
• No Award: Unranked

Category: Best Short Story

• “Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole” by Isabel J. Kim (Clarkesworld, February 2024): 1
• “Five Views of the Planet Tartarus” by Rachael K. Jones (Lightspeed Magazine, Jan 2024 (Issue 164)): 2
• “Marginalia” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 56): 3
• No Award: Unranked
• “Stitched to Skin Like Family Is” by Nghi Vo (Uncanny Magazine Issue 57): Unranked
• “Three Faces of a Beheading” by Arkady Martine (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 58): Unranked
• “We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” by Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed Magazine, May 2024 (Issue 168)): Unranked

Category: Best Series

• InCryptid by Seanan McGuire (DAW): 1
• Between Earth and Sky by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga Press): 2
• The Burning Kingdoms by Tasha Suri (Orbit): Unranked
• Southern Reach by Jeff VanderMeer (Farrar, Straus and Giroux): Unranked
• The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books): Unranked
• The Tyrant Philosophers by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Ad Astra): Unranked
• No Award: Unranked

Category: Best Related Work

• “The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel” by Jenny Nicholson (YouTube): 1
• “Charting the Cliff: An Investigation into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics” by Camestros Felapton and Heather Rose Jones (File 770, February 22, 2024): 2
• Track Changes by Abigail Nussbaum (Briardene Books): 3
• Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right by Jordan S. Carroll (University of Minnesota Press): 4
• No Award: Unranked
• r/Fantasy's 2024 Bingo Reading Challenge by the r/Fantasy Bingo Team (r/Fantasy on Reddit), presented by the r/Fantasy Bingo team: Alexandra Forrest (happy_book_bee), Lisa Richardson, Amanda E. (Lyrrael), Arka (RuinEleint), Ashley Rollins (oboist73), Christine Sandquist (eriophora), David H. (FarragutCircle), Diana Hufnagl, Pia Matei (Dianthaa), Dylan H. (RAAAImmaSunGod), Dylan Kilby (an_altar_of_plagues), Elsa (ullsi), Emma Surridge (PlantLady32), Gillian Gray (thequeensownfool), Kahlia (cubansombrero), Kevin James, Kopratic, Kristina (Cassandra_sanguine), Lauren Mulcahy (Valkhyrie), Megan, Megan Creemers (Megan_Dawn), Melissa S. (wishforagiraffe), Mike De Palatis (MikeOfThePalace), Para (improperly_paranoid), Sham, The_Real_JS, Abdellah L. (messi1045), AnnTickwittee, Chad Z. (shift_shaper), Emma Smiley (Merle), Rebecca (toughschmidt22), smartflutist661: Unranked
• “The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion” by Chris M. Barkley and Jason Sanford (Genre Grapevine and File770, February 14, 2024): Unranked

Category: Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Dune: Part Two, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, directed by Denis Villeneuve (Legendary Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures): 1
• Flow, screenplay by Gints Zilbalodis and Matīss Kaža, directed by Gints Zilbalodis (Dream Well Studio): Unranked
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, screenplay by George Miller and Nick Lathouris, directed by George Miller (Warner Bros. Pictures): Unranked
• I Saw the TV Glow, screenplay by Jane Schoenbrun, directed by Jane Schoenbrun (Fruit Tree / Smudge Films / A24): Unranked
• Wicked, screenplay by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, directed by Jon M.Chu (Universal Pictures): Unranked
• The Wild Robot, screenplay by Chris Sanders and Peter Brown, directed by Chris Sanders (DreamWorks Animation): Unranked
• No Award: Unranked

Category: Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• Fallout: “The Beginning” written by Gursimran Sandhu, directed by Wayne Che Yip (Amazon Prime Video ): 1
• Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Fissure Quest” created by Mike McMahan and written by Lauren McGuire based on “Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Brandon Williams (CBS Eye Animation Productions for Paramount+): 2
• 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+): 3
• Agatha All Along: “Death's Hand in Mine” written by Gia King & Cameron Squires, directed by Jac Schaeffer (Marvel, Disney+): Unranked
• Doctor Who: “Dot and Bubble” written by Russell T Davies, directed by Dylan Holmes Williams (BBC, Disney+): Unranked
• Doctor Who: “73 Yards” written by Russell T Davies, directed by Dylan Holmes Williams (BBC, Disney+): Unranked
• No Award: Unranked

Category: 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.: 1
• FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, publisher and executive editor DaVaun Sanders, poetry editor B. Sharise Moore, art director Christian Ivey, acquiring editors Rebecca McGee, Kerine Wint, Egbiameje Omole, Emmalia Harrington, Genine Tyson, Tonya R. Moore, sponsor coordinator Nelson Rolon: 2
• The Deadlands, publisher Sean Markey; editors E. Catherine Tobler, Nicasio Andres Reed, David Gilmore, Laura Blackwell, Annika Barranti Klein; proofreader Josephine Stewart; columnist Amanda Downum; art and design Cory Skerry, Christine M. Scott; social media Felicia Martínez; assistant Shana Du Bois.: Unranked
• Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and Valerie Valdes, assistant editors Premee Mohamed and Kevin Wabaunsee, hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart, producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht; and the entire Escape Pod team: Unranked
• khōréō – produced by Zhui Ning Chang, Aleksandra Hill, Danai Christopoulou, Isabella Kestermann, Kanika Agrawal, Sachiko Ragosta, Lian Xia Rose, Jenelle DeCosta, Melissa Ren, Elaine Ho, Ambi Sun, Cyrus Chin, Nivair H. Gabriel, Jeané Ridges, Lilivette Domínguez, Isaree Thatchaichawalit, Jei D. Marcade, M. L. Krishnan, Ysabella Maglanque, Aaron Voigt, Adialyz Del Valle Berríos, Adil Mian, Akilah White, Alexandra Millatmal, Anselma Widha Prihandita, E. Broderick, K. S. Walker, Katarzyna Nowacka, Katie McIvor, Kelsea Yu, Lynn D. Jung, Madeleine Vigneron, Marie Croke, Merulai Femi, Phoebe Low, S. R. Westvik, Sanjna Bhartiya, Sara Messenger, Sophia Uy, Tina Zhu, Yuvashri Harish, Zohar Jacobs: Unranked
• Strange Horizons, by the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective: Unranked
• No Award: Unranked

Category: Best Fan Writer

• Camestros Felapton: 1
• Abigail Nussbaum: 2
• Alasdair Stuart: Unranked
• Jason Sanford: Unranked
• No Award: Unranked
• Roseanna Pendlebury: Unranked
• Örjan Westin: Unranked

Category: Astounding Award for Best New Writer, sponsored by Must Read Magazines (not a Hugo)

• Moniquill Blackgoose (2nd year of eligibility): 1
• Bethany Jacobs (2nd year of eligibility): 2
• Angela Liu (2nd year of eligibility): Unranked
• Hannah Kaner (2nd year of eligibility): Unranked
• Jared Pechaček (1st year of eligibility): Unranked
• No Award: Unranked
• Tia Tashiro (2nd year of eligibility): Unranked