My 2020 Hugo nominating ballot

The world is falling apart and I feel like I’m a minor character in Connie Willis’s Doomsday Book or Sarah Pinsker’s A Song For A New Day, or possibly Mira Grant’s Feed. I’m working on some more reviews, but until then, I thought I might as well post my nominations for the Hugo Awards. Let’s hope we’re all around this summer to see who wins.

Best Novel

• The City in the Middle of the Night ; Charlie Jane Anders; Tor
• The Light Brigade; Kameron Hurley ; Saga
• Middlegame ; Seanan McGuire ; Tor.com
• A Song for a New Day; Sarah Pinsker; Berkeley 
• The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl; Theodora Goss; Saga

Best Novella

• In an Absent Dream; Seanan McGuire ; Tor.com publishing 
• To Be Taught, If Fortunate; Becky Chambers ; Harper Voyager 
• The Haunting of Tram Car 015; Clark, P. Djeli; Tor.com publishing 
• In the Shadow of Spindrift House; Mira Grant; Subterranean Press
• Minor Mage; T. Kingfisher; Red Wombat Studio

Best Novelette

• The Narwhal ; Sarah Pinsker; Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea
• Emergency Skin; N K Jemisin; Forward by Amazon

Best Short Story

• Any Way the Wind Blows; Seanan McGuire ; Tor.com
• Articulated Restraint ; Mary Robinette Kowal ; Tor.com
• The Bookstore at the End of America; Charlie Jane Anders; A People’s Future of the United States
• Old Media; Annalee Newitz; Tor.com

Best Series

• Expanse; James S.A. Corey ; Tiamat’s Wrath
• Incryptid ; Seanan McGuire ; That Ain’t Witchcraft
• Athena Club; Theodora Goss; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl
• Valdemar; Mercedes Lackey; Eye Spy
• Axiom; Tim Pratt; Forbidden Stars

Best Related Work

• Becoming Superman ; J. Michael Straczynski; Harper Collins 
• Transformers: A Visual History; Jim Sorenson; Viz publishing 
• Hugosauriad: a dinography of the Hugo Awards; Camestros Felapton; https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• Amazing Nightcrawler; Seanan McGuire ; Marvel
• Unbeatable Squirrel Girl vol 9; Ryan North; Marvel
• Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider vol 2; Seanan McGuire ; Marvel
• Wonder Twins vol 1; Mark Russel; DC
• Sunny rolls the Dice; Jennifer L Holm; Scholastic 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Star Trek:Discovery season 2; CBS All Access
• Avengers Endgame; Disney 
• Spider-man Far From Home; Sony
• Good Omens; Amazon

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• Steven Universe The Movie; Steven Universe ; Cartoon Network

Best Editor, Long Form

• Lee Harris
• Navah Wolfe

Best Fanzine

• Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together
• Disciples of Boltax

Best Fancast

• Jay and Miles Xplain the X-men 
• The Greatest Generation
• The Greatest Discovery 
• Our Opinions Are Correct
• Wow in the World

Best Fan Writer

• Camestros Felapton; https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/
• Emmet Asher Perrin; https://www.tor.com/author/emily-asher-perrin/
• James David Nicoll; https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (not a Hugo)

• Alien: Echo; Mira Grant; Imprint
• Sunny Rolls the Dice; Jennifer Holm; Scholastic 
• Dragon Pearl; Yoon Ha Lee; Disney Hyperion
• Catfishing on Catnet; Naomi Kritzer; Tor Teen

Astounding Award for the best new science fiction writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo)

• RF Kuang; Dragon Republic