Winners of the 2021 Hugo Awards will be announced at the 79th World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon) which will be held December 15-19 in Washington DC (DisCon III). (Usually WorldCon is held in August but it was delayed this year due to COVID). The award ceremony takes place on Saturday December 18. The Hugo Award finalists, listed below, are chosen by a poll of readers.

There are no Retrospective Hugo Awards being presented this year because the 1946 Retros were presented in 1996. We’re covering only the categories you see below but there are lots more that you can find on the 2021 Hugo Award page.

Click the title links below to read our reviews and on the author links to visit our page for the author. We’ve included the cover art for our favorites.

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BEST SHORT STORY

BEST NOVELETTE

BEST NOVELLA

BEST NOVEL

LODESTAR AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

BEST SERIES

THE ASTOUNDING AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER
(formerly the John W. Campbell Award)