Alix E. Harrow Wins 2026 Hugo Award for Best Novel
2026 Hugo Awards
At LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention, the 2026 Hugo Awards were presented on August 30. Alix E. Harrow's 'The Everlasting' took Best Novel, while Amal El-Mohtar's 'The River Has Roots' won Best Novella. The ceremony also honored works like 'Murderbot: All Systems Red' for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) and 'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' for Best Game. The Best Poem category continued its trial run, with Elis Montgomery winning for 'Hex Supply Customer Support Log'.
These are works that comfort us in hard times and challenge us to not only envision, but to work towards, better tomorrows and more inclusive worlds.
- sdenton4
Allow me to make a small recommendation for the "best related work": Ada Palmer's 'Inventing the Renaissance.'
It's a fantastic work of complex history, told with the tools of science fiction and fantasy writing. But it remains a high quality academic work: the tools are used to unravel the telling of a gay and complicated topic, but you still get the vastness.
If you like ACOUP, it should be right up your alley.
- shagie
The one that caught me off guard was Old Man's War by John Scalzi as best series.
> The Hugo Award for Best Series is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The award is available for series of science fiction or fantasy stories consisting of at least 3 published works totaling at least 240,000 words, with at least one work released or translated into English during the previous calendar year. A losing finalist becomes eligible again with the publication of at least two new works totaling at least 240,000 words.
And now, checking on it... The Shattering Peace was released in September of 2025.
I guess I've got another item for my reading list (currently going through the classics of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser... I wonder if that will ever be eligible for a retro Hugo Award for series).
- busymom0
Taking about scifi, if you guys haven't watched the tv show SILO yet, I'd highly recommend it. Everyone I've recommended it to so far has been thoroughly impressed.
- b473a
Clair Obscur is going to be game of the year every year for the next decade.
- fsloth
Sinners was very cool but I'm surprised to find it as Hugo winner.