Awards & Winners

Hugo Award for Best Novella

Hugo Awards

The Hugo Award for Best Novella is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in English or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novella award is available for works of fiction of between 17,500 and 40,000 words; awards are also given out in the short story, novelette and novel categories. The Hugo Award for Best Novella has been awarded annually since 1968. In addition to the regular Hugo awards, beginning in 1996 Retrospective Hugo Awards, or "Retro Hugos", have been available to be awarded for years 50, 75, or 100 years prior in which no awards were given. To date, Retro Hugo awards have been given for novellas for 1946, 1951, and 1954. Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by the supporting and attending members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention, or Worldcon, and the presentation evening constitutes its central event. The selection process is defined in the World Science Fiction Society Constitution as instant-runoff voting with five nominees, except in the case of a tie.
Date Established : 1968

Check all the winners of Hugo Award for Best Novella presented under Hugo Awards since 1968 .


Charles Stross

Honored for : Equoid

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Dan Wells The Butcher of Khardov
Brad R. Torgersen The Chaplain's Legacy
Charles Stross Equoid
Catherynne M. Valente Six-Gun Snow White
Andy Duncan Wakulla Springs
Ellen Klages Wakulla Springs

Brandon Sanderson

Honored for : The Emperor's Soul

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Brandon Sanderson The Emperor's Soul
Nancy Kress After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall
Aliette de Bodard On a Red Station, Drifting
Seanan McGuire San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats
Jay Lake The Stars Do Not Lie

Kij Johnson

Honored for : The Man Who Bridged the Mist

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kij Johnson The Man Who Bridged the Mist
Mary Robinette Kowal Kiss Me Twice
Catherynne M. Valente Silently and Very Fast
Ken Liu The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary
Seanan McGuire Countdown
Carolyn Ives Gilman The Ice Owl

Ted Chiang

Honored for : The Lifecycle of Software Objects

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ted Chiang The Lifecycle of Software Objects
Rachel Swirsky The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window
Elizabeth Hand The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon
Geoffrey A. Landis The Sultan of the Clouds
Alastair Reynolds Troika

Charles Stross

Honored for : Palimpsest

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Stross Palimpsest
Nancy Kress Act One
John Scalzi The God Engines
James K. Morrow Shambling Towards Hiroshima
Kage Baker The Women of Nell Gwynne's
Ian McDonald Vishnu at the Cat Circus

Nancy Kress

Honored for : The Erdmann Nexus

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nancy Kress The Erdmann Nexus
Benjamin Rosenbaum True Names
Cory Doctorow True Names
Charles Coleman Finlay The Political Prisoner
Ian McDonald The Tear
Robert Reed Truth

Connie Willis

Honored for : All Seated on the Ground

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Connie Willis All Seated on the Ground
Lucius Shepard Stars Seen Through Stone
Gene Wolfe Memorare
Nancy Kress Fountain of Age
Kristine Kathryn Rusch Recovering Apollo 8

Robert Reed

Honored for : A Billion Eves

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Reed A Billion Eves
Robert Charles Wilson Julian: A Christmas Story
Michael Swanwick Lord Weary's Empire
Paul Melko The Walls of the Universe
William Shunn Inclination

Connie Willis

Honored for : Inside Job

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kelly Link Magic for Beginners
Connie Willis Inside Job
James Patrick Kelly Burn
Robert J. Sawyer Identity Theft
Ian McDonald The Little Goddess

Charles Stross

Honored for : The Concrete Jungle

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bradley Denton Sergeant Chip
Charles Stross The Concrete Jungle
Lois McMaster Bujold Winterfair Gifts
Charles Stross Elector
Michael A. Burstein Time Ablaze

Vernor Vinge

Honored for : The Cookie Monster

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Connie Willis Just Like the Ones We Used to Know
Vernor Vinge The Cookie Monster
Kage Baker The Empress of Mars
Walter Jon Williams The Green Leopard Plague
Catherine Asaro Walk in Silence

Neil Gaiman

Honored for : Coraline

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ian R. MacLeod Breathmoss
Richard Chwedyk Bronte's Egg
Neil Gaiman Coraline
Charles Coleman Finlay The Political Officer
Pat Forde In Spirit
Paul Di Filippo A Year in the Linear City

Vernor Vinge

Honored for : Fast Times at Fairmont High

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Brenda Clough May Be Some Time
Andy Duncan The Chief Designer
Jack Dann The Diamond Pit
Vernor Vinge Fast Times at Fairmont High
Allen Steele Stealing Alabama

Jack Williamson

Honored for : The Ultimate Earth

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Catherine Asaro A Roll of the Dice
Lucius Shepard Radiant Green Star
Jack Williamson The Ultimate Earth
Kristine Kathryn Rusch The Retrieval Artist
Greg Egan Oracle
Ted Chiang Seventy-two Letters

Connie Willis

Honored for : The Winds of Marble Arch

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mike Resnick Hunting the Snark
Adam-Troy Castro The Astronaut from Wyoming
Jerry Oltion The Astronaut from Wyoming
Connie Willis The Winds of Marble Arch
Harry Turtledove Forty, Counting Down
Kage Baker Son, Observe the Time

Greg Egan

Honored for : Oceanic

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ted Chiang Story of Your Life
Ian R. MacLeod The Summer Isles
Greg Egan Oceanic
Catherine Asaro Aurora in Four Voices
Terry Bisson Get Me to the Church on Time

Allen Steele

Honored for : \u2026Where Angels Fear to Tread

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Adam-Troy Castro The Funeral March of the Marionettes
Robert Reed Marrow
Allen Steele \u2026Where Angels Fear to Tread
Paul Levinson Loose Ends
Geoffrey A. Landis Ecopoiesis

George R. R. Martin

Honored for : Blood of the Dragon

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Maureen F. McHugh The Cost to Be Wise
Jack McDevitt Time Travelers Never Die
Jerry Oltion Abandon in Place
George R. R. Martin Blood of the Dragon
Gregory Benford Immersion
Mary Rosenblum Gas Fish

Allen Steele

Honored for : The Death of Captain Future

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ursula K. Le Guin A Man of the People
Allen Steele The Death of Captain Future
Mike Resnick Bibi
Susan Shwartz Bibi
Ursula K. Le Guin A Woman's Liberation
Nancy Kress Fault Lines

Mike Resnick

Honored for : Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ursula K. Le Guin Forgiveness Day
Mike Resnick Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge
Brian Stableford Les Fleurs du Mal
Michael Bishop Cri de Coeur
Michael F. Flynn Melodies of the Heart

Harry Turtledove

Honored for : Down in the Bottomlands

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Harry Turtledove Down in the Bottomlands
G. David Nordley Into the Miranda Rift
Harlan Ellison Mefisto in Onyx
Walter Jon Williams Wall, Stone, Craft
Jack Cady The Night We Buried Road Dog
Pat Murphy An American Childhood

Lucius Shepard

Honored for : Barnacle Bill the Spacer

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Frederik Pohl Stopping at Slowyear
Bradley Denton The Territory
Maureen F. McHugh Protection
Lucius Shepard Barnacle Bill the Spacer
Jonathan Carroll Uh Oh City

Nancy Kress

Honored for : Beggars in Spain

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nancy Kress Beggars in Spain
Michael Swanwick Griffin's Egg
Kristine Kathryn Rusch The Gallery of His Dreams
Connie Willis Jack
Nancy Kress And Wild for to Hold

Joe Haldeman

Honored for : The Hemingway Hoax

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kim Stanley Robinson A Short, Sharp Shock
Pat Cadigan Fool to Believe
Joe Haldeman The Hemingway Hoax
Mike Resnick Bully!
Pat Murphy Bones

Lois McMaster Bujold

Honored for : The Mountains of Mourning

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Robin Hobb A Touch of Lavender
Lois McMaster Bujold The Mountains of Mourning
Judith Moffett Tiny Tango
Lucius Shepard The Father of Stones
Connie Willis Time-Out

Connie Willis

Honored for : The Last of the Winnebagos

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Norman Spinrad Journals of the Plague Years
Bradley Denton The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians
Connie Willis The Last of the Winnebagos
Lucius Shepard The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter
Walter Jon Williams Surfacing

Orson Scott Card

Honored for : Eye for Eye

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Orson Scott Card Eye for Eye
Kim Stanley Robinson The Blind Geometer
Michael F. Flynn The Forest of Time
Kim Stanley Robinson Mother Goddess of the World
Robert Silverberg The Secret Sharer

Robert Silverberg

Honored for : Gilgamesh in the Outback

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael F. Flynn Eifelheim
Kim Stanley Robinson Escape from Kathmandu
Robert Silverberg Gilgamesh in the Outback
Lucius Shepard R&R
Connie Willis Spice Pogrom

Roger Zelazny

Honored for : 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Roger Zelazny 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai
Kim Stanley Robinson Green Mars
James Tiptree, Jr. The Only Neat Thing to Do
C. J. Cherryh The Scapegoat
Robert Silverberg Sailing to Byzantium

John Varley

Honored for : Press Enter

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Varley Press Enter
Joseph H. Delaney Valentina: Soul in Sapphire
Marc Stiegler Valentina: Soul in Sapphire
Charles L. Harness Summer Solstice
David Brin Cyclops
Geoffrey A. Landis Elemental

Timothy Zahn

Honored for : Cascade Point

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Greg Bear Hardfought
Timothy Zahn Cascade Point
Joseph H. Delaney In the Face of My Enemy
David R. Palmer Seeking
Hilbert Schenck Hurricane Claude

Joanna Russ

Honored for : Souls

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Kessel Another Orphan
David Brin The Postman
George R. R. Martin Unsound Variations
Joanna Russ Souls
Joseph H. Delaney Brainchild
Kim Stanley Robinson To Leave a Mark

Poul Anderson

Honored for : The Saturn Game

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Phyllis Eisenstein In the Western Tradition
Poul Anderson The Saturn Game
Vernor Vinge True Names
David R. Palmer Emergence
John Varley Blue Champagne
Kate Wilhelm With Thimbles, With Forks and Hope

Gordon R. Dickson

Honored for : Lost Dorsai

Nominations 1981 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Thomas M. Disch The Brave Little Toaster
Gordon R. Dickson Lost Dorsai
George R. R. Martin One-Wing
Lisa Tuttle One-Wing
Harlan Ellison All the Lies That Are My Life
George R. R. Martin Nightflyers

Barry B. Longyear

Honored for : Enemy Mine

Nominations 1980 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Barry B. Longyear Enemy Mine
Hilbert Schenck The Battle of the Abaco Reefs
Donald Kingsbury The Moon Goddess and the Son
Orson Scott Card Songhouse
Ted Reynolds Ker-Plop

John Varley

Honored for : The Persistence of Vision

Nominations 1979 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Gene Wolfe Seven American Nights
John Varley The Persistence of Vision
Joan D. Vinge Fireship
Brian Aldiss Enemies of the System
Christopher Priest The Watched

Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson

Honored for : Stardance

Nominations 1978 »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Varley In the Hall of the Martian Kings
Spider Robinson Stardance
Jeanne Robinson Stardance
Vonda N. McIntyre Aztecs
Gregory Benford A Snark in the Night
Keith Laumer The Wonderful Secret

Spider Robinson

Honored for : By Any Other Name

Nominations 1977 »

Nominee Nominated Work
James Tiptree, Jr. Houston, Houston, Do You Read?
John Middleton Murry, Jr. Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Michael Bishop The Samurai and the Willows
Spider Robinson By Any Other Name

James Tiptree, Jr.

Honored for : Houston, Houston, Do You Read?

Nominations 1977 »

Nominee Nominated Work
James Tiptree, Jr. Houston, Houston, Do You Read?
John Middleton Murry, Jr. Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Michael Bishop The Samurai and the Willows
Spider Robinson By Any Other Name

Roger Zelazny

Honored for : Home Is the Hangman

Nominations 1976 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Roger Zelazny Home Is the Hangman
George R. R. Martin The Storms of Windhaven
Lisa Tuttle The Storms of Windhaven
Larry Niven ARM
Algis Budrys The Silent Eyes of Time
Richard Powers The Custodians

George R. R. Martin

Honored for : A Song for Lya

Nominations 1975 »

Nominee Nominated Work
George R. R. Martin A Song for Lya
Robert Silverberg Born with the Dead
Gardner Dozois Strangers
Norman Spinrad Riding the Torch
Jack Vance Assault on a City

James Tiptree, Jr.

Honored for : The Girl Who Was Plugged In

Nominations 1974 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Gene Wolfe The Death of Doctor Island
Gardner Dozois Chains of the Sea
Michael Bishop Death and Designation Among the Asadi
James Tiptree, Jr. The Girl Who Was Plugged In
Michael Bishop The White Otters of Childhood

Ursula K. Le Guin

Honored for : The Word for World is Forest

Nominations 1973 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Gene Wolfe The Fifth Head of Cerberus
Frederik Pohl The Gold at the Starbow's End
Ursula K. Le Guin The Word for World is Forest
Jerry Pournelle The Mercenary
Joe Haldeman Hero

Poul Anderson

Honored for : The Queen of Air and Darkness

Nominations 1972 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Arthur C. Clarke A Meeting with Medusa
Gardner Dozois A Special Kind of Morning
Poul Anderson The Queen of Air and Darkness
John Brunner Dread Empire
Larry Niven The Fourth Profession

Fritz Leiber

Honored for : Ill Met in Lankhmar

Nominations 1971 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Fritz Leiber Ill Met in Lankhmar
Harlan Ellison The Region Between
Clifford D. Simak The Thing in the Stone
Dean Koontz Beastchild
Robert Silverberg The World Outside

Fritz Leiber

Honored for : Ship of Shadows

Nominations 1970 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Anne McCaffrey Dramatic Mission
Fritz Leiber Ship of Shadows
Robert Silverberg To Jorslem
James Blish We All Die Naked
Harlan Ellison A Boy and His Dog

Robert Silverberg

Honored for : Nightwings

Nominations 1969 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Dean McLaughlin Hawk Among the Sparrows
Samuel R. Delany Lines of Power
Robert Silverberg Nightwings
Anne McCaffrey Dragonrider

Anne McCaffrey

Honored for : Weyr Search

Nominations 1968 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Roger Zelazny Damnation Alley
Philip José Farmer Riders of the Purple Wage
Anne McCaffrey Weyr Search
Robert Silverberg Hawksbill Station
Samuel R. Delany The Star Pit

Philip José Farmer

Honored for : Riders of the Purple Wage

Nominations 1968 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Roger Zelazny Damnation Alley
Philip José Farmer Riders of the Purple Wage
Anne McCaffrey Weyr Search
Robert Silverberg Hawksbill Station
Samuel R. Delany The Star Pit