#hugo-awards — Public Fediverse posts

tbh Ada Palmer's Inventing the Renaissance being nominated to Best Related Work Hugo is a bit of a stretch, since it's a pop-history book without much of a connection to SFF beyond the author herself.

But then again, it's a great read so I'm not gonna complain about it being in the voter packet.

#HugoAwards

Getting stuck into Hugo reading and The Everlasting is really grabbing me. I had only read a couple of the short listed novels, so I can’t say how it ranks, but this is a good one. #HugoAwards

Always exciting when I download my Hugo Awards packet!

@LAcon #HugoAwards #SFF

Over 50 books (plus some eARCs) in the #HugoAwards voter packet this year! 😮

#worldcon #ScienceFiction #books

RE: https://wandering.shop/@LAcon/116528709912868061

I’m proud that my work (https://nomnom.fans/) is helping to make the #HugoAwards happen again this year. When you vote in the Hugo Awards, or download the packet, you're using software I wrote. It's open source -- a rarity in convention software, but in my opinion, so critical to the trust we must have in the process -- and made with #Python and #Django and many other software libraries that are also freely given to the developer community.

It's happening..... the reader packet is here! #HugoAwards #AmReading

Hugo Awards voter packet is out!

#HugoAwards

Voting in the #HugoAwards, as well as the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer is now open until August 8, 2026 at noon PDT.

Votes can be submitted through our online balloting system, NomNom, or by mailing in a printable ballot.

Visit our site for complete information on setting up your account with NomNom or getting your printable ballot, as well as a refresher on the Hugo Award Nominees, and much more: https://www.lacon.org/hugos

Voting on the #HugoAwards will open soon. Any member of the World Science Fiction Convention, even those with a non-attending WSFS membership, can vote on these awards. Register for #LAconV here: https://scifiinc99.regfox.com/membership

The more I think about this year's #HugoAwards Long Form Dramatic Presentation, the more I believe Sinners is the best choice. K-Pop Demon Hunters is amazing, and the finalist list is stacked, but Sinners is just phenomenal. Head and shoulders above so, so many years of films.

2026 Hugo Awards Reading Challenge #1 – Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

https://medi-nerd.com/2026/04/27/2026-hugo-awards-reading-challenge-1-automatic-noodle-by-annalee-newitz/

Radio Free Skaro #1065 – Maximum Power

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More exciting coverage of missing episodes….but this time not Doctor Who! Yes, a cutting copy of a 1968 episode of Morecambe & Wise has been discovered. But while a missing episode has been born anew, the past must fall as the Ianto shrine is finally disassembled with many a Ianto-ist in attendance along with Ianto himself, Gareth David Lloyd. Plus the usual Big Finish Zapruder-ing, Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo on Canadian TV, and our feature interview with Blake’s 7 Production Diary Series C with creators Jonathan Helm and Grahame Robertson! Maximum Power!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Film is Fabulous uncovers missing episode of Morecambe and Wise
• Torchwood fans mark the end of Ianto Jones shrine in Cardiff Bay – but a twist for the future is teased
• Documentary being made about the dismantling of the Ianto Shrine
• Artist Nathen Wyburn will be making an art piece from the Ianto Shrine
• Doctor Who Magazine Special 73: 30 Years of the Eighth Doctor released
• The Black Archive: The Daleks released
• The Celestial Toymaker ep 4 debuted on the Classic Doctor Who YouTube Channel (US Only)
• Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo on The Social (CTV)
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Expulsion available now
• Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Zygon Century: Transformation available now
• Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Gallifrey: War Room: Loyalties due Jun 2026
• Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Planet Krynoid: Survivors due Jun 2026
• Jess Jurkovic’s A Guide to Tristram Cary’s Daleks’ Master Plan OST Eps 1-4
• 2026 Hugo Awards shortlist

Interview:

• Blake’s 7 Production Diary – Series C
• Jon Helm
• Grahame Robertson

Make sure to email Worldcon's Hugo administration team every ten minutes asking when the Hugo Awards packet will be available. This helps them to get the packet ready earlier.

#HugoAwards #HugoAwards2026

@npr @science-npr

Thanks NPR! As you say, this month is the 100th anniversary of the birth of a new genre—"collecting previously diffuse bits of literature ruminating on scientific discovery or technological advancement in one place." Hugo Gernsback devoted an entire new magazine, "Amazing Stories," to it. Thus we call the SF world's popularity prize a Hugo Award.

So let's raise a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster to...SCIENCE FICTION!

#ScienceFiction #Magazines #Books #HugoAwards

Thanks NPR!

As you remind us, this month is the 100th anniversary of the birth of what became a new genre—"collecting previously diffuse bits of literature ruminating on scientific discovery or technological advancement in one place." Hugo Gernsback devoted an entire new magazine, "Amazing Stories," to it. Which is why we call the SF world's premier popularity prize a Hugo Award.

So let's raise a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster to...SCIENCE FICTION!

#ScienceFiction #Magazines #Books #HugoAwards

RE: https://wandering.shop/@nwhyte/116465889014306238

#HugoAwards #HugoAwards2026

2026 Hugo Awards Reading Challenge

Now that I'm finishing my Martha Wells reading marathon, I'm ready for some new books to check out.

#HugoAwards #Reading

https://medi-nerd.com/b/K6R

2026 Hugo Awards Reading Challenge

Now that I'm finishing my Martha Wells reading marathon, I'm ready for some new books to check out.

#HugoAwards #Reading

https://medi-nerd.com/b/K6R

2026 Hugo Awards Reading Challenge

https://medi-nerd.com/2026/04/22/2026-hugo-awards-reading-challenge/

Yesterday we had a Stitch & Bitch special liveshow to react to the #HugoAwards finalists announcement, and I forgot to post the link over here on Mastodon, whoops! Check out all our chaotic, rambling thoughts here:
#bookstodon #sff
https://youtube.com/live/5pJJJYWA_08?feature=share

Hugo Award finalists announced!
https://www.lacon.org/hugofinalists/

Fun to see "Automatic Noodle" make all three lists this year (Hugo + Nebula + Locus Awards). Biang biang! Now I want a hot piping bowl of hand-pulled, spicy noodles 🍜🤖

#HugoAwards #SpeculativeFiction #ScienceFiction #NebulaAwards #LocusAwards

The Hugo nomination list is out: https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2026-hugo-awards/
I already read two of the novels, and a third one is already on my e-reader: that's a better score than last uear. It may also be the first time that I've watched all the "best dramatic presentation, short form" (that won't make the vote easier tho :) )

#Hugo #HugoAwards

The #HugoAwards finalists are out, and what a list it is. Congrats to all of the amazing people on there and to everyone who was nominated at all. Yay, thank you for all the amazing things you make and do! And thank you to those administering the awards! https://www.lacon.org/hugofinalists/ #LAconV

We’re releasing early today, with a Hugo Awards finalists special! We discuss what ended up on the ballot and give some off-the-cuff remarks about it all. We’re also thrilled to be finalists again: a huge thanks to all who nominated us.

Listen here! https://octothorpe.podbean.com/e/158-i-am-the-worldcon-chair-in-avignon/

#HugoAwards #ScienceFiction #Podcast #HotTakes #GetYourHotTakes #ThreeForAPoundOnHotTakes

Tomorrow's the day you get to learn who the finalists are for the 2026 #HugoAwards.

Finalists will be announced tomorrow at 10 a.m. Pacific time on all #LAcon social media channels.

All members of the World Science Fiction Convention are able to vote on the Hugo Awards, including those who have memberships in the virtual portion of the convention. Information about registration is available at https://lacon.org/register.