Hugo Awards

The Hugo Awards are a set of awards presented annually for the best science fiction and fantasy works and achievements, as selected by members of Worldcon.

Female winners of Hugo Awards

Best Novel

1970: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
1975: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed
1977: Kate Wilhelm, Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
1979: Vonda McIntyre, Dreamsnake
1981: Joan D. Vinge, The Snow Queen
1982: C. J. Cherryh, Downbelow Station
1989: C. J. Cherryh, Cyteen
1991: Lois McMaster Bujold, The Vor Game
1992: Lois McMaster Bujold, Barrayar
1993: Connie Willis, The Doomsday Book
1995: Lois McMaster Bujold, Mirror Dance
1999: Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog
2001: J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2004: Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls
2005: Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
2011: Connie Willis, Blackout/All Clear
2012: Jo Walton, Among Others
2014: Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice
2016: N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season
2017: N.K. Jemisin, The Obelisk Gate
2018: N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky
2019: Mary Robinette Kowal, The Calculating Stars
2020: Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire

Best Novella

1968: Anne McCaffrey, Weyr Search
1973: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Word for World is Forest
1974: James Tiptree, Jr., The Girl Who Was Plugged In
1977: James Tiptree, Jr., Houston, Houston, Do You Read?
1983: Joanna Russ, Souls
1989: Connie Willis, The Last of the Winnebagos
1990: Lois McMaster Bujold, The Mountains of Mourning
1992: Nancy Kress, Beggars in Spain
2000: Connie Willis, The Winds of Marble Arch
2006: Connie Willis, Inside Job
2008: Connie Willis, All Seated on the Ground
2009: Nancy Kress, The Erdmann Nexus
2012: Kij Johnson, The Man Who Bridged the Mist
2016: Nnedi Okorafor, Binti

Best Novelette

1978: Joan D. Vinge,Eyes of Amber
1983: Connie Willis, Fire Watch
1985: Octavia E. Butler, Bloodchild
1988: Ursula K. Le Guin, Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight
1993: Janet Kagen, The Nutcracker Coup
2001: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Millennium Babies
2005: Kelly Link, The Faery Handbag
2009: Elizabeth Bear, Shoggoths in Bloom
2012: Charlie Anders,Six Months, Three Days
2013: Pat Cadigan,The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi
2014: Mary Robinette Kowal, The Lady Astronaut of Mars
2016: Hao Jingfang, Folding Beijing

Best Short Story

1974: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
1979: C. J. Cherryh, Cassandra
1984: Octavia E. Butler, Speech Sounds
1990: Suzy McKee Charnas, Boobs
1993: Connie Willis, Even the Queen
1994: Connie Willis, Death on the Nile
1996: Maureen McHugh, The Lincoln Train
1997: Connie Willis, The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson's Poems: A Wellsian Perspective
2008: Elizabeth Bear, Tideline
2011: Mary Robinette Kowal, For Want of a Nail
2016: Naomi Kritzer, Cat Pictures Please

Best Graphic Story

2009: Kaja Foglio and Cheyenne Wright, Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones
2010: Kaja Foglio and Phil Foglio (authors), Cheyenne Wright (Colours),Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm
2011: Kaja Foglio and Phil Foglio (authors), Cheyenne Wright (Colours),Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse
2012: Ursula Vernon, Digger
2013: Brian K. Vaughan (author), Fiona Staples (illustrator),Saga, Volume One
2015: G. Willow Wilson (author), Adrian Alphona and Jake Wyatt(illustrators), Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal

Best Non-fiction/Related book

1990: Cory Panshin, The World Beyond the Hill: Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence
2003: Judith Merril and Emily Pohl-Weary, Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril
2004: Elizabeth L. Humphrey and Pamela D. Scoville, The Chesley Awards for SF & Fantasy Art: A Retrospective
2005: Farah Mendlesohn, The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction
2006: Kate Wilhelm, Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop
2007: Julie Phillips, James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon
2011: Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O’Shea (editors), Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It
2013: Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler and Jordan Sanderson,Writing Excuses Season Seven
2014: Kameron Hurley,We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative

Best Professional Editor

1984: Shawna McCarthy
1986: Judy-Lynn del Rey (posthumously; refused on her behalf by her husband)
1994: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
2002: Ellen Datlow
2005: Ellen Datlow
2009: Ellen Datlow (short form)
2010: Ellen Datlow (short form)
2011: Sheila Williams (short form)
2012: Sheila Williams (short form)
2012: Betsy Wollheim (long form)
2014: Ellen Datlow (short form)
2014: Ginjer Buchanan (long form)
2016: Ellen Datlow (short form)
2016: Sheila E. Gilbert (long form)

Best Professional Artist

2014: Julie Dillon
2015: Julie Dillon
2016: Abigail Larson

Best Fanzine

2006: Plokta ed. by Alison Scott, Steve Davies and Mike Scott
2007: Science-Fiction Five-Yearly ed. by Lee Hoffman, Geri Sullivan, and Randy Byers
2015: Journey Planet ed. by James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, Colin Harris, Alissa McKersie, and Helen J. Montgomery

Best Fan Artist:

2012: Maurine Starkey
2013: Galen Dara
2014: Sarah Webb
2015: Elizabeth Leggett

Best Fan Writer

2009: Cheryl Morgan
2011: Claire Brialey
2013: Tansy Rayner Roberts
2014: Kameron Hurley
2015: Laura J. Mixon

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

2008: Stardust Written by Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn; Directed by Matthew Vaughn; based on the novel by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Charles Vess
2015: Guardians of the Galaxy, written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

2008: Doctor Who “Blink” Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Hettie Macdonald
2009: Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Joss Whedon, & Zack Whedon, & Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen , writers; Joss Whedon, director

Best Semiprozine

2006: Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, Liza Groen Trombi
2007: Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, Liza Groen Trombi
2008: Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, Liza Groen Trombi
2009: Weird Tales edited by Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal
2010: Clarkesworld edited by Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, & Cheryl Morgan
2011: Clarkesworld, edited by Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, Sean Wallace; podcast directed by Kate Baker
2012: Locus, edited by Liza Groen Trombi, Kirsten Gong-Wong et al.
2013: Clarkesworld, edited by Neil Clarke, Jason Heller, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker
2015: Lightspeed Magazine, edited by John Joseph Adams, Stefan Rudnicki, Rich Horton, Wendy N. Wagner, and Christie Yant
2016: Uncanny Magazine edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, and Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky

Best Fancast

2012: SF Squeecast, Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, Elizabeth Bear, and Catherynne M. Valente
2013: SF Squeecast, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente (Presenters) and David McHone-Chase (Technical Producer)**
2015: Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Presenters) and Andrew Finch (Producer)

Statistics

The percentage of the nominated fiction that's written by female authors has varied, but has almost always been well under 40%, until the 2010s. For details, see a page of statistics about author gender for Hugo fiction nominees.