The 83rd World Science Fiction Convention (Seattle WorldCon 2025) ended on the 17th of August, 2025, with Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding awards for a host of authors across several categories.
The awards are as follows:
- Astounding Award
Moniquill Blackgoose
- 2025 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
Sheine Lende, by Darcie Little Badger
- Best Poem
A War of Words, by Marie Brennan
- Best Fan Artist
Sara Felix
- Best Fan Writer
Abigail Nussbaum
- Best Fancast
Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones, presented by Emily Tesh and Rebecca Fraimow
- Best Fanzine
Black Nerd Problems, editors William Evans and Omar Holmon
- Best Semiprozine
Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing editor Monte Lin; poetry editor Betsy Aoki, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
- Best Professional Artist
Alyssa Winans
- Best Editor, Long Form
Diana M. Pho
- Best Editor, Short Form
Neil Clarke
- Best Game or Interactive Work
Caves of Qud, Freehold Games
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Star Trek: Lower Decks: “The New Next Generation,” created and written by Mike McMahan, directed by Megan Lloyd
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Dune: Part Two, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, directed by Denis Villeneuve
- Best Related Work
Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right, by Jordan S. Carroll
- Best Graphic Story or Comic
Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way, written by Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio
- Best Series
Between Earth and Sky, by Rebecca Roanhorse
- Best Short Story
“Stitched to Skin Like Family Is,” by Nghi Vo
- Best Novelette
“The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea,” by Naomi Kritzer
- Best Novella
The Tusks of Extinction, by Ray Nayler
- Best Novel
The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennett
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