Hugo votes

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Having come to the conclusion that I've probably read everything I was going to read, I thought I should probably submit my first ever Hugo ballot.

Best Novel

1. Light From Uncommon Stars, by Ryka Aoki (Tor)
2. A Desolation Called Peace, by Arkady Martine (Tor)
3. A Master of Djinn, by P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom / Orbit UK)
4. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within, by Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager / Hodder & Stoughton)
5. She Who Became the Sun, by Shelley Parker-Chan (Tor / Mantle)

I didn't read (and therefore didn't rank) Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir; I would have read it but the voter packet copy was a watermarked pdf and trying to get it onto my kindle via Calibre resulted in complete unreadability, and it didn't sound enough like my kind of thing for me to actually pay for a copy.

Best Novella

1. A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers (Tordotcom)
2. Fireheart Tiger, by Aliette de Bodard (Tordotcom)
3. Elder Race, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tordotcom)
4. A Spindle Splintered, by Alix E. Harrow (Tordotcom)
5. Across the Green Grass Fields, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
6. The Past Is Red, by Catherynne M. Valente (Tordotcom)

Best Novelette

1. “Unseelie Brothers, Ltd.”, by Fran Wilde (Uncanny Magazine, May/Jun 2021)
2. “Colors of the Immortal Palette”, by Caroline M. Yoachim (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021)
3. “That Story Isn't the Story”, by John Wiswell (Uncanny Magazine, Nov/Dec 2021)
4. “Bots of the Lost Ark”, by Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld, Jun 2021)
5. L’Esprit de L’Escalier, by Catherynne M. Valente (Tordotcom)
6. “O2 Arena”, by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Galaxy's Edge, Nov 2021)

Best Short Story

1. “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather”, by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021)
2. “Unknown Number”, by Blue Neustifter (Twitter, Jul 2021)
3. “Mr. Death”, by Alix E. Harrow (Apex Magazine, Feb 2021)
4. “Proof by Induction”, by José Pablo Iriarte (Uncanny Magazine, May/Jun 2021)
5. “Tangles”, by Seanan McGuire (Magicthegathering.com: Magic Story, Sep 2021)
6. “The Sin of America”, by Catherynne M. Valente (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

1. WandaVision, screenplay by Peter Cameron, Mackenzie Dohr, Laura Donney, Bobak Esfarjani, Megan McDonnell, Jac Schaeffer (created by and head writer), Cameron Squires, Gretchen Enders, Chuck Hayward; directed by Matt Shakman (Disney+)
2. Encanto, screenplay by Charise Castro Smith and Jared Bush; directed by Jared Bush, Byron Howard, and Charise Castro Smith (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
3. Space Sweepers, screenplay by Jo Sung-hee, Yookang Seo-ae, and Yoon Seung-min; directed by Jo Sung-hee (Bidangil Pictures)
4. The Green Knight, written and directed by David Lowery (BRON Studios/A24)
5. Dune, screenplay by Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth; directed by Denis Villeneuve; based on the novel Dune by Frank Herbert (Warner Bros / Legendary Entertainment)

I didn't manage to get round to watching Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings but I thought I'd vote given I'd seen five out of the six shortlisted works (unlike Short Form, where I'd only seen one).

Astounding Award for Best New Writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo)

1. Micaiah Johnson (2nd year of eligibility)
2. A.K. Larkwood (2nd year of eligibility)
3. Xiran Jay Zhao (1st year of eligibility)
4. Everina Maxwell (1st year of eligibility)
5. Shelley Parker-Chan (1st year of eligibility)
6. Tracy Deonn (2nd year of eligibility)