As the highlight of the 81st World Science Fiction Convention, the highly anticipated 2023 Hugo Awards Ceremony was held on the evening of October 21 at the Hugo Hall of the Chengdu Science Fiction Museum in Sichuan. The 17 awards of the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award, and the Lodestar Award were announced one by one.
The most anticipated "Best Novel" award was given to American sci-fi writer T. Kingfisher's work "Nettle & Bone". "Best Novella" and "Best Short Story" were awarded to Seanan McGuire's work "Where the Drowned Girls Go" and Samantha Mills' work "Rabbit Test" respectively.
It is worth noting that in this Hugo Awards list, Chinese works and personnel won a rich variety of award categories and a large number of people, which is the most in history. The work "The Space-Time Painter" by Chinese sci-fi writer Hai Ya, born in 1990, won the "Best Novella". Hai Ya also became the third Chinese sci-fi writer to win a Hugo Award for a work after Liu Cixin and Hao Jingfang. In addition, Chinese sci-fi illustrator Zhao Enzhe won "Best Professional Artist". The sci-fi fan magazine "Zero Gravity Newspaper", co-founded by Chinese fan RiverFlow and Ling Shizhen, won the "Best Fanzine" award.
Famous sci-fi writer and President of Beijing Yuanyu Science Fiction Future Technology Research Institute Liu Cixin (right) presents the award to Hai Ya
Chinese sci-fi writer Hai Ya
Chinese fans RiverFlow and Ling Shizhen
Chinese sci-fi illustrator Zhao Enzhe
There are many famous sci-fi writers from European and American countries among the winners, and there are also works (personnel) from non-English speaking countries such as South Korea, Nigeria, and Vietnam shortlisted, fully reflecting the authority and internationality of this Hugo Award.
As one of the highest awards in the sci-fi world, the Hugo Award is hailed as the "Nobel Prize of the Science Fiction Literature World". It is an award presented by the World Science Fiction Society to commemorate Hugo Gernsback, the "Father of Science Fiction Magazines". Since 1953, it has been presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention. According to reports, more than 2,500 sci-fi works and individuals participated in the nomination stage of this Hugo Award, and there were 114 shortlisted works (personnel) in 19 categories of awards.
