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Award Category: Best Short Story (Hugo Award)

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Displaying the wins for this category. You can also view all awards and nominations in this category.

1955
1 Allamagoosa Eric Frank Russell
1956
1 The Star Arthur C. Clarke
1958
1 Or All the Seas with Oysters Avram Davidson
1959
1 That Hell-Bound Train Robert Bloch
1965
1 Soldier, Ask Not Gordon R. Dickson
1967
1 Neutron Star Larry Niven
1968
1 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream Harlan Ellison
1969
1 The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (variant of The Beast That Shouted Love) Harlan Ellison
1970
1 Time Considered As a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones Samuel R. Delany
1971
1 Slow Sculpture Theodore Sturgeon
1972
1 Inconstant Moon Larry Niven
1973
1 Eurema's Dam R. A. Lafferty
1 The Meeting C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
1974
1 The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Ursula K. Le Guin
1975
1 The Hole Man Larry Niven
1976
1 Catch That Zeppelin! Fritz Leiber
1977
1 Tricentennial Joe Haldeman
1978
1 Jeffty Is Five Harlan Ellison
1979
1 Cassandra C. J. Cherryh
1980
1 The Way of Cross and Dragon George R. R. Martin
1981
1 Grotto of the Dancing Deer Clifford D. Simak
1982
1 The Pusher John Varley
1983
1 Melancholy Elephants Spider Robinson
1984
1 Speech Sounds Octavia E. Butler
1985
1 The Crystal Spheres David Brin
1986
1 Fermi and Frost Frederik Pohl
1987
1 Tangents Greg Bear
1988
1 Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers Lawrence Watt-Evans
1989
1 Kirinyaga Mike Resnick
1990
1 Boobs Suzy McKee Charnas
1991
1 Bears Discover Fire Terry Bisson
1992
1 A Walk in the Sun Geoffrey A. Landis
1993
1 Even the Queen Connie Willis
1994
1 Death on the Nile Connie Willis
1995
1 None So Blind Joe Haldeman
1996
1 The Lincoln Train Maureen F. McHugh
1997
1 The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson's Poems: A Wellsian Perspective Connie Willis
1998
1 The 43 Antarean Dynasties Mike Resnick
1999
1 The Very Pulse of the Machine Michael Swanwick
2000
1 Scherzo with Tyrannosaur Michael Swanwick
2001
1 Different Kinds of Darkness David Langford
2002
1 The Dog Said Bow-Wow Michael Swanwick
2003
1 Falling Onto Mars Geoffrey A. Landis
2004
1 A Study in Emerald Neil Gaiman
2005
1 Travels with My Cats Mike Resnick
2006
1 Tk'tk'tk David D. Levine
2007
1 Impossible Dreams Tim Pratt
2008
1 Tideline Elizabeth Bear
2009
1 Exhalation Ted Chiang
2010
1 Bridesicle Will McIntosh
2011
1 For Want of a Nail Mary Robinette Kowal
2012
1 The Paper Menagerie Ken Liu
2013
1 Mono no Aware Ken Liu
2014
1 The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere John Chu
2015
1 No Award
2016
1 Cat Pictures Please Naomi Kritzer
2017
1
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
Seasons of Glass and Iron 558 568 570 644 741 1048 1786
That Game We Played During the War 616 624 627 657 715 962
The City Born Great 492 497 499 544 624
A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers 222 226 227 264
Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies 202 205 207
No Award 63 75 159
An Unimaginable Light 58
155 nominating ballots with 105.17 final points.
Seasons of Glass and Iron Amal El-Mohtar
2018
1
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™ 454 455 490 547 666 913 1524
Martian Obelisk 398 401 413 492 586 844
Fandom for Robots 381 381 408 476 585
Sun, Moon,Dust 334 335 355 409
Carnival Nine 267 268 278
Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand 118 118
No Award 44 104
Preference 1996 1958 1944 1924 1837 1757 1628
No Preference 0 38 52 72 159 239 368
Total Votes 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996
128 nominating ballots (14.38%) with 84.78 final points.
Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™ Rebecca Roanhorse
2019
1
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies 578 579 629 702 839 1058 1561
The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington 355 356 398 462 549 716
STET 331 331 355 396 465
The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society 272 277 627 366
The Court Magician 225 227 250
The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat 218 219
No Award 59 98
117 nominations with 82.75 final points.
A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies Alix E. Harrow
2020
1
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
As the Last I May Know 385 389 428 486 596 720 1110
Do Not Look Back, My Lion 254 254 286 335 392 513
Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island 201 204 243 278 322
And Now His Lordship is Laughing 189 191 218 240
A Catalog of Storms 190 192 209
Blood Is Another Wordfor Hunger 168 168
No Award 45 72
34 nominations with 28.00 final points.
As the Last I May Know S. L. Huang
2021
1
Cast Ballots: 1574 (66.6%)
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
Metal Like Blood in the Dark 376 376 401 461 545 712 1275
A Guide for Working Breeds 297 297 323 368 457
Open House on Haunted Hill 286 288 310 341
Little Free Library 269 269 303 370 474 703
The Mermaid Astronaut 202 203 229
Badass Moms in the Zombie Apocalypse 144 145
No Award 30 57
49 nominations with 37.25 points
Metal Like Blood in the Dark T. Kingfisher
2022
1
Cast Ballots: 1527 of 2235
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather 405 406 450 499 567 707 1199
Mr. Death 354 354 381 442 526 638
Unknown Number 241 241 253 288 322
Tangles 214 215 241 263
Proof by Induction 165 166 184
The Sin of America 148 149
No Award 24 64
96 nominations with 68.75 points
Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather Sarah Pinsker
2023
1
The author disavowed the award in this blog post on 2024-02-17. According to the voting statistics released on 2024-01-20, there were 1674 valid ballots cast, 927 valid ballots cast in category.
Finalist Pass 1 Runoff
Rabbit Test 466 698
火星上的祝融 123
Resurrection 106
D.I.Y 95
白色悬崖 71
命悬一线 48
No Award 18 37
Preference 927 735
No Preference 0 192
Total Votes 927 927
According to the voting statistics released on 2024-01-20, there were 586 nominations with 214.94 final points.
Rabbit Test Samantha Mills
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