On April 23, the 2025 Hugo Awards voter packet became available for download by WSFS Members of the Seattle 2025 Worldcon. The packet is an electronic collection which helps voters become better informed about the works and creators on the ballot. Works which are included have been made available through the generosity of finalists and their publishers.

The Hugo Voter Packet will be available for download until the voting deadline on July 23 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Voters can make as many changes as they wish to their ballot until the deadline.

The voter packet contains complete texts of many Hugo-nominated works, preview versions of some works, and directions for finding some finalists’ works online. Some items have been made available through NetGalley, which requires a user account for access (registration is free).

The packet contains all of the finalists in these categories: Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Novelette, Best Short Story, Best Related Work, and Best Poem.

As for the other categories:

Best Series. Excerpts (or single works in a series) are provided.

Best Graphic Story or Comic. Complete versions of five finalists and an excerpt of the sixth are provided.

Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form. Only three finalists provided anything, trailers and images in two cases, and a link to view the entire movie Wicked.

Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form. Complete episodes of Fallout, plus the two Doctor Who and two Star Trek: Lower Decks finalists are provided. The sixth finalists did not respond.

Best Game or Interactive Work. In addition to other material, four of the finalists have included information on how to request an evaluation code to play the game.

Best Editor: Short Form. Most finalists have accompanied their statements with samples of edited stories. Brozek and Strahan have included complete copies of anthologies.

Best Editor: Long Form. Finalists have submitted statements, and in three cases copies of completed books.

Best Semiprozine. Samples of works from issues.

Best Fanzine. Finalists have provided various articles, excerpt Journey Planet has provided all eligible issues.

Best Fancast. Finalists have provided multiple episodes.

Best Fan Writer. Finalists have provided an introduction and multiple articles.

Best Professional Artist and Best Fan Artist. Sample works provided. In some cases, links to websites, with caution the works included there may have been published outside the eligibility period.

Lodestar Award: Five of six finalists have furnished complete works. The sixth is an excerpt.

As in previous years, WSFS and Seattle 2025 ask that voters honor publishers’ and creators’ request that they reserve these copies for their personal use only, and that they do not share these works with non-members of Seattle 2025.

Only members of Seattle 2025 can access the 2025 Hugo Award Voter packet and vote on the 2025 Hugo Awards. To become a member of Seattle 2025, see the registration page.

If you don’t have access to the Hugo Voter Packet, here is a list of links to read the 2025 Hugo Finalists (or excerpts) which are available for free online.

The detailed Tables of Contents for each category as supplied by the committee follow the jump.

Best Novel

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This folder includes the following finalists:

Title/Author	Formats	Notes
Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky	ePub, PDF
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley	ePub, PDF, Docx	Includes instructions on how to obtain audiobook.
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky	MP3, ePub, PDF	Text and audio versions.
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell	MP3, ePub, PDF	Text and audio versions.
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher	MP3, ePub, PDF	Text and audio versions.
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett	PDF

Note: Each ePub and PDF file is a complete novel.

Best Novella

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This folder includes the following finalists:

Title/Author	Formats	Notes
The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo	ePub, PDF
The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed	ePub, PDF
Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard	ePub, PDF
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar	ePub, PDF
The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler	ePub, PDF
What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher	MP3, ePub, PDF	Text and audio versions.

Note: Each ePub and PDF file is a complete novella.

Best Novelette

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This folder includes the following finalists:

Title/Author	Formats	Notes
“The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video” by Thomas Ha	MP3, ePub, PDF	Text and audio versions.
“By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars” by Premee Mohamed	ePub, PDF
“The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea” by Naomi Kritzer	PDF
“Lake of Souls” by Ann Leckie	PDF
“Loneliness Universe” by Eugenia Triantafyllou	MP3, ePub, PDF	Text and audio versions.
“Signs of Life” by Sarah Pinsker	MP3, ePub, PDF	Text and audio versions.

Note: Each ePub and PDF file is a complete novelette.

Best Short Story

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Title/Author	Formats	Notes
“Five Views of the Planet Tartarus” by Rachael K. Jones	MP3, WAV, ePub, PDF	Text and audio versions.
“Marginalia” by Mary Robinette Kowal	MP3, ePub, PDF	Text and audio versions.
“Stitched to Skin Like Family Is” by Nghi Vo	ePub, PDF
“Three Faces of a Beheading” by Arkady Martine	ePub, PDF
“We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” by Caroline M. Yoachim	MP3, WAV, ePub, PDF, Mobi	Text and audio versions.
“Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole” by Isabel J. Kim	MP3, ePub, PDF	Text and audio versions.

Best Series

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This folder includes the following finalists:

Title/Author	Formats	Notes
Between Earth and Sky by Rebecca Roanhorse	ePub, PDF	Final ePub of the first book in the series; pre-publication ePubs of the second and third; final PDFs of all three.
The Burning Kingdoms by Tasha Suri	PDF	Excerpts of all three books.
InCryptid by Seanan McGuire	PDF, Docx	Links to NetGalley* versions of all of the books in the series.
Southern Reach by Jeff VanderMeer	ePub, PDF	All of the books in the series.
The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson	ePub, PDF, MP3	Text and audio versions of all of the books in the series**.
The Tyrant Philosophers by Adrian Tchaikovsky	ePub, PDF, MP3	Text and audio versions of the first book in the series.

* NetGalley is a free service that allows you to read an authorized copy of a work. If you don’t have a NetGalley account, you have to register before you can use the service.

** Some of the ePub files for this finalist are over 50MB; to transfer those large ePub files to a Kindle device or app, you need to use the web version of Send to Kindle.

Best Graphic Story or Comic

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This folder includes the following finalists:

Title/Creators	Formats	Notes
The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag	PDF	Excerpt.
The Hunger and the Dusk: Vol. 1 written by G. Willow Wilson, art by Chris Wildgoose	PDF	Volume 1, collecting issues 1– 6.
Monstress, Vol. 9: The Possessed written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda	PDF	Volume 9, collecting issues 49–54.
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Book 2 by Emil Ferris	PDF
Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way written by Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio	PDF	The internal links in the PDF are an important part of the reading experience. Those links work in some PDF viewers, but not on Kindle.
We Called Them Giants written by Kieron Gillen, art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles	PDF

Best Related Work

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Title/Authors	Formats	Notes
“Charting the Cliff: An Investigation into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics” by Camestros Felapton and Heather Rose Jones	ePub, PDF, Docx	Includes link to online version.
r/Fantasy’s 2024 Bingo Reading Challenge, presented by the r/Fantasy Bingo team	PDF
“The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel” by Jenny Nicholson	Docx	Includes link to online version.
Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt- Right by Jordan S. Carroll	ePub, PDF, Docx, JPG	Includes author photo and link to online version.
Track Changes by Abigail Nussbaum	ePub, PDF
“The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion” by Chris M. Barkley and Jason Sanford	ePub, PDF	Includes links to online versions.

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

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Title/Creators	Formats	Notes
Dune: Part Two, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, directed by Denis Villeneuve		No submission received.
Flow, screenplay by Gints Zilbalodis and Matīss Kaža, directed by Gints Zilbalodis	PDF, Docx, PNG	Includes the screenplay, still images from the movie, and a link to a trailer.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, screenplay by George Miller and Nick Lathouris, directed by George Miller		No submission received.
I Saw the TV Glow, screenplay by Jane Schoenbrun, directed by Jane Schoenbrun	PDF, JPG, MOV	Includes press notes about the movie, still images from the movie, and a trailer.
Wicked, screenplay by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, directed by Jon M. Chu	PDF, Docx	Includes the screenplay and a link to watch the movie.
The Wild Robot, screenplay by Chris Sanders and Peter Brown, directed by Chris Sanders		No submission received.

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

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Title/Creators	Formats	Notes
Fallout: “The Beginning” written by Gursimran Sandhu, directed by Wayne Che Yip	PDF	Includes the screenplay, still images from the episode, and a link to a trailer.
Agatha All Along: “Death’s Hand in Mine” written by Gia King & Cameron Squires, directed by Jac Schaeffer		No submission received.
Doctor Who: “Dot and Bubble” written by Russell T Davies, directed by Dylan Holmes Williams	MP4, MOV, PDF, JPG, TIFF	Includes the full episode, still images, the screenplay, and a trailer.
Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Fissure Quest” created by Mike McMahan and written by Lauren McGuire based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Brandon Williams	MP4, PDF	Includes the full episode (with captions), the screenplay, and links to other resources.
Star Trek: Lower Decks: “The New Next Generation” created and written by Mike McMahan, based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Megan Lloyd	MP4, PDF	Includes the full episode (with captions), the screenplay, and links to other resources.

Title/Creators	Formats	Notes
Doctor Who: “73 Yards” written by Russell T Davies, directed by Dylan Holmes Williams	MP4, MOV, PDF, JPG	Includes the full episode, still images, the screenplay, and a trailer.

Best Game or Interactive Work

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Title/Creators	Formats	Notes
Caves of Qud, co-creators Brian Bucklew and Jason Grinblat	PDF	Information about the game, links to a tutorial and a deep dive guide, links to other game materials, and information on how to request an evaluation code to play the game.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard produced by BioWare	PDF	Information about the game, links to other game materials, and information on how to request an evaluation code to play the game.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom produced by Nintendo		No submission received.
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes produced by Simogo	Docx	Information about the game, screen snaps from the game, links to other game materials, and information on how to request an evaluation code to play the game.
Tactical Breach Wizards developed by Suspicious Developments	PDF	Information about the game, a link to a trailer, and a link to the free demo on Steam.

1000xRESIST developed by sunset visitor 斜陽過客, published by Fellow Traveller

PDF, Docx

Information about the game, links to other game materials, and information on how to request an evaluation code to play the game.

Best Editor Short Form

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Editor	Formats	Notes
Scott H. Andrews	ePub, PDF, Doc	Editorial philosophy and Beneath Ceaseless Skies issues 401 and 417.
Jennifer Brozek	ePub, PDF	Editorial philosophy and the anthology 99 Fleeting Fantasies.
Neil Clarke	ePub, PDF	Editorial philosophy and multiple edited stories from Clarkesworld.
Jonathan Strahan	ePub, PDF, Docx	List of fiction edited in 2024 and the anthology New Adventures in Space Opera.
Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas	ePub, PDF, Docx	A compilation of highlights from Uncanny Magazine, and multiple episodes of the magazine’s podcast.
Sheila Williams	PDF	Editorial philosophy and multiple edited stories from Asimov’s.

Best Editor Long Form

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Editor	Formats	Notes
Carl Engle-Laird	PDF
Ali Fisher	Docx
Lee Harris	PDF
David Thomas Moore	ePub, PDF	Includes sample chapters from multiple edited books.
Diana M. Pho	ePub, PDF, Docx	Includes pre-publication versions of multiple edited books, and final version of one edited book.
Stephanie Stein	ePub, PDF, Docx	Includes multiple edited books.

Best Professional Artist

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Artist	Formats	Notes
Micaela Alcaino	JPG
Audrey Benjaminsen	Docx, JPG
Rovina Cai	PDF
Maurizio Manzieri	RTF, JPG
Tran Nguyen	JPG
Alyssa Winans	PDF

Note: Some finalists have included links to their websites. The sites are likely to include works created outside the eligibility period. When you vote, please consider only works published for the first time in a professional publication during 2024.

Best Semiprozine

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This folder includes the following finalists:

Title/Creators	Formats	Notes
The Deadlands, publisher Sean Markey; editors E. Catherine Tobler, Nicasio Andres Reed, David Gilmore, Laura Blackwell, Annika Barranti Klein; proofreader Josephine Stewart; columnist Amanda Downum; art and design Cory Skerry, Christine M. Scott; social media Felicia Martínez; assistant Shana Du Bois	ePub, PDF	Issues 33–36.
Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and Valerie Valdes, assistant editors Premee Mohamed and Kevin Wabaunsee, hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart, producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht; and the entire Escape Pod team	ePub, PDF, Docx, JPG	Multiple text stories, and links to audio stories.
FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, publisher and executive editor DaVaun Sanders, poetry editor B. Sharise Moore, art director Christian Ivey, acquiring editors Rebecca McGee, Kerine Wint, Egbiameje Omole, Emmalia Harrington, Genine	ePub, PDF	Issues 29–32.

Title/Creators	Formats	Notes
Tyson, Tonya R. Moore, sponsor coordinator Nelson Rolon
khōréō, produced by Zhui Ning Chang, Aleksandra Hill, Danai Christopoulou, Isabella Kestermann, Kanika Agrawal, Sachiko Ragosta, Lian Xia Rose, Jenelle DeCosta, Melissa Ren, Elaine Ho, Ambi Sun, Cyrus Chin, Nivair H. Gabriel, Jeané Ridges, Lilivette Domínguez, Isaree Thatchaichawalit, Jei D. Marcade, M. L. Krishnan, Ysabella Maglanque, Aaron Voigt, Adialyz Del Valle Berríos, Adil Mian, Akilah White, Alexandra Millatmal, Anselma Widha Prihandita, E. Broderick, K. S. Walker, Katarzyna Nowacka, Katie McIvor, Kelsea Yu, Lynn D. Jung, Madeleine Vigneron, Marie Croke, Merulai Femi, Phoebe Low, S. R. Westvik, Sanjna Bhartiya, Sara Messenger, Sophia Uy, Tina Zhu, Yuvashri Harish, Zohar Jacobs	ePub, PDF, MP3	Issues 3.4 and 4.1–4.4, and audio versions of multiple stories.
Strange Horizons, by the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective	ePub, PDF	Multiple works that appeared in the magazine, as well as links to the podcast.
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	ePub, PDF	Multiple works that appeared in the magazine, as well as links to the podcast.

Note: Some finalists have included links to their websites. The sites are likely to include works created outside the eligibility period. When you vote, please consider only works published during 2024.

Best Fanzine

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Title/Creators	Formats	Notes
Ancillary Review of Books, editors Jake Casella Brookins, Zachary Gillan, Lane Gillespie, Misha Grifka Wander, Gareth A. Reeves, Bianca Skrinyár, Cynthia Zhang	ePub, PDF	Multiple articles.
Black Nerd Problems, editors William Evans and Omar Holmon	PDF	Multiple articles.
The Full Lid, written by Alasdair Stuart and edited by Marguerite Kenner	PDF	Introduction and multiple issues.
Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice L. Newman, associate writers Cora Buhlert, Jessica Holmes, Kerrie Dougherty, Kris Vyas-Myall, and Natalie Devitt, and the rest of the Journey team	ePub, PDF	Multiple articles.*
Journey Planet, edited by Allison Hartman Adams, Amanda Wakaruk, Ann Gry, Jean Martin, Sara Felix, Sarah Gulde, Chuck Serface, David Ferguson, Olav Rokne, Paul Weimer, Steven H Silver,	PDF	Issues 79–89.

Title/Creators	Formats	Notes
Christopher J. Garcia and James Bacon
Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, editors Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk	PDF	Multiple articles.

Note: Some finalists have included links to their websites. The sites are likely to include works created outside the eligibility period. When you vote, please consider only works published during 2024.

* The ePub file for this finalist is over 50MB; to transfer that ePub file to a Kindle device or app, you need to use the web version of Send to Kindle.

Best Fancast

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Title/Creators	Formats	Notes
The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe, producer Jonathan Strahan	MP3, Docx	Introduction and multiple audio episodes.
Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones, presented by Emily Tesh and Rebecca Fraimow	MP3, PDF, Docx	Introduction and multiple audio episodes, with transcripts.
Hugo, Girl!, presented by Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson, and Kevin Anderson	MP3, PDF	Introduction and multiple audio episodes, with transcripts.
Hugos There, presented by Seth Heasley	MP3, PDF, TXT, PNG	Introduction and multiple audio episodes, with transcripts and a logo image.
A Meal of Thorns, presented by Jake Casella Brookins	MP3, PDF	Multiple audio episodes, with transcripts and show notes.
Worldbuilding for Masochists, presented by Marshall Ryan Maresca, Cass Morris and Natania Barron	MP3, PDF	Introduction and multiple audio episodes, with transcripts.

Note: Some finalists have included links to their websites. The sites are likely to include works created outside the eligibility period. When you vote, please consider only works published during 2024.

Best Fan Writer

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Author	Formats	Notes
Camestros Felapton	ePub, PDF	Introduction and multiple articles.
Abigail Nussbaum	ePub, PDF	Introduction and multiple articles.
Roseanna Pendlebury	ePub, PDF	Introduction and multiple articles.
Jason Sanford	ePub, PDF	Introduction and multiple articles.
Alasdair Stuart	PDF	Introduction and multiple articles.
Örjan Westin	ePub, PDF	Introduction and multiple stories.

Note: Some finalists have included links to their and others’ websites. The sites are likely to include works created outside the eligibility period. When you vote, please consider only works published during 2024.

Best Fan Artist

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Artist	Formats	Notes
Iain J. Clark	PDF
Sara Felix	PDF
Meg Frank	PDF, JPG
Michelle Morrell	PDF
Alison Scott	ePub, PDF, PNG
España Sheriff	ePub, PDF

Note: Some finalists have included links to their websites. The sites are likely to include works created outside the eligibility period. When you vote, please consider only works published during 2024.

Best Poem

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Title/Author	Formats	Notes
Calypso by Oliver K. Langmead	MP3, ePub, PDF	Text and audio versions. The audio version is an excerpt.
“Ever Noir” by Mari Ness	PDF	Magazine issue in which the poem was published.
“there are no taxis for the dead” by Angela Liu	MP3, ePub, PDF	Text and audio versions.
“A War of Words” by Marie Brennan	ePub, PDF
“We Drink Lava” by Ai Jiang	MP3, ePub, PDF	Text and audio versions.
“Your Visiting Dragon” by Devan Barlow	ePub, PDF, Docx

Lodestar Award for Best YA Book

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Title/Author	Formats	Notes
The Feast Makers by H.A. Clarke	ePub, PDF	Pre-publication versions.
Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao	MP3, PDF, XLSX	Text and audio versions.
The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko	MP3, ePub, PDF	Text and audio excerpts.
Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee	ePub, PDF
Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger	PDF	Excerpt.
So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole	ePub, PDF	ePub is a pre-publication version, PDF is the final version.

Note: Each ePub and PDF file is a complete novel unless marked otherwise.

Astounding Award for Best New Writer

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Author	Formats	Notes
Moniquill Blackgoose**	PDF	Excerpt of To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, which includes a NetGalley*** link to request the whole book.
Bethany Jacobs**	PDF	Excerpts from first two books of a trilogy: These Burning Stars and On Vicious Worlds.
Hannah Kaner**	ePub, PDF	First two books of a trilogy: Godkiller and Sunbringer.
Angela Liu**	MP3, ePub, PDF	Multiple stories and poems, and audio versions of two stories.
Jared Pechaček*	MP3, ePub, PDF	Text and audio versions of The West Passage.
Tia Tashiro**	ePub, PDF	Multiple stories.

* First year of eligibility.

** Second year of eligibility.

*** NetGalley is a free service that allows you to read an authorized copy of a work. If you don’t have a NetGalley account, you have to register before you can use the service. For this NetGalley book, you have to explicitly request access; the publisher may take up to three days to approve your request.