Nominations are now open for the 2025 Hugo Awards. See the 2025 Seattle Worldcon website for nomination information.
WSFS members of the 2025 Seattle Worldcon and 2024 Glasgow Worldcon are eligible to make up to five equally weighted nominations in each category of the Hugo Awards, as well as the Lodestar Award for best Young Adult Book and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. You do not need to nominate in all categories, nor do you need to make the maximum number of nominations in any or all categories. Those works/people who receive sufficient nominations will be go on to the final ballot, where WSFS members of Seattle Worldcon 2025 will vote among them. The winners will be announced at a ceremony at Seattle Worldcon 2025.
All ballots must be received by March 14, 2025, 23:59 (11:59 p.m.) Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7).
The 2025 Hugo Awards are administered by Seattle Worldcon 2025, not by the Hugo Awards web site. Address any questions about the 2025 Hugo Awards to Seattle Worldcon 2025.
Is a novel eligible if the self-published ebook was released in December but the hard copy not until March 2025?
In the case cited, it appears likely that the first publication in any form, electronic or hard copy, starts the eligibility clock. So if an ebook was published in December 2024, the work would be eligible for the 2025 Hugo Awards, even if the hard copy did not appear until March 2025.
Kevin Standlee
WSFS Website Team