Winners of the 2020 Hugo Awards will be announced at the 78th World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon) which will be in New Zealand (CoNZealand) this year, though events are virtual due to COVID. The final award ceremony takes place on Saturday August 1 and George R.R. Martin will be the toastmaster. The Hugo Award finalists, listed below, are chosen by a poll of readers.

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Which, if any, of these finalists have you read? Who do you think will win the Hugo Award in these categories? Are there any titles you think should have been on this list but aren’t? Answer below for a chance to win a book from our stacks.

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THE 1945 RETROSPECTIVE HUGO AWARDS
Each year since 1996, Retro Hugos have been awarded for years before 1953 when the first Hugo Awards were given. This year we celebrate the best science fiction of 1944 (which would have been eligible for a Hugo in 1945).

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