Best Science Fiction Novel

• WINNER:Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir (Ballantine)

• Machine, Elizabeth Bear (Saga)
• Ready Player Two, Ernest Cline (Ballantine)
• Attack Surface, Cory Doctorow (Tor)
• A Desolation Called Peace, Arkady Martine (Tor)
• Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
• The Ministry of the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)

Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)

• WINNER:Battle Ground, Jim Butcher (Ace)

• Once and Future Witches, Alix E. Harrow (Redhook)
• Piranesi, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
• Rhythm of War, Brandon Sanderson (Tor)
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, V.E. Schwab (Tor)
• Dead Lies Dreaming, Charles Stross (Tordotcom)

Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel

• WINNER:A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, T. Kingfisher (Argyll)

• The Scapegracers, Hannah Abigail Clarke (Erewhon)
• Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
• A Deadly Education, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
• The Tinderbox: Soldier of Indira, Lou Diamond Phillips (Aethon)
• A Peculiar Peril, Jeff VanderMeer (Farrar, Straus, Giroux)

Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel

• WINNER:Gun Runner, Larry Correia & John D. Brown (Baen)

• Sentenced to War, J.N. Chaney & Jonathan Brazee (Variant)
• Orders of Battle, Marko Kloos (47North)
• Direct Fire, Rick Partlow (Aethon)
• Demon in White, Christopher Ruocchio (DAW)
• Fleet Elements, Walter Jon Williams (Harper Voyager)

Best Alternate History Novel

• WINNER:1637: No Peace Beyond the Line, Eric Flint & Charles E. Gannon (Baen)

• A Master of Djinn, P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom)
• Axiom’s End, Lindsay Ellis (St. Martin’s)
• The Russian Cage, Charlaine Harris (Saga)
• The Relentless Moon, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
• Daggers in Darkness, S.M. Stirling (1632, Inc.)

Best Media Tie-In Novel

• WINNER:Firefly: Generations, Tim Lebbon (Titan)

• Penitent, Dan Abnett (Black Library)
• MacGyver: Meltdown, Eric Kelley & Lee Zlotoff (Prince of Cats)
• World of Warcraft: Shadowlands: Shadows Rising, Madeleine Roux (Del Rey)
• Star Wars: Light of the Jedi, Charles Soule (Del Rey)
• Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, Timothy Zahn (Del Rey)

Best Horror Novel

• WINNER:The Hollow Places, T. Kingfisher (Saga)

• Synchronicity, Michaelbrent Collings (Written Insomnia)
• The Taxidermist’s Lover, Polly Hall (Camcat)
• The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones (Saga)
• True Story, Kate Reed Perry (riverrun)
• Survivor Song, Paul Tremblay (Morrow)

Best Comic Book

• WINNER: X-Men, Jonathan Hickman & Mahmud Asrar (Marvel)

• Immortal Hulk, Al Ewing & Joe Bennett (Marvel)
• Once & Future, Kieron Gillen & Dan Mora (BOOM!)
• Monstress, Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda (Image)
• Invisible Kingdom, G. Willow Wilson & Christian Ward (Berger)
• Daredevil, Chip Zdarsky & Marco Checchetto (Marvel)

Best Graphic Novel

• WINNER:The Magicians: New Class, Lev Grossman, Lilah Sturges & Pius Bak (Archaia)

• Pulp, Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips & Jacob Phillips (Image)
• Dracula, Motherf**ker, Alex de Campi & Erica Henderson (Image)
• The Green Lantern Season Two, Grant Morrison & Liam Sharp (DC)
• The Magic Fish, Trung Le Nguyen (Random House Graphic)
• The Book Tour, Andi Watson (Top Shelf)

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series

• WINNER:The Expanse

• Loki
• The Nevers
• Resident Alien
• Shadow & Bone
• Star Trek: Discovery
• WandaVision

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie

• WINNER:The Old Guard

• Bill & Ted Face the Music
• Godzilla vs Kong
• Justice League
• Space Sweepers
• Tenet
• Wonder Woman 1984

Winners in various gaming-related categories were also announced. Winners were announced on September 5, 2021 atDragon Con in Atlanta GA.

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