Jemisin was announced as the winner of the best novel Hugo at Worldcon in Helsinki on Friday. She took the prize, which is voted for by fans, for The Obelisk Gate, the follow-up to her Hugo award-winning novel The Fifth Season. In 2016, candidates put forward by the so-called Puppies also dominated the ballots, but only two “no awards” were given. On a roster of predominantly female winners, Seanan McGuire’s Every Heart a Doorway took the best novella gong, Ursula Vernon’s The Tomato Thief won best novelette, and Amal El-Mohtar’s Seasons of Glass and Iron won best short story. The John W Campbell award for best new writer was taken by Ada Palmer.

Source: The Guardian August 11, 2017 19:41 UTC