Charts showing gender analysis for Hugo/WSFS award finalists

Hugo Award

Best Novel / Best Novel or Novelette

Chart showing Gender analysis of finalists for Hugo Award Best Novel / Best Novel or Novelette

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Best Novella

Chart showing Gender analysis of finalists for Hugo Award Best Novella

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Best Novelette

Chart showing Gender analysis of finalists for Hugo Award Best Novelette

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Best Short Story / Best Short Fiction

Chart showing Gender analysis of finalists for Hugo Award Best Short Story / Best Short Fiction

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Best Series

Chart showing Gender analysis of finalists for Hugo Award Best Series

Best Editor Long Form

Chart showing Gender analysis of finalists for Hugo Award Best Editor Long Form

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Best Editor Short Form

Chart showing Gender analysis of finalists for Hugo Award Best Editor Short Form

Best Fan Writer

Chart showing Gender analysis of finalists for Hugo Award Best Fan Writer Chart showing Gender analysis of finalists for Hugo Award Best Non-Fiction Book / Best Related Book / Best Related Work

Retro Hugo Award

Best Novel

Chart showing Gender analysis of finalists for Retro Hugo Award Best Novel

Best Novella

Chart showing Gender analysis of finalists for Retro Hugo Award Best Novella

Best Novelette

Chart showing Gender analysis of finalists for Retro Hugo Award Best Novelette

Best Short Story

Chart showing Gender analysis of finalists for Retro Hugo Award Best Short Story

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

Chart showing Gender analysis of finalists for Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Chart showing Gender analysis of finalists for John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Commentary

  • The recent name change for this award hasn't yet been implemented in ISFDB, but seems like it will be at some point.
  • As with similar "newbie" awards such as Locus Best First Novel, there's a visible difference in the gender balance here versus the "regular" fiction categories, which are (presumably) nominated by the much the same voter base - the other Hugo fiction categories have 75-25 to 66-33 M-F ratios over their history, whereas this award isn't too far off 50-50.
  • That stat is a bit misleading though, as this award has only been around since 1973, whereas three of the four Hugo fiction categories have been around since the 1950s. A more reasonable comparison might be to compare the 1973-present period for all of these awards, which I haven't (yet) done - although I will note that Best Novella dates from roughly the same period - 1968-onwards - and has a 69-29 M-F ratio.