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Hugo Awards
Best Novel – Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
Best Novella – Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
Best Novelette – The Year Without Sunshine by Naomi Kritzer
The 2024 Hugo Awards
Hugo Awards (2)
Best Short Story – Better Living Through Algorithms by Naomi Kritzer
Best Series – Imperial Radch by Ann Leckie
Best Graphic Story or Comic – Saga, Vol. 11 written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples
Best Related Work – A City on Mars by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith
Hugo Finalists before the ceremony
Hugo Awards (3)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form – Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form – The Last of Us: Long, Long Time
Best Game or Interactive Work – Baldur’s Gate 3
Best Editor Short Form – Neil Clarke
Best Editor Long Form – Ruoxi Chen
Best Professional Artist – Rovina Cai
Hugo Awards (4)
Best Semiprozine – Strange Horizons
Best Fanzine – Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together
Best Fancast – Octothorpe
Best Fan Writer – Paul Weimer
Best Fan Artist – Laya Rose
Lodestar Award for Best YA Book – To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
Astounding Award (Best New Writer) – Xiran Jay Zhao
Emily Tesh
Photo Gallery
Many of the photos in The Unicorn come from the official convention photo pool on Flickr, You can use this QR code to see it. Our thanks to all the photographers.
QR code for the convention’s official photo album on Flickr
Covid-19
We would like you to know several people have tested positive for Covid-19 and we have reports of other infectious diseases in Discord.
If you require a Covid Test Kit, please speak to the accessibility desk.
Bottles of Glasgow 2024 gin
Programme Replays
Replays in the RingCentral Events system will be available until 31st December, but the Event itself shuts at 23:55 on Monday. So if you want to watch replays after the convention, be sure to activate your online login before then.
https://portal.glasgow2024.org
Ursula Vernon in a hat and a mask accepts a Hugo for T. Kingfisher while T.L Huchu listens behind her
Èist!
The SEC is required by law to be very strict about room capacity and crowds that may impair everyone’s ability to exit in case of an emergency.
Meeting rooms and the exhibition halls will have SEC stewards at the entrances. They will be in a uniform, with a white shirt and blue and red striped tie, with or without a blue jacket or cardigan.
Èist! (2)
Please keep in mind the following:
•Standing in the back of a meeting room is not allowed unless a steward has given permission.
•If an event is labelled as being for those 18 or over, the steward may request proof of age if there is any question. Even if accompanied by a parent, those under 18 will not be admitted.
•Do not linger in the doorway to see if a panel is interesting. Please move into the room and find a seat. The steward at the door will remind you to please take a seat.
•If the steward says the room is full, please find another event to attend.
•If a steward asks you to move along, please do so promptly, as you may be creating a choke point in the traffic flow.
Èist! (short version)
Don’t overcrowd the rooms.
Please cooperate with the SEC stewards if they ask you to move.
Be sensible.
Get there as early as you can! Even panellists are being turned away.
TL Huchu with his arms out
Convention Closedown
Mobility scooters hired through the convention must be returned to the Accessibility desk in Hall 4 by 16:00 on Monday.
Halls 4 and 5 close for Move Out at 4pm.
Groats can be redeemed at the Crowne Plaza through Tuesday.
Volunteers
If you have been logging hours into the volunteers’ system, you must pick up your groats/rewards by 15:00 on Monday.
The final volunteer raffle draw is at 14:00 Monday and prizes can be picked up until 16:00.
Freebies Library
In memory of Colin Baxter 19 May 1969 – 2 September 2023.
The Freebies Library would like to thank the family of Colin Baxter for the very kind donation of his SF book collection. This enabled us to have some book stock on the shelves and in the volunteer lounge on Sunday. We hope his books will go out into the world and spread some of the joy he clearly found in them during his life.
A memorial photograph of Colin Baxter
Adri Joy Best Fanzine Winner and Claire Rousseau
Espaciers
Satellite Conventions thanks everyone who searched out our missing espaciers and returned them home safely.
We had 40 entries, of which 28 successfully found all forty of our lost ones. Congratulations to DANIELOI, whose entry was drawn at random to win our prize.
Hugo Trivia
The details of the Hugo voting are available on the Glasgow 2024 website.
Neil Clarke accepts the Best Editor Hugo award
Updated Worldcon Membership Numbers
Total WSFS Members: 8,845
Total Attendance Badges Printed: 7,240
Online Attendance Only: 618
Dead Dog Party
The Dead Dog Party (end of convention party) will be held tonight in Castle 1 (Crowne Plaza) from 20:00.
Jasper Cartwright and Jeremy Cobb, presenting the Hugo Awards.
So Long And Thanks For All The…
On behalf of the organizers of Glasgow 2024 A Worldcon For Our Futures (or at least this newsletter team), whether it’s your first or your too-many-to-remember-th Worldcon, we hope you’ve had a wonderful time!
So long, and may we see you again at some other Worldcon!
Zach Weinersmith accepts the Hugo award for best related work
Credits
Thanks to Steve Davies, Meredith, all the Glasgow photo pool (especially Olav, Paul and Simon), Sean Berry, Effy, Rebecca Montgomery & Mike Scott.
Unicorn logo by Sue Mason.
Goodbye and thanks for all the fish!