List of Dragon Award nominees

This is a list of Dragon Award nominees.

Novels

Best Science Fiction Novel

  *   Winner(s)   ∞   Nomination declined

Year	Work	Author(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2016	Somewhither: Being the First Part of A Tale of the Unwithering Realm *	John C. Wright	Castalia House	[1]
	Agent of the Imperium	Marc Miller	Far Future Enterprises	[1]
	Ancillary Mercy	Ann Leckie	Orbit	[1]
	Aurora	Kim Stanley Robinson	Orbit	[1]
	The Life Engineered	J-F. Dubeau	Sword & Laser	[1]
	Raising Caine	Charles E. Gannon	Baen Books	[1]
2017	Babylon's Ashes *	James S. A. Corey	Orbit Books	[2]
	A Closed and Common Orbit	Becky Chambers	Harper Voyager	[2]
	The Collapsing Empire[3]	John Scalzi	Tor Books	[2]
	Death's End	Cixin Liu	Tor Books	[2]
	Escaping Infinity	Richard Paolinelli	Tuscany Bay Books	[2]
	Rise	Brian Guthrie	self-published	[2]
	The Secret Kings	Brian Niemeier	self-published	[2]
	Space Tripping	Patrick Edwards	Inkshares	[2]
2018	Artemis *	Andy Weir	Crown Publishing Group	[4]
	It Takes Death to Reach a Star	Gareth Worthington and Stu Jones	Vesuvian Books	[4]
	The Mutineer's Daughter	Chris Kennedy and Thomas A. Mays	Theogony Books	[4]
	Persepolis Rising	James S. A. Corey	Orbit Books	[4]
	Sins of Her Father	Mike Kupari	Baen Books	[4]
	Win	Vera Nazarian	Norilana Books	[4]
2019	A Memory Called Empire	Arkady Martine	Tor Books	[5]
	A Star-Wheeled Sky *	Brad R. Torgersen	Baen Books	[5]
	Europe at Dawn	Dave Hutchinson	Solaris Books	[5]
	Record of a Spaceborn Few	Becky Chambers	Harper Voyager	[5]
	Red Moon	Kim Stanley Robinson	Orbit Books	[5]
	Tiamat’s Wrath	James S.A. Corey	Orbit Books	[5]

Best Fantasy Novel

  *   Winner(s)   ∞   Nomination declined

Year	Work	Author(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2016	Son of the Black Sword *	Larry Correia	Baen Books	[1]
	The Aeronaut's Windlass	Jim Butcher	Roc	[1]
	Asteroid Made of Dragons	G. Derek Adams	Sword & Laser	[1]
	Blood Hound	James Osiris Baldwin	Gift Horse Productions	[1]
	Changeling's Island	Dave Freer	Baen Books	[1]
	The Fifth Season	N. K. Jemisin	Orbit	[1]
	Grave Measures	R.R. Virdi	self-published	[1]
2017	Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge *	Larry Correia, John Ringo	Baen Books	[2]
	Beast Master	Shayne Silvers	Argento Publishing	[2]
	Blood of the Earth	Faith Hunter	Roc Books	[2]
	Dangerous Ways	R.R. Virdi	self-published	[2]
	The Heartstone Thief	Pippa DaCosta	self-published	[2]
	A Sea of Skulls	Vox Day	Castalia House	[2]
	Wings of Justice	Michael-Scott Earle	self-published	[2]
2018	Oathbringer *	Brandon Sanderson	Tor Books	[4]
	The Land: Predators	Aleron Kong	Tamori Publications	[4]
	Shoot the Messenger	Pippa DaCosta	Crazy Ace Publishing	[4]
	A Tempered Warrior	Jon R. Osborne	New Mythology Press	[4]
	The Traitor God	Cameron Johnston	Angry Robot	[4]
	War Hammer	Shayne Silvers	Argento Publishing	[4]
2019	Deep Roots	Ruthanna Emrys	Tor.com	[5]
	Foundryside	Robert Jackson Bennett	Crown Publishers	[5]
	House of Assassins *	Larry Correia	Baen Books	[5]
	Lies Sleeping	Ben Aaronovitch	Gollancz	[5]
	Spinning Silver	Naomi Novik	Del Rey	[5]
	The Raven Tower	Ann Leckie	Orbit Books	[5]

Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel

  *   Winner(s)   ∞   Nomination declined

Year	Work	Author(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2016	The Shepherd's Crown *	Terry Pratchett	Doubleday	[1]
	Calamity	Brandon Sanderson	Delacorte Press	[1]
	Carry On	Rainbow Rowell	St. Martin's Griffin	[1]
	Changeling's Island	Dave Freer	Baen Books	[1]
	Six of Crows	Leigh Bardugo	Henry Holt	[1]
	Steeplejack	A. J. Hartley	Tor Teen	[1]
	Trix & the Faerie Queen	Alethea Kontis	self-published	[1]
	Updraft	Fran Wilde	Tor Books	[1]
2017	The Hammer of Thor *	Rick Riordan	Disney-Hyperion Books	[2]
	A Court of Wings and Ruin	Sarah J. Maas	Bloomsbury USA	[2]
	Defy the Stars	Claudia Gray	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers	[2]
	Firebrand	A. J. Hartley	Tor Teen	[2]
	It's All Fun and Games	Dave Barrett	Nerdist / Inkshares	[2]
	Rachel and the Many-Spendored Dreamland	L. Jagi Lamplighter	Wisecraft Publishing	[2]
	Swan Knight's Son	John C. Wright	Castalia House	[2]
2018	Children of Blood and Bone *	Tomi Adeyemi	Henry Holt	[4]
	Brightly Burning	Alexa Donne	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt	[4]
	Cold Bath Street	A. J. Hartley	UCLan Publishing	[4]
	A Court of Frost and Starlight	Sarah J. Maas	Bloomsbury Children's Books	[4]
	Warcross	Marie Lu	G. P. Putnam's Sons	[4]
	When Tinker Met Bell	Alethea Kontis	Sugar Skull Books	[4]
2019	Archenemies	Marissa Meyer	Feiwel and Friends	[5]
	Armageddon Girls	Aaron Michael Ritchey	Shadow Alley Press	[5]
	Bloodwitch *	Susan Dennard	Tor Teen	[5]
	Imposters	Scott Westerfeld	Scholastic Press	[5]
	Sawkill Girls	Claire Legrand	Katherine Tegen Books	[5]
	The King’s Regret	Philip Ligon	Silver Empire	[5]
	The Pioneer	Bridget Tyler	Tor Teen	[5]

Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel

  *   Winner(s)   ∞   Nomination declined

Year	Work	Author(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2016	Hell's Foundations Quiver *	David Weber	Tor Books	[1]
	Blood in the Water	Taylor Anderson	Roc Books	[1]
	Chains of Command	Marko Kloos	47North	[1]
	The End of All Things ∞	John Scalzi	Tor Books	[1]
	Fallen	Amy J. Murphy	self-published	[1]
	The Price of Valor	Django Wexler	Roc Books	[1]
	Wrath of an Angry God	Gibson Michaels	Arc Flash Publishing	[1]
2017	Iron Dragoons *	Richard Fox	Triplane Press	[2]
	Caine's Mutiny	Charles E. Gannon	Baen Books	[2]
	Cartwright's Cavaliers	Mark Wandrey	Seventh Seal Press	[2]
	Exiles	Amy J. Murphy	self-published	[2]
	Rescue Run	Jon Del Arroz	Evil Girlfriend Media	[2]
	Resistance	J. F. Holmes	self-published	[2]
	The Span of Empire	Eric Flint, David Carrico	Baen Books	[2]
	Starship Liberator	David VanDyke, B. V. Larson	Castalia House	[2]
2018	A Call to Vengeance *	Timothy Zahn, David Weber, and Thomas Pope	Baen Books	[4]
	Communication Failure	Joe Zieja	Saga Press	[4]
	Ghost Marines Book One: Integration	Jonathan P. Brazee	Semper Fi Press	[4]
	Legend	Christopher Woods	Seventh Seal Press	[4]
	Points of Impact	Marko Kloos	47North	[4]
	Price of Freedom	Craig Martelle and Michael Anderle	LMBPN Publishing	[4]
2019	A Pale Dawn	Chris Kennedy and Mark Wandrey	Seventh Seal Press	[5]
	Order of the Centurion	Jason Anspach and Nick Cole	Galaxy's Edge	[5]
	Marine	Joshua Dalzelle	self-published	[5]
	Sons of the Lion	Jason Cordova	Seventh Seal Press	[5]
	The Light Brigade	Kameron Hurley	Saga Press	[5]
	Uncompromising Honor *	David Weber	Baen Books	[5]

Best Alternate History Novel

  *   Winner(s)   ∞   Nomination declined

Year	Work	Author(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2016	League of Dragons *	Naomi Novik	Del Rey Books	[1]
	1635: A Parcel of Rogues	Eric Flint Andrew Dennis	Baen Books	[1]
	1636: The Cardinal Virtues	Eric Flint Walter H. Hunt	Baen Books	[1]
	Bombs Away	Harry Turtledove	Del Rey Books	[1]
	Germanica	Robert Conroy	Baen Books	[1]
	Ghostwalkers	Jonathan Maberry	Tor Books	[1]
2017	Fallout *	Harry Turtledove	Del Rey Books	[2]
	1636: The Ottoman Onslaught	Eric Flint	Baen Books	[2]
	Another Girl, Another Planet	Lou Antonelli	WordFire Press	[2]
	Breath of Earth	Beth Cato	Harper Voyager	[2]
	A Change in Crime	D. R. Perry	self-published	[2]
	The Last Days of New Paris	China Miéville	Del Rey	[2]
	No Gods, Only Daimons	Kai Wai Cheah	Castalia House	[2]
	Witchy Eye	D. J. Butler	Baen Books	[2]
2018	Uncharted *	Kevin J. Anderson and Sarah A. Hoyt	Baen Books	[4]
	Dark State	Charles Stross	Tor Books	[4]
	The Dream of the Iron Dragon	Robert Kroese	self-published	[4]
	Minds of Men	Kacey Ezell	Theogony Books	[4]
	The Sea Peoples	S. M. Stirling	Ace Books	[4]
	Witchy Winter	D. J. Butler	Baen Books	[4]
2019	Black Chamber *	S. M. Stirling	Ace Books	[5]
	Machines Like Me	Ian McEwan	Doubleday	[5]
	The Calculating Stars	Mary Robinette Kowal	Tor Books	[5]
	The Iron Codex	David Mack	Tor Books	[5]
	The World Asunder	Kacey Ezell	Theogony Books	[5]
	Unholy Land	Lavie Tidhar	Tachyon Publications	[5]

Best Apocalyptic Novel

The category "Best Apocalyptic Novel" was removed from the awards in 2018.

  *   Winner(s)   ∞   Nomination declined

Year	Work	Author(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2016	Ctrl Alt Revolt! *	Nick Cole	self-published	[1]
	A Time to Die	Mark Wandrey	Henchman Press	[1]
	Chasing Freedom	Marina Fontaine	self-published	[1]
	Dark Age	Felix O. Hartmann	Hartmann Publishing	[1]
	The Desert and the Blade	S. M. Stirling	Roc Books	[1]
	The Fifth Season	N. K. Jemisin	Orbit	[1]
2017	Walkaway *	Cory Doctorow	Tor Books	[2]
	American War	Omar El Akkad	Alfred A. Knopf	[2]
	Codename: UnSub	Declan Finn, A. Yoskowitz	self-published	[2]
	Falling	J. F. Holmes	self-published	[2]
	The Obelisk Gate ∞[6][7]	N. K. Jemisin	Orbit Books	[2]
	The Place Outside the Wild	Daniel Humphreys	self-published	[2]
	The Seventh Age: Dawn	Rick Heinz	Inkshares	[2]

Best Media Tie-In Novel

The category "Best Media Tie-In Novel" was first introduced in 2018.

  *   Winner(s)   ∞   Nomination declined

Year	Work	Author(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2018	Leia: Princess of Alderaan *	Claudia Gray	Disney-Lucasfilm	[4]
	World of Warcraft: Before the Storm	Christie Golden	Del Rey	[4]
	Star Trek: Discovery: Desperate Hours	David Mack	Pocket Books	[4]
	Star Trek: Discovery: Fear Itself	James Swallow	Pocket Books	[4]
	Halo: Legacy of Onyx	Matt Forbeck	Gallery Books	[4]
	Star Wars: Phasma	Delilah S. Dawson	Del Rey	[4]
2019	Big Damn Hero	James Lovegrove and Nancy Holder	Titan Books	[5]
	Darkness on the Edge of Town	Adam Christopher	Del Rey	[5]
	Master & Apprentice	Claudia Gray	Del Rey	[5]
	The Replicant War	Chris Kennedy	Anticipation Press	[5]
	The Way to the Stars	Una McCormack	Gallery Books	[5]
	Thrawn: Alliances *	Timothy Zahn	Del Rey	[5]

Best Horror Novel

  *   Winner(s)   ∞   Nomination declined

Year	Work	Author(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2016	Souldancer *	Brian Niemeier	self-published	[1]
	Alice	Christina Henry	Ace Books	[1]
	An Unattractive Vampire	Jim McDoniel	Sword & Laser	[1]
	Chapelwood	Cherie Priest	Roc Books	[1]
	Disappearance at Devil's Rock	Paul Tremblay	William Morrow/HarperCollins	[1]
	Honor at Stake	Declan Finn	self-published	[1]
2017	The Changeling *	Victor LaValle	Spiegel & Grau	[2]
	The Bleak December	Kevin G. Summers	Wonderment Media	[2]
	Blood of Invidia	Tom Tinney, Morgen Batten	PiR8 Productions	[2]
	Donn's Hill	Caryn Larrinaga	Immortal Works	[2]
	A God in the Shed	J-F. Dubeau	Inkshares	[2]
	The Hidden People ∞	Alison Littlewood	Jo Fletcher Books	[2]
	Live and Let Bite	Declan Finn	self-published	[2]
	Nothing Left to Lose	Dan Wells	Tor Books	[2]
2018	Sleeping Beauties *	Stephen King and Owen King	Scribner	[4]
	Beneath the Lighthouse	Julieanne Lynch	Vesuvian Books	[4]
	The Cabin at the End of the World	Paul Tremblay	Morrow	[4]
	Glimpse	Jonathan Maberry	St. Martin's Press	[4]
	Meddling Kids	Edgar Cantero	Doubleday	[4]
	A Time to Run	Mark Wandrey	Blood Moon Press	[4]
2019	Cardinal Black	Robert McCammon	Cemetery Dance Publications	[5]
	Little Darlings *	Melanie Golding	Crooked Lane Books	[5]
	Riddance	Shelley Jackson	Black Balloon Publishing	[5]
	We Sold Our Souls	Grady Hendrix	Quirk Books	[5]
	Zombie Airman	David Guenther	self-published	[5]
	100 Fathoms Below	Steven L. Kent and Nicholas Kaufmann	Blackstone Publishing	[5]

Comic Books and Graphic Novels

Best Comic Book

  *   Winner(s)   ∞   Nomination declined

Year	Work	Author(s)/ Artist(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2016	Ms. Marvel *	Sana Amanat, Stephen Wacker, G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona	Marvel Comics	[8]
	Astro City	Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, Alex Ross	Vertigo Comics	[8]
	Civil War II	Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquez, Justin Ponsor	Marvel Comics	[8]
	Daredevil	Charles Soule, Ron Garney	Marvel Comics	[8]
	DC Universe: Rebirth	various	DC Comics	[8]
	Providence	Alan Moore, Jacen Burrows	Avatar Press	[8]
	Saga	Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples	Image Comics	[8]
2017	The Dresden Files: Dog Men *	Jim Butcher, Mark Powers	Dynamite Entertainment	[9][10]
	Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eleven	Christos Gage, Rebekah Isaacs, Georges Jeanty, Megan Levens	Dark Horse Comics	[9]
	Monstress	Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda	Image Comics	[9]
	Motor Girl	Terry Moore	Abstract Studios	[9]
	Ms. Marvel	Sana Amanat, Stephen Wacker, G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona	Marvel Comics	[9]
	Saga	Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples	Image Comics	[9]
	Wynonna Earp Legends	Beau Smith, Tim Rozon, Chris Evenhuis, Jay Fotos	IDW Publishing	[9]
2018	Mighty Thor *	Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman	Marvel Comics	[11]
	Aliens: Dead Orbit	James Stokoe	Dark Horse Comics	[11]
	Doomsday Clock	Geoff Johns and Gary Frank	DC Comics	[11]
	Mister Miracle	Tom King and Mitch Gerads	DC Comics	[11]
	Saga	Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples	Image Comics	[11]
	Star Wars: Darth Vader	Charles D. Soule and Giuseppe Camuncoli	Marvel Comics	[11]

Best Graphic Novel

  *   Winner(s)   ∞   Nomination declined

Year	Work	Author(s)/ Artist(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2016	The Sandman: Overture *	Neil Gaiman, J. H. Williams III	Vertigo Comics	[1]
	Chicago	Glenn Head	Fantagraphics Books	[1]
	Killing and Dying	Adrian Tomine	Drawn and Quarterly	[1]
	March: Book Two	John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell	Top Shelf Productions	[1]
	Sacred Heart	Liz Suburbia	Fantagraphics Books	[1]
	Virgil	Steve Orlando, J. D. Faith	Image Comics	[1]
2017	The Dresden Files: Wild Card *	Jim Butcher, Carlos Gomez	Dynamite Entertainment	[2]
	Clive Barker's Nightbreed Volume Three	Marc Andreyko, Clive Barker, Emmanuel Xerx Javier	Boom! Studios	[2]
	Girl Genius: The Second Journey of Agatha Heterodyne, Book 2: The City of Lightning	Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio	Studio Foglio	[2]
	Love Is Love	various	IDW Publishing	[2]
	March: Book Three	John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell	Top Shelf Productions	[2]
	My Favorite Thing Is Monsters	Emil Ferris	Fantagraphics Books	[2]
	Stuck in My Head	J. R. Mounts	self-published	[2]
2018	White Sand, Volume 1 *	Brandon Sanderson, Rik Hoskin and Julius M. Gopez	Dynamite Entertainment	[11]
	Be Prepared	Vera Brosgol	First Second	[11]
	Chicago Typewriter: The Red Ribbon	Brandon Fiadino, Djibril Morissette-Phan and James Greatorex	Dark Legion	[11]
	Monstress Volume Two: The Blood	Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda	Image Comics	[11]
	Paper Girls: Volume 4	Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang	Image Comics	[11]
	The Vision	Tom King and Gabriel Hernandez Walta	Marvel Comics	[11]

Television and Film

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series

  *   Winner(s)   ∞   Nomination declined

Year	Work	Creator(s)	Released on	Ref.
2016	Game of Thrones *	David Benioff, D. B. Weiss	HBO	[8]
	Daredevil	Drew Goddard	Netflix	[8]
	Doctor Who	Steven Moffat	BBC One	[8]
	The Expanse	Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby	Syfy	[8]
	The Flash	Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Geoff Johns	The CW	[8]
	Jessica Jones	Melissa Rosenberg	Netflix	[8]
	Outlander	Ronald D. Moore	Starz	[8]
2017	Stranger Things *	The Duffer Brothers	Netflix	[9]
	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby	ABC	[9]
	Doctor Who	Steven Moffat	BBC One	[9]
	The Expanse	Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby	Syfy	[9]
	Lucifer	Ildy Modrovich, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed	Fox	[9]
	Stan Lee's Lucky Man	Stan Lee, Neil Biswas	Sky 1	[9]
	Westworld	Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, Michael Crichton	HBO	[9]
	Wynonna Earp	Emily Andras, Beau Smith	Syfy	[9]
2018	Game of Thrones *	David Benioff, D. B. Weiss	HBO	[11]
	Altered Carbon	Laeta Kalogridis	Netflix	[11]
	The Expanse	Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby	Syfy	[11]
	Lucifer	Tom Kapinos	Fox	[11]
	Star Trek: Discovery	Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman	CBS All Access	[11]
	Stranger Things	The Duffer Brothers	Netflix	[11]
	Supernatural	Andrew Dabb, Robert Singer	The CW	[11]
2019
	Good Omens *	Neil Gaiman, Caroline Skinner, Chris Sussman, Rob Wilkins and Rod Brown	Amazon	[12]
	Game of Thrones	David Benioff, D. B. Weiss	HBO	[12]
	Star Trek: Discovery	Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman	CBS All Access	[12]
	Lucifer	Ildy Modrovich, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed	Fox	[12]
	The Orville	André Bormanis, David A. Goodman, Seth MacFarlane and Brannon Braga	Fox	[12]
	The Umbrella Academy	Steve Blackman	Netflix	[12]

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie

  *   Winner(s)   ∞   Nomination declined

Year	Work	Creator(s)	Studio	Ref.
2016	The Martian *	Ridley Scott (director), Drew Goddard (writer)	Scott Free Productions, Kinberg Genre, TSG Entertainment	[8]
	Ant-Man	Peyton Reed (director), Edgar Wright (writer), Joe Cornish (writer), Adam McKay (writer), Paul Rudd (writer)	Marvel Studios	[8]
	Captain America: Civil War	Anthony Russo (director), Joe Russo (director), Christopher Markus (writer), Stephen McFeely (writer)	Marvel Studios	[8]
	Crimson Peak	Guillermo del Toro (director, writer), Matthew Robbins (writer)	Legendary Pictures, DDY Productions	[8]
	Deadpool	Tim Miller, Rhett Reese (writer), Paul Wernick (writer)	Marvel Entertainment, Kinberg Genre, The Donners' Company, TSG Entertainment	[8]
	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	J. J. Abrams (director, writer), Lawrence Kasdan (writer), Michael Arndt (writer)	Lucasfilm Ltd., Bad Robot Productions	[8]
2017	Wonder Woman *	Patty Jenkins (director), Allan Heinberg (writer), Zack Snyder (writer), Jason Fuchs (writer)	RatPac-Dune Entertainment, DC Films, Tencent Pictures, Wanda Pictures, Atlas Entertainment, Cruel and Unusual Films	[9]
	Arrival	Denis Villeneuve (director), Eric Heisserer (writer), Ted Chiang (writer)	FilmNation Entertainment, Lava Bear Films, 21 Laps Entertainment	[9]
	Doctor Strange	Scott Derrickson (director, writer), Jon Spaihts (writer), C. Robert Cargill (writer)	Marvel Studios	[9]
	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	James Gunn (director, writer), Dan Abnett (writer), Andy Lanning (writer)	Marvel Studios	[9]
	Logan	James Mangold (director, writer), Scott Frank (writer), Michael Green (writer)	Marvel Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, Kinberg Genre, Hutch Parker Productions, The Donners' Company	[9]
	Passengers	Morten Tyldum (director), Jon Spaihts (writer)	Village Roadshow Pictures, Start Motion Pictures, Original Film, LStar Capital, Wanda Pictures, Company Films	[9]
	Rogue One	Gareth Edwards (director), Chris Weitz (writer), Tony Gilroy (writer), John Knoll (writer), Gary Whitta (writer)	Lucasfilm Ltd.	[9]
2018	Black Panther *	Ryan Coogler (director, writer), Joe Robert Cole (writer)	Marvel Studios	[11]
	Avengers: Infinity War	Anthony and Joe Russo (directors), Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (writers)	Marvel Studios	[11]
	Blade Runner 2049	Denis Villeneuve (director), Hampton Fancher (writer), Michael Green (writer)	Alcon Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Bud Yorkin Productions, Torridon Films, 16:14 Entertainment, Scott Free Productions	[11]
	Deadpool 2	David Leitch (director), Rhett Reese (writer), Paul Wernick (writer), Ryan Reynolds (writer)	Marvel Entertainment, Kinberg Genre, Maximum Effort, The Donners' Company, TSG Entertainment	[11]
	Incredibles 2	Brad Bird (director, writer)	Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios	[11]
	Ready Player One	Steven Spielberg (director), Zak Penn (writer), Ernest Cline (writer)	Warner Bros. Pictures, Amblin Partners, Amblin Entertainment, Village Roadshow Pictures, De Line Pictures, Access Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, Farah Films & Management	[11]
	Thor: Ragnarok	Taika Waititi (director), Eric Pearson (writer), Craig Kyle (writer), Christopher L. Yost (writer)	Marvel Studios	[11]
2019
	Avengers: Endgame *	Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (directors), Christopher Markus (writer), Stephen McFeely (writer)	Marvel Studios	[12]
	Alita: Battle Angel	Robert Rodriguez (director), James Cameron (writer), Laeta Kalogridis (writer)	Twentieth Century Fox	[12]
	Aquaman	James Wan (director), David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (writer), Will Beall (writer)	DC Entertainment	[12]
	Captain Marvel	Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck (directors and writers), Geneva Robertson-Dworet (writer)	Marvel Studios	[12]
	Spider-Man: Far From Home	Jon Watts (director), Chris McKenna (writer), Erik Sommers (writer)	Marvel Studios	[12]
	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse	Bob Persichetti (director), Peter Ramsey (director), Rodney Rothman (director), Phil Lord (writer), Rodney Rothman (writer)	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[12]

Games

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy PC/Console Game

  *   Winner(s)   ∞   Nomination declined

Year	Work	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2016	Fallout 4 *	Bethesda Softworks	[13]
	Darkest Dungeon	Red Hook Studios	[13]
	Metal Gear Solid V	Konami Digital Entertainment	[13]
	Overwatch	Blizzard Entertainment	[13]
	Undertale	Toby Fox	[13]
	XCOM 2	2k Games	[13]
2017	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild *	Nintendo	[14]
	Dishonored 2	Arkane Studios	[14]
	Final Fantasy XV	Square Enix	[14]
	Mass Effect: Andromeda	BioWare	[14]
	NieR: Automata	PlatinumGames	[14]
	Titanfall 2	Respawn Entertainment	[14]
2018	Middle-earth: Shadow of War *	Monolith Productions	[15]
	Battletech	Harebrained Schemes	[16]
	Cuphead	StudioMDHR	[16]
	Destiny 2	Bungie	[16]
	Fortnite	Epic Games	[16]
	Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus	MachineGames	[16]

Best Science Fiction of Fantasy Mobile Game

  *   Winner(s)   ∞   Nomination declined

Year	Work	Developers(s)	Ref.
2016	Fallout Shelter *	Bethesda Softworks	[13]
	Hyper Burner	Patrick Cook	[13]
	PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist	Outerminds	[13]
	Quaser One	Emre Taskin	[13]
	Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes	Electronic Arts	[13]
2017	Pokémon Go *	Niantic	[14]
	Con Man: The Game	Monkey Strength Productions	[14]
	Fire Emblem Heroes	Nintendo	[14]
	Monument Valley 2	Ustwogames	[14]
	Sky Dancer	Pine Entertainment	[14]
	Super Mario Run	Nintendo	[14]
2018	Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery *	Jam City	[15]
	Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition	Square Enix	[16]
	Lineage 2 Revolution	Netmarble	[16]
	Nocked!	Andrew G. Schneider	[16]
	Planescape: Torment, the Enhanced Edition	Beamdog	[16]

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game

  *   Winner(s)   ∞   Nomination declined

Year	Work	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2016	Pandemic: Legacy *	Z-Man Games	[13]
	Star Wars: Rebellion	Fantasy Flight Games	[13]
	Blood Rage	CoolMiniOrNot	[13]
	Talon	GMT Games	[13]
	Monopoly: Cthulhu	USAopoly	[13]
	Codenames	Vlaada Chvátil	[13]
2017	Betrayal at House on the Hill: Widow's Walk *	Avalon Hill	[14]
	Gloomhaven	Cephalofair Games	[14]
	Hero Realms	White Wizard Games	[14]
	Mansions of Madness (2nd edition)	Fantasy Flight Games	[14]
	Scythe	Stonemaier Games	[14]
	Terraforming Mars	Stronghold Games	[14]
2018	Red Dragon Inn 6: Villains *	Slugfest Games	[15]
	Azul	Plan B Games	[16]
	Mysterium: Secrets and Lies Expansion	Asmodee	[16]
	Photosynthesis	Blue Orange Games	[16]
	Rising Sun	CMON Games	[16]
	When I Dream	Asmodee	[16]

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures / Collectible Card / Role-Playing Game

  *   Winner(s)   ∞   Nomination declined

Year	Work	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2016	Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying Game (7th edition) *	Chaosium Inc.	[13]
	Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls	Flying Buffalo	[13]
	Magic: The Gathering: Shadows over Innistrad	Wizards of the Coast	[13]
	Magic: The Gathering: Battle for Zendikar	Wizards of the Coast	[13]
	Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game (2nd edition)	David Petersen, Luke Crane	[13]
	Star Wars: Armada	Fantasy Flight Games	[13]
2017	Magic: The Gathering: Eldritch Moon *	Wizards of the Coast	[14]
	A Shadow Across the Galaxy: X-Wing Wave X	Fantasy Flight Games	[14]
	Bloodborne: The Card Game	CMON Limited	[14]
	Dark Souls: The Board Game	Steamforged Games	[14]
	Pulp Cthulhu	Chaosium Inc.	[14]
	Star Wars: Destiny	Fantasy Flight Games	[14]
2018	Magic: The Gathering: Unstable *	Wizards of the Coast	[15]
	Bubblegumshoe	Evil Hat Productions	[16]
	Cooking with Dice: The Acid Test	Oddfish Games	[16]
	D100 Dungeon	Martin Knight	[16]
	Force and Destiny Role-playing Game: Knights of Fate	Fantasy Flight Games	[16]
	Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition	Games Workshop	[16]

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