It was a whirlwind weekend at Seattle WorldCon, and we’re thrilled to celebrate four JABberwocky clients who were announced winners at the 2025 Hugo Awards!

Best Poem: “A War of Words” by Marie Brennan, originally published in Strange Horizons, won for Best Poem! Best known for her Memoirs of Lady Trent historical fantasy series (starting with A Natural History of Dragons) and her Rook and Rose fantasy adventure series (as half of the writing duo M.A. Carrick), Marie is also a gifted poet.

Best Fancast: Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones, presented by Emily Tesh and Rebecca Fraimow, took the win for Best Fancast. While we primarily work with Rebecca’s books—including the dazzling Lady Eve’s Last Con, a sci-fi heist with a hearty splash of sapphic romance—we loved this podcast that, in its first season, presented each of DWJ’s books of the 70s.

Best Editor, Short-Form: Neil Clarke, who is Publisher and Editor-In-Chief at the incomparable Clarkesworld Magazine, won the category for Best Editor, Short-Form. Neil has won Best Editor Short form three times before, and since its launch in 2006, Clarkesworld has also been honored with Hugo, World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Awards. Neil is also the editor of the annual Best Science Fiction of the Year anthologies, now in their eighth year. 

Best Semiprozine: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, publishers and editors-in-chief of Uncanny Magazine, won the award for Best Semiprozine, with Lynne accepting the award during the ceremony on their behalf! Lynne and Michael were also both nominated for Best Editor, Short-Form, for their work with Uncanny. Uncanny‘s managing editor is Monte Lin; poetry editor is Betsy Aoki; and podcast producers are Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Uncanny has won the Best Semiprozine Award eight times since 2016. Lynne and Michael were also awarded with the Hugo for Best Editor, Short Form in 2018.

We’d also like to give a big shoutout to JAB clients Brandon Sanderson and Bethany Jacobs. Bethany Jacobs was a finalist for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer for her work with The Kindom Trilogy, while Brandon Sanderson’s bestselling series, The Stormlight Archive, was nominated for Best Series. To be included in these categories is no small feat, and we’re excited to see what both of these authors do next!

The JABberwocky team is very proud to be working with such talented authors and creatives, and to see their hard work recognized in these ways. Congratulations to all!