Signatories

This page will be updated with the names of folks who support the proposal to add a Hugo for translated speculative fiction. If you like the idea, please sign using this form, and share widely!

A. W. Prihandita - Author, Nebula Award winner, Ignyte and Eugie Awards finalist
Aaron Bray - Translator
Abby Dover - librarian and reader
Ada Palmer - Author. Hugo finalist, Astounding Award winner
Agnes Kormendi - translator
Agnès Renié - reader and fan
Aileen - Reader and Hugo Voter
Alan - Reviewer
Alena Rivas - Publisher's trade awards coordinator, Publicist for scholarly books including current Hugo nominee (Speculative Whiteness)
Alex Kamachi - Reader and fan
Alex Kingsley - author, reviewer, reader
Alex Shvartsman - Author, editor, translator; winner of the WSFA Award and a two-time BSFA finalist
Alex Woodroe - Editor & Publisher of Shirley Jackson nominated works & Wonderland award winners
Alexander Dickow - Author, reviewer, translator, fan.
Alexander Pyles - Author, editor, & critic; Forward Indie Award-winner
Amal El-Mohtar - Author, reviewer, have won Hugos & other awards
Amber - Reviewer
andré carrington - Critic, past finalist for Locus Award
Andrea Chapela - Author (fron México)
Andrew Whitney - reader and fan!
Andy Pressman - Cover designer
Angela Liu - Author and Finalist for Nebula, Hugo, Locus, Rhysling, and Astounding Award
Anindita Banerjee - Editorial adviser, reviewer
Anna Wojda - librarian for a foreign languages library, a fan
Annalee Newitz - author, winner of 3 Hugo Awards for fancast
Annie Nocenti - writer / editor (Eisner Hall of Fame, Ink Pot)
Archita Mittra - author, reviewer, editor, 2x Ignyte-nominated critic, reader and fan
Arkady Martine - author, Hugo winner (translator of academic things, also)
Arturo Serrano - author, reviewer, winner of Ignyte and Hugo
Ben Ghan - Author, Critic, Reader
Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay - Author, editor, reviewer, translator
Carmen Marin - Cultural Consultant, Reader and Fan
Caroline Hung - author, nominee for a 2024 Shirley Jackson Award in short fiction
Cassiel Merricat - translator
Catarina Nabais - Reviewer, reader and fan
Chris M. Barkley - 2023 Hugo Award Winner (Best Fan Writer), Reporter, Essayist, Reviewer and News Editor for File 770.com
Christy Hall - Reader
Crystal Blodgett - Reader and 3rd generation fan if you count Oz
Cynthia Handford - Reader, fan, Hugo voter
Cynthia Shin - reviewer, academic, translator, fan <3
Cynthia Zhang - author, reviewer, scholar
Daniel A. Rabuzzi - Reader first and foremost, also an author, editor, reviewer and translator.
Daniel Shank Cruz - author, reviewer, reader
Dante Luiz - Translator, artist, occasional author. Ignyte winner (nonfiction), Hugo finalist (Fan Artist).
Dave Agnew - Reader and fan (and sometime author and editor)
dave ring - Author/Editor/Publisher
David Farnell - Author, editor, reviewer, academic
Dee Holloway - author, reviewer, reader
Dylan Hasaton - literary agent, reviewer
Dylan McGonigle - bookseller
E.D.E. Bell - editor, publisher, and MIPA award-winning author
E.G. Condé - Author
Eddy Torres - Reader and fan
Eden Kupermintz - Reviewer
Ekaterina Sedia - *Author, translator; former editor *
Eleanor McAdam - Writer, PhD student, Reader
Electra Pritchett - Critic, reader, and fan
Elias Eells - Author and reviewer
Elisabeth Moore - author, reader and fan
Ellie Campbell - Author, reviewer, reader, fan!
Emily Aguilar - reader and fan!
Emily Miller - Publicist; Former Bookseller
Eric de Roulet - reviewer; emerging author
Eric Lane - Publisher
Eric Lundgren - Author and publishing employee
Erica Friedman - Author, Editor, Publisher
Fabius Mayland - Former researcher in science fiction studies
Fitz - Stargazer
Francesco Verso - Author and Editor of Future Fiction. Winner of 3 Europe Award, 2 Urania Awards, 1 Galaxy Award, 1 Marco Polo Award.
Frank Rudiger Lopes - Author, translator, academic researcher
Frauke Uhlenbruch - author, editor, translator, fan
Gabriela Ramírez - Reader and fan
Gareth Reeves - Author, reviewer, editor
Gavin Grant - Reader
Grace Chan - Author
Hache Pueyo - Author and translator
Hilary Strang - reader & teacher of SF
Holly Lyn Walrath - Writer, poet, and managing editor of Interstellar Flight Press
Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse - translator
J.W. Wartick - reviewer
Jake Casella Brookins - Reviewer, editor, podcaster. Hugo & Ignyte finalist.
James Johnson - Editor, part of Hugo-winning team
Jan Gehrer - librarian
Jana Bianchi - Author, editor, translator. Winner of the BSFA Award for Best Translated Short Fiction from 2023.
Jared Pechaček - Author
Jared Stern - Reader and fan
Jay Aja - Editor
Jean-Louis Trudel - author,reviewer,translator,reader,fan
Jean-Paul L. Garnier - Publisher, bookseller, editor, author. Space Cowboy Books publications have won the Stoker Award, the Elgin Award, the Laureate Award and the Next Generation Indie Book Award
Jennifer R. Donohue - author
Jennifer Rimmer - Reader and fan!
Jeremy Brett - Reader, SF&F librarian, reviewer
Jill Roberts - Managing Editor
JL George - Author, reviewer
Joachim Boaz - Fan writer (SF and Other Suspect Ruminations)
Jocelyne Allen - translator
John Borland - Writer, translator, reader
John Mitchell - Author and reader
John Thompson - Publisher, editor (nominated for Shirley Jackson award for Best Anthology, 2024)
Jordan Sprunger - Librarian, Book Blogger
Joshua Glenn - Editor of the MIT Press's RADIUM AGE proto-sf series.
Juan Martinez - Author and reader and fan
Karen chien - Author
Karla Costa - reader
Kate Dollarhyde - author, game designer, former co-Editor-in-Chief of Strange Horizons; Peabody, Nebula, and GLAAD Media award-winner
Kate Elliott - author
Kendra Preston Leonard - author, editor, reviewer
Kerry Taylor - Marketing & Publicity Coordinator at Levine Querido
Laura Kemmerer - Reviewer, reader, and fan
Lee Sanhwa - Author. Four-time runner-up prize winner of Korean SF Award. (Lee is my family name.)
Leigha McReynolds - reviewer, teacher, panelist, reader, and fan!
Liliana Colanzi - Author, winner of the Zinklar Prize for short story writers (Denmark, 2025). Shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Award in the Best Translated Short Fiction category for “You Glow in the Dark,” translated by Chris Andrews, 2025. Winner of the Ribera del Duero Prize for Ustedes brillan en lo oscuro, Spain, 2022.
Lilith Acadia - literature professor, author
Lisa McCarty - Podcaster (book reviews, author interviews)
Lisa Yaszek - Scholar, author, editor; Locus finalist, CHOICE outstanding author
lix.mckenzie - Reader & Fan
Mallory Craig-Kuhn - Author & translator
Margaryta Golovchenko - reviewer
Maria Thereza Dumas Neto - Reader and fan!
Marita Arvaniti - Fantasy Academic and scholar, occasional translator.
Märten Rattasepp - author & reviewer & game writer/narrative designer
Matt Blairstone - Editor & Publisher of Shirley Jackson nominated works & Wonderland award winners
Matthew Eatough - College professor and freelance reviewer
Matthew James Seidel - Reviewer
Megan Cutrofello - reviewer, discord mod, book club facilitator
Melissa Goodyer - Amateur student of languages, reader, and fan
Meredith Howard - Promotions Director, Columbia University Press, book publisher
Michael Burianyk - reader and fan
Michael Kelly - Publisher, editor. Winner of the World Fantasy, Shirley Jackson, and British Fantasy Awards
Michael Manzer - Reader
Michael Uhall - author, reviewer, translator
Michelle Dotter - Publisher
Misha Grifka Wander - Hugo and Ignyte Finalist, SFWA Staff Member, PhD, Editor
Monique Cuillerier - author
Mordecai Martin - Translator, writer, reader
Nadia A. King - Writer
Navi - Reader and fan!
Ng Yi-Sheng - Writer, editor, researcher, translator
Nina Shepardson - Reader, author, Hugo voter
Noah Springer - Acquisitions Editor for the Radium Age Series at the MIT Press. Our book The Inhumans and Other Stories, translated by Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay is a finalist for the 2025 Locus Award for an anthology.
O F Cieri - Author
Paul March-Russell - Editor
Paul Weimer - reviewer
Pedro Ponce - Author and reviewer
Peter Watts - author
R.W.W. Greene - Author
Rachel Brown - Reader and fan!
Rachel Cordasco - author, editor, reviewer, translator
Ramsey Kanaan - Publisher, PM Press
Rebecca Fraimow - author and reviewer, Hugo and Locus award finalist
Renan Bernardo - Nebula and Ignyte finalist Author
rené-marc dolhen - reviewer, french fan, webmaster of noosfere.org
Ricardo - Reader and fan!
RJ Taylor - writer
Robert Kiely - Author, editor, reviewer
Roseanna Pendlebury - reviewer, hugo best fan writer nominee, hugo best fanzine winner (with NoaF)
Roz Milner - Reviewer and critic
Ruth Collard-Stayte - author, librarian, slush reader, reader and fan
Sabrina Mittermeier - Autor, Editor, Reviewer
Sage Ferreira - reader and fan
Sam Reader - Critic
Sander Verdonschot - Reader
Sara S. Messenger - Author, Nebula Award Winner, Ignyte and Hugo Finalist
Sarah Bonamino - Publicist & SFF Reader
Sean Guynes - Critic and editor
Sean McTiernan - Critic and podcaster, host of SFULTRA
Seb Doubinsky - Author, translator
Seoung Kim - writer and librarian
Seth Heasley - podcaster, three-time Hugo finalist for Best Fancast
Shiv Ramdas - Author, have been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula and Ignyte Awards
Silvia Düssel Schiros - Translator
Silvia Park - Author
Sira Maliphol - Reader and fan!
So Mayer - author, translation advocate, bookseller, editor of Locus Award Non-Fiction winner Space Crone
Sofia Soter - Translator, author, copyeditor
Soila Kenya - Reader and fan, Reviewer
Sue Burke - Author, translator, winner of ATA Alicia Gordon Award for Word Artistry in Translation
Susan Buckley - Acquisitions Editor at the MIT Press
Suzanna Tamminen - Director and editor in chief at Wesleyan University Press
Todd Sanders - Editor/Publisher/Translator
Vajra Chandrasekera - Writer. Nebula, Ignyte, Otherwise Award winner; Le Guin, Lammy, Hugo finalist.
Victor Manibo - Author
Will Magill - Reader and fan
Will McMahon - Author, Reviewer, Reader
Wm Henry Morris - author and critic
Wole Talabi - Author, Editor, Reviewer (Hugo, WFA, Nebula, BSFA, Locus & Ignyte awards finalist)
Yilin Wang - Author, Literary Translator, Editor, Winner of Dwarf Stars Award (for a translated poem), Aurora Award Finalist