The finest in genre storytelling was celebrated this weekend at the annual World Science Fiction Convention. Check out who took home awards.

First awarded by the World Science Fiction Society in 1953 (and given annually since 1955), the Hugo Award has become one of the most prestigious honors a science fiction or fantasy storyteller can ever hope to win. Past winners include literary legends like Ursula K. LeGuin and Robert A. Heinlein, TV icons like Gene Roddenberry and film titans like Steven Spielberg and James Cameron. To win a Hugo is to be part of an elite group, to be sure, and this past weekened in London, another group of storytellers took home the coveted awards.

One of the night's biggest wins came in the Best Novel category, where Ann Leckie took home the award for her debut book, Ancillary Justice. Leckie's win was significant not just because she won for her first novel, but because the book has already swept other major genre awards, including the Nebula, the Arthur C. Clarke and the British Science Fiction Association Award. Plus, the book was up against stiff competition that included not only acclaimed recent releases but The Wheel of Time, the beloved epic fantasy series by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson that spans 14 books and thousands of pages (it was nominated as a single work). When she won, Leckie was sure to thank her readers for helping propel Ancillary Justice to success.

"Most of all, I would like to thank you," Leckie said. "You write alone, but you write hoping that there will be readers who will connect with what you write and it's so wonderful and amazing – I can't even tell you – when that actually happens. Thank you so, so much."

An emotional high of the ceremony came when John Chu won Best Short Story for "The Water That Falls on You From Nowhere," a fantasy tale that, in the words of The Guardian, "grapples with questions of sexuality and tradition." While accepting his award, Chu talked about the struggles he'd faced in getting his work published and was "visibly overwhelmed" by the honor.

"I can't begin to describe how much this award means to me," he said. "When I started writing, so many people's words were 'I'm not racist, but …', 'I'm not homophobic, but …' There were so many buts, and they all told me, sometimes in those exact words, that no one was interested and no one would publish anything I would ever write. So to win a Hugo, and for this story, I can't put into words how much that means to me."

On the TV and film side of the evening, Game of Thrones took home the award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for its devastating "Red Wedding" episode, "The Rains of Castamere." The Long Form award for Best Dramatic Presentation went to Alfonso Cuaron's Oscar-winning space adventure Gravity.

Check out the full list of winners below

(Via The Guardian)

BEST NOVEL

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Orbit US / Orbit UK)

Neptune's Brood by Charles Stross (Ace / Orbit UK)

Parasite by Mira Grant (Orbit US / Orbit UK)

Warbound, Book III of the Grimnoir Chronicles by Larry Correia (Baen Books)

The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books / Orbit UK)

BEST NOVELLA

The Butcher of Khardov by Dan Wells (Privateer Press)

“The Chaplain's Legacy” by Brad Torgersen (Analog, Jul-Aug 2013)

“Equoid” by Charles Stross (Tor.com, 09-2013)

Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean Press)

“Wakulla Springs” by Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages (Tor.com, 10-2013)

BEST NOVELETTE

“The Exchange Officers” by Brad Torgersen (Analog, Jan-Feb 2013)

“The Lady Astronaut of Mars” by Mary Robinette Kowal (maryrobinettekowal.com / Tor.com, 09-2013)

“Opera Vita Aeterna” by Vox Day (The Last Witchking, Marcher Lord Hinterlands)

“The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling” by Ted Chiang (Subterranean, Fall 2013)

“The Waiting Stars” by Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half of the Sky, Candlemark & Gleam)

BEST SHORT STORY

“If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love” by Rachel Swirsky (Apex Magazine, Mar-2013)

“The Ink Readers of Doi Saket” by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Tor.com, 04-2013)

“Selkie Stories Are for Losers” by Sofia Samatar (Strange Horizons, Jan-2013)

“The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere” by John Chu (Tor.com, 02-2013)

BEST RELATED WORK

Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It Edited by Sigrid Ellis & Michael Damian Thomas (Mad Norwegian Press)

Speculative Fiction 2012: The Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary by Justin Landon & Jared Shurin (Jurassic London)

“We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative” by Kameron Hurley (A Dribble of Ink)

Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction by Jeff VanderMeer, with Jeremy Zerfoss (Abrams Image)

Writing Excuses Season 8 by Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, and Jordan Sanderson

BEST GRAPHIC STORY

Girl Genius, Volume 13: Agatha Heterodyne & The Sleeping City written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)

"The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who" written by Paul Cornell, illustrated by Jimmy Broxton (Doctor Who Special 2013, IDW)

The Meathouse Man adapted from the story by George R.R. Martin and illustrated by Raya Golden (Jet City Comics)

Saga, Volume 2 written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics )

“Time” by Randall Munroe (XKCD)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION (LONG FORM)

Frozen screenplay by Jennifer Lee, directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee (Walt Disney Studios)

Gravity written by Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón, directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Esperanto Filmoj; Heyday Films; Warner Bros.)

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire screenplay by Simon Beaufoy & Michael Arndt, directed by Francis Lawrence (Color Force; Lionsgate)

Iron Man 3 screenplay by Drew Pearce & Shane Black, directed by Shane Black (Marvel Studios; DMG Entertainment; Paramount Pictures)

Pacific Rim screenplay by Travis Beacham & Guillermo del Toro, directed by Guillermo del Toro (Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros., Disney Double Dare You)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION (SHORT FORM)

An Adventure in Space and Time, written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Terry McDonough (BBC Television)

Doctor Who : “The Day of the Doctor,” written by Steven Moffat, directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Television)

Doctor Who : “The Name of the Doctor,” written by Steven Moffat, directed by Saul Metzstein (BBC Televison)

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, written & directed by Peter Davison (BBC Television)

Game of Thrones: “The Rains of Castamere,” written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, directed by David Nutter (HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360; Startling Television and Generator Productions)

Orphan Black : “Variations under Domestication,” written by Will Pascoe, directed by John Fawcett (Temple Street Productions; Space / BBC America)

BEST EDITOR - SHORT FORM

John Joseph Adams

Neil Clarke

Ellen Datlow

Jonathan Strahan

Sheila Williams

BEST EDITOR - LONG FORM

Ginjer Buchanan

Sheila Gilbert

Liz Gorinsky

Lee Harris

Toni Weisskopf

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

Galen Dara

Julie Dillon

Daniel Dos Santos

John Harris

John Picacio

Fiona Staples

BEST SEMIPROZINE

Apex Magazine, edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Jason Sizemore, and Michael Damian Thomas

Beneath Ceaseless Skies, edited by Scott H. Andrews Interzone edited by Andy Cox

Lightspeed Magazine, edited by John Joseph Adams, Rich Horton, and Stefan Rudnicki

Strange Horizons, edited by Niall Harrison, Brit Mandelo, An Owomoyela, Julia Rios, Sonya Taaffe, Abigail Nussbaum, Rebecca Cross, Anaea Lay, and Shane Gavin

BEST FANZINE

The Book Smugglers, edited by Ana Grilo and Thea James

A Dribble of Ink, edited by Aidan Moher

Elitist Book Reviews, edited by Steven Diamond

Journey Planet, edited by James Bacon, Christopher J. Garcia, Lynda E. Rucker, Pete Young, Colin Harris, and Helen J. Montgomery

Pornokitsch, edited by Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin

BEST FANCAST

The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe

Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Presenters) and Andrew Finch (Producer)

SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester

The Skiffy and Fanty Show, Shaun Duke, Jen Zink, Julia Rios, Paul Weimer, David Annandale, Mike Underwood, and Stina Leicht

Tea and Jeopardy, Emma Newman and Peter Newman

Verity! Deborah Stanish, Erika Ensign, Katrina Griffiths, L.M. Myles, Lynne M. Thomas, and Tansy Rayner Roberts

The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond

BEST FAN WRITER

Liz Bourke

Kameron Hurley

Foz Meadows

Abigail Nussbaum

Mark Oshiro

BEST FAN ARTIST

Brad W. Foster

Mandie Manzano

Spring Schoenhuth

Steve Stiles

Sarah Webb

JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER

Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2012 or 2013, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award).