Which prize did J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire win for best novel in 2001?

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire won the 2001 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

The Hugo Awards are presented at World Science Fiction Convention events and recognize notable science fiction and fantasy works. The fourth Harry Potter novel received the Best Novel award at the 2001 ceremony, placing Rowling’s children’s fantasy among works honored by the broader speculative-fiction community.

Goblet of Fire was published in 2000 and is the book in which Hogwarts hosts the Triwizard Tournament. Harry is unexpectedly entered as a fourth champion, while the story also introduces the revived threat of Lord Voldemort and the return of Death Eaters to the plot.

The award is sometimes misidentified as a Nebula or World Fantasy Award because those are also major genre prizes. The specific honor attached to this novel is the Hugo for Best Novel, awarded in 2001.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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