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The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories. Hugo Awards have been presented every year since 1955. Hugo...
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Hugo Award for Best Artist

Date Established:

  • 1955

Hugo Award for Best Book Reviewer

Date Established:

  • 1956

Hugo Award for Best Cover Artist

Date Established:

  • 1953

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works. The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories,...

Date Established:

  • 1960

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works. The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories,...

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form is an award given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works. Any dramatic production of a running time of less than ninety...

Date Established:

  • 2003

Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form

Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form. This award has been given from 2007 on, to an editor for best work in editing novel-length fiction in the year before the award is given. Eligibility is defined in the WSFS rules as: "The editor of at least four...

Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form

The Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form is a Hugo Award that has been given from 2007 on, to an editor of short fiction, typically in science fiction magazines. World Science Fiction Society Constitution, subsection 3.3.8 defines eligibility as ...

Date Established:

  • 2007

Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist

Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist. The Hugo Awards, the most prestigious awards in science fiction and fantasy, are given every year for the best fiction of the previous year, and for related areas in fandom, art and dramatic presentation. The winners...

Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer

The Hugo Awards, the most prestigious awards in science fiction fandom, are given every year for science fiction or fantasy, and related areas in fandom, art and dramatic presentation, of the previous year, by members of the annual World Science...

Hugo Award for Best Fanzine

The Hugo Award for Best Fanzine is given annually to fanzines. These are amateur magazines for science fiction/fantasy-related subject, which do not pay their contributors. Fanzines are generally produced out of the love of the genre, its authors,...

Hugo Award for Best Feature Writer

Date Established:

  • 1956

Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book

The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works. The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories,...

Date Established:

  • 1980

Hugo Award for Best Novel

The Hugo Award for best science fiction or fantasy novel is given each year for works published during the previous calendar year. A work of fiction is defined as a novel if it is 40,000 words or longer. The Hugo for Best Novel has been awarded...

Date Established:

  • 1953

Hugo Award for Best Novelette

The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works. The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and given in various categories. Winners of the Hugo...

Hugo Award for Best Novella

The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works. The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and given in various categories. Winners of the Hugo...

Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist

The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works. The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories,...

Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor

The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works. The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories,...

Date Established:

  • 1973

Hugo Award for Best Professional Magazine

The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works. The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories,...

Date Established:

  • 1953

Hugo Award for Best Related Book

The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works. The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories,...

Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine

The Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine is a Hugo Award given annually to "semi-professional" science fiction/fantasy/horror magazines, which live in a nebulous area between the non-paying amateur fanzines and the high-paying professional magazines. The...

Date Established:

  • 1984

Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction

Date Established:

  • 1960

Hugo Award for Best Short Story

The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best English language science fiction or fantasy works. The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and given in various categories....

Hugo Award for Other Forms

The Hugo Award rules allow the Worldcon organizing committee discretion to give an additional award for a category of their choice. So far the "Other Forms" category has been used once, for Watchmen.

Date Established:

  • 1988

Hugo Award for Outstanding Artist

Date Established:

  • 1958

Hugo Award for Best Web Site

Date Established:

  • 2002

Hugo Award for Best Publisher

Date Established:

  • 1964

Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story

Winners of the Hugo Award for best graphic story (graphic novel), along with all the nominees, are presented here. The award was introduced by Anticipation, the 2009 Worldcon and the awards given in one year are for works published during the...

Date Established:

  • 2009
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