Hugo Award for Best Novel

The Hugo Award for best science fiction or fantasy novel is given each year for works published in English or translated into English 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 annually since 1953 except in 1954 and 1957. Robert A. Heinlein has received the most Hugos for Best Novel, with five wins (including one Retro Hugo) and eleven nomina... more

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  • 1953

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Hugo Awards

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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World Science Fiction Society

The World Science Fiction Society, or WSFS, is an unincorporated literary society whose purpose is to promote interest in science fiction. WSFS has no standing officers, only small standing committees, and a large membership composed of the members of the current Worldcon.Running the annual...
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