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The 2005 Hugo Award with base designed by Deb Kosiba.
The 2005 Hugo Award with base designed by Deb Kosiba.

The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories. Hugo Gernsback ( August 16 1884 – August 19 1967) born Hugo Gernsbacher, was a Luxembourg American Inventor Amazing Stories was an American Science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback 's Experimenter Publishing. Hugo Awards have been presented every year since 1955.

Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by members of the annual Worldcon (although only about 700 of several thousand Worldcon members actually vote[1]) and the presentation evening constitutes its central point. The selection process is defined in the World Science Fiction Society Constitution as instant-runoff voting with five nominees (except in the case of a tie). Instant-runoff voting ( IRV) is a Voting system used for single-winner elections in which voters have one vote and rank Candidates in order of

The Hugo Award trophy was co-designed by longtime SF fan and booster Benedict Jablonski[1]. Benedict Jablonski, aka Ben Jason (c 1917 &ndash May 15, 2003) was a longtime Science fiction fan and booster who co-designed the The rocket design has become standardised in recent years and the rockets are currently produced by UK fan Peter Weston. Peter Weston is an influential British science fiction fan. Now retired he currently lives in Birmingham, UK. The design for the base on which the rocket is mounted is the responsibility of the Worldcon committee and therefore changes each year. The base design has been selected by various means including committee selection, direct commission and open competition (currently the most common method).

The 2006 Hugo Awards ceremony was held at the 64th World Science Fiction Convention on Saturday, August 26 in Anaheim, California. The 64th World Science Fiction Convention ( Worldcon) styled L Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. The 2007 Awards were presented at the 65th World Science Fiction Convention in Yokohama, Japan on 1 September. Nippon 2007, the 65th World Science Fiction Convention ( Worldcon) and the 46th Annual Nihon SF Taikai, was held in Yokohama, is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, located in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshū and is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.

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History

While "bests" had been voted at all Worldcons since the inaugural event in 1939, no awards were presented until the 11th Worldcon (Philcon II, Philadelphia 1953). Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The awards were the idea of Hal Lynch, hand-machined by Jack McKnight and consisted of a finned steel rocket on a circular wooden base. They were not initially conceived to be a permanent Worldcon feature. However, at the 13th Worldcon (Cleveland, Ohio 1955) it was decided to make the physical awards permanent. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state A new design capable of mass production was made by Benedict Jablonski. Mass production (also called flow production, repetitive flow production, series production, or serial production) is the production of Benedict Jablonski, aka Ben Jason (c 1917 &ndash May 15, 2003) was a longtime Science fiction fan and booster who co-designed the It was largely similar to the first design but on a square base, and became the standard design for most of the following conventions. Initially the award was called the Annual Science Fiction Achievement Award, with "Hugo Award" being an unofficial, but better known name. Since 1993, the nickname has been adopted as the official name of the award.

There have been several anthologies collecting Hugo-winning short fiction. The well-known series The Hugo Winners edited and introduced by Isaac Asimov was started in 1962, collecting all winners up to the previous year, and concluded with the 1982 Hugos in Volume 5. The Hugo Winners is a collection of science fiction short stories and novelettes that won the Hugo Award in the World Science Fiction Convention between Isaac Asimov (c January 2 1920 &ndash April 6 1992 ˈaɪzək ˈæzɪmʌv originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as, was a Russian The New Hugo Winners, edited originally by Asimov and later Gregory Benford has four volumes collecting stories from the 1983 to the 1994 Hugos. The New Hugo Winners was a series of books which collected science fiction and fantasy stories which had recently won a Hugo Award for Short Story Novelette Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941 in Mobile Alabama) is an American science fiction author and Astrophysicist who is on the

Recent controversy

While the WSFS Constitution states that the award is for works of science fiction and fantasy, in practice it has, until the 1990s, almost always gone to science fiction works. This precedent contributed to complaints when the 2001 Hugo for best novel was given to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, a children's fantasy. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting The main point of the controversy, though, had more to do with the novel's publication as a juvenile and its mass popularity outside the genre, which apparently caused many of those Worldcon members who do not normally participate in Hugo selection and did not know other nominees to vote for it,[2] so the award went in absentia to J. K. Rowling. Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965 who writes under the [3] Roughly twenty formal fantasies had previously been nominated for best novel and at least a half dozen genre fantasies had taken awards for shorter length works, as well as several genre-bending works by Harlan Ellison. Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American Writer of Short stories, Novellas, Teleplays

There has been no similar controversy about the three fantasy novels that have won since – American Gods by Neil Gaiman in 2002, Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold in 2004, and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in 2005 by Susanna Clarke, whose authors are all part of the genre community (Clarke received applause at the ceremony when she described her refusal of the publisher's recommendation to distance the novel from "fantasy" description for commercial reasons; and Bujold had already won 4 Hugos for her SF). American Gods is a Novel by Neil Gaiman. The novel is a blend of Americana, Fantasy, and various strands of ancient and modern Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and Paladin of Souls is a 2003 Fantasy Novel by Lois McMaster Bujold. Lois McMaster Bujold (born November 2, 1949, Columbus, Ohio) is an American author of Science fiction and Fantasy Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is the debut novel by British writer Susanna Clarke. Susanna Clarke (born November 1, 1959) is a British author best known for her debut Novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

The Dramatic Presentation, Short Form award has also been criticized for lumping television series episodes together with short films. In 2004, the award was given to a brief awards show acceptance speech clip featuring the Lord of the Rings character, Gollum, which was given the award over episodes of Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Smallville. The Lord of the Rings is an epic Character overview Originally known as Sméagol, this character was later named Gollum after his habit Firefly is an American Science fiction Television series created by writer/director Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer The next year, the category included nominations for a theatrical play (Lucas Back in Anger) and a portion of the opening ceremonies for the previous year's Hugo Awards ceremony, opposite a theatrical animated short and episodes of Doctor Who and Battlestar Galactica. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Battlestar Galactica is a franchise of Science fiction Films and television series, the first of which was produced in 1978

The 1954 award

Because the awards presented in 1953 were initially conceived as “one-off” awards, the 1954 Worldcon decided not to present them again. [4] The 1955 Worldcon decided that they should present them, and thereafter it became traditional. Later, after WSFS got written rules, the Hugo Awards were codified into the WSFS Constitution, and became one of the things a Worldcon must do.

Hugo Award categories

Until about 1960, most Hugo award categories changed from year to year. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The current standard award categories (specified in World Science Fiction Society Constitution) have been:

The rules also allow for an additional category at the discretion of the Worldcon organising committee, the most recent ones being the Hugo Award for Best Web Site in 2002 and 2005. Winners of the Hugo Award for best science fiction or fantasy Novel, along with all the nominees are presented here The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works 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 The Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine is a Hugo Award given annually to "semi-professional" Science fiction / Fantasy / horror magazines The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works 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 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 The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works The Hugo Award for Best Fanzine is given annually to fanzines Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist. About this award The Hugo Awards the most prestigious awards in Science fiction and Fantasy 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 An earlier example was the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series awarded in 1966 to the Foundation trilogy. The Foundation Series is an epic Science fiction series written over a span of forty-four years by Isaac Asimov.

Retro Hugos

In mid-1990s Retrospective Hugo Awards (normally abbreviated Retro Hugos) were added: Worldcons held 50, 75, or 100 years after a Worldcon where no Hugos had been awarded (i. e. 1939–41, 1946–52 and 1954) can also retroactively select Hugos for that year, by the same process as the regular Hugos.

This was a subject of much controversy, with critics of the proposal arguing that hindsight necessarily distorts perception, and there is no point in giving awards decades post factum anyway [5]. There have been only three Retro-Hugos given at 1996, 2001 and 2004 Worldcons (always for 50 years back), while the five eligible in 1997–2000 and 2002 did not organize them; the next opportunity will be in 2014 for the year 1939, starting the 75-year cycle.

Related awards

There are many other science fiction awards; the best-known and most often compared to the Hugos in importance are the Nebula Awards given by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The Genre of Science Fiction has a number of recognition awards for Authors, Editors and Illustrators. The Nebula Award is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA for the best Science fiction / Fantasy fiction Science Fiction Writers of America, or SFWA (ˈsɪfwə or /ˈsɛfwə/ was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight.

Many countries have their national annual SF/F awards voted by readers or convention attendees, including BSFA Award in the UK and the Canadian Aurora Award with separate categories for English and French fiction. The British Science Fiction Association (BSFA annually presents four awards (though numbers have differed in previous years based on a vote of BSFA members and recently also members of The Prix Aurora Awards are given out annually for the best Canadian Science fiction and Fantasy literary works Art Works and Awards for Fan Activities Probably the best-known of non-English speaking countries is the Japanese Seiun Award, whose foreign fiction categories are often presented at Worldcon. The Seiun Award is a famous Japanese Science fiction award It is voted on by the attendees of the Japanese National Science Fiction Convention

The World Science Fiction Convention also awards the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, sponsored by the publishers of Analog Science Fiction and Fact which John W. Campbell edited. This page describes the award for best new science fiction writer for other awards see Campbell Award (disambiguation. Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American Science fiction Magazine. John Wood Campbell Jr (June 8 1910 – July 11 1971 was an important Science fiction editor and writer Although presented at the same ceremony and voted by the same process, it is not formally a Hugo. (Nor should it be confused with the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, a jury-selected prize not associated with the Worldcon at all. This page describes the award for best science fiction novel for other awards see Campbell Award (disambiguation )

The Locus Award is a poll of readers of the science fiction news magazine Locus which has a higher number of voters than the Hugos. The Locus Awards were established in 1971 and are presented to winners of Locus Magazine 's annual readers' poll Locus is a monthly American Magazine, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field" [6]

During 1974–1980 the World Science Fiction Convention also awarded the Gandalf Award for Grand Master of Fantasy and (in 1978–79) Book-Length Fantasy. The Gandalf Award was awarded annually by the World Science Fiction Society from 1974 to 1980

See also

  1. ^ George Flynn: Hugo Voting: Let’s Look at the Record (Again) – overview of the 1971–99 statistics; WSFS Hugo Voting Reports since 1998
  2. ^ List of 2001 award winners, Worldcon. This is a list of the works that have won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, awarded annually to works of Science fiction literature The Rhysling Awards are an annual award given for the best science fiction fantasy or horror poem of the year The James Tiptree Jr Award is an annual literary prize for works of Science fiction ("SF" or Fantasy that expand or explore one's understanding of org, retrieved April 24, 2007
  3. ^ Interview with Robert J. Sawyer, Sci Fi Weekly 2001, retrieved April 24, 2007; Letters to the Editor, Sci Fi Weekly 2001, retrieved April 24, 2007; Letters to the Editor October 2001, Locus Online, retrieved April 24, 2007
  4. ^ The 1954 Award, thehugoawards. Robert J Sawyer is a Canadian Science fiction writer born in Ottawa in 1960 and now resident in Mississauga. Sci Fi Weekly ( 1995 - a component of SciFicom (the website of The Sci Fi Channel) is the leading electronic publication covering the world Locus is a monthly American Magazine, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field" org, retrieved November 3, 2007
  5. ^ The Locus Index to SF Awards: About the Retro-Hugos, retrieved April 24, 2007. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  6. ^ Locus Online: Analysis of Locus 2006 Poll & Survey

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