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  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 Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist is given to an artist whose work appears in low- or non-paying publications such as semiprozines or fanzines; this category is thus distinguished from that for professional artists.
Since this award was established, Tim Kirk and Brad W. Foster have both won this award five times each; Bill Rotsler, Teddy Harvia (David Thayer) and Alexis Gilliland have each won four times.
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  Hugo Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hugo Award is given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy stories of the previous year, and for related areas in fandom, art and dramatic presentation.
The Hugo Award itself was co-designed by longtime SF fan and booster Benedict Jablonski who based the trophy on a rocket-shaped hood ornament from an Oldsmobile 88.
While "bests" had been voted upon at all conventions there were no awards until the 11th Worldcon (Philadelphia, 1953) and this was, at the time, considered a one-time event.
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 Encyclopedia: Hugo Award
Hugo Gernsback (August 16, 1884 - August 19, 1967) was born in Luxembourg, and immigrated to the United States in 1905.
The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form is one of the annual Hugo Award categories, presented by members of the World Science Fiction Convention.
The Nebula is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the two previous years.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hugo-Award   (1700 words)

  
 Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The award was for "Best Artist" in 1955-56, and 1965, there being no awards specifically for fan artists.
The award was for "Best Cover Artist" in 1953.
These were awarded 50 or 75 years after years in which World Conventions didn't give awards.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Professional_Artist   (105 words)

  
 L.A.con IV: WSFS Constitution
A professional publication is one which had an average press run of at least ten thousand (10,000) copies per issue.
Awards created under this paragraph shall be considered to be Hugo Awards.
In the event that a potential Hugo Award nominee receives extremely limited distribution in the year of its first publication or presentation, its eligibility may be extended for an additional year by a three fourths (3/4) vote of the intervening Business Meeting of WSFS.
www.laconiv.org /2006/wsfs/constit.htm   (4849 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is one of the annual Hugo Award categories, presented by members of the World Science Fiction Convention.
Awards given in one year are for works released during the previous calendar year.
In the case of television presentations, the award is for particular episodes rather than for a program as a whole.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hugo-Award-for-Best-Dramatic-Presentation   (5589 words)

  
 Emerald City - Hugo Award Categories
People, for example Best Professional Artist, in which case the Award is given for the work that person has done in the year of eligibility.
Serial publications, for example Best Fanzine, in which case the Award is given for the entire run of that publication in the year of eligibility, not for a single issue.
Best Professional Editor: This is the first of the person categories, so the Award is given for the work that person has done in the year of eligibility.
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 Hugo Award -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The award is named after (Click link for more info and facts about Hugo Gernsback) Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine (Click link for more info and facts about Amazing Stories) Amazing Stories.
The Hugo Award itself was co-designed by longtime SF fan and booster (Click link for more info and facts about Benedict Jablonski) Benedict Jablonski who based the trophy on a rocket-shaped hood ornament from an (Click link for more info and facts about Oldsmobile 88) Oldsmobile 88.
This award is sponsored by the publishers of (Something having the property of being analogous to something else) Analog, the magazine (United States mythologist (1904-1987)) Campbell edited.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/Hu/Hugo_Award.htm   (834 words)

  
 Locus Award -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Over the decades the Locus Awards have often drawn more voters than the (French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)) Hugos and (An immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space) Nebulas combined.
In recent years Locus Awards are presented at an annual banquet, and unlike any other award, explicitly honor (The proprietor of a newspaper) publishers of winning works with certificates.
The first Locus Award was given in 1971 for works published in 1970.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/L/Lo/Locus_Award.htm   (93 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer
(awarded 50 or 75 years after years in which World Conventions didn't give awards) Worldcon, or more formally The World Science Fiction Convention, is the longeset running science fiction convention having been held from 1939 to 1941 and, after the interruption of World War II, every year since 1946.
Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935 in Brooklyn, NY) is a prolific author best known for writing science fiction, a multiple winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.
Winners of the Hugo Award for best novel.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hugo-Award-for-Best-Fan-Writer   (1987 words)

  
 Noreascon Four Hugo Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Semi-Prozine - Locus, Charles N. Brown, Jennifer A. Hall, and Kirsten Gong-Wong, eds.
Best Fan Artist - Frank Wu John W. Campbell Award for New Writers (not a Hugo Award) - Jay Lake
www.noreascon.org /hugos/hugoresults.html   (164 words)

  
  Nippon 2007 Hugo Awards  
The Hugo® is the top award for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy.
Hugos are presented each year at the World Science Fiction Convention, by the World Science Fiction Society.
The Nippon 2007 Hugo Presentation Ceremony will be held in the convention center on September 1st at 18:00 hours (6 pm).
www.nippon2007.us /hugo.php   (352 words)

  
 Worldcon 2005 UK - Hugo Awards
The Hugo Award® is the leading award for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy.
The Hugos are awarded each year by the World Science Fiction Society, at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).
The design of the 2005 Hugo Base is being chosen through a public competition as announced in Press Release 20.
www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk /hugo.htm   (606 words)

  
 The Ensemble Studios Team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
David Cherry is a multiple award-winning professional artist, who is consistently ranked as one of the best fantasy and science fiction artists in the country.
Sf/fantasy artists and fans are, on the whole, a much better crowd to hang with than lawyers and judges.
But when I met Tony Goodman, the art team, the programmers, the designers-and they all turned out to be this great band of genius brothers having fun working together to make something that marvelous, well, the chance to be a part of a team like that does not come along very often.
www.ensemblestudios.com /ourteam/cherry.shtml   (727 words)

  
 L.A.con IV: Hugo Nominees
An award for the best new writer whose first work of science fiction or fantasy appeared during 2004 or 2005 in a professional publication.
The Best Interactive Video Game category, added to the nominating ballot this year by the L.A.con IV Committee, has been dropped because of a lack of interest (as per Section 3.6 of the WSFS Business).
This is the second year of the transition to the new Campbell eligibility rules, where now all professional publications count towards eligibility rather than just those with a print run of over 10,000 copies.
www.laconiv.org /2006/hugos/nominees.htm   (773 words)

  
 Fantasy Art, Bob Eggleton: Event Horizons: Tables of Contents. david and goliath, early impacts, mountain aurora, ...
Bob Eggleton is one of the most popular artists in the field of space and science fiction and illustration.
He has received numerous awards and recognitions including the 1994 Hugo Award for best professional Artist, as well as six previous nominations for that award.
Bob Eggleton is the winner of the coveted 1994 Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist.
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 PYR | Newsworthy
The Hugo Award® is the leading award for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy and he is truly thrilled at the honor of a nomination.
The John W. Campbell Best New Writer Award is given to the best new science fiction or fantasy writer whose first work of science fiction or fantasy appearing in a professional publication was published in the previous two years.
The Hugo Awards and The John W. Campbell Best New Writer Award will be presented at the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon) in Glasgow, Scotland, August 4-8, 2005.
www.pyrsf.com /newsworthy.html   (886 words)

  
 Worldcon 2005 UK - Press Release 31
The shortlist for the Hugo Awards recognising achievement in Science Fiction during the year 2004 has been released.
The Hugo Awards, named in honour of writer, publisher and inventor Hugo Gernsback, are science fiction’s highest honours for professional and fan work.
Voting for the Hugo Awards is open to all adult attending and supporting members of Interaction, the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention, which takes place in Glasgow from 4 to 8 August 2005.
www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk /pressr31.htm   (885 words)

  
 Chrysalis Books - The Stardragons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He is also a winner of the World Fantasy Award and received the prestigious Hugo award in 2004 for his contribution to Science Fiction and Fantasy writing.
Bob Eggleton is an 8-time Hugo Award Winner for Best Professional Artist in the fields of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror as well as the winner of the Hugo Award for Best Related Book in 2001 for Greetings from Earth: The Art of Bob Eggleton, with text by Nigel Suckling.
Bob is also a 12-time Chesley Award Winner, and has won the Locus Award for Best Artist, twice in 2001 and 2003, and also the coveted Skylark Award from The New England Science Fiction Association.
www.batsford.com /book/1843401231   (348 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Jim Burns
Jim Burns is an artist born in Cardiff, South Wales in 1948.
He was accepted and went on to complete a 3 year Diploma in Art and Design course at St. Martin's School of Art in London.
Jim Burns has won the Hugo award for Best Professional Artist three times - the only non-American ever to have won it - and has also picked up 12 BSFA awards (The British Science Fiction Award).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jim-Burns   (611 words)

  
 AwardWeb: Hugo Award Winners from the 2000s
Jeff Walker was the desginated acceptor for all of the Dramatic Presentation Hugos, except for one.
The 2004 Hugo Awards were given out at Noreascon 4 on Saturday, September 4.
The 1954 Retrospective Hugos were awarded at Noreascon 4 on Friday, September 2.
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 Mike Hinge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mike Hinge (1931-2003) was a New Zealand-born artist and illustrator.
In the 1970s he did a considerable amount of work for Amazing Stories edited by Ted White and Analog Magazine.
He was nominated for the Hugo Award for best professional artist.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mike_Hinge   (67 words)

  
 Hugo Award Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 Hugo Award - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Hugo Award - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
About the Hugo Awards (http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo.html) in Locus magazine
The article about Hugo Award contains information related to Hugo Award, History, Award categories, Related awards, See also and External links.
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 ipedia.com: Hugo Award for Best Novel Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Awards given in one year are for works published during the previous calendar year.
(awarded 50 or 75 years after years in which World Conventionss didn't give awards -- note: no "Best Novel" Hugo was awarded at the 1957 convention, but Hugos were awarded in other categories, hence there can be no "Retro Hugo" for 1957 awarded in 2007)
1946: The Mule by Isaac Asimov (awarded in 1996)
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She received additional Hugo nominations for “The Cost To Be Wise” (199, Best Novella; also nominated for the Nebula) and “Presence” (2002, Best Novelette) and Nebula nominations for “Nekropolis” (1994, Best Novelette) and “Virtual Love” (1994, Best Short Story).
Among the best known are The Riddle-Master of Hed (1976), Harpist in the Wind (1979; nominated for the Best Novel Hugo Award), and Nebula Best Novel nominees Winter Rose (1996) and The Tower at Stony Wood (2001).
It was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Awards and won the Nebula Award for Best Novel.
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