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  Hugo Award information - Search.com
Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention ("Worldcon").
The Hugo Award trophy 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.
The awards also sparked controversy in 2004 when the prize for Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form was given to a joke awards show acceptance speech featuring Gollum from The Lord of the Rings over acclaimed episodes of Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Smallville.
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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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 Hugo Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
While the World Science Fiction Society rules state that the award is for works of science fiction and fantasy, in practice it has almost always gone to science fiction works.
This precedent led to complaints when the 2001 Hugo for best novel was given to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, a fantasy novel aimed at young adults.
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (awarded since 1961)
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 Encyclopedia: Hugo Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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.
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 Emerald City - Hugo Award Categories
The official definition of the rules for the Hugo Awards can be found in Article III of the Constitution of the World Science Fiction Society.
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.
www.emcit.com /hugo_types.shtml   (1245 words)

  
 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine
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, and given in various categories.
This Hugo Award is given to science fiction/fantasy/horror magazines which live in a nebulous area between the non-paying amateur fanzines, and the high-paying professional magazines.
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 Hugo Award -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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.
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 Encyclopedia: Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
(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.
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 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   (695 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Semiprozine Hugo was created after Locus won the Best Fanzine Hugo for several years running.
Awards given in one year are for work done during the previous year.
Kent Brewster (born 1961) is a Hugo- and Nebula-nominated writer, editor, and publisher.
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His second Hugo novel nomination was in 1961, for _Rogue Moon.
His next nomination for the Hugo came in 1976, for the short story "The Silent Eyes of Time." He was also nominated that same year for a Nebula Award, for "A Scraping at the Bones." His novel _Hard Landing was nominated for a Nebula Award in 1993.
It was nominated for a Hugo award for Best Semiprozine in 1994 and 1995.
www.alamo-sf.org /lonestarcon2/press/kit/budrys.txt   (433 words)

  
 Locus Online News: Hugo and Campbell Awards Nominations
L.A.con IV, the 64th World Science Fiction Convention to be held in Anaheim, California, 23-27 August 2006, has released nominations for this year's Hugo Awards, and for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
Sheila Williams is a first-time nominee in the Best Editor category; she took over editorship last year of Asimov's SF Magazine from Gardner Dozois, who for the first time since 1987 has not been nominated in this category (Dozois won 15 times out of 19 consecutive nominations from 1987 to 2005).
All the Best Semiprozine nominees are veterans; the newest, Emerald City, has 4 previous nominations, and won in 2004 in the Fanzine category.
www.locusmag.com /2006/News/03_HugoNominations.html   (1342 words)

  
 Apparatchik (fanzine) . 1997 . June 20 . Hugo Award for Best Fanzine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
It was a recipient of the 1996 Hugo Award for Best Fanzine.
Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor...
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 AwardWinnersBlog.com -- Find Out Who Won
The BBC reports that this year's CMA Awards nominees are being led by George Strait and Brad Paisley.
Variety has an article about the Webby Awards and says a ceremony will be held for the winners hosted by comedian Rob Corddry will be held on June 4th.
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (the "Edgars") are named after Mystery Writers of America's patron saint, Edgar Allan Poe, and are awarded to authors of distinguished work in various categories of the genre.
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 AwardWeb: Hugo Award Winners from the 2000s
Anyway, 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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She was nominated for the Balrog Award for Best Poet in 1983 and has won two Gryphon Awards (established by Andre Norton for unpublished fantasy novels by women).
The former was nominated for, and the latter won, the Nebula Award for Best Novel.
She was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1989 and 1990.
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 The Hugo Awards
The results of the 2007 Hugo Awards, as announced at Nippon 2007, the 65th World Science Fiction Convention, in Yokohama, Japan, on September 1st 2007, are as follows:
Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu The winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines and administered on their behalf by the World Science Fiction Society, is:
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 Hugo Award for Best Novel - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Hugo Award for Best Novel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Hugo Award for Best Novel - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Hugo Award for Best Novel.
Here you will find more informations about Hugo Award for Best Novel.
Awards given in one year are for works published during the previous calendar year.
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 Hugo Award Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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Norrell in 2005 by Susanna Clarke – both those authors have substantial genre backgrounds; whatever controversy Rowling's win caused probably had as much to do with her lack of genre roots as with the nature of the novel itself.
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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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 Noreascon Four Hugo and Retro Hugo Nominations
Note: This award is not a Hugo; it is sponsored by Dell Magazines.
Below are nominations in 10 categories for the best work of 1953.
Three categories were dropped for insufficient nominees: Best Dramatic Presentation — Long Form, Best Semiprozine, and Best Fan Artist.
www.noreascon.org /hugos/nominees.html   (649 words)

  
 Hugo Award for Best Novel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
(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)
1951: Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein (awarded retroactively in 2001)
1946: The Mule by Isaac Asimov (awarded in 1996)
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 2003 Hugo Nominees
A list of the top fifteen nominees in each category (with the number of nominations received) will be released after the 2003 Hugo Award winners are announced at the Torcon 3 Hugo Ceremony on Saturday, August 30th.
The final Hugo Awards voting ballot will be enclosed in Torcon 3's Progress Report Five, which will be mailed out in May. The ballot will also be available as a downloadable PDF file and as an online electronic ballot on the Torcon 3 web site at www.torcon3.on.ca.
Questions or comments may be sent to the Torcon 3 Hugo Awards postal address (PO Box 3252, Merrifield, VA 22116-3252 USA) or HugoAdmin@torcon3.on.ca.
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 Hugo Award - SciFi/Fantasy Wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The award categories have changed over time, as the field of science fiction has grown and changed.
The first World Science Fiction Convention was held in New York in 1939.
While the WSFS rules state that the award is for works of science fiction and fantasy, in practice it has almost always gone to science fiction works.
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 Chicon 2000: Hugo Nominees   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Alexandria Digital Literature has contacted the Hugo nominated short story, novelette, and novella authors to obtain publication rights to their stories.
Best Novelette (168 nominations for 130 novelettes, six nominees due to a tie)
An award for the best new writer whose first work of science fiction or fantasy appeared during 1998 or 1999 in a professional publication.
www.chicon.org /hugos/nominees.htm   (613 words)

  
 L.A.con IV: Hugo Winners
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/winners.htm   (412 words)

  
 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This Hugo Award is given to science fiction/fantasy/horror magazines which live in a nebulous area between the non-paying amateur fanzines, and the high-paying professional magazines.
To this end, the Constitution of the World Science Fiction Society defines a Semiprozine as follows:
This page was last modified 16:16, 10 October 2005.
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 Vernor Vinge, Galaxy Quest Win Hugos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
To raucous cheers, the writer and director of the movie Galaxy Quest gushed as they accepted their Hugo award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
It was the first time in years that a Hugo movie winner had personally accepted the award.
Each of the actual Hugo trophies was escorted on stage by a different costumed woman.
www.space.com /sciencefiction/books/worldcon_hugo_winners_000904.html   (961 words)

  
 J.K. Rowling Wins Hugo Award
The 2001 Hugo Awards were announced at the Millennium Philcon in Philadelphia, which took place on September 2, 2001.
The Hugo Awards are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convetion.
J.K. Rowling won the Hugo Award for best novel, for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the latest in the Harry Potter series.
www.writenews.com /2001/090501_hugo_winners.htm   (144 words)

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