Award presented at the annual World Science Fiction Convention since 1953. Named after publisher Hugo Gernsback. Also simply known as the Hugo.

The Hugo Award is awarded based upon voting by Science Fiction fans, especially those who attend the yearly World Science Fiction Convention.

This distinguishes it from the Nebula Award which is awarded based upon votes from other SF Authors, and the John W. Campbell Award which is decided by SF Publishers.

The Hugo Award Meta-node 'o fun!

A collection of all the Hugo Award and Nominee nodes for your reading pleasure. :)

Note, I'm in the process of consolidating all the hugo award nominee nodes into larger nodes by year. Please be patient while this process takes place

Hugo Winners, by Year

Hugo Awards: 1943
Hugo Awards: 1953 
Hugo Awards: 1955
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Hugo Awards: 1992 
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Hugo Awards: 1994 
Hugo Awards: 1995 
Hugo Awards: 1996
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Hugo Awards: 1998 
Hugo Awards: 1999
Hugo Awards: 2000 

Hugo Nominees, by Year and Category

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1960

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1961

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1962

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1963

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1964

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1965

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1966

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1967

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1968

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1969

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1970

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1971

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1972

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1973

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1974

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1975

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1976

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1977

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1978

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1979

Hugo Nominees, 1980

Hugo Nominees, 1981

Hugo Nominees, 1982

Hugo Nominees, 1983

Hugo Nominees, 1984

Hugo Nominees, 1985

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1986
Hugo Nominees, Novella, 1986
Hugo Nominees, Novelette, 1986
Hugo Nominees, Short Story, 1986
Hugo Nominees, Non-Fiction Book, 1986
Hugo Nominees, Dramatic Presentation, 1986
Hugo Nominees, John W. Campbell, 1986

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1987
Hugo Nominees, Novella, 1987
Hugo Nominees, Novelette, 1987
Hugo Nominees, Short Story, 1987
Hugo Nominees, Non-Fiction Book, 1987
Hugo Nominees, Dramatic Presentation, 1987
Hugo Nominees, John W. Campbell, 1987

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1988
Hugo Nominees, Novella, 1988
Hugo Nominees, Novelette, 1988
Hugo Nominees, Short Story, 1988
Hugo Nominees, Non-Fiction Book, 1988
Hugo Nominees, Dramatic Presentation, 1988
Hugo Nominees, John W. Campbell, 1988

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1989
Hugo Nominees, Novella, 1989
Hugo Nominees, Novelette, 1989
Hugo Nominees, Short Story, 1989
Hugo Nominees, Non-Fiction Book, 1989
Hugo Nominees, Dramatic Presentation, 1989
Hugo Nominees, John W. Campbell, 1989

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1990
Hugo Nominees, Novella, 1990
Hugo Nominees, Novelette, 1990
Hugo Nominees, Short Story, 1990
Hugo Nominees, Non-Fiction Book, 1990
Hugo Nominees, Dramatic Presentation, 1990
Hugo Nominees, John W. Campbell, 1990

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1991
Hugo Nominees, Novella, 1991
Hugo Nominees, Novelette, 1991
Hugo Nominees, Short Story, 1991
Hugo Nominees, Non-Fiction Book, 1991
Hugo Nominees, Dramatic Presentation, 1991
Hugo Nominees, John W. Campbell, 1991

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1992
Hugo Nominees, Novella, 1992
Hugo Nominees, Novelette, 1992
Hugo Nominees, Short Story, 1992
Hugo Nominees, Non-Fiction Book, 1992
Hugo Nominees, Dramatic Presentation, 1992
Hugo Nominees, John W. Campbell, 1992

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1993
Hugo Nominees, Novella, 1993
Hugo Nominees, Novelette, 1993
Hugo Nominees, Short Story, 1993
Hugo Nominees, Non-Fiction Book, 1993
Hugo Nominees, Dramatic Presentation, 1993
Hugo Nominees, John W. Campbell, 1993

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1994
Hugo Nominees, Novella, 1994
Hugo Nominees, Novelette, 1994
Hugo Nominees, Short Story, 1994
Hugo Nominees, Non-Fiction Book, 1994
Hugo Nominees, Dramatic Presentation, 1994
Hugo Nominees, John W. Campbell, 1994

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1995
Hugo Nominees, Novella, 1995
Hugo Nominees, Novelette, 1995
Hugo Nominees, Short Story, 1995
Hugo Nominees, Non-Fiction Book, 1995
Hugo Nominees, Dramatic Presentation, 1995
Hugo Nominees, John W. Campbell, 1995

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1996
Hugo Nominees, Novella, 1996
Hugo Nominees, Novelette, 1996
Hugo Nominees, Short Story, 1996
Hugo Nominees, Non-Fiction Book, 1996
Hugo Nominees, Dramatic Presentation, 1996
Hugo Nominees, John W. Campbell, 1996

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1997
Hugo Nominees, Novella, 1997
Hugo Nominees, Novelette, 1997
Hugo Nominees, Short Story, 1997
Hugo Nominees, Non-Fiction Book, 1997
Hugo Nominees, Dramatic Presentation, 1997
Hugo Nominees, John W. Campbell, 1997

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1998
Hugo Nominees, Novella, 1998
Hugo Nominees, Novelette, 1998
Hugo Nominees, Short Story, 1998
Hugo Nominees, Non-Fiction Book, 1998
Hugo Nominees, Dramatic Presentation, 1998
Hugo Nominees, John W. Campbell, 1998

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 1999
Hugo Nominees, Novella, 1999
Hugo Nominees, Novelette, 1999
Hugo Nominees, Short Story, 1999
Hugo Nominees, Non-Fiction Book, 1999
Hugo Nominees, Dramatic Presentation, 1999
Hugo Nominees, John W. Campbell, 1999

Hugo Nominees, Novel, 2000
Hugo nominees, Novella, 2000
Hugo Nominees, Novelette, 2000
Hugo Nominees, Short Story, 2000
Hugo Nominees, Non-Fiction Book, 2000
Hugo Nominees, Dramatic Presentation, 2000
Hugo Nominees, John W. Campbell, 2000

This metanode, and indeed the nodes are far from complete. I will continue to update this as I dig up more information and add more nodes for earlier nomination years. Most of the content of the nomination nodes was pulled from http://www.wsfs.org/hugos.html, http://www.ozemail.com.au/~nanite/awards/ and http://www.dspinfo.com/awardweb/hugos/

The Hugo Award was created in honor of Hugo Gernsback, described as "The Father of Magazine Science Fiction" when he was given an award in 1953. Hugo Gernsback was the publisher of the first SF Magazine - Amazing Stories.

Each year, the Hugo Award (also known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award) is given by the World Science Fiction Society. The award is given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).

The voting system for the Hugo Awards is a bit odd compared to many other award systems. The basic premise is rather simple with a good goal: make certain that the winner has majority support.

Nomination

• Each person who is attending the current or has attended the previous Worldcon has the right to nominate five distinct entries in each category - no ballot stuffing by nominating the same item more than once for each category.
• Once all the nominations are in, the administrator totals the votes and selects the top five for each category to go through to the final ballot. The actual number of nominations is not released until after the final ballots are cast.
• If there is a tie for last place in the nomination phase, then all of the tied nominees enter. Furthermore, a nominee must have at least 5% of the total ballots cast; though the top three will always proceed to the final ballot.
• If a person withdraws (such as J. Michael Straczynski did in 1997 when he was nominated for Severed Dreams, War Without End, and Z'Ha'Dum - he withdrew from running for all but Severed Dreams) then the next highest nomination is elevated to the final ballot. Many believe that having multiple works on the final ballot means a lowered chance of winning because of a split vote. This is not true - the convoluted voting process is designed to prevent a "split vote" from costing a work the award.

Final Vote

Each nominee is ranked in order of preference by the current attendees of Worldcon from 1 being best to 5 being the least favorite. Furthermore, each category has the option of voting for 'No Award'. This may be ranked anywhere. If the 'No Award' is ranked 1 the voter believes that no entry is worth or if the category should be abolished. Ranked as 2 or lower, it means the voter believes that the other nominees are not worthy. It is possible to rank nominees below it and still affect the outcome.

In the first round of balloting, all the valid votes are separated into piles based upon the first preference for vote and counted. If one nominee has more than half of the total valid ballots then there is a possible winner right there and then. Otherwise, one nominee needs to be eliminated. If there is no first round winner, then it is time to consider the second preference. The entry with the lowest number of first round score (most often 'no award') is then eliminated and the second preference totals are counted and added to the first round totals. The new totals are checked and if one nominee has more than half the total votes then the process continues to the No Award Test - otherwise the third and so on continues. If (and this has happened) the last two are exactly tied (most recently happened in 1993 for Novel - A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge and Doomsday Book by Connie Wills tied) then two awards are given.

Before a winner is announced, the potential winner is tested against the No Award Test. In this step, the valid ballots are divided into three piles:

1. 'No Award' is ranked higher than the potential winner (1 is higher than 2)
2. 'No Award' is ranked lower than the potential winner (3 is lower than 2)
3. Neither 'No Award' nor the potential winner are listed (no listing is seen as "lower" than the lowest listing)

Piles A and B are then compared. If pile A is larger than pile B, then no award is given in that category that year.

Congratulations, you have a winner.

It should be noted that second and lower placings are specified though it is traditionally done by removing the ballots that placed the winner first and and then doing this entire process all over again. The winner of this count will get second place... and so on. This lead to lots of ballot counting, however, Jeffry Copeland wrote a computer program to automate this process to count the ballots that would otherwise take a significant chunk of time.

The classic categories are Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Artist, and Fan Magazine (later known as Fanzine).

• In 1960, Dramatic Presentation was added (likely inspired by the special category in 1958 Outstanding Movie which was awarded to The Incredible Shrinking Man).
• In 1967 a distinction between professional and fan was drawn in several categories: Artist was split into Professional Artist and Fan Artist, and Fan Writer was added.
• In 1973 Professional Editor was added (Ben Bova won from 1973 to 1979 with the exception of 1978 which went to George H. Scithers).
• In 1980 the addition of Non-Fiction Book was added for The Science Fiction Encyclopedia by Peter Nicholls. In 1999 this morphed into the Related Book category.
• In 1984, the addition of Semiprozine was created. Since 1971, Locus had won 8 out of the 10 awards. While this was still not "Professional" quality with the likes of Analog, Galaxy, and Astounding it certainly had gone a step beyond the Fanzine]. (Locus has continued to win the Semiprozine category every year with the exception of 1993 and 1994 where Science Fiction Chronicle took the award, the editor of which won the 1974 and 1975 Amateur Magazine Hugo award with The Alien Critic and had previously won the 1969 and 1970 Hugo awards for Fanzine with Science Fiction Review)

It should be noted that the Hugo award does not make any distinction for language or medium of publication - a node on E2 may be nominated.

Are works published electronically eligible?
Yes they are. The definitions of the Hugo Award categories refer only to the nature of the work, not the medium in which it is published. A novel is a novel, regardless of whether it is published in hardback, softback, as a serial in a magazine, or on disk.
(http://www.emcit.com/hugos_faq.shtml)

Occasionally, a "Retro-Hugo" is awarded. These may be awarded for years 50, 75, or 100 years in the past provided that there was a Worldcon that year but no Hugo Awards were given. The first Worldcon occurred in 1939. This occured in 1996 when an award was given for 1946.

If this process intrests you, the 2002 Worldcon is in San Jose, California on Tuesday, August 29 to Monday, September 2 (Vernor Vinge is the guest writer of honor for those of you intrested). The 2003 Worldcon is in Toronto, Ontario from Thursday, August 28 to Monday September 1, 2003 and the 2004 Worldcon is in Boston, Massachusetts from Thursday September 2, to Monday September 6.

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http://www.emcit.com/hugo_rules.shtml
http://www.nesfa.org/fanzines/votehist.html (not used in the above, but quite interesting for those stats types)