hugo awards set awards given annually best science fiction fantasy works achievements previous year awards named founder pioneering science fiction magazine officially named organized overseen awards given year annual world science fiction convention central focus event given 11th world science fiction convention awarded year years award given categories presented changed currently hugo awards given dozen categories include written dramatic works types prestigious science fiction awards hugo awards termed highest honors bestowed science fiction fantasy writing works won published special collections official logo hugo awards placed winning books cover promotional tool awards presented united_states august presented kansas_city united_states august lists winners nominees category list award categories award gives hugo awards year best science fiction fantasy works achievements previous year award named founded pioneering science fiction magazine considered fathers science fiction genre works eligible award published english prior calendar year written rules works qualify science fiction fantasy decision eligibility regard left voters organizing committee nominees winners chosen supporting attending members annual world science fiction convention presentation evening constitutes central event selection process defined constitution instant runoff voting nominees category case tie awards split dozen categories include written dramatic works category hugo voter rank award choices voters instructed feel nominees worthy award feel category abolished entirely vote award choice signifies voter believes nominee ranked higher award worthy hugo category ranked lower works ballot category nominated members year limit number stories nominated awards include recognition runner novels candidates recorded initial nominations members january march voting ballot nominations performed roughly april july subject change depending year held generally held near start september place different city world year idea giving awards proposed convention idea based academy_awards hugo given award created based design hood ornaments 1950s cars consisted rocket ship wooden base subsequent award exception award similar original design rocket trophy formally redesigned base trophy changed year monetary associated hugo trophy retrospective hugo awards added mid-1990s awards given held years awarded conventions given works eligible year process regular given times years prior years prior eligible chose award opportunity history 1950s hugo awards presented 11th philadelphia awarded seven categories awards presented year initially conceived event organizers hoped subsequent conventions present time completely run respective committees independent events oversight years mandate future conventions repeat awards set rules chose awards reinstated traditional award called hugo award unofficial better known nickname accepted official alternative awards nickname adopted official award formal guidelines governing awards rules traditional included having ballot works earlier year separate voting ballot defining eligibility include works published prior calendar year previous rule preceding year allowing voters select award option won year categories dramatic presentation best new author eligibility change additionally sparked separate rule prohibiting nomination works nominated awards time periods overlapped 1960s formation oversee committee formal rules set constitution presenting awards responsibilities organizing committee rules restricted voting members convention awards given allowing nominate works nominations restricted members convention previous year convention guidelines specified categories awarded changed board categories short stories broadly defined best fan magazine second year award won category dramatic presentation guidelines changed allow individual conventions create additional categories codified categories year additional awards officially designated hugo awards required repeated future conventions later adjusted allow additional category extra hugo awards given categories awarded year categories fan artist added category added following year new categories effect providing definition word count qualified work category previously left voters awarded prior rules fan awards initially conceived separate hugo awards award best losing status instead absorbed regular hugo awards convention committee 1970s traditionally works selected nomination category proposed nominees set formal rule barring ties removed category editor award replacement order recognize increasing importance original year guidelines changed remove mandated awards instead allow categories chosen convention expected similar presented year despite change new awards added previous awards removed guidelines changed listing specific categories saw award win dramatic presentation category fourth time award win categories 1980s 90s category later renamed added followed category semi professional magazine members encouraged people nominate written organization founder best novel award final ballot campaign followed nominate final ballot finished award saw work withdrawn authors final ballot fan bought numerous false names sent day order work ballot best original art work award given extra listed actually awarded established afterward official removed status awarded created mid-1990s awarded dramatic presentation award split categories short form repeated editor category saw addition category recent change hugo awards award added groups science fiction writers led led forward similar slate suggested nominations came dominate ballot sad campaign run years prior smaller scale limited success leaders campaigns characterized reaction niche academic overtly leftist nominees winners opposition action award preferred female non white authors characters response nominees declined nomination time ballot published multiple hugo winner declined present awards characterized journalists right wing orchestrated backlash group white guys linked controversy multiple hugo winner characterized campaigns response socio economic changes minority authors gaining prominence economic best dramatic presentation category award placed nominees slate won categories contained slate nominees categories discontinued awards constitution permanent categories best original art work hugo awards committees special awards hugo ceremony voted unlike additional hugo categories present awards officially hugo awards use trophy additional award best new writer presented hugo award ceremony voted process formally hugo award recognition hugo award highly regarded observers los_angeles_times termed highest honors bestowed science fiction fantasy writing claim echoed wired said premier award science fiction genre battle sexes science fiction referred awards best known prestigious science fiction awards writing said undoubtedly science fiction premier award guardian similarly acknowledged fine showcase speculative fiction democratic international science fiction awards existence echoed guardian statement award democratic nature saying broad electorate awards representative reader popularity science fiction culture said time fewer people voted final ballot held representative sample readership large given number winning novels remain print decades notable outside science fiction genre demolished man left hand darkness awards saw nomination submissions voters final slate awards received votes awards saw ballots votes book year history science fiction claimed hugo award reader popularity artistic merit contrasted panel selected provided literary judgment note winners awards overlapped hugo award considered premier awards science fiction science fiction prestigious award official logo hugo awards placed winning books cover promotional tool claimed noting book won hugo award cover increased sales novel said book write science fiction fantasy award larger effect foreign sales united_states claimed publishers interested authors won hugo award awards literary agent said mastering business writing having term cover nominee powerful science fiction fans buy novel claimed hugo science fiction award actually affects sales book collecting hugo winning short fiction series hugo winners edited started collection short story winners previous year concluded volume edited originally later finally volumes collecting stories recent anthology hugo award showcase edited contains short stories nominated award
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