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Hugo Award
Hugo Award, any of several annual awards presented by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS). The awards are granted for notable achievement in science �ction or science fantasy. Established in 1953, the Hugo Awards were named in honour of Hugo Gernsback, founder of Amazing Stories, the �rst magazine exclusively for science �ction.
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Hugo Awards https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1055018 1/10 10/10/2017 Hugo Award -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia year category* title author
1946 novel The Mule Isaac Asimov (awarded in 1996)
novella "Animal Farm" George Orwell
novelette "First Contact" Murray Leinster
short story "Uncommon Sense" Hal Clement
1951 novel Farmer in the Sky Robert A. Heinlein (awarded in 2001)
novella "The Man Who Sold the Moon" Robert A. Heinlein
novelette "The Little Black Bag" C.M. Kornbluth
short story "To Serve Man" Damon Knight
1953 novel The Demolished Man Alfred Bester
1954 novel Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury (awarded in 2004)
novella "A Case of Conscience" James Blish
novelette "Earthman, Come Home" James Blish
short story "The Nine Billion Names of God" Arthur C. Clarke
1955 novel They’d Rather Be Right Mark Clifton and Frank Riley
novelette "The Darfsteller" Walter M. Miller, Jr.
short story "Allamagoosa" Eric Frank Russell
1956 novel Double Star Robert A. Heinlein
novelette "Exploration Team" Murray Leinster
short story "The Star" Arthur C. Clarke
1958 novel or The Big Time Fritz Leiber novelette
short story "Or All the Seas with Oysters" Avram Davidson
1959 novel A Case of Conscience James Blish
novelette "The Big Front Yard" Clifford D. Simak
short story "The Hell-Bound Train" Robert Bloch
1960 novel Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein
short �ction "Flowers for Algernon" Daniel Keyes https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1055018 2/10 10/10/2017 Hugo Award -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 10/10/2017 Hugo Award -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia short �ction Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes year category* title author 1961 novel A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller, Jr. 1946 novel The Mule Isaac Asimov (awarded in short �ction "The Longest Voyage" Poul Anderson 1996) 1962 novel Stranger in a Strange Land Robert A. Heinlein novella "Animal Farm" George Orwell short �ction Hothouse series Brian W. Aldiss novelette "First Contact" Murray Leinster 1963 novel The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick short story "Uncommon Sense" Hal Clement short �ction "The Dragon Masters" Jack Vance 1951 novel Farmer in the Sky Robert A. Heinlein (awarded in 1964 novel Way Station Clifford D. Simak 2001) short �ction "No Truce with Kings" Poul Anderson novella "The Man Who Sold the Moon" Robert A. Heinlein 1965 novel The Wanderer Fritz Leiber novelette "The Little Black Bag" C.M. Kornbluth short story "Soldier, Ask Not" Gordon R. Dickson short story "To Serve Man" Damon Knight 1966 novel (tie) …And Call Me Conrad Roger Zelazny
1953 novel The Demolished Man Alfred Bester Dune Frank Herbert
1954 novel Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury short �ction "’Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Harlan Ellison (awarded in Ticktockman" 2004) 1967 novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein novella "A Case of Conscience" James Blish novelette "The Last Castle" Jack Vance novelette "Earthman, Come Home" James Blish short story "Neutron Star" Larry Niven short story "The Nine Billion Names of God" Arthur C. Clarke 1968 novel Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1955 novel They’d Rather Be Right Mark Clifton and Frank Riley novella (tie) "Weyr Search" Anne McCaffrey novelette "The Darfsteller" Walter M. Miller, Jr. "Riders of the Purple Wage" Philip José Farmer short story "Allamagoosa" Eric Frank Russell novelette "Gonna Roll Them Bones" Fritz Leiber 1956 novel Double Star Robert A. Heinlein short story "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" Harlan Ellison novelette "Exploration Team" Murray Leinster 1969 novel Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner short story "The Star" Arthur C. Clarke novella "Nightwings" Robert Silverberg 1958 novel or The Big Time Fritz Leiber novelette novelette "The Sharing of Flesh" Poul Anderson short story "Or All the Seas with Oysters" Avram Davidson short story "The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart Harlan Ellison of the World" 1959 novel A Case of Conscience James Blish 1970 novel The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin novelette "The Big Front Yard" Clifford D. Simak novella "Ship of Shadows" Fritz Leiber short story "The Hell-Bound Train" Robert Bloch short story "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi- Samuel R. Delany 1960 novel Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein Precious Stones" short �ction "Flowers for Algernon" Daniel Keyes https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1055018 2/10 https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1055018 3/10 10/10/2017 Hugo Award -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
1971 novel Ringworld Larry Niven
novella "Ill Met in Lankhmar" Fritz Leiber
short story "Slow Sculpture" Theodore Sturgeon
1972 novel To Your Scattered Bodies Go Philip José Farmer
novella "The Queen of Air and Darkness" Poul Anderson
short story "Inconstant Moon" Larry Niven
1973 novel The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov
novella "The Word for World Is Forest" Ursula K. Le Guin
novelette "Goat Song" Poul Anderson
short story "Eurema’s Dam" R.A. Lafferty (tie)
"The Meeting" Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth
1974 novel Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke
novella "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" James Tiptree, Jr.
novelette "The Deathbird" Harlan Ellison
short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" Ursula K. Le Guin
1975 novel The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin
novella "A Song for Lya" George R.R. Martin
novelette "Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans" Harlan Ellison
short story "The Hole Man" Larry Niven
1976 novel The Forever War Joe Haldeman
novella "Home Is the Hangman" Roger Zelazny
novelette "The Borderland of Sol" Larry Niven
short story "Catch That Zeppelin!" Fritz Leiber
1977 novel Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm
novella (tie) "By Any Other Name" Spider Robinson
"Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" James Tiptree, Jr.
novelette "The Bicentennial Man" Isaac Asimov
short story "Tricentennial" Joe Haldeman
1978 novel Gateway Frederik Pohl
novella "Stardance" Spider and Jeanne Robinson https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1055018 4/10 10/10/2017 Hugo Award -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 10/10/2017 Hugo Award -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
1971 novel Ringworld Larry Niven novelette "Eyes of Amber" Joan D. Vinge novella "Ill Met in Lankhmar" Fritz Leiber short story "Jeffty Is Five" Harlan Ellison short story "Slow Sculpture" Theodore Sturgeon 1979 novel Dreamsnake Vonda McIntyre
1972 novel To Your Scattered Bodies Go Philip José Farmer novella "The Persistence of Vision" John Varley novella "The Queen of Air and Darkness" Poul Anderson novelette "Hunter’s Moon" Poul Anderson short story "Inconstant Moon" Larry Niven short story "Cassandra" C.J. Cherryh
1973 novel The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov 1980 novel The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke novella "The Word for World Is Forest" Ursula K. Le Guin novella "Enemy Mine" Barry B. Longyear novelette "Goat Song" Poul Anderson novelette "Sandkings" George R.R. Martin short story "Eurema’s Dam" R.A. Lafferty short story "The Way of Cross and Dragon" George R.R. Martin (tie) 1981 novel The Snow Queen Joan D. Vinge "The Meeting" Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth novella "Lost Dorsai" Gordon R. Dickson 1974 novel Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke novelette "The Cloak and the Staff" Gordon R. Dickson novella "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" James Tiptree, Jr. short story "Grotto of the Dancing Deer" Clifford D. Simak novelette "The Deathbird" Harlan Ellison 1982 novel Downbelow Station C.J. Cherryh short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" Ursula K. Le Guin novella "The Saturn Game" Poul Anderson 1975 novel The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin novelette "Unicorn Variation" Roger Zelazny novella "A Song for Lya" George R.R. Martin short story "The Pusher" John Varley novelette "Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans" Harlan Ellison 1983 novel Foundation’s Edge Isaac Asimov short story "The Hole Man" Larry Niven novella "Souls" Joanna Russ 1976 novel The Forever War Joe Haldeman novelette "Fire Watch" Connie Willis novella "Home Is the Hangman" Roger Zelazny short story "Melancholy Elephants" Spider Robinson novelette "The Borderland of Sol" Larry Niven 1984 novel Startide Rising David Brin short story "Catch That Zeppelin!" Fritz Leiber novella "Cascade Point" Timothy Zahn 1977 novel Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm novelette "Blood Music" Greg Bear novella (tie) "By Any Other Name" Spider Robinson short story "Speech Sounds" Octavia E. Butler "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" James Tiptree, Jr. 1985 novel Neuromancer William Gibson novelette "The Bicentennial Man" Isaac Asimov novella "Press Enter □" John Varley short story "Tricentennial" Joe Haldeman novelette "Bloodchild" Octavia E. Butler 1978 novel Gateway Frederik Pohl short story "The Crystal Spheres" David Brin novella "Stardance" Spider and Jeanne Robinson 1986 novel Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1055018 4/10 https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1055018 5/10 10/10/2017 Hugo Award -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
novella "Twenty-four Views of Mount Fuji, by Roger Zelazny Hokusai"
novelette "Paladin of the Lost Hour" Harlan Ellison
short story "Fermi and Frost" Frederik Pohl
1987 novel Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card
novella "Gilgamesh in the Outback" Robert Silverberg
novelette "Permafrost" Roger Zelazny
short story "Tangents" Greg Bear
1988 novel The Uplift War David Brin
novella "Eye for Eye" Orson Scott Card
novelette "Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Ursula K. Le Guin Tonight"
short story "Why I Left Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers" Lawrence Watt-Evans
1989 novel Cyteen C.J. Cherryh
novella "The Last of the Winnebagos" Connie Willis
novelette "Schrödinger’s Kitten" George Alec Ef�nger
short story "Kirinyaga" Mike Resnick
1990 novel Hyperion Dan Simmons
novella "The Mountains of Mourning" Lois McMaster Bujold
novelette "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another" Robert Silverberg
short story "Boobs" Suzy McKee Charnas
1991 novel The Vor Game Lois McMaster Bujold
novella "The Hemingway Hoax" Joe Haldeman
novelette "The Manamouki" Mike Resnick
short story "Bears Discover Fire" Terry Bisson
1992 novel Barrayar Lois McMaster Bujold
novella "Beggars in Spain" Nancy Kress
novelette "Gold" Isaac Asimov
short story "A Walk in the Sun" Geoffrey A. Landis
1993 novel (tie) A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge
Doomsday Book Connie Willis https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1055018 6/10 10/10/2017 Hugo Award -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 10/10/2017 Hugo Award -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia novella "Barnacle Bill the Spacer" Lucius Shepard novella "Twenty-four Views of Mount Fuji, by Roger Zelazny Hokusai" novelette "The Nutcracker Coup" Janet Kagan novelette "Paladin of the Lost Hour" Harlan Ellison short story "Even the Queen" Connie Willis short story "Fermi and Frost" Frederik Pohl 1994 novel Green Mars Kim Stanley Robinson
1987 novel Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card novella "Down in the Bottomlands" Harry Turtledove novella "Gilgamesh in the Outback" Robert Silverberg novelette "Georgia on My Mind" Charles Shef�eld novelette "Permafrost" Roger Zelazny short story "Death on the Nile" Connie Willis short story "Tangents" Greg Bear 1995 novel Mirror Dance Lois McMaster Bujold
1988 novel The Uplift War David Brin novella "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" Mike Resnick novella "Eye for Eye" Orson Scott Card novelette "The Martian Child" David Gerrold novelette "Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Ursula K. Le Guin short story "None So Blind" Joe Haldeman Tonight" 1996 novel The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson short story "Why I Left Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers" Lawrence Watt-Evans novella "The Death of Captain Future" Allen Steele 1989 novel Cyteen C.J. Cherryh novelette "Think Like a Dinosaur" James Patrick Kelly novella "The Last of the Winnebagos" Connie Willis short story "The Lincoln Train" Maureen F. McHugh novelette "Schrödinger’s Kitten" George Alec Ef�nger 1997 novel Blue Mars Kim Stanley Robinson short story "Kirinyaga" Mike Resnick novella "Blood of the Dragon" George R.R. Martin 1990 novel Hyperion Dan Simmons novelette "Bicycle Repairman" Bruce Sterling novella "The Mountains of Mourning" Lois McMaster Bujold short story "The Soul Selects Her Own Society…" Connie Willis novelette "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another" Robert Silverberg 1998 novel Forever Peace Joe Haldeman short story "Boobs" Suzy McKee Charnas novella "…Where Angels Fear to Tread" Allen Steele 1991 novel The Vor Game Lois McMaster Bujold novelette "We Will Drink a Fish Together" Bill Johnson novella "The Hemingway Hoax" Joe Haldeman short story "The 43 Antarean Dynasties" Mike Resnick novelette "The Manamouki" Mike Resnick 1999 novel To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis short story "Bears Discover Fire" Terry Bisson novella "Oceanic" Greg Egan 1992 novel Barrayar Lois McMaster Bujold novelette "Taklamakan" Bruce Sterling novella "Beggars in Spain" Nancy Kress short story "The Very Pulse of the Machine" Michael Swanwick novelette "Gold" Isaac Asimov 2000 novel A Deepness in the Sky Vernor Vinge short story "A Walk in the Sun" Geoffrey A. Landis novella "The Winds of Marble Arch" Connie Willis
1993 novel (tie) A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge 16 novelette "10 to 1" James Patrick Kelly Doomsday Book Connie Willis short story "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur" Michael Swanwick https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1055018 6/10 https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1055018 7/10 10/10/2017 Hugo Award -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
2001 novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J.K. Rowling
novella "The Ultimate Earth" Jack Williamson
novelette "Millennium Babies" Kristine Kathryn Rusch
short story "Different Kinds of Darkness" David Langford
2002 novel American Gods Neil Gaiman
novella "Fast Times at Fairmont High" Vernor Vinge
novelette "Hell Is the Absence of God" Ted Chiang
short story "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" Michael Swanwick
2003 novel Hominids Robert J. Sawyer
novella "Coraline" Neil Gaiman
novelette "Slow Life" Michael Swanwick
short story "Falling onto Mars" Geoffrey A. Landis
2004 novel Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold
novella "The Cookie Monster" Vernor Vinge
novelette "Legions in Time" Michael Swanwick
short story "A Study in Emerald" Neil Gaiman
2005 novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell Susanna Clarke
novella "The Concrete Jungle" Charles Stross
novelette "The Faery Handbag" Kelly Link
short story "Travels with My Cats" Mike Resnick
2006 novel Spin Robert Charles Wilson
novella "Inside Job" Connie Willis
novelette "Two Hearts" Peter S. Beagle
short story "Tk’tk’tk" David D. Levine
2007 novel Rainbows End Vernor Vinge
novella "A Billion Eves" Robert Reed
novelette "The Djinn’s Wife" Ian McDonald
short story "Impossible Dreams" Timothy Pratt
2008 novel The Yiddish Policemen’s Union Michael Chabon
novella "All Seated on the Ground" Connie Willis https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1055018 8/10 10/10/2017 Hugo Award -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 10/10/2017 Hugo Award -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia novelette "The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate" Ted Chiang 2001 novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J.K. Rowling short story "Tideline" Elizabeth Bear novella "The Ultimate Earth" Jack Williamson 2009 novel The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman novelette "Millennium Babies" Kristine Kathryn Rusch novella "The Erdmann Nexus" Nancy Kress short story "Different Kinds of Darkness" David Langford novelette "Shoggoths in Bloom" Elizabeth Bear 2002 novel American Gods Neil Gaiman short story "Exhalation" Ted Chiang novella "Fast Times at Fairmont High" Vernor Vinge 2010 novel (tie) The City & The City China Miéville novelette "Hell Is the Absence of God" Ted Chiang The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi short story "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" Michael Swanwick novella "Palimpsest" Charles Stross 2003 novel Hominids Robert J. Sawyer novelette "The Island" Peter Watts novella "Coraline" Neil Gaiman short story "Bridesicle" Will McIntosh novelette "Slow Life" Michael Swanwick 2011 novel Blackout and All Clear Connie Willis short story "Falling onto Mars" Geoffrey A. Landis novella "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" Ted Chiang 2004 novel Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold novelette "The Emperor of Mars" Allen M. Steele novella "The Cookie Monster" Vernor Vinge short story "For Want of a Nail" Mary Robinette Kowal novelette "Legions in Time" Michael Swanwick 2012 novel Among Others Jo Walton short story "A Study in Emerald" Neil Gaiman novella "The Man Who Bridged the Mist" Kij Johnson 2005 novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell Susanna Clarke novelette "Six Months, Three Days" Charlie Jane Anders novella "The Concrete Jungle" Charles Stross short story "The Paper Menagerie" Ken Liu novelette "The Faery Handbag" Kelly Link 2013 novel Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas John Scalzi short story "Travels with My Cats" Mike Resnick novella "The Emperor’s Soul" Brandon Sanderson 2006 novel Spin Robert Charles Wilson novelette "The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi" Pat Cadigan novella "Inside Job" Connie Willis short story "Mono no Aware" Ken Liu novelette "Two Hearts" Peter S. Beagle 2014 novel Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie short story "Tk’tk’tk" David D. Levine novella "Equoid" Charles Stross 2007 novel Rainbows End Vernor Vinge novelette "The Lady Astronaut of Mars" Mary Robinette Kowal novella "A Billion Eves" Robert Reed short story "The Water That Falls on You from John Chu novelette "The Djinn’s Wife" Ian McDonald Nowhere" short story "Impossible Dreams" Timothy Pratt 2015 novel The Three Body Problem Cixin Liu (translation by Ken Liu)
2008 novel The Yiddish Policemen’s Union Michael Chabon novella not awarded novella "All Seated on the Ground" Connie Willis novelette "The Day the World Turned Upside Down" Thomas Olde Heuvelt (translation by Lia Belt) https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1055018 8/10 https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1055018 9/10 10/10/2017 Hugo Award -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
short story not awarded
2016 novel The Fifth Season N.K. Jemisin
novella Binti Nnedi Okorafor
novelette "Folding Beijing" Hao Jingfang (translation by Ken Liu)
short story "Cat Pictures Please" Naomi Kritzer
2017 novel The Obelisk Gate N.K. Jemisin
novella Every Heart a Doorway Seanan McGuire
novelette "The Tomato Thief" Ursula Vernon
short story "Seasons of Glass and Iron" Amal El-Mohtar
*Category de�nitions: novel, 40,000 words or more; novella, 17,500 to 39,999 words; novelette, 7,500 to 17,499 words; short story, 7,499 words or fewer.
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