The Hugo Awards are given annually 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.
Winners of the Hugo Award for best novelette are presented here.
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About this award
According to Article 3.3.3 of the Constitution of the World Science Fiction Society, a novelette is "A science fiction or fantasy story of between seven thousand five hundred (7,500) and seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) words." Hugo Awards are also given in other fiction categories for works which are shorter (stories) or longer (novellas or novels).
Awards given in one year are for works published during the previous calendar year.
Winners and other nominees
| Year | Winner | Other nominees |
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| 1955 | The Darfsteller by Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
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| 1956 | Exploration Team by Murray Leinster |
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| 1958 | The Big Time by Fritz Leiber [In 1958, novels and novelettes shared a category] |
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| 1959 | The Big Front Yard by Clifford D. Simak |
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| 1967 | The Last Castle by Jack Vance |
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| 1968 | Gonna Roll the Bones by Fritz Leiber |
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| 1969 | The Sharing of Flesh by Poul Anderson |
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| 1973 | Goat Song by Poul Anderson |
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| 1974 | The Deathbird by Harlan Ellison |
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| 1975 | Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W by Harlan Ellison |
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| 1976 | The Borderland of Sol by Larry Niven |
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| 1977 | The Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov |
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| 1978 | Eyes of Amber by Joan D. Vinge |
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| 1979 | Hunter's Moon by Poul Anderson |
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| 1980 | Sandkings by George R. R. Martin |
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| 1981 | The Cloak and the Staff by Gordon R. Dickson |
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| 1982 | Unicorn Variations by Roger Zelazny |
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| 1983 | Fire Watch by Connie Willis |
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| 1984 | Blood Music by Greg Bear |
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| 1985 | Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler |
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| 1986 | Paladin of the Lost Hour by Harlan Ellison |
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| 1987 | Permafrost by Roger Zelazny |
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| 1988 | Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight by Ursula K. Le Guin |
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| 1989 | Schrödinger's Kitten by George Alec Effinger |
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| 1990 | Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another by Robert Silverberg |
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| 1991 | The Manamouki by Mike Resnick |
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| 1992 | Gold by Isaac Asimov |
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| 1993 | The Nutcracker Coup by Janet Kagan |
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| 1994 | Georgia on My Mind by Charles Sheffield |
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| 1995 | The Martian Child by David Gerrold |
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| 1996 | Think Like a Dinosaur by James Patrick Kelly |
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| 1997 | Bicycle Repairman by Bruce Sterling |
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| 1998 | We Will Drink a Fish Together... by Bill Johnson |
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| 1999 | Taklamakan by Bruce Sterling |
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| 2000 | 1016 to 1 by James Patrick Kelly |
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| 2001 | Millennium Babies by Kristine Kathryn Rusch |
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| 2002 | Hell Is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang |
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| 2003 | Slow Life by Michael Swanwick |
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| 2004 | Legions in Time by Michael Swanwick |
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| 2005 | The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link |
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| 2006 | Two Hearts by Peter S. Beagle |
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| 2007 | The Djinn's Wife by Ian McDonald [2] |
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| 2008 | The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang |
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| 2009 | Shoggoths in Bloom by Elizabeth Bear[1][2] |
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The "Retro Hugos"
These were awarded 50 or 75 years after years in which Worldcons didn't give awards.
| Year | Winner | Other nominees |
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| 1946 (awarded in 1996) |
First Contact by Murray Leinster |
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| 1951 (awarded in 2001) |
The Little Black Bag by C.M. Kornbluth |
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| 1954 (awarded in 2004) |
Earthman, Come Home by James Blish |
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See also
References
- ^ Thill, Scott (August 10, 2009). "2009 Hugo Awards Honor Gaiman, Dr. Horrible, More". Wired. http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/08/2009-hugo-awards-honor-gaiman-dr-horrible-more/. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
- ^ Lalumière, Claude (August 10, 2009). "The Hugo Awards". The Montreal Gazette. http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/narratives/archive/2009/08/10/the-hugo-awards.aspx. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
External links
- Hugo Award official site
- Original proposal of the award in Philcon II
- List of Hugo Award nominees in Locus magazine
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