Category:Worldcon Guests of Honor

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This Category lists those who have been official Guests of Honor at the World Science Fiction Convention, since the first in 1939.

Each Worldcon committee selects the Guests of Honor (often just "GoH" in publications) for the convention. Typically there is an Author (or "Writer" or just "Pro") and a Fan guest of honor and often an Artist or Editor. While other conventions may select guests on the basis of popularity, Worldcons select guests of honor as an acknowledgement of significant lifetime contribution to the field. Selection is treated by authors, fans, and others in the SF field as a lifetime achievement award. As such, the tradition is to award it only to those who have been making significant contributions for at least twenty years, 25-30 for authors.