Hugo Award for Best Related Work
| Hugo Award for Best Related Work | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | The best work related to the field of science fiction, fantasy, or fandom, published in the prior calendar year and which is either non-fiction or noteworthy primarily for aspects other than the fictional text |
| Presented by | World Science Fiction Society |
| First awarded | 1980 |
| Currently held by | Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O'Shea (Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It) |
| Official website | thehugoawards.org |
The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was once officially known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award.[1] The award has been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction" and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing".[2][3] The Hugo Award for Best Related Work is given each year for primarily non-fiction works related to science fiction or fantasy, published in English or translated into English during the previous calendar year. Awards are also given out for works of fiction in the novel, novella, novelette, and short story categories.
The award was originally titled the Hugo Award for Best Related Non-Fiction Book and was first awarded in 1980. In 1999 the Award was retitled to the Hugo Award for Best Related Book, and eligibility was officially expanded to fiction works that were primarily noteworthy for reasons besides their fictional aspects.[4] In 2010, the title of the award was again changed, to the Hugo Award for Best Related Work.[5] In addition to the regular Hugo awards, beginning in 1996 Retrospective Hugo Awards, or "Retro Hugos", have been available to be awarded for years 50, 75, or 100 years prior in which no awards were given.[6] The Retro Best Related Work Hugo was awarded for 1954, 50 years later.[7]
Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by supporting or attending members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention, or Worldcon, and the presentation evening constitutes its central event. The selection process is defined in the World Science Fiction Society Constitution as instant-runoff voting with five nominees, except in the case of a tie. These five works on the ballot are the five most-nominated by members that year, with no limit on the number of works that can be nominated.[6] Initial nominations are made by members in January through March, while voting on the ballot of five nominations is performed roughly in April through July, subject to change depending on when that year's Worldcon is held.[8] Worldcons are generally held near the start of September, and are held in a different city around the world each year.[1][9]
During the 33 nomination years, 165 authors have had works nominated; 43 of these have won, including co-authors and Retro Hugos. John Clute has won three times; once by himself, once with John Grant as a co-author, and once with Peter Nicholls. Both Grant and Nicholls have won a second time, with Grant sharing the award with his co-authors Elizabeth L. Humphrey and Pamela D. Scoville. Thomas Disch has also won twice, both without co-authors; no other author has won more than once. Cathy and Arnie Fenner have been nominated eight times for their work on the Spectrum: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art series, both the most number of nominations received by any author and the most number of nominations without winning. Clute has been nominated six times, Farah Mendlesohn five times with one win, Isaac Asimov four times with one win, and Mike Resnick four times with no wins. Seven other authors have been nominated three times.
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[edit] Winners and nominees
In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the work was first published. Each date links to the "year in literature" article corresponding with when the work was eligible. Entries with a blue background and an asterisk (*) next to the author's name have won the award; those with a white background are the nominees on the short-list.
* Winners and joint winners
[edit] Retro Hugos
Beginning with the 1996 Worldcon, the World Science Fiction Society created the concept of "Retro Hugos", in which the Hugo award could be retroactively awarded for 50, 75, or 100 years prior. Retro Hugos may only be awarded for years in which a Worldcon was hosted, but no awards were originally given.[6] Retro Hugos have been awarded three times, for 1946, 1951, and 1954. All three of these awards were given 50 years later.[7] The next year that Retro Hugos can be awarded is 2014, for 1939.[6] The Hugo Award for Best Related Work has only been retroactively awarded once, in 2004; it was not on the ballot for the 1996 Retro Hugo awards, and the 2001 award was "dropped due to insufficient response" after only nine nominating ballots included any response in the category.[42]
| Year | Year awarded | Author(s) | Work | Publisher | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 2004 | Wernher von Braun, Fred L. Whipple and Willy Ley* | Conquest of the Moon | Viking Press | [43] |
| 1954 | 2004 | L. Sprague de Camp | Science-Fiction Handbook | Hermitage Press | [43] |
| 1954 | 2004 | Reginald Bretnor | Modern Science Fiction: Its Making and Future | Coward-McCann | [43] |
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