Hugo Award for Best Novelette
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.
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
The "Retro Hugos"
These were awarded 50 or 75 years after years in which Worldcons didn't give awards.
| Year | Winner | Other nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
See also
References
- ^ Thill, Scott (August 10, 2009). "2009 Hugo Awards Honor Gaiman, Dr. Horrible, More". Wired. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
- ^ Lalumière, Claude (August 10, 2009). "The Hugo Awards". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
External links
- Hugo Award official site
- List of Hugo Award nominees in Locus magazine