The Hugo Awards have been in existence since 1953 and are among the most prominent awards given out for works of
Science Fiction and
Fantasy (the other most known one being the
Nebula Award). The name comes from Hugo Gernsback, the magazine editor who founded
Amazing Stories magazine back in 1926 and was influential in bringing the sci-fi genre to popularity.
Contenders for a Hugo are nominated and voted on by the World Science Fiction Society, whose paid membership is open to the general public. The current award categories include Best written works (novel, novella, novelette, short story), long and short form "Dramatic Presentation" (which includes "film, television, radio, live theater, computer games or music"), anthology and magazine editors, professional artist, Best Graphic Story (added in 2009) and categories for
Fan Art, fanzines and fan writing (including
Fan Fic but also nonfiction essays and books about other works).
The Japanese equivalent to the Hugo Award is the
Seiun Award.
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Works with a Hugo nomination that have pages on this wiki include:
Anime (Best Dramatic Presentation — Long Form)
Comic Books (Best Graphic Story except as noted)
- Batman comics:
- Watchmen (won Other Forms in 1988)
- The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle (nominated 2009)
- Fables:
- War And Pieces (nominated 2009)
- The Dark Ages (nominated 2010)
- Witches (nominated 2011)
- Rose Red (nominated 2012)
- Y: The Last Man ("Whys and Wherefores" nominated 2009)
- Serenity: Better Days'' (nominated 2009)
- The Unwritten:
- "Inside Man" (nominated 2011)
- "Leviathan" (nominated 2012)
- Locke & Key ("Keys to the Kingdom" nominated 2012)
Film - Animated (Best Dramatic Presentation/Best Dramatic Presentation — Long Form)
Film - Live Action (Best Dramatic Presentation/Best Dramatic Presentation — Long Form)
Literature (Best Novel except as noted)
Live-Action TV (Best Dramatic Presentation/Best Dramatic Presentation — Short Form except as noted)
- The Twilight Zone (Won 1960, 1961, 1962, nominated 1963 (no award))
- Star Trek: The Original Series:
- "The Menagerie" won 1967
- "The Corbomite Maneuver" nominated 1967
- "The Naked Time" nominated 1967
- "The City On The Edge of Forever" won 1968
- "Amok Time" nominated 1968
- "Mirror, Mirror" nominated 1968
- "The Doomsday Machine" nominated 1968
- "The Trouble With Tribbles" nominated 1968
- The Prisoner ("Fall Out" nominated 1969)
- The Six Million Dollar Man (nominated 1974)
- Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (nominated 1981)
- The Martian Chronicles (nominated 1981)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation:
- "Encounter At Farpoint" nominated 1988
- "The Inner Light" won 1993
- "All Good Things..." won 1995
- Babylon 5:
- "The Gathering" nominated 1994
- "The Coming of Shadows" won 1996
- "Severed Dreams" won 1997
- "Sleeping in Light" nominated 1999)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine:
- "The Visitor" nominated 1996
- "Trials and Tribble-ations" nominated 1997
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
- "Once More, With Feeling" nominated 2002
- "Conversations With Dead People" won 2003
- "Chosen" nominated 2004
- Angel:
- "Waiting in the Wings" nominated 2003
- "Not Fade Away" nominated 2005
- "Smile Time" nominated 2005
- Firefly:
- "Serenity", nominated 2003
- "Heart of Gold" nominated 2004
- "The Message" nominated 2004
- Star Trek: Enterprise:
- "Carbon Creek" nominated 2003
- "A Night in Sickbay" nominated 2003
- Smallville ("Rosetta", nominated 2004)
- Battlestar Galactica (Reimagined):
- "33" won 2005
- "Pegasus" nominated 2006
- "Downloaded" nominated 2007
- "Razor" nominated 2008
- "Revelations" nominated 2009)
- LOST:
- "Pilot" nominated 2005
- "The Constant" nominated 2009
- Stargate SG-1:
- "Heroes" nominated 2005
- "200" nominated 2007
- Doctor Who:
- Torchwood ("Captain Jack Harkness", nominated 2008)
- Heroes (Season 1, nominated 2008 for long form)
- Dollhouse ("Epitaph One", nominated 2010)
- FlashForward ("No More Good Days", nominated 2010)
- Game of Thrones (season 1, nominated 2012 for long form)
- Community ("Remedial Chaos Theory", nominated 2012)
Music (Best Dramatic Presentation)
People - Artists (Best Professional Artist)
People - Authors (John W. Campbell Award for Best New Author (which is not a Hugo), unless noted)
Radio (Best Dramatic Presentation)
Theater (Best Dramatic Presentation)
Webcomics (Best Graphic Story)
- Girl Genius (volumes eight, nine and ten won Best Graphic Story for 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively)
- Schlock Mercenary (nominated 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- Digger (nominated 2012)
Web Original (Best Dramatic Presentation — Short Form)
Western Animation - Theatrical Short (Best Dramatic Presentation — Short Form)
Retro Hugos
These were given for years in which a Worldcon was held but the Hugo Awards were not presented:
Film — Animated
Film — Live Action
Literature (Best Novel/Novella/Novelette/Short Story)
Western Animation - Theatrical Short (Best Dramatic Presentation)