LA con V, the 2026 Worldcon, announced on June 15, 2026, that the 2026 Hugo Award trophy base will be designed by Scott Lefton, while the 2026 Lodestar Award will be designed by H Emiko Ogasawara. …

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The Official Site of The Hugo Award

LAcon V, the 2026 Worldcon, announced on December 1, 2025 that they would use their authority under Section 3.3.20 of the WSFS Constitution to present a Hugo Award for Best Poem as part of the 2026…

Our heartfelt congratulations to this year's Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding award winners! The winners are listed here, along with links to this year's administrator's report and voting statistics.

The 2025 Business Meeting Agenda, along with the instructions for the virtual meeting platform, may be downloaded from the 'Documents' section of this page.

The Hugo Award® is the leading award for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy. The Hugo Awards were first presented in 1953 and have been awarded every year since 1955 by the…

The proliferation of withdrawals and disqualifications in the Hugo Awards is a recent phenomenon.

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Hugo Awards. See the 2025 Seattle Worldcon website for nomination information. WSFS members of the 2025 Seattle Worldcon and 2024 Glasgow Worldcon are eligible…

The 2024 World Science Fiction Society Business Meeting held at the 2024 Glasgow Worldcon passed a resolution apologizing “for any failures in the administration of the 2023 Hugo Awards.&#822…

Glasgow 2024, a Worldcon for Our Futures (the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention) announced the winners of the 2024 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award fo…

The Glasgow 2024 Hugo Administration Subcommittee, led by Hugo Administrator Nicholas Whyte, issued the following statement on July 22, 2024 and has released a corresponding announcement video.

Ackerman’s Hugo Close-up of plaque The first Hugo Award ever presented, given to Forrest J Ackerman by Isaac Asimov at the 1953 Worldcon, was acquired by Worldcon Heritage Organization w…

Ackerman and Asimov as first ever Hugo Award is presented in 1953. On June 7 the Hugo Award given to Forrest J Ackerman by Isaac Asimov at the 1953 Worldcon will be up for auction – the first ever …

Due to technical difficulties the event live stream failed and recording sectioned it into 2. This is part 1.Part 2 is here https://youtu.be/yI4JJEzQWzo?si=P...

The voting statistics for the 2023 Hugo Award, Lodestar Award, and Astounding Award Nominating and Final Ballot are now available. To see them, click here (PDF). As is usual practice, the administr…

The voting statistics for the 2023 Final Ballot are now available. To see them, click here (PDF). The Nomination statistics are not yet ready.

What are the Hugo Awards? When are the Hugo Awards Presented? How are the Awards Determined? Who selects the finalists and winners? How many Hugo Awards are presented each year? What are the catego…