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. The 2005 Hugo Award with base designed by Deb Kosiba. ... Hugo Gernsback (August 16, 1884 - August 19, 1967) was an inventor and magazine publisher who also wrote science fiction and whose publication included the first science fiction magazine. ... Amazing Stories magazine, sometimes retitled Amazing Science Fiction, began in April 1926, becoming the first science fiction magazine and one of the pioneers of science fiction in the United States. ...

The winners for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story are presented here.

About this award

According to Article 3.3.4 of the Constitution of the World Science Fiction Society, a short story is "A science fiction or fantasy story of less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) words." Additional Hugo Awards are given for longer pieces of fiction: novelette, novella and novel. The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works. ... The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works. ... The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works. ...

Awards given in one year are for works published during the previous calendar year.

The category definitions have changed over the years. In 1960–1964 and 1966 the award was for "Short Fiction".

Winners and other nominees

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Jeffrey Ford (born November 8, 1955 in West Islip, New York) is an American writer in the Fantastic genre tradition, although his works have been described as spanning both Fantasy and Science Fiction. ... Molly Gloss is a writer currently most known for science fiction works. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is an American science fiction author. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is an American science fiction author. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is an American science fiction author. ... Stephen Baxter (born in Liverpool, 13 November 1957) is a British hard science fiction author. ... Michael A. Burstein is an American writer of science fiction. ... Ursula Kroeber Le Guin [ˌɜɹsÉ™lÉ™ ËŒkɹobɜɹ ləˈgWɪn] (born October 21, 1929) is an American author. ... Michael Diamond Resnick (born Chicago, March 5, 1942), far better known as Mike Resnick, is a popular and prolific science fiction author. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... David Langford David Rowland Langford (born April 10, 1953, in Newport, Monmouthshire) is a British author, editor and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. ... Stephen Baxter (born in Liverpool, 13 November 1957) is a British hard science fiction author. ... Michael A. Burstein is an American writer of science fiction. ... Michael Diamond Resnick (born Chicago, March 5, 1942), far better known as Mike Resnick, is a popular and prolific science fiction author. ... Moon Dogs is a collection of science fiction short stories and essays by Michael Swanwick published in 2000. ... 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At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is an American science fiction author. ... Michael A. Burstein is an American writer of science fiction. ... Robert Reed (born October 9, 1956) is an American (Lincoln, Nebraska-based) science fiction author. ... The Maneki Neko is often used as a piggy bank. ... Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his seminal work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which defined the cyberpunk genre. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is an American science fiction author. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is an American science fiction author. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Michael Diamond Resnick (born Chicago, March 5, 1942), far better known as Mike Resnick, is a popular and prolific science fiction author. ... Andy Duncan (born September 21, 1964) is an award-winning American science fiction and fantasy writer whose work frequently deals with Southern themes. ... An event is described as standing room only when it is so well-attended that all of the chairs in the venue are occupied leaving only flat spaces of pavement or flooring for other attendees to stand. ... Karen Joy Fowler (born February 7, 1950) is an author of science fiction, fantasy, and increasingly literary fiction. ... Itsy Bitsy Spider (also known as Incy Wincy or Eency Weency Spider) is a popular nursery rhyme that describes the adventures of a spider as it ascends, descends and reascends the downspout or waterspout of a gutter system (or, alternatively, the spout of a teapot). ... Front cover of Burn (2005). ... Robert J. Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer, dubbed the dean of Canadian science fiction by the Ottawa Citizen in 1999. ... Gene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931, New York, New York) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... Connie Willis at Clarion West, 1998 Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born 31 December 1945) is an American science fiction writer. ... John Crowley (born December 1, 1942 in Presque Isle, Maine) is an American author of fantasy, science fiction and mainstream fiction. ... Robert Reed (born October 9, 1956) is an American (Lincoln, Nebraska-based) science fiction author. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is an American science fiction author. ... 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Clarke Award- and Hugo-nominated fantasy and science fiction writer. ... Howard Waldrop (born September 15, 1946) in Houston, Mississippi, and got his degree from the University of Texas. ... Kate Wilhelm (born 1928) is a writer who has written material including science fiction, mysteries, and fantasy. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Hackers (ISBN 0441003753) is an anthology of short stories edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. ... Gregory Dale Bear (born August 20, 1951) is a science fiction author. ... Robot Dreams (1986) is a collection of Isaac Asimovs short stories, intended largely to show a series of Asimov robot-inspired drawings by Ralph McQuarrie. ... 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John Varley John Herbert Varley (born August 9, 1947 in Austin, Texas) is a Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Seiun Award and Prometheus Award Winning science fiction author. ... S.P. Somtow (born December 30, 1952), also known as Somtow Sucharitkul, is a Thai musical composer and personality, and also an English science fiction and horror author. ... Gene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931, New York, New York) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Grotto of the Dancing Deer is one of Clifford D. Simaks later short stories. ... Clifford Donald Simak ( August 3, 1904 - April 25, 1988) was an American science fiction author. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Robert Silverberg (January 15, 1935, Brooklyn, New York) is a prolific American author best known for writing science fiction, a multiple winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. ... 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Cherryh (born September 1, 1942) is the slightly modified working name of United States science fiction and fantasy author Carolyn Janice Cherry, the sister of artist David A. Cherry. ... Edward Winslow Bryant Jr. ... Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, essays, and criticism. ... Joan D. Vinge (born 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American science fiction author. ... British science fiction author born in 1943. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Jeffty Is Five is a science fiction short story written by Harlan Ellison, first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1977. ... Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, essays, and criticism. ... Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. ... 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Joanna Russ (born February 22, 1937), American writer and feminist, is the author of a number of works of Science Fiction (among other types of writing), including The Female Man, an aclaimed SF novel and pioneering meditation on how differing societies might produce very different versions of the same person... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Robert Silverberg (January 15, 1935, Brooklyn, New York) is a prolific American author best known for writing science fiction, a multiple winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. ... James Tiptree, Jr (August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987) was the pen name of science fiction author Alice Sheldon. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Inconstant Moon is 1971 science fiction short story by American author Larry Niven. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... George Alec Effinger (January 10, 1947–April 27, 2002) was an American science fiction author, born in Cleveland, Ohio. ... Raphael Aloysius Lafferty (November 7, 1914 - March 18, 2002) was a noted science fiction and fantasy writer of Irish descent, famous for his original use of language, metaphor, and narrative structure[1], as well as for his etymological wit. ... Ursula Kroeber Le Guin [ˌɜɹsÉ™lÉ™ ËŒkɹobɜɹ ləˈgWɪn] (born October 21, 1929) is an American author. ... Clifford Donald Simak ( August 3, 1904 - April 25, 1988) was an American science fiction author. ... Stephen Tall (1908-1981) was an American science fiction writer who published under the pseudonym Compton Crook. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Theodore Sturgeon (February 26, 1918 Staten Island, New York – May 8, 1985) was an American science fiction author. ... Benjamin William Bova (born November 8, 1932) is an American science fiction author and editor. ... Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, essays, and criticism. ... Gordon Dickson lecturing. ... Raphael Aloysius Lafferty (November 7, 1914 - March 18, 2002) was a noted science fiction and fantasy writer of Irish descent, famous for his original use of language, metaphor, and narrative structure[1], as well as for his etymological wit. ... A Plague of Demons typifies Laumers fast-paced approach, with a protagonist given super human powers by surgery battling against alien dog-creatures and their apparently human allies. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Samuel Ray Delany, Jr. ... Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American science fiction author and physicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. ... Ursula Kroeber Le Guin [ˌɜɹsÉ™lÉ™ ËŒkɹobɜɹ ləˈgWɪn] (born October 21, 1929) is an American author. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Robert Silverberg (January 15, 1935, Brooklyn, New York) is a prolific American author best known for writing science fiction, a multiple winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... A short story collection by Harlan Ellison published in 1969, The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World contains one of the authors most famous stories, A Boy and His Dog. ... Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, essays, and criticism. ... Terry Carr (February 19, 1937 - April 7, 1987) was a science fiction author and editor. ... Damon Knight (September 19, 1922 – April 15, 2002) was a science fiction author, editor, and critic. ... 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Larry Nivens short story Neutron Star, published in 1966, is widely considered to be the literary cornerstone of his Known Space collection. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Brian Wilson Aldiss (born August 18, 1925 in East Dereham, Norfolk) is a prolific English author of both general fiction and science fiction. ... Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, essays, and criticism. ... Raymond F(isher) Jones (b. ... Richard Milton McKenna (1913- 1964) was an American sailor and writer. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Bob Shaw (December 31, 1931 - February 12, 1996) was a British science fiction author and fan. ... Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels. ... 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The "Retro Hugos"

These were awarded 50 or 75 years after years in which Worldcons didn't give awards. It has been suggested that World Science Fiction Society be merged into this article or section. ...

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See also

• Nebula Award for Best Short Story

Winners of the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. ... The 2005 Hugo Award with base designed by Deb Kosiba. ... The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works. ... The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works. ... The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works. ... The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works. ... The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works. ... The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is one of the annual Hugo Award categories, presented by members of the World Science Fiction Convention. ... Winners of the Hugo Award for best non-fiction book. ... The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works. ... Fanac is a fan slang term (constructed from FANnish ACtivities) for activities within the realm of science fiction fandom. ... Hugo Award for Best Fanzine. ... Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist. ... Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. ... Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine. ... Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist. ... Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor. ...

External links

• Hugo Award official site
• Original proposal of the award in Philcon II
• List of Hugo Award nominees in Locus magazine