Hugo Award - Categories

Categories

Current categories Year started Current description
Best Novel 1953 Stories of 40,000 words or more
Best Novella 1968 Stories of between 17,500 and 40,000 words
Best Novelette 1955 Stories of between 7,500 and 17,500 words
Best Short Story 1955 Stories of less than 7,500 words
Best Related Work 1980 Works which are either non-fiction or noteworthy for reasons other than the fictional text
Best Graphic Story 2009 Stories told in graphic form
Best Dramatic Presentation (Long and Short Forms) 1958 Dramatized productions, divided between works longer or shorter than 90 minutes
Best Semiprozine 1984 Semi-professional magazines
Best Fanzine 1955 Non-professional magazines
Best Professional Editor (Long and Short Forms) 1973 Editors of written works, divided between editors of novels or magazines and anthologies
Best Professional Artist 1953 Professional artists
Best Fan Artist 1967 Fan artists
Best Fan Writer 1967 Fan writers
Best Fancast 2012 Audiovisual fanzines
Former categories Years active Description
Best Professional Magazine 1953–1972 Professional magazines
Best Cover Artist 1953 Artists of covers for books and magazines
Best Interior Illustrator 1953 Artists of works inside magazines
Excellence in Fact Articles 1953 Authors of factual articles
Best New SF Author or Artist 1953 New authors or artists
#1 Fan Personality 1953 Favorite fan
Best Feature Writer 1956 Writers of magazine features
Best Book Reviewer 1956 Writers of book reviews
Most Promising New Author 1956 New authors
Outstanding Actifan 1958 Favorite fan
Best New Author 1959 New authors
Best SF Book Publisher 1964–1969 Book publishers
Best All-Time Series 1966 Series of works
Other Forms 1988 Printed fictional works which were not novels, novellas, novelettes, or short stories
Best Original Art Work 1990, 1992–1996 Works of art
Best Web Site 2002, 2005 Websites

The only discontinued awards which were instantiated in the WSFS constitution as permanent categories were the Best Professional Magazine and Best Original Art Work Hugo Awards. Worldcon committees may also give out special awards during the Hugo ceremony, which are not voted on. Unlike the additional Hugo categories which Worldcons may present, these awards are not officially Hugo Awards and do not use the same trophy, though they once did. An additional award, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, is presented at the Hugo Award ceremony and voted by the same process, but is not formally a Hugo Award.

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