Hugo Awards 1956
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Where and When: NewYorCon (NyCon II), New York NY : August 31, 1956 - September 3, 1956
Eligibility Year: 1954-1956
Eligibility Year: 1954-1956
Novel
- Winner:Double Star,Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding Feb,Mar,Apr 1956)
- “Call Him Dead”,Eric Frank Russell (Astounding Aug,Sep,Oct 1955)
- The End of Eternity,Isaac Asimov (Doubleday)
- The Long Tomorrow,Leigh Brackett (Doubleday)
- Not This August,C. M. Kornbluth (Doubleday)
Novelette
- Winner: “Exploration Team”,Murray Leinster (Astounding Mar 1956)
- “The Assistant Self”,F. L. Wallace (Fantastic Universe Mar 1956)
- “Brightside Crossing”,Alan E. Nourse (Galaxy Jan 1956)
- “The End of Summer”,Algis Budrys (Astouding Nov 1954)
- “A Gun for Dinosaur”,L. Sprague de Camp (Galaxy Mar 1956)
- “Home There's No Returning”,Henry Kuttner &C. L. Moore (No Boundaries Ballantine 1955)
- “Legwork”,Eric Frank Russell (Astounding Apr 1956)
- “Who?”,Theodore Sturgeon (Galaxy Mar 1955)
Short Story
- Winner: “The Star”,Arthur C. Clarke (Infinity Nov 1955)
- “The Dragon”,Ray Bradbury (Esquire Aug 1955)
- “End as a World”,F. L. Wallace (Galaxy Sep 1955)
- “The Game of Rat and Dragon”,Cordwainer Smith (Galaxy Oct 1955)
- “King of the Hill”,James Blish (Infinity Nov 1955)
- “Nobody Bothers Gus”,Algis Budrys (Astounding Nov 1955) (as by Paul Janvier)
- “Spy Story”,Robert Sheckley (Playboy Sep 1955) (aka "Citizen in Space")
- “Twink”,Theodore Sturgeon (Galaxy Aug 1955)
Magazine
- Winner:Astounding,John W. Campbell, Jr., ed.
Professional Artist
Fan Magazine
- Winner:Inside and Science Fiction Advertiser,Ron Smith, ed.
- A Bas
- Fantasy-Times
- Grue
- Hyphen
- Oblique
- Peon
- Psychotic-SF Review
- Skyhook
Most Promising New Author
Feature Writer
Book Reviewer
Remarks:
The New York convention added three categories -- none of which survived in the long-run: feature writer, book reviewer, and most promising new writer [though this last could be seen as a progenitor of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer].
Update September 2017: Finalists for this year's Hugo Awards were just discovered and released athttp://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1956-hugo-awards/.
The New York convention added three categories -- none of which survived in the long-run: feature writer, book reviewer, and most promising new writer [though this last could be seen as a progenitor of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer].
Update September 2017: Finalists for this year's Hugo Awards were just discovered and released athttp://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1956-hugo-awards/.
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