The Hugo Awards

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2018
Novel     The stone sky by N. K. Jemisin
Best related nonfiction work     No time to spare : thinking about what matters by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novella     "All systems red : the Murderbot diaries" by Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
Best Novelette     "The secret life of bots" by Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld, September 2017)
Best Short Story     "Welcome to your Authentic Indian Experience™" by Rebecca Roanhorse (Apex, August 2017)

2017
Novel     The obelisk gate : the broken earth : book two by N. K. Jemisin
Best related nonfiction work     Words are my matter : writings about life and books, 2000-2016 with a journal of a writer's week by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novella     "Every heart a doorway" by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com publishing)
Best Novelette     "The tomato thief" by Ursula Vernon (Apex Magazine, January 2016)
Best Short Story     "Seasons of glass and iron" by Amal El-Mohtar (The starlit wood : new fairy tales, Saga Press)

2016
Novel     The fifth season by N. K. Jemisin
Best related nonfiction work     No award
Best Novella     "Binti" by Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
Best Novelette     "Folding Beijing" by Hao Jingfang ; translated by Ken Liu (Uncanny Magazine, Jan-Feb 2015)
Best Short Story     "Cat pictures please" by Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld, January 2015)

2015
Novel     The three-body problem by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu
Best related nonfiction work     No award
Best Novella     No award
Best Novelette     "The day the world turned upside down" by Thomas Olde Heuvelt ; translated by Lia Belt (Lightspeed)
Best Short Story     No award

2014
Novel     Ancillary justice by Ann Leckie
Best related nonfiction work     We have always fought : challenging the women, cattle, and slaves narrative by Kameron Hurley
Best Novella     "Equoid" by Charles Stross (Tor.com, 09-2013)
Best Novelette     "The lady astronaut of Mars" by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor.com)
Best Short Story     "The water that falls on you from nowhere" by John Chu (Tor.com)

2013
Novel     Redshirts by John Scalzi
Best related nonfiction work     Writing excuses, season seven
Best Novella     "The emperor's soul" by Brandon Sanderson (Tachyon Publications)
Best Novelette     "The girl-thing who went out for sushi" by Pat Cadigan (Edge of infinity, Solaris)
Best Short Story     "Mono no Aware" by Ken Liu (The future is Japanese, VIZ Media LLC)

2012
Novel     Among others by Jo Walton
Best related nonfiction work     The encyclopedia of science fiction, 3d ed., edited by John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls, and Graham Sleight
Best Novella     "The man who bridged the mist" by Kij Johnson (Asimov's)
Best Novelette     "Six months, three days" by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com)
Best Short Story     "The paper menagerie" by Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)

2011
Novel     Blackout and All clear by Connie Willis
Best related nonfiction work     Chicks dig time lords : a celebration of Doctor Who by the women who love it, edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O’Shea
Best Novella     "The lifecycle of software objects" by Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
Best Novelette     "The Emperor of Mars" by Allen M. Steele (Asimov's, June 2010)
Best Short Story     "For want of a nail" by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov's, September 2010)

2010
Best novel(tie)     The city & the city by China Miéville; The windup girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Best related nonfiction work     This is me, Jack Vance! (or, more properly, this is "I") by Jack Vance
Best Novella     "Palimpsest" by Charles Stross (Wireless; Ace; Orbit)
Best Novelette     "The island" by Peter Watts (The new space opera 2; Eos)
Best Short Story     "Bridesicle" by Will McIntosh (Asimov's January 2009)

2009
Novel     The graveyard book by Neil Gaiman
Best related nonfiction work     Your hate mail will be graded : a decade of whatever, 1998-2008 by John Scalzi
Best Novella     "The Erdmann nexus" by Nancy Kress (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2008)
Best Novelette     "Shoggoths in bloom" by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov's Mar 2008)
Best Short Story     "Exhalation" by Ted Chiang (Eclipse Two)

2008
Novel     The Yiddish policemen's union : a novel by Michael Chabon
Best related nonfiction work     Brave new words : the Oxford dictionary of science fiction by Jeff Prucher
Best Novella     "All seated on the ground" by Connie Willis (Asimov's Dec. 2007, Subterranean Press)
Best Novelette     "The merchant and the alchemist's gate" by Ted Chiang (F&SF Sept. 2007)
Best Short Story     "Tideline" by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov's June 2007)

2007
Novel     Rainbows end by Vernor Vinge
Best related nonfiction work     James Tiptree, Jr. : the double life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips
Best Novella     "A billion Eves" by Robert Reed [Asimov's Oct/Nov 2006]
Best Novelette     "The djinn's wife" by Ian McDonald [Asimov's July 2006]
Best Short Story     "Impossible dreams" by Tim Pratt [Asimov's July 2006]

2006
Novel     Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
Best related nonfiction work     Storyteller : writing lessons and more from 27 years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop by Kate Wilhelm
Best Novella     "Inside job" by Connie Willis [Asimov's Jan 2005]
Best Novelette     "Two hearts" by Peter S. Beagle [F&SF Oct/Nov 2005]
Best Short Story     "Tk'tk'tk" by David D. Levine [Asimov's Mar 2005]

2005
Novel     Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best related nonfiction work     The Cambridge companion to science fiction by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
Best Novella     "The concrete jungle" by Charles Stross [The atrocity archives (Golden Gryphon Press), 2004]
Best Novelette     "The faery handbag" by Kelly Link [The faery reel (Viking), 2004]
Best Short Story     "Travels with my cats" by Mike Resnick [Asimov's Feb 2004]

2004
Novel     Paladin of souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best related nonfiction work     The Chesley Awards for science Fiction and fantasy art : a retrospective by John Grant, Elizabeth L. Humphrey, and Pamela D. Scoville
Best Novella     "The cookie monster" by Vernor Vinge [Analog Oct 2003]
Best Novelette     "Legions in time" by Michael Swanwick [Asimov's Apr 2003]
Best Short Story     "A study in emerald" by Neil Gaiman [Shadows over Baker Street, ed. by Michael Reaves & John Pelan (Del Rey), 2003]

2003
Novel     Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
Best related nonfiction work     Better to have loved : the life of Judith Merril by Judith Merril and Emily Pohl-Weary
Best Novella     "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman [HarperCollins, Jul 2002]
Best Novelette     "Slow life" by Michael Swanwick [Analog Dec 2002]
Best Short Story     "Falling onto Mars" by Geoffrey A. Landis [Analog Jul/Aug 2002]

2002
Novel     American gods : a novel by Neil Gaiman
Best related nonfiction work     The art of Chesley Bonestell by Ron Miller and Frederick C. Durant III with Melvin H. Schuetz
Best Novella     "Fast times at Fairmont High" by Vernor Vinge [The collected stories of Vernor Vinge (Tor), 2001]
Best Novelette     "Hell is the absence of God" by Ted Chiang [Starlight #3 (Tor), 2001]
Best Short Story     "The dog said bow-wow" by Michael Swanwick [Asimov's Oct/Nov 2001]

2001
Novel     Harry Potter and the goblet of fire by J. K. Rowling
Best related nonfiction work     Greetings from Earth : the art of Bob Eggleton by Bob Eggleton and Nigel Suckling
Best Novella     "The ultimate Earth" by Jack Williamson [Analog Dec 2000]
Best Novelette     "Millennium babies" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch [Asimov's Jan 2000]
Best Short Story     "Different kinds of darkness" by David Langford [F&SF Jan 2000]

2000
Novel     A deepness in the sky by Vernor Vinge
Best related nonfiction work     Science fiction of the 20th century by Frank M. Robinson
Best Novella     "The winds of Marble Arch" by Connie Willis [Asimov's Oct/Nov 1999]
Best Novelette     "1016 to 1" by James Patrick Kelly [Asimov's Jun 1999]
Best Short Story     "Scherzo with tyrannosaur" by Michael Swanwick [Asimov's Jul 1999]

1999
Novel     To say nothing of the dog, or, How we found the bishop's bird stump at last by Connie Willis
Best related nonfiction work     The dreams our stuff is made of : how science fiction conquered the world by Thomas M. Disch
Best Novella     "Oceanic" by Greg Egan [Asimov's Aug 1998]
Best Novelette     "Taklamakan" by Bruce Sterling [Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998]
Best Short Story     "The very pulse of the machine" by Michael Swanwick [Asimov's Feb 1998]

1998
Novel     Forever peace by Joe Haldeman
Best related nonfiction work     The encyclopedia of fantasy by John Clute and John Grant
Best Novella     ". . . Where angels fear to tread" by Allen Steele [Asimov's Oct/Nov 1997]
Best Novelette     "We will drink a fish together . . . " by Bill Johnson [Asimov's May 1997]
Best Short Story     "The 43 Antarean dynasties" by Mike Resnick [Asimov's Dec 1997]

1997
Novel     Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Best related nonfiction work     Time & chance by L. Sprague de Camp
Best Novella     "Blood of the Dragon" by George R. R. Martin [Asimov's Jul 1996]
Best Novelette     "Bicycle repairman" by Bruce Sterling [Asimov's Oct/Nov 1996]
Best Short Story     "The soul selects her own society" by Connie Willis [Asimov's Apr 1996]

1996
Novel     The diamond age by Neal Stephenson
Related     Science fiction : the illustrated encyclopedia by John Clute
Best Novella     "The death of Captain Future" by Allen Steele [Asimov's Oct 1995]
Best Novelette     "Think like a dinosaur" by James Patrick Kelly [Asimov's Jun 1995]
Best Short Story     "The Lincoln train" by Maureen F. McHugh [F&SF Apr 1995]

1995
Novel     Mirror dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
Related     I. Asimov : a memoir by Isaac Asimov
Best Novella     "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" by Mike Resnick [F&SF Oct/Nov 1994]
Best Novelette     "The Martian child" by David Gerrold [F&SF Sep 1994]
Best Short Story     "None so blind" by Joe Haldeman [Asimov's Nov 1994]

1994
Novel     Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Related     The encyclopedia of science fiction by John Clute and Peter Nicholls
Best Novella     "Down in the Bottomlands" by Harry Turtledove [Analog Jan 1993]
Best Novelette     "Georgia on my mind" by Charles Sheffield [Analog Jan 1993]
Best Short Story     "Death on the Nile" by Connie Willis [Asimov's Mar 1993]

1993
Novel (tie)     A fire upon the deep by Vernor Vinge; Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Related     A wealth of fable by Harry Warner, Jr.
Best Novella     "Barnacle Bill the Spacer" by Lucius Shepard [Asimov's Jul 1992]
Best Novelette     "The nutcracker coup" by Janet Kagan [Asimov's Dec 1992]
Best Short Story     "Even the Queen" by Connie Willis [Asimov's Apr 1992]

1992
Novel     Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
Related     The world of Charles Addams by Charles Addams
Best Novella     "Beggars in Spain" by Nancy Kress [Asimov's Apr 1991; Axolotl, 1991]
Best Novelette     "Gold" by Isaac Asimov [Analog Sep 1991]
Best Short Story     "A walk in the sun" by Geoffrey A. Landis [Asimov's Oct 1991]

1991
Novel     The vor game by Lois McMaster Bujold
Related     How to write science fiction and fantasy by Orson Scott Card
Best Novella     "The Hemingway hoax" by Joe Haldeman [Asimov's Apr 1990]
Best Novelette     "The manamouki" by Mike Resnick [Asimov's Jul 1990]
Best Short Story     "Bears discover fire" by Terry Bisson [Asimov's Aug 1990]

1990
Novel     Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Related     The world beyond the hill by Alexei Panshin and Cory Panshin
Best Novella     "The mountains of mourning" by Lois McMaster Bujold [Analog May 1989]
Best Novelette     "Enter a soldier. Later: enter another" by Robert Silverberg [Asimov's Jun 1989]
Best Short Story     "Boobs" by Suzy McKee Charnas [Asimov's Jul 1989]

1989
Novel     Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh
Related     The motion of light in water : sex and science fiction writing in the East Village, 1957-1965 by Samuel R. Delany
Best Novella     "The Last of the Winnebagos" by Connie Willis [Asimov's Jul 1988]
Best Novelette     "Schrödinger's kitten" by George Alec Effinger [Omni Sep 1988]
Best Short Story     "Kirinyaga" by Mike Resnick [F&SF Nov 1988]

1988
Novel     The uplift war by David Brin
Related     Michael Whelan's works of wonder by Michael Whelan
Best Novella     "Eye for eye" by Orson Scott Card [Asimov's Mar 1987]
Best Novelette     "Buffalo gals, won’t you come out tonight" by Ursula K. Le Guin [F&SF Nov 1987]
Best Short Story     "Why I left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers" by Lawrence Watt-Evans [Asimov's Jul 1987]

1987
Novel     Speaker for the dead by Orson Scott Card
Related     Trillion year spree : the history of science fiction by Brian W. Aldiss and David Wingrove
Best Novella     "Gilgamesh in the outback" by Robert Silverberg [Asimov's Jul 1986]
Best Novelette     "Permafrost" by Roger Zelazny [Omni Apr 1986]
Best Short Story     "Tangents" by Greg Bear [Omni Jan 1986]

1986
Novel     Ender's game by Orson Scott Card
Related     Science made stupid by Tom Weller
Best Novella     "24 views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" by Roger Zelazny [Asimov's Jul 1985]
Best Novelette     "Paladin of the Lost Hour" by Harlan Ellison [Universe 15, 1985]
Best Short Story     "Fermi and Frost" by Frederik Pohl [Asimov's Jan 1985]

1985
Novel     Neuromancer by William Gibson
Related     Wonder's child : my life in science fiction by Jack Williamson
Best Novella     "Press enter []" by John Varley [Asimov's May 1984]
Best Novelette     "Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler [Asimov's Jun 1984]
Best Short Story     "The crystal spheres" by David Brin [Analog Jan 1984]

1986
Novel     Startide rising by David Brin
Related     The encyclopedia of science fiction and fantasy through 1968, volume 3 : miscellaneous by Donald H. Tuck
Best Novella     "Cascade point" by Timothy Zahn [Analog Dec 1983]
Best Novelette     "Blood music" by Greg Bear [Analog Jun 1983]
Best Short Story     "Speech sounds" by Octavia E. Butler [Asimov's mid-Dec 1983]

1983
Novel     Foundation's edge by Isaac Asimov
Related     Isaac Asimov : the foundations of science fiction by James E. Gunn (Rev. ed.)
Best Novella     "Souls" by Joanna Russ [F&SF Jan 1982]
Best Novelette     "Fire watch" by Connie Willis [Asimov's Feb 1982]
Best Short Story     "Melancholy elephants" by Spider Robinson [Analog Jun 1982]

1982
Novel     Downbelow station by C. J. Cherryh
Related     Danse macabre by Stephen King
Best Novella     "The Saturn game" by Poul Anderson [Analog Feb 1981]
Best Novelette     "Unicorn variation" by Roger Zelazny [Asimov's Apr 1981]
Best Short Story     "The pusher" by John Varley [F&SF Oct 1981]

1981
Novel     The snow queen by Joan D. Vinge
Related     Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Best Novella     "Lost Dorsai" by Gordon R. Dickson [Destinies v2 #1 Feb/Mar 1980]
Best Novelette     "The cloak and the staff" by Gordon R. Dickson [Analog Aug 1980]
Best Short Story     "Grotto of the dancing deer" by Clifford D. Simak [Analog Apr 1980]

1980
Novel     The fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
Related     The science fiction encyclopedia by Peter Nicholls
Best Novella     "Enemy mine" by Barry B. Longyear [Asimov's Sep 1979]
Best Novelette     "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin [Omni Aug 1979]
Best Short Story     "The way of cross and dragon" by George R. R. Martin [Omni Jun 1979]

1979
Novel     Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
Best Novella     "The persistence of vision" by John Varley [F&SF Mar 1978]
Best Novelette     "Hunter's moon" by Poul Anderson [Analog Nov 1978]
Best Short Story     "Cassandra" by C. J. Cherryh [F&SF Oct 1978]

1978
Novel     Gateway by Frederik Pohl
Best Novella     "Stardance" by Spider Robinson and Jeanne Robinson [Analog Mar 1977]
Best Novelette     "Eyes of amber" by Joan D. Vinge [Analog Jun 1977]
Best Short Story     "Jeffty is five" by Harlan Ellison [F&SF Jul 1977]

1977
Novel     Where late the sweet birds sang by Kate Wilhelm
Best Novella (tie)     "By any other name" by Spider Robinson [Analog Nov 1976]; "Houston, Houston, do you read?" by James Tiptree, Jr. [Aurora: Beyond Equality (Fawcett), 1976]
Best Novelette     "The bicentennial man" by Isaac Asimov [Stellar #2, 1976]
Best Short Story     "Tricentennial" by Joe Haldeman [Analog Jul 1976]

1976
Novel     The forever war by Joe Haldeman
Best Novella     "Home is the hangman" by Roger Zelazny [Analog Nov 1975]
Best Novelette     "The borderland of Sol" by Larry Niven [Analog Jan 1975]
Best Short Story     "Catch that zeppelin!" by Fritz Leiber [F&SF Mar 1975]

1975
Novel     The dispossessed : an ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novella     "A song for Lya" by George R. R. Martin [Analog Jun 1974]
Best Novelette     "Adrift just off the Islets of Langerhans" by Harlan Ellison [F&SF Oct 1974]
Best Short Story     "The hole man" by Larry Niven [Analog Jan 1974]

1974
Novel     Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Novella     "The girl who was plugged in" by James Tiptree, Jr. [New Dimensions #3, 1973]
Best Novelette     "The deathbird" by Harlan Ellison [F&SF Mar 1973]
Best Short Story     "The ones who walk away from omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin [New Dimensions #3, 1973]

1973
Novel     The gods themselves by Isaac Asimov
Best Novella     "The word for world is forest" by Ursula K. Le Guin [Again, Dangerous Visions, 1972]
Best Novelette     "Goat song" by Poul Anderson [F&SF Feb 1972]
Best Short Story (tie)     "Eurema's dam" by R. A. Lafferty [New Dimensions #2, 1972]; "The meeting" by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth [F&SF Nov 1972]

1972
Novel     To your scattered bodies go by Philip José Farmer
Best Novella     "The queen of air and darkness" by Poul Anderson [F&SF Apr 1971]
Best Short Story     "Inconstant moon" by Larry Niven [All the Myriad Ways, 1971]

1971
Novel     Ringworld by Larry Niven
Best Novella     "Ill met in Lankhmar" by Fritz Leiber [F&SF Apr 1970]
Best Short Story     "Slow sculpture" by Theodore Sturgeon [Galaxy Feb 1970]

1970
Novel     The left hand of darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novella     "Ship of shadows" by Fritz Leiber [F&SF Jul 1969]
Best Short Story     "Time considered as a helix of semi-precious stones" by Samuel R. Delany [New Worlds Dec 1968]

1969
Novel     Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
Best Novella     "Nightwings" by Robert Silverberg [Galaxy Sep 1968]
Best Novelette     "The sharing of flesh" by Poul Anderson [Galaxy Dec 1968]
Best Short Story     "The beast that shouted love at the heart of the world" by Harlan Ellison [Galaxy Jun 1968]

1968
Novel     Lord of light by Roger Zelazny
Best Novella     "Riders of the purple wage" by Philip José Farmer [Dangerous Visions, 1967]; "Weyr search" by Anne McCaffrey [Analog Oct 1967]
Best Novelette     "Gonna roll the bones" by Fritz Leiber [Dangerous Visions, 1967]
Best Short Story     "I have no mouth, and I must scream" by Harlan Ellison [If Mar 1967]

1967
Novel     The moon is a harsh mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Novelette     "The last castle" by Jack Vance [Galaxy Apr 1966]
Best Short Story     "Neutron star" by Larry Niven [If Oct 1966]

1966
Novel (tie)     Dune by Frank Herbert; . . . And call me Conrad (alt: This immortal) by Roger Zelazny
Short Fiction     "'Repent, Harlequin!' said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison [Galaxy Dec 1965]

1965
Novel     The wanderer by Fritz Leiber
Short Fiction     "Soldier, ask not" by Gordon R. Dickson [Galaxy Oct 1964]

1964
Novel     Here gather the stars (alt: Way station) by Clifford D. Simak
Short Fiction     "No truce with kings" by Poul Anderson [F&SF Jun 1963]

1963
Novel     The man in the high castle by Philip K. Dick
Short Fiction     "The dragon masters" by Jack Vance [Galaxy Aug 1962]

1962
Novel     Stranger in a strange land by Robert A. Heinlein
Short Fiction     The "Hothouse" series by Brian W. Aldiss [F&SF Feb, Apr, Jul, Sep, Dec 1961]

1961
Novel     A canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Short Fiction     "The longest voyage" by Poul Anderson [Analog Dec 1960]

1960
Novel     Starship troopers (alt: Starship soldier) by Robert A. Heinlein
Short Fiction     "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes [F&SF Apr 1959]

1959
Novel     A case of conscience by James Blish
Best Novelette     "The big front yard" by Clifford D. Simak [Astounding Oct 1958]
Best Short Story     "That hell-bound train" by Robert Bloch [F&SF Sep 1958]

1958
Novel     The big time by Fritz Leiber
Best Short Story     "Or all the seas with oysters" by Avram Davidson [Galaxy Science Fiction May 1958]

1956
Novel     Double star by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Novelette     "Exploration team" (alt: "Combat Team") by Murray Leinster [Astounding Mar 1956]
Best Short Story     "The star" by Arthur C. Clarke [Infinity Nov 1955]

1955
Novel     They'd rather be right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley
Best Novelette     "The darfsteller" by Walter M. Miller, Jr. [Astounding Jan 1955]
Best Short Story     "Allamagoosa" by Eric Frank Russell [Astounding May 1955]

1954 Retro-Hugo Awards (Presented at: Noreascon 4, Boston, Massachusetts, September 2-6, 2004)
Novel     Fahrenheit 451 (alt: The Fireman) by Ray Bradbury
Best Novella     "A case of conscience" by James Blish [If Sep 1953]
Best Novelette     "Earthman, come home" by James Blish [Astounding Nov 1953]
Best Short Story     "The nine billion names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Related     Conquest of the moon by Wernher von Braun, Fred L. Whipple, and Willy Ley

1953
Novel     The demolished man by Alfred Bester

1951 Retro-Hugo Awards
Novel     Farmer in the sky by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Novella     "The man who sold the moon" by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Novelette     "The little black bag" by C. M. Kornbluth [Astounding Jul 1950]
Best Short Story     "To serve man" by Damon Knight [Galaxy Nov 1950]

1946 Retro-Hugo Awards (Presented at: L.A. Con III, Anaheim, California, August 29 – September 2, 1996)
Novel     The mule by Isaac Asimov
Best Novella     Animal farm by George Orwell
Best Novelette     "First Contact" by Murray Leinster [Astounding May 1945]
Best Short Story     "Uncommon sense" by Hal Clement [Astounding Sep 1945]

1943 Retro-Hugo Awards (Presented at: Worldcon 76, San José, California, USA, August 16, 2018)
Novel     Beyond this horizon by Anson MacDonald (Robert A. Heinlein)
Best Novella     "Waldo" by Anson MacDonald (Robert A. Heinlein) (Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1942)
Best Novelette     "Foundation" by Isaac Asimov (Astounding Science-Fiction, May 1942)
Best short story     The twonky by C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner

1941 Retro-Hugo Awards (Presented at: MidAmeriCon II, Kansas City, Missouri, USA)
Novel     Slan by A.E. Van Vogt
Best Novella     "If this goes on . . ." by Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding Science-Fiction, Feb 1940)
Best Novelette     "The roads must roll" by Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding Science-Fiction, June 1940)
Best Short Story     "Robbie" by Isaac Asimov (Super Science Stories, Sept 1940)

1939 Retro-Hugo Awards (Presented at: Loncon 3, London, United Kingdom, August 14, 2014)
Novel     The sword in the stone by T. H. White
Novella     Who goes there? by Don A. Stuart [John W. Campbell]
Best Novelette     "Rule 18" by Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1938)
Best Short Story     "How we went to Mars" by Arthur C. Clarke (Amateur Science Stories, March 1938)