1959 Hugo Results

Awarded September 7, 1959 by Detention. Another year, another change of categories! The Detention committee retained some of Solacon's changes, and rolled back others and managed to come up with a set of Hugo categories which looked more like the set used starting in the late 60s than any other of the pre-1967 Worldcons.

For the first time, there was a nomination ballot. It was circulated widely through fandom, anyone was allowed to nominate, and then the final ballot was distributed as usual in a PR. (See Early Hugo voting.)

Winners:

• 1959 Best Novel Hugo: A Case of Conscience by James Blish
• 1959 Best Professional Magazine Hugo: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ed. by Anthony Boucher and Robert P. Mills
• 1959 Best New Author of 1958 Hugo: No award
• 1959 Best Novelette Hugo: "The Big Front Yard" by Clifford D. Simak
• 1959 Best Short Story Hugo: "That Hell-Bound Train" by Robert Bloch
• 1959 Best Fanzine Hugo: Fanac ed. by Terry Carr and Ron Ellik
• 1959 Best Professional Artist Hugo: Frank Kelly Freas
• 1959 Best SF or Fantasy Movie Hugo: No award

See also Hugo Awards, List of Hugo Categories, 1958 Hugo results, 1960 Hugo results.