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Hugo Award for Best Short Story
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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 winners for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story are presented here.
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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.
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".
These were awarded 50 or 75 years after years in which Worldcons didn't give awards.
| Year | Winner | Other nominees |
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| 1954 (awarded in 2004) |
"The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke |
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| 1951 (awarded in 2001) |
"To Serve Man" by Damon Knight | |
| 1946 (awarded in 1996) |
"Uncommon Sense" by Hal Clement |
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| Fiction | Novel – Novella – Novelette – Short Story |
| Dramatic Presentation | Long Form – Short Form (united until 2002) |
| Non-Fiction | Related Book (earlier Non-Fiction Book) |
| Fanac | Fanzine – Fan Artist – Fan Writer |
| Pro activities | Semiprozine – Professional Artist – Professional Editor (earlier Professional Magazine) |