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1945 Retro Hugo Awards

120 votes were cast at nominations stage, and 521 for the final ballot.

For the first time ever in the Retro Hugos, there was a tie for the winner of one category - Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.

There were also close results in Best Novelette (winning margin of 6 votes) and Best Fanzine (9 votes).

On the other hand, the winners of Best Editor, Short Form and Best Professional Artist were determined on the first round of counting.

"City" wins Best Novelette despite fewer first preference votes than "No Woman Born".

Disqualifications:

"Old Man in New World", by Olaf Stapledon (Best Novella – too short)

The Book of Thoth, by Aleister Crowley (Related Work – insufficiently related)

Foundation by Isaac Asimov and Venus Equilateral by George O. Smith (Best Series – too short)

The Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form category – insufficient nominations In the following categories, the winner (or one of the winners) was the last to qualify at nominations stage:

Best Short Story

Best Related Work

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

Best Fan Writer

Results

Best Novel

“Shadow Over Mars” (The Nemesis from Terra), by Leigh Brackett (Startling Stories, Fall 1944) 2. Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord, by Olaf Stapledon (Secker & Warburg) 3. “The Winged Man”, by A.E. van Vogt and E. Mayne Hull (Astounding Science Fiction, May-June 1944) 4. The Golden Fleece (Hercules, My Shipmate), by Robert Graves (Cassell) 5. Land of Terror, by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.) 6. The Wind on the Moon, by Eric Linklater (Macmillan)

Best Novella

“Killdozer!”, by Theodore Sturgeon (Astounding Science Fiction, November 1944) 2. “The Jewel of Bas”, by Leigh Brackett (Planet Stories, Spring 1944) 3. “The Changeling”, by A.E. van Vogt (Astounding Science Fiction, April 1944) 4. “Trog”, by Murray Leinster (Astounding Science Fiction, June 1944) 5. “A God Named Kroo”, by Henry Kuttner (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1944) 6. “Intruders from the Stars”, by Ross Rocklynne (Amazing Stories, January 1944)

Best Novelette

“City”, by Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science Fiction, May 1944) 2. “No Woman Born”, by C.L. Moore (Astounding Science Fiction, December 1944) 3. “Arena”, by Fredric Brown (Astounding Science Fiction, June 1944) 4. “When the Bough Breaks”, by Lewis Padgett (C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner) (Astounding Science

Fiction, November 1944) 5. (tie) “The Big and the Little” (“The Merchant Princes”), by Isaac Asimov (Astounding Science Fiction,

August 1944) 5. (tie) “The Children’s Hour”, by Lawrence O’Donnell (C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner) (Astounding

Science Fiction, March 1944)

Best Short Story

“I, Rocket”, by Ray Bradbury (Amazing Stories, May 1944) 2. “Desertion”, by Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science Fiction, November 1944) 3. “Huddling Place”, by Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science Fiction, July 1944) 4. “The Wedge” (“The Traders”), by Isaac Asimov (Astounding Science Fiction, October 1944) 5. “And the Gods Laughed”, by Fredric Brown (Planet Stories, Spring 1944) 6. “Far Centaurus”, by A. E. van Vogt (Astounding Science Fiction, January 1944)

Best Series

The Cthulhu Mythos, by H.P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, and others 2. Pellucidar, by Edgar Rice Burroughs 3. Doc Savage, by Kenneth Robeson/Lester Dent 4. The Shadow, by Maxwell Grant (Walter B. Gibson) 5. Captain Future, by Brett Sterling (Edmond Hamilton) 6. Jules de Grandin, by Seabury Quinn

Best Related Work

“The Science-Fiction Field”, by Leigh Brackett (Writer’s Digest, July 1944) 2. Fancyclopedia, by Jack Speer (Forrest J. Ackerman) 3. “The Works of H.P. Lovecraft: Suggestions for a Critical Appraisal”, by Fritz Leiber (The Acolyte, Fall

1944) 4. Rockets: The Future of Travel Beyond the Stratosphere, by Willy Ley (Viking Press) 5. Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom, by George Gamow (Cambridge University Press) 6. ’42 To ’44: A Contemporary Memoir Upon Human Behaviour During the Crisis of the World Revolution,

by H.G. Wells (Secker & Warburg)

Best Graphic Story or Comic

Superman: “The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk”, by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster (Detective Comics, Inc.) 2. Donald Duck: “The Mad Chemist”, by Carl Barks (Dell Comics) 3. The Spirit: “For the Love of Clara Defoe”, by Manly Wade Wellman, Lou Fine and Don Komisarow

(Register and Tribune Syndicate) 4. Buck Rogers: “Hollow Planetoid”, by Dick Calkins (National Newspaper Service) 5. Flash Gordon: “Battle for Tropica”, by Don Moore and Alex Raymond (King Features Syndicate) 6. Flash Gordon: “Triumph in Tropica”, by Don Moore and Alex Raymond (King Features Syndicate)


(tie) The Canterville Ghost, screenplay by Edwin Harvey Blum from a story by Oscar Wilde, directed by Jules Dassin (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)) (tie) The Curse of the Cat People, written by DeWitt Bodeen, directed by Gunther V. Fritsch and Robert Wise (RKO Radio Pictures) 3. Donovan’s Brain, adapted by Robert L. Richards from a story by Curt Siodmak, producer, director and

editor William Spier (CBS Radio Network) 4. It Happened Tomorrow, screenplay and adaptation by Dudley Nichols and René Clair, directed by René

Clair (Arnold Pressburger Films) 5. House of Frankenstein, screenplay by Edward T. Lowe, Jr. from a story by Curt Siodmak, directed by

Erle C. Kenton (Universal Pictures) 6. The Invisible Man’s Revenge, written by Bertram Millhauser, directed by Ford Beebe (Universal

Pictures)

Best Editor, Short Form

John W. Campbell, Jr. 2. Dorothy McIlwraith 3. Mary Gnaedinger 4. Raymond A. Palmer 5. Oscar J. Friend 6. W. Scott Peacock

Best Professional Artist

Margaret Brundage 2. Earle K. Bergey 3. Boris Dolgov 4. Paul Orban 5. William Timmins 6. Matt Fox

Best Fanzine

Voice of the Imagi-Nation, edited by Forrest J. Ackerman and Myrtle R. Douglas 2. Le Zombie, edited by Bob Tucker and E.E. Evans 3. Futurian War Digest, edited by J. Michael Rosenblum 4. The Acolyte, edited by Francis T. Laney and Samuel D. Russell 5. Shangri L’Affaires, edited by Charles Burbee 6. Diablerie, edited by Bill Watson

Best Fan Writer

Fritz Leiber 2. Bob Tucker 3. Morojo/Myrtle R. Douglas 4. Jack Speer 5. Harry Warner, Jr. 6. J. Michael Rosenblum

Detailed Nomination and Voting Statistics

How Nominations are Tallied

Nominations for the Hugo Awards (and the Lodestar Award and Astounding Award) are tallied using a system known as E Pluribus Hugo (EPH). It has been in place since 2017 and is intended to reduce the impact of bloc voting in the nomination process. Under EPH, nomination votes are tallied as follows:

First, the total number of nominations from all ballots is tallied for each nominee. Next, a single point is assigned to each individual voter’s nomination ballot. That point is divided

equally among all nominees on that ballot. (After the first round of calculation, it is divided equally between remaining nominees.)

Next, all points from all nomination ballots are totalled for each nominee in that category. Next, the two nominees with the lowest point totals are compared. If there is a tie of more than two

nominees with the lowest or second lowest point total, all of them are compared. Whichever of the nominees being compared has the fewer or fewest number of nominations is

eliminated and removed from all subsequent calculations. If two or more nominees are tied for the fewest number of nominations, the nominee with the lowest point total at that round is eliminated. If two or more nominees are tied for both fewest number of nominations and lowest point total, then all such nominees tied at that round shall be eliminated, unless that would leave fewer than six in play, in which case they all get onto the final ballot.

Back to step 1 with the remaining nominees after the elimination.

Interpreting Nomination Tables

The column headed N lists the total number of nominations received by the nominee. The column to the right of that has the points for each nominee, starting from the tenth last count. The

two numbers in red show the points of the two nominees with the lowest point totals, which are being compared to see which one should be eliminated.

The next column shows the remaining nominees with their point totals recalculated after the elimination of the nominee in the previous round with the lowest point total, with the new pair of nominees with the lowest points totals highlighted in red. And so on.

The last column on the right is the final count, with the last eliminated nominee below the line and the remaining six above being the finalists who go on to appear on the ballot.

In cases where one or more of the top six nominees was not eligible for the category, or withdrew from consideration, they are struck through on the table and their places on the final ballot were taken by the last nominees to be eliminated, in reverse order, and the line is placed below the last nominee to reach the final ballot.

NB that the Hugo administrators do not make eligibility decisions regarding nominees unless they have enough votes to qualify for the final ballot, so it is possible that some nominees below the line would also not have been eligible.

Best Novel

Final ballot: 359 ballots total 341 not including No Award; 341 > 131 (25% of 521)

Winner Runoff 2nd place

Shadow Over Mars 94 96 101 113 135 165 242 Sirius 97 98 103 112 148

Sirius 81 81 84 88 108 122

Winged Man 77 78 82 106 125

The Winged Man 48 49 50 64 72

Golden Fleece 59 59 65 77

The Golden Fleece 52 52 57 63

Land of Terror 62 62 64


Wind on Moon 24 25

The Wind on the Moon 19 19

No Award 21

No Award 18

27

3rd place 4th place 5th place 6th place

Winged Man 107 109 116 146 Fleece 101 101 125 Land 146 Moon 155

Golden Fleece 84 84 94 112 Land 110 110 121 Moon 85 No Award 34


Moon 54 57 No Award 28

Wind on Moon 35 36

No Award 27

No Award 23

Nominations 80 ballots for 39 nominees

Title Author N

Sirius O Stapledon 46 25.63 26.18 26.18 26.18 26.85 27.18 27.95 28.50 28.50 29.00

Shadow over Mars Leigh Brackett 28 12.92 12.97 12.97 12.97 13.52 13.60 14.20 14.92 14.92 15.42

The Golden Fleece Robert Graves 16 5.22 5.22 5.22 5.22 5.43 5.60 5.70 5.83 5.83 5.83

Wind on the Moon Eric Linklater 11 4.02 4.02 4.02 4.02 4.12 4.20 4.25 4.33 4.33 4.33

The Winged Man E. Mayne Hull 11 3.97 4.02 4.02 4.02 4.07 4.07 4.12 4.33 4.33 4.33

Land of Terror E R Burroughs 10 4.48 4.48 4.48 4.48 4.58 4.67 4.67 4.75 4.75 4.75

Renaissance RF Jones 7 2.03 2.08 2.08 2.08 2.08 2.17 2.33 2.33 2.33 2.33

Time Must Have a Stop

Aldous Huxley 4 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00

Hideous Strength C. S. Lewis 3 1.25 1.25 2.50 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00

The Delicate Ape DB Hughes 6 2.73 2.73 2.73 2.73 2.78 2.78 2.78

Worlds Beginning Robert Ardrey 6 2.73 2.73 2.73 2.73 2.73 2.73

Le Voyageur imprudent

René Barjavel 4 1.83 1.83 1.83 1.83 1.83

Magic Moon Brett Sterling 3 1.83 1.83 1.83 1.83 1.83

Miss Shumway Waves a Wand

J Hadley Chase 3 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90

Destiny Times 3 Fritz Leiber 2 1.25 1.25 1.50

Animal Farm George Orwell 2 0.75 0.75

The World of Null-A A. E. van Vogt 2 0.75 0.75

Golden Amazon J Russell Fearn 2 0.70

Best Novella



Killdozer! 158 158 162 164 172 283 Jewel 125 125 129 146 165

The Jewel of Bas 83 83 88 90 93

Changeling 89 92 93 101 120

The Changeling 56 59 63 63 68

Trog 51 51 51 53

Trog 19 19 20 20

Kroo 29 31 33

No Award 19 19 19

21 No Award 23 23

A God Named Kroo 16 16

Intruders 6

Intruders from the Stars 3

3rd place

4th place

5th place

6th place

Changeling 122 132 133 162

Trog 105 105 119

Kroo 130

Intruders 138

Trog 70 70 72 95

Kroo 81 85 100

Intruders 52

No Award 37

Kroo 54 61 65

Intruders 35 37

No Award 29

No Award 26 26

No Award 27

Intruders 19


Title Author(s) N

Killdozer! T Sturgeon 53 36.93 37.03 37.12 37.12 37.25 37.50 37.50 37.50 37.50 37.63

The Jewel of Bas L Brackett 27 13.10 13.20 13.28 13.28 13.42 13.50 14.17 14.17 14.67 15.30

The Changeling AE van Vogt 16 5.45 5.50 5.58 5.58 5.58 5.75 5.75 5.75 5.75 5.80

Trog M Leinster 7 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.97 1.97 1.97 1.97

Old Man in New World O Stapledon 6 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.60

Intruders fr the Stars R Rocklynne 4 1.90 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 2.00

A God Named Kroo H Kuttner 5 1.35 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.53 1.62 1.62 1.62 1.62 1.70

Wanderers of the Wolf Moon NS Bond 3 0.90 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95

Strangers on the Heights MW Wellman 2 0.83 0.83 0.83 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50

Judgment Night CL Moore 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

Plague M Leinster 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

The Mad Robot W McGivern 2 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83

The Giant Runt R Rocklynne 2 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.58

Star Base X R Moore Williams 2 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45

The Dweller in Darkness A Derleth 1 0.33 0.33 0.33

The Return of Jongor R Moore Williams 1 0.33 0.33 0.33

Giant Killer B Chandler 1 0.25 0.25

Dead Hand I Asimov 1 0.25 0.25

The Mule I Asimov 1 0.25 0.25

Sword of Tomorrow H Kuttner 1 0.25 0.25

Murder In Space DV Reed 1 0.20

Minions of the Crystal Sphere A dePina 1 0.20

Old Man in New World is not eligible in this category (too short, only 8200 words). It received no nominations in the

appropriate length category, so the Administrators did not transfer it.

Best Novelette


Winner

Runoff

2nd place

City 105 106 110 115 134 176 285

Woman 158 159 173 183

No Woman Born 116 117 122 130 136 162

Arena 78 79 84 97

Arena 61 62 66 73 83

Big/Little 56 57 58 63

The Big and the Little 40 40 43 43

Bough 30 30 34

The Children's Hour 23 23 25

Hour 28 28

When the Bough Breaks 20 20

No Award 17

No Award 16

24

3rd place

4th place

5th place

Arena 113 114 126 153

Bough 111 112 161

Hour 139 139

Bough 83 84 112 133

Big/Little 112 113 126

Big/Little 137 139

Big/Little 78 79 85

Hour 75 75

No Award 18

Hour 54 54

No Award 18

No Award 17

Nominations

94 ballots for 34 nominees

Title Author N

No Woman Born C. L. Moore 55 22.00 22.08 22.13 22.80 22.80 22.98 23.28 23.63 24.43 24.98

Arena Fredric Brown 53 19.00 19.00 19.27 19.27 19.35 19.57 19.62 20.02 20.18 21.28

City Clifford Simak 38 11.98 12.57 12.67 12.67 12.67 12.83 12.88 13.05 13.63 13.90

When The Bough Breaks

Kuttner & Moore

26 6.52 6.52 6.52 6.52 6.52 6.60 6.65 6.80 7.02 7.07

The Big and the Little

Isaac Asimov 23 9.02 9.10 9.20 9.20 9.28 9.38 9.47 9.85 9.85 10.57

The Children’s Hour

Moore & Kuttner

20 5.38 5.38 5.55 5.63 5.72 5.85 5.85 6.03 6.25 6.33

The Veil of Astellar Leigh Brackett 15 4.38 4.38 4.38 4.47 4.47 4.52 4.68 4.93 5.82 5.87

Deadline Cleve Cartmill 10 3.72 3.72 3.77 3.77 3.77 3.82 3.82 3.82 3.82

Terror Out of Space Leigh Brackett 8 2.57 2.57 2.57 2.82 2.82 2.82 2.82 2.87

Census Clifford Simak 8 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.93

Ride the El to Doom

Alison Harding 4 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.78

Technical Error Hal Clement 4 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98

The Dweller in Darkness

August Derleth 2 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25

Day the World Stood Still

Allison Harding 3 1.08 1.08 1.08

Plague Murray Leinster 3 0.73 0.73

The Beasts of Barsac

Robert Bloch 2 0.75

Best Short Story


Winner

Runoff

2nd place

I, Rocket 117 118 123 136 149 177 279

Desertion 80 80 87 122 167

Desertion 65 65 69 90 117 138

Wedge 80 82 95 105 118

The Wedge 56 56 62 66 71

Gods 64 65 73 81

And the Gods Laughed 46 47 49 54

Huddling 49 51 58

Huddling Place 44 45 46

Centaurus 41 41

Far Centaurus 22 22

No Award 21

No Award 16

18

3rd place

4th place

5th place

6th place

Huddling 86 88 101 147

Wedge 108 110 144

Gods 134 136

Centaurus 225

Wedge 87 89 105 127

Gods 103 105 139

Centaurus 129 131

No Award 26

Gods 80 81 96

Centaurus 82 82

No Award 23

Centaurus 53 53

No Award 21

No Award 21


Title Author N

Desertion Clifford Simak 32 12.45 12.70 12.85 13.43 13.43 13.65 14.32 14.95 15.92 16.42

Huddling Place Clifford Simak 24 10.28 10.28 10.43 11.43 11.43 11.48 11.57 11.78 12.42 12.75

Far Centaurus A. E. van Vogt 20 7.47 7.47 7.52 7.52 7.52 7.57 7.65 8.28 9.25 10.42

And the Gods Laughed

Fredric Brown 11 4.37 4.37 4.42 4.42 4.92 5.00 5.17 5.17 5.83 6.17

The Wedge Isaac Asimov 10 4.00 4.08 4.08 4.17 4.17 4.17 4.17 4.25 4.25 4.92

I, Rocket Ray Bradbury 8 4.03 4.03 4.08 4.08 4.58 4.58 4.58 4.67 4.67 4.83

The Lake Ray Bradbury 8 4.17 4.25 4.25 4.33 4.33 4.50 4.50 4.50 4.50 4.50

Catch that Rabbit Isaac Asimov 10 3.62 3.62 3.62 3.62 3.62 4.12 4.12 4.12 4.17

Kindness Lester Del Rey 10 2.75 2.75 2.85 2.85 2.85 2.98 3.23 3.28

Housing Problem Moore & Kuttner

6 2.48 2.48 2.53 2.53 2.53 2.53 2.70

The Yehudi Principle Fredric Brown 5 2.33 2.33 2.33 2.33 2.33 2.42

Sanity Fritz Leiber 5 2.28 2.28 2.28 2.28 2.28

And, the Silence Ray Bradbury 4 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00

Hoofs Manly Wade Wellman

4 1.58 1.75 1.75

Invariant John R. Pierce 4 1.60 1.60

The Gothic Window Dorothy Quick 3 1.58

Best Series


Winner

Runoff

2nd place

The Cthulhu Mythos 159 160 166 168 173 253

Pellucidar 88 97 101 113 135

Pellucidar 61 66 70 71 84

Doc Savage 87 89 89 95 122

Doc Savage 52 54 58 59 74

The Shadow 54 57 57 65

The Shadow 32 34 38 38

Captain Future 27 31 32

No Award 24 24 24

38

No Award 29 29

Captain Future 17 20

Jules de Grandin 23

Jules de Grandin 16

3rd place

4th place

5th place

6th place

Doc Savage 116 122 122 140

Shadow 113 114

Cap Future 93 96

Grandin 122

Shadow 68 76 77 93

Cap Future 62 65

Grandin 62 64

No Award 38

Cap Future 39 46 49

Grandin 38 38

No Award 37

No Award 34 34

No Award 35

Grandin 28

Nominations: 33 ballots for 16 nominees

Title Author(s) N

Foundation Isaac Asimov 12 6.23 6.23 6.40 6.62 6.62 6.70 7.20 7.25

Pellucidar Edgar Rice Burroughs

10 3.33 3.38 3.38 3.48 3.48 3.78 3.78 4.12

Cthulhu Mythos H P Lovecraft & A Derleth

10 4.30 4.43 4.43 4.65 4.65 4.73 4.73 4.78

Captain Future Bret Sterling 9 3.20 3.20 3.20 3.25 3.25 3.33 3.33 3.58

Doc Savage Lester Dent 8 3.83 4.02 4.02 4.02 4.02 4.15 4.15 4.28

Venus Equilateral George O Smith 7 2.70 2.88 2.88 2.93 2.93 3.07 3.07 3.20

Jules de Grandin Seabury Quinn 5 1.65 1.65 1.65 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.78

The Shadow Maxwell Grant 4 0.90 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 1.03 1.03

City Clifford Simak 2 1.33 1.33 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50

Buck Rogers Dick Calkins 3 1.45 1.45 1.45 1.45 1.45

Flash Gordon Alex Raymond 3 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.45 1.45

Golden Amazon John Russell Fearn

1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

John Thunstone Manly Wade Wellman

3 0.73 0.73 0.73

Robots Isaac Asimov 1 0.33 0.33

Jorkens Lord Dunsany 1 0.20

G-8 & His Battle Aces Robert J. Hogan 1 0.20

Neither the Foundation series nor the Venus Equilateral series had produced 250,000 words by the end of 1944, so they

are not eligible in this category.

Best Related Work


Winner

Runoff

2nd place

The Science-Fiction Field 69 69 70 72 94 124 189

Fancycl. 83 83 87 94 118

Fancyclopedia 68 68 71 76 84 104

Works of HPL 74 74 78 88 109

The Works of H.P. Lovecraft 54 54 63 66 80

Rockets 47 47 58 69

Rockets 40 40 46 55

'42 To '44: 33 34 36

Mr Tompkins Explores the Atom 29 29 32

Tompkins 32 32

'42 To '44: 26 27

No Award 16

No Award 13

19

3rd place

4th place

5th place

6th place

Works of HPL 94 95 99 114

Rockets 88 89 111

Tompkins 87 89

'42 To '44: 126

Rockets 66 66 83 105

'42 To '44: 65 66 74

'42 To '44: 87 88

No Award 31

'42 To '44: 45 46 49

Tompkins 51 52

No Award 25

Tompkins 39 39

No Award 22

No Award 19


Title Author(s) N

Fancyclopedia Jack Speer 16 7.73 8.03 8.12 8.78 8.97 9.18

Rockets: The Future of Travel Beyond the Stratosphere

Willy Ley 12 3.95 4.25 4.25 4.42 4.55 4.85

The Works of H.P. Lovecraft: Suggestions for a Critical Appraisal

Fritz Leiber 8 2.18 2.18 2.43 2.43 2.48 2.73

'42 to '44: A Contemporary Memoir Upon Human Behaviour During the Crisis of the World Revolution

H. G. Wells 7 2.43 2.43 2.43 2.43 2.60 2.77

Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom George Gamow 7 3.62 3.62 3.70 3.70 3.70 3.70

The Book of Thoth Aleister Crowley 6 2.93 2.93 2.93 2.93 2.98 3.12

The Science-Fiction Field Leigh Brackett 8 1.88 1.88 2.22 2.22 2.35 2.65

Marginalia Lovecraft, ed. Derleth & Wandrei 6 2.18 2.18 2.18 2.18 2.37

Little Known Fantaisistes Harold Wakefield 4 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90

Futurian War Digest J Michael Rosenblum 2 0.83 0.83 0.83

The Story Behind the Story: Veil of Astellar

Leigh Brackett 1 0.25 0.25

The Grey Mouser (poem) Fritz Leiber 1 0.25 0.25

A Treasury of American Folklore Benjamin Botkin 1 0.25 0.25

The Inner Ring CS Lewis 1 0.20

Panic: The Orson Welles Broadcast That Hoaxed America

Various 1 0.20

Rockets: A Prelude to Space Travel Willy Ley 1 0.20

The Administrators determined that The Book of Thoth, by Aleister Crowley, is not sufficiently related to the field of

science fiction, fantasy, or fandom to be eligible in this category.

Best Graphic Story or Comic



Superman: Mr. Mxyztplk

121 122 122 127 141 235 Donald Duck 108 109 109 113 132

Donald Duck: Mad Chemist

77 78 78 80 87 The Spirit 55 55 55 59 83

The Spirit: Clara Defoe

39 39 39 42 51 FG: Triumph 27 42 42 57

Flash Gordon: Triumph in Tropica

17 29 29 36 Buck Rogers 33 35 35

Buck Rogers: Hollow Planetoid

20 20 20 No Award 21 21

No Award 19 19 23 FG: Battle 21

Flash Gordon: Battle for Tropica

16

3rd place

4th place

5th place

6th place

The Spirit 96 96 97 109

Buck Rogers 91 91

FG: Battle 103

FG: Triumph 144

Buck Rogers 54 54 60 86

FG: Battle 46 46

FG: Triumph 55

No Award 28

FG: Triumph 31 31 48

FG: Triumph 43 43

No Award 28

FG: Battle 29 29

No Award 28

No Award 27


Title N

Donald Duck: The Mad Chemist 8 2.88 3.15 3.23 3.23 3.45 3.50 3.50

Superman #30: The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk! 7 2.40 2.40 2.40 3.07 3.33 3.33 3.33

Flash Gordon: Triumph in Tropica 6 1.25 1.65 1.73 1.73 1.95 2.00 2.00

The Spirit: For the Love of Clara Defoe 5 3.03 3.03 3.03 3.03 3.25 3.25 3.25

Flash Gordon: Battle for Tropica 4 0.85 1.12 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.25 1.25

Buck Rogers: Hollow Planetoid 3 0.65 0.65 0.90 0.90 0.95 1.50 1.50

Plastic Man: The Gay Nineties Nightmare 4 0.93 1.07 1.07 1.07 1.17 1.17 1.17

Detective Comics #94 Batman 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

Buck Rogers: Planet of the Rising Sun 2 0.45 0.45 0.70 0.70 0.70

Captain Marvel Adventures: Silvana's Twin 2 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.53

Captain Marvel Adventures: Monster Society of Evil 2 0.40 0.53 0.53 0.53

Lady Satan: The Allied Assassination Plot 1 0.33 0.33 0.33

Ibis The Invincible: Loki The Terrible 1 0.33 0.33 0.33

Buck Rogers: Monkeymen of Planet X 1 0.25 0.25

Buck Rogers: Plastic Percy 1 0.25 0.25

Red Rackham's Treasure 1 0.25 0.25

Mandrake: The Earthshaker 1 0.20

Brick Bradford: Beyond the Crystal Door 1 0.20

Mandrake: The Mirror People 1 0.20

Mandrake: The Garden of Wuzzu 1 0.20

The Phantom: High-Sea Hijacker 1 0.20

Mandrake the Magician: The Dome 1 0.20



Winners Runoff Runoff

The Canterville Ghost 92 94 94 98 111 129 218

The Curse of the Cat People 83 83 84 92 100 129

200

Donovan's Brain 48 49 49 52 63

It Happened Tomorrow 33 34 34 39

House of Frankenstein 22 25 25

No Award 19 19

24 24

The Invisible Man’s Revenge 8

3rd place

4th place

5th place

6th place

D's Brain 91 92 92 110

Tomorrow 92 93 104

House of F 116

IM Revenge 141

Tomorrow 70 78 79 96

House of F 81 81 91

IM Revenge 54

No Award 30

House of F 50 55 55

IM Revenge 28 28

No Award 29

No Award 22 22

No Award 23

IM Revenge 18


Title N

The Curse of the Cat People 20 8.88 9.07 9.07 9.07 9.28 9.45 9.95 11.03 11.42 11.92

Donovan's Brain 13 4.63 4.82 4.98 4.98 5.15 5.23 5.40 5.70 6.00 6.33

The Invisible Man's Revenge 10 4.28 4.28 4.28 4.45 4.45 4.45 4.45 4.45 5.08 5.58

House of Frankenstein 9 3.70 3.70 3.70 4.03 4.08 4.17 4.33 4.33 5.08 5.17

It Happened Tomorrow 9 3.52 3.57 3.57 3.73 3.90 3.90 4.40 4.45 4.58 4.67

The Canterville Ghost 7 3.03 3.03 3.03 3.20 3.20 3.20 3.20 3.33 3.33 3.42

Beware of Tomorrow 7 1.90 2.03 2.20 2.20 2.28 2.37 2.37 2.58 2.58 2.92

The Uninvited 6 2.00 2.00 2.25 2.25 2.25 2.25 2.42 2.92 2.92

The Lady and the Monster 7 1.98 2.03 2.03 2.20 2.20 2.20 2.20 2.20

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street

6 1.70 1.70 1.78 1.78 1.95 1.95 2.28

Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves 5 1.28 1.28 1.37 1.37 1.75 1.83

They Came to a City 3 1.40 1.45 1.45 1.45 1.50

The Old Gray Hare 5 1.28 1.28 1.28 1.28

Time Flies 3 1.00 1.00 1.00

The Queen of the Cats 3 0.75 0.75

Man who Dreamed Too Much

3 0.65

Best Editor, Short Form


Winner

Runoff

2nd place

John W. Campbell 151 193

Dorothy McIlwraith 78 79 80 90 91

Dorothy McIlwraith 52

Mary Gnaedinger 50 51 58 63 64

Mary Gnaedinger 39

No Award 30 30 30 33

No Award 18 39

Raymond A. Palmer 30 30 30

Raymond A. Palmer 12

Oscar J. Friend 11 11

Oscar J. Friend 2

W. Scott Peacock 2

W. Scott Peacock 1

3rd place

4th place

5th place

6th place

Gnaedinger 89 92 101

Palmer 69 76 105

Friend 56 79

Peacock 74

Palmer 47 50 54

No Award 38 38 41

No Award 41 41

No Award 42

No Award 30 30 30

Friend 33 38

Peacock 30

Friend 16 16

Peacock 17

Peacock 7

Nominations

38 ballots for 12 nominees

Editor N

John W. Campbell 33 23.65 23.75 23.92 23.92

Dorothy McIlwraith 14 4.27 4.37 4.45 4.45

Raymond Palmer 11 2.60 2.70 2.78 2.78

Oscar J. Friend 8 1.73 1.78 1.78 1.78

Wilbur Scott Peacock 7 1.58 1.58 1.58 1.58

Mary Gnaedinger 6 1.68 1.73 1.82 1.82

Babette Rosmond 2 0.58 0.58 0.67 0.67

Donald A. Wollheim 1 1.00 1.00 1.00

Bernard G Davis 1 0.25 0.25

Frederik Pohl 1 0.25 0.25

Sam Moskowitz 1 0.20

William de Grouchy 1 0.20

Best Professional Artist


Winner

Runoff

2nd place

Margaret Brundage 125 170

Earle K. Bergey 40 41 47 47 62

Earle K. Bergey 22

Boris Dolgov 35 40 41 41 55

No Award 21 24

Paul Orban 26 31 38 39

Boris Dolgov 18

No Award 25 25 25

William Timmins 11

William Timmins 18 20

Paul Orban 10

Matt Fox 14

Matt Fox 5

3rd place

4th place

5th place

6th place

Dolgov 45 51 51 57

Orban 51 52 72

Timmins 63 64

Fox 78

Orban 35 42 43 55

Timmins 37 37 43

Fox 39 39

No Award 30

Timmins 28 31 31

Fox 27 27

No Award 26

No Award 25 25

No Award 25

Fox 17


Artist N

William Timmins 12 4.30 4.40 4.48 4.65 4.73 4.90 4.90 4.98 5.17 5.33

Margaret Brundage 11 3.72 3.82 4.07 4.07 4.23 4.23 4.23 4.82 5.00 5.00

Earle K. Bergey 8 2.77 2.87 2.95 2.95 3.12 3.28 3.28 3.37 3.42 3.58

Paul Orban 6 2.20 2.20 2.20 2.53 2.53 2.53 2.53 2.53 2.58 2.75

Boris Dolgov 5 1.32 1.32 1.48 1.48 1.62 1.70 1.70 1.87 2.42 2.42

Matt Fox 4 1.12 1.12 1.12 1.12 1.12 1.28 1.28 1.28 1.42 1.42

Lawrence Stevens 3 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.17 1.17 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.50

Chesley Bonestell 2 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33

Virgil Finlay 2 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33

Harry Lemon Parkhurst 4 0.85 0.85 0.85 0.85 0.90 0.98 0.98 1.15

Graham Ingels 3 0.90 0.95 0.95 0.95 1.00 1.08 1.08

Vin Sullivan 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

Hannes Bok 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

A. R. Tilburne 3 0.87 0.87 0.87 0.87 0.92

Rudolph Belarski 3 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70

J Allen St. John 2 0.67 0.67 0.67

Modest Stein 2 0.53 0.58

Frank R. Paul 2 0.40

Best Fanzine


Winner

Runoff

2nd place

Voice of the Imagi-Nation 61 62 63 64 71 88 140

Le Zombie 76 77 84 85

Le Zombie 54 54 56 56 63 79

Futurian War Digest 36 37 40 40

Futurian War Digest 32 33 35 35 44

The Acolyte 31 32 35 36


No Award 22 22 22

No Award 22 22 22

26

Shangri L'Affaires 13 15

Shangri L'Affaires 8 9

Diablerie 5

Diablerie 4

3rd place

4th place

5th place

6th place

F War Digest 53 55 55 67

The Acolyte 56 63 64

S L'Affaires 58 59

Diablerie 68


S L'Affaires 39 45 46

Diablerie 33 34

No Award 32

S L'Affaires 30 33 34

No Award 27 27

No Award 27

No Award 25 25

Diablerie 14

Diablerie 9


Fanzine N

Acolyte 13 3.58 3.82 3.82 3.87 3.87 4.05 4.27 4.27 4.68 5.33

Voice of the Imagi-Nation 11 2.68 2.78 2.78 2.78 2.95 3.05 3.10 4.10 4.27 4.42

Futurian War Digest 11 5.45 5.55 5.55 5.60 5.60 5.78 5.83 5.83 6.08 6.08

Le Zombie 6 2.18 2.23 2.23 2.45 2.45 2.50 2.50 2.50 3.08 3.08

Shangri L'Affaires 5 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.05 1.05 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.25

Diablerie 5 1.00 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.13 1.13 1.35 1.35 1.85 2.00

Fantasy Times 3 0.90 1.08 1.58 1.58 1.58 1.58 1.58 1.58 1.83 1.83

Chanticleer 4 0.93 0.93 0.93 0.93 0.93 0.93 1.10 1.10 1.10

Centauri 3 0.60 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.83 0.92 1.08 1.08

The Phantagraph 3 0.73 0.92 0.92 1.08 1.08 1.08 1.08 1.08

Fanewscard 2 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83 1.00 1.00 1.00

Sappho 3 0.73 0.78 0.78 0.78 0.87 0.87

Toward Tomorrow 3 0.60 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.65

BFS Bulletin 2 0.53 0.58 0.58 0.58

Horizons 2 0.53 0.53 0.53

Fantasticonglomeration 1 0.50 0.50

Zizzle-Pop 1 0.50 0.50

YHOS 1 0.50 0.50

Fantasite 2 0.40

Guteto 2 0.40

Fantasy Fiction Field 2 0.40

Best Fan Writer


Winner

Runoff

2nd place

Fritz Leiber 134 137 139 140 229

Tucker 87 87 95 101 114

Bob Tucker 56 58 59 59

Morojo 63 64 67 74 84

Morojo/Myrtle R. Douglas 46 47 51 51

Speer 22 22 27 31

Harry Warner 14 17 17 17

Rosenblum 21 21 23

No Award 14 14 14

20

Warner 19 19

J. Michael Rosenblum 11 11

No Award 15

Jack Speer 10

3rd place

4th place

5th place

6th place

Morojo 74 75 88 100

Speer 57 57 80

Warner 77 78

Rosenblum 106

Speer 42 42 47 66

Warner 53 54 71

Rosenblum 63 63

No Award 25

Warner 42 42 44

Rosenblum 50 50

No Award 22

Rosenblum 28 28

No Award 20

No Award 16

Best Fan Writer – 17 ballots for 28 nominees

Writer N

Bob Tucker 6 2.30 2.62 2.62 2.62 2.67 2.67 2.67 2.83

Jack Speer 6 2.10 2.28 2.37 2.37 2.50 2.83 2.83 3.33

J. Michael Rosenblum 5 1.85 2.03 2.03 2.03 2.17 2.58 2.58 2.58

Harry Warner 5 1.35 1.48 1.48 1.58 1.58 1.58 3.83 3.83

Morojo (Myrtle Douglas) 4 0.80 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.08 1.33 1.33 1.33

Fritz Leiber 3 0.60 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 1.08

David Langford 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

Russell Chauvenet 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

Sam Moskowitz 2 0.45 0.58 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.83 0.83

F.T. Laney 3 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.75 0.75 0.75

Charles Burbee 3 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.75 0.75 0.75

T. Bruce Yerke 3 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.75 0.75 0.75

Julius Unger 2 0.45 0.50 0.58 0.58 0.58

Ted Carnell 2 0.45 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.58

Donald A. Wollheim 2 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45

Art Widner 2 0.40 0.40 0.40

E. Everett Evans 1 0.25 0.25

Bill Watson 1 0.20

Harold Wakefield 1 0.20

Samuel D. Russell 1 0.20

Robert Bloch 1 0.20

Milton A. Rothman 1 0.20

Elmer Purdue 1 0.20

Forrest J. Ackerman 1 0.20

Elsie Wollheim 1 0.20

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