Awards & Winners

1978 Hugo Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1978 Hugo Awards. Check awards winners of 1978 Hugo Awards Ceremony. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

1978 Hugo Awards Ceremony

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

George Lucas

Honored for : Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

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Nominee Nominated Work
George Lucas Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Steven Spielberg Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Shelley Torgeson Blood!: The Life and Future Times of Jack the Ripper
Robert Bloch Blood!: The Life and Future Times of Jack the Ripper
Harlan Ellison Blood!: The Life and Future Times of Jack the Ripper
Roy Torgeson Blood!: The Life and Future Times of Jack the Ripper
Ralph Bakshi Wizards
Jules Bass The Hobbit
Arthur Rankin, Jr. The Hobbit
Romeo Muller The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit
Hugo Award for Best Novel

Frederik Pohl

Honored for : Gateway

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Nominee Nominated Work
George R. R. Martin Dying of the Light
Larry Niven Lucifer's Hammer
Jerry Pournelle Lucifer's Hammer
Marion Zimmer Bradley The Forbidden Tower
Frederik Pohl Gateway
Gordon R. Dickson Time Storm
Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer

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Nominee Nominated Work
Richard E. Geis
Charles N. Brown
Don D'Ammassa
Don C. Thompson
Susan Wood
Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor

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Nominee Nominated Work
George H. Scithers
Jim Baen
Ben Bova
Terry Carr
Edward L. Ferman
Hugo Award for Best Novella

Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson

Honored for : Stardance

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Varley In the Hall of the Martian Kings
Spider Robinson Stardance
Jeanne Robinson Stardance
Vonda N. McIntyre Aztecs
Gregory Benford A Snark in the Night
Keith Laumer The Wonderful Secret
Hugo Award for Best Novelette

Joan D. Vinge

Honored for : Eyes of Amber

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Nominee Nominated Work
Orson Scott Card Ender's Game
Joan D. Vinge Eyes of Amber
James Tiptree, Jr. The Screwfly Solution
Carter Scholz The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs
Samuel R. Delany Prismatica
Hugo Award for Best Short Story

Harlan Ellison

Honored for : Jeffty Is Five

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Nominee Nominated Work
Harlan Ellison Jeffty Is Five
John Varley Air Raid
James Tiptree, Jr. Time-Sharing Angel
Randall Garrett Lauralyn
Spider Robinson Dog Day Evening
Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist

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Nominee Nominated Work
Phil Foglio
Grant Canfield
Alexis A. Gilliland
Jeanne Gomoll
James Shull
Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist

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Nominee Nominated Work
Rick Sternbach
Vincent Di Fate
Stephen Fabian
Frank Kelly Freas
Michael Whelan
Hugo Award for Best Fanzine

Charles N. Brown, Dena Brown

Honored for : Locus

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Nominee Nominated Work
Charles N. Brown Locus
Dena Brown Locus
Don C. Thompson Don-O-Saur
Janice Bogstad Janus
Jeanne Gomoll Janus
Rob Jackson Maya
Richard E. Geis Science Fiction Review