Awards & Winners

1979 Hugo Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1979 Hugo Awards. Check awards winners of 1979 Hugo Awards Ceremony. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

1979 Hugo Awards Ceremony

Hugo Award for Best Novel

Vonda N. McIntyre

Honored for : Dreamsnake

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Nominee Nominated Work
Vonda N. McIntyre Dreamsnake
C. J. Cherryh The Faded Sun: Kesrith
Anne McCaffrey The White Dragon
Tom Reamy Blind Voices
Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer

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Richard E. Geis
Bob Shaw
David Langford
Roy Kettle
D. West
Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist

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Vincent Di Fate
Stephen Fabian
David A. Hardy
Boris Vallejo
Michael Whelan
Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor

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Ben Bova
Jim Baen
Terry Carr
Edward L. Ferman
George H. Scithers
Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist

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William Rotsler
Jim Barker
Harry Bell
Alexis A. Gilliland
Stu Shiffman
Hugo Award for Best Fanzine

Richard E. Geis

Honored for : Science Fiction Review

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Nominee Nominated Work
Richard E. Geis Science Fiction Review
David Langford Twll-Ddu
Terry Hughes Mota
Janice Bogstad Janus
Jeanne Gomoll Janus
Rob Jackson Maya
Hugo Award for Best Short Story

C. J. Cherryh

Honored for : Cassandra

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Nominee Nominated Work
C. J. Cherryh Cassandra
Edward Bryant Stone
Ian Watson The Very Slow Time Machine
Harlan Ellison Count the Clock that Tells the Time
Joan D. Vinge View From a Height
Hugo Award for Best Novelette

Poul Anderson

Honored for : Hunter's Moon

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dean Ing Devil You Don't Know
Orson Scott Card Mikal's Songbird
Poul Anderson Hunter's Moon
John Varley The Barbie Murders
Thomas M. Disch The Man Who Had No Idea
Hugo Award for Best Novella

John Varley

Honored for : The Persistence of Vision

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gene Wolfe Seven American Nights
John Varley The Persistence of Vision
Joan D. Vinge Fireship
Brian Aldiss Enemies of the System
Christopher Priest The Watched
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

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Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Donner Superman
Mario Puzo Superman
David Newman Superman
Leslie Newman Superman
Robert Benton Superman
Jerry Siegel Superman
Joe Shuster Superman
Philip Kaufman Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jack Finney Invasion of the Body Snatchers
W. D. Richter Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Ralph Bakshi The Lord of the Rings
Peter S. Beagle The Lord of the Rings
Chris Conkling The Lord of the Rings
J. R. R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings
Martin Rosen Watership Down
Richard Adams Watership Down
Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Geoffrey Perkins The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy