Awards & Winners

1986 Hugo Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1986 Hugo Awards. Check awards winners of 1986 Hugo Awards Ceremony. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

1986 Hugo Awards Ceremony

Hugo Award for Best Novel

Orson Scott Card

Honored for : Ender's Game

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Nominee Nominated Work
Greg Bear Blood Music
C. J. Cherryh Cuckoo's Egg
Orson Scott Card Ender's Game
Larry Niven Footfall
Jerry Pournelle Footfall
David Brin The Postman
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale

Honored for : Back to the Future

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Zemeckis Back to the Future
Bob Gale Back to the Future
Richard Donner Ladyhawke
Edward Khmara Ladyhawke
Michael Thomas Ladyhawke
Tom Mankiewicz Ladyhawke
David Peoples Ladyhawke
Ron Howard Cocoon
Tom Benedek Cocoon
David Saperstein Cocoon
Terry Gilliam Brazil
Charles McKeown Brazil
Tom Stoppard Brazil
Wolfgang Petersen Enemy Mine
Edward Khmara Enemy Mine
Barry B. Longyear Enemy Mine
Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mike Glyer
Don D'Ammassa
Richard E. Geis
Arthur D. Hlavaty
David Langford
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Hugo Award for Best Related Work

Tom Weller

Honored for : Science Made Stupid

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Nominee Nominated Work
Algis Budrys Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf
Tom Weller Science Made Stupid
Harlan Ellison An Edge in My Voice
Brian Aldiss The Pale Shadow of Science
Perry A. Chapdelaine The John W. Campbell Letters, Volume 1
Tony Chapdelaine The John W. Campbell Letters, Volume 1
George Hay The John W. Campbell Letters, Volume 1
Douglas E Winter Faces of Fear: Encounters with the Creators of Modern Horror
Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joan Hanke-Woods
Brad W. Foster
Steven Fox
William Rotsler
Stu Shiffman
Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist

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Nominee Nominated Work
Barclay Shaw
Michael Whelan
Frank Kelly Freas
Don Maitz
Rowena Morrill
Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor

Judy-Lynn del Rey

(Judy-Lynn del Rey died before the convention; her husband, Lester del Rey, declined accepting the Hugo on her behalf.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Terry Carr
Edward L. Ferman
Shawna McCarthy
Stanley Schmidt
Judy-Lynn del Rey
Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine

Charles N. Brown

Honored for : Locus

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Nominee Nominated Work
Charles N. Brown Locus
Robert A. Collins Fantasy Review
Richard E. Geis Science Fiction Review
Simon Ounsley Interzone
David Pringle Interzone
Andrew I. Porter Science Fiction Chronicle
Hugo Award for Best Fanzine

George Laskowski

Honored for : Lan's Lantern

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Nominee Nominated Work
Charlotte Proctor Anvil
Susan Bridges Universal Translator
George Laskowski Lan's Lantern
Marty Cantor Holier Than Thou
Robbie Cantor Holier Than Thou
Bobby Gear Greater Columbia Fantasy Costumers Guild Newsletter
Hugo Award for Best Short Story

Frederik Pohl

Honored for : Fermi and Frost

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Nominee Nominated Work
Frederik Pohl Fermi and Frost
Howard Waldrop Flying Saucer Rock & Roll
William F. Wu Hong's Bluff
John Crowley Snow
Bruce Sterling Dinner in Audoghast
Hugo Award for Best Novella

Roger Zelazny

Honored for : 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai

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Nominee Nominated Work
Roger Zelazny 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai
Kim Stanley Robinson Green Mars
James Tiptree, Jr. The Only Neat Thing to Do
C. J. Cherryh The Scapegoat
Robert Silverberg Sailing to Byzantium
Hugo Award for Best Novelette

Harlan Ellison

Honored for : Paladin of the Lost Hour

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Bishop A Gift from the Graylanders
Harlan Ellison Paladin of the Lost Hour
George R. R. Martin Portraits of His Children
Orson Scott Card The Fringe
Michael Swanwick Dogfight
William Gibson Dogfight