Trophies Category Archives

2012 Hugo Base Design Contest Deadline Extended

Published on 21 Dec 2011 at 16:06. Comments Off.
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Chicon 7, the 2012 World Science Fiction Convention, has extended the deadline for submitting designs for the 2012 Hugo Award trophy base until January 15, 2012. The Chicon 7 web site has full details on the design competition and the press release with the full announcement.

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2011 Hugo Base Design Competition Open

Published on 9 Nov 2010 at 20:06. No Comments.
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Renovation, the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention, has announced an open competition for the design of the 2011 Hugo Award base. The convention is soliciting artists and designers from around the world to come up with a base that is worthy of the Hugo Award and which reflects the convention’s theme of the New Frontiers [...]

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The 2009 Trophy

Published on 9 Aug 2009 at 20:05. No Comments.
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Pictures of the 2009 Hugo Award trophy, designed by Dave Howell, are now online here. Be sure to check out the top-down view of the base, which shows the blast pit as the Hugo rocket lifts off from the asteroid base.

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2008 Base Design Competition

Published on 5 Oct 2007 at 13:49. Comments Off.
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Denvention 3, the 2008 World Science Fiction Convention, has announced a competition to find a designer for its Hugo Award trophy base. As usual, the trophy design must include the standard Hugo rocket.
The rules of the competition are available on Denvention 3’s web site, and an archive of past trophies can be found on [...]

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