1958 Hugo Awards

1958 Hugo Award Trophy Presented at: Solacon, South Gate, California, August 29 – September 1, 1958

Toastmaster: Anthony Boucher

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Best Novel or Novelette

  • The Big Time by Fritz Leiber [Galaxy Mar,Apr 1958]

Best Short Story

  • “Or All the Seas with Oysters” by Avram Davidson [Galaxy Science Fiction May 1958]

Outstanding Movie

  • The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) [Universal] Directed by Jack Arnold; Screenplay by Richard Matheson; based on his novel

Best Professional Magazine

  • The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ed. by Anthony Boucher and Robert P. Mills

Outstanding Artist

  • Frank Kelly Freas

Outstanding Actifan

  • Walt Willis