1963 Hugo Awards
Presented at: Discon I, Washington DC, August 31 – September 2, 1963
Toastmaster: Isaac Asimov
Base design:
Awards Administration:
Best Novel
- The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick [Putnam, 1962]
- Sword of Aldones by Marion Zimmer Bradley [Ace, 1961]
- A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke [Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962]
- Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper [Avon, 1962]
- Sylva by Vercors [Putnam, 1961]
Short Fiction
- “The Dragon Masters” by Jack Vance [Galaxy Aug 1962]
- “Myrrha” by Gary Jennings [F&SF Sep 1962]
- “The Unholy Grail” by Fritz Leiber [Fantastic Oct 1962]
- “When You Care, When You Love” by Theodore Sturgeon [F&SF Sep 1962]
- “Where Is the Bird of Fire?” by Thomas Burnett Swann [Science Fantasy Apr 1962]
Best Dramatic Presentation
- No winner chosen this year
- Burn, Witch, Burn (1962) (alt: Night of the Eagle) [Anglo-Amalgamated/Independent Artists] Directed by Sidney Hayers; Screenplay by Charles Beaumont & Richard Matheson and George Baxt; based on the novel Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber
- The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) [British Lion/Pax] Directed by Val Guest; Written by Wolf Mankowitz & Val Guest
- Last Year at Marienbad (1962) [Argos Films] Directed by Alain Resnais; Screenplay by Alain Resnais and Alain Robbe-Grillet; based on the novel The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares
- The Twilight Zone (TV series) by Rod Serling [CBS]
Best Professional Magazine
- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ed. by Robert P. Mills and Avram Davidson
- Analog Science Fiction and Fact ed. by John W. Campbell, Jr.
- Galaxy ed. by H. L. Gold
- Fantastic ed. by Cele Goldsmith
- Science Fantasy
Best Professional Artist
- Roy G. Krenkel
- Ed Emshwiller
- Virgil Finlay
- Jack Gaughan
- John Schoenherr
Best Fanzine
- Xero ed. by Richard A. Lupoff and Pat Lupoff
- Warhoon ed. by Richard Bergeron
- Mirage ed. by Jack L. Chalker
- Yandro ed. by Robert Coulson and Juanita Coulson
- Shangri L’Affaires ed. by Fred Patten, Albert Lewis, Bjo Trimble and John Trimble