1939 Retro Hugos

The 1939 Retro Hugos were Presented August 14, 2014 at Loncon 3.

• Best Novel: The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White
• Best Novella: "Who Goes There?" by Don A. Stuart
• Best Novelette: "Rule 18" by Clifford D. Simak
• Best Short Story: "How We Went to Mars" by Arthur C. Clarke
• Best Related Work Retro Hugo: There were insufficient nominations, so this category did not appear on the final ballot.
• Best Graphic Story: There were insufficient nominations, so this category did not appear on the final ballot.
• Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Retro Hugo: There were insufficient nominations, so this category did not appear on the final ballot.
• Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: The War of the Worlds, Written by Howard Koch & Anne Froelick, directed by Orson Welles (The Mercury Theater on the Air, CBS)
• Best Editor, Long Form Retro Hugo: There were insufficient nominations, so this category did not appear on the final ballot.
• Best Editor, Short Form: John W. Campbell, Jr.
• Best Professional Artist: Virgil Finlay
• Best Semiprozine Retro Hugo: There were insufficient nominations, so this category did not appear on the final ballot.
• Best Fan Writer Retro Hugo: There were insufficient nominations, so this category did not appear on the final ballot.
• Best Fanzine: Imagination ed. by Forrest J Ackerman, Morojo, and T. Bruce Yerke
• Best Fan Writer: Ray Bradbury
• Best Fan Artist Retro Hugo: There were insufficient nominations, so this category did not appear on the final ballot.

(The Campbell Award is not awarded as part of the Retro Hugos.) The committee also presented one committee special award:

To Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster - for the introduction of Superman in Action Comics #1

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