1959 Best Professional Artist Hugo

The 1959 Best Professional Artist Hugo was presented September 7 at Detention. For the first time the modern nominations ballot followed by a final ballot process was followed so we have a list of nominees and a winner, but we do not have the order of finish after first place.

Winner: Frank Kelly Freas

Runners-up:

• Ed Emshwiller
• Virgil Finlay
• H. R. van Dongen
• Wally Wood

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Best Professional Artist Hugo, 1959 Hugos

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