1945 Retro Hugos

The 1945 Retro Hugos for work published in 1944 were presented at CoNZealand in 2020. Fanac produced a sample of eligible fanzines from 1944. The trophy base was designed by James Brown.

• Best Novel: Shadow Over Mars (The Nemesis from Terra) by Leigh Brackett (Startling Stories, Fall 1944)
• Best Novella: Killdozer! by Theodore Sturgeon (Astounding Science Fiction , November 1944)
• Best Novelette: City by Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science Fiction , May 1944)
• Best Short Story: I Rocket by Ray Bradbury (Amazing Stories , May 1944)
• Best Series: The Cthulhu Mythos by H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, and others
• Best Related Work: “The Science-Fiction Field” by Leigh Brackett (Writer’s Digest, July 1944)
• Best Graphic Story or Comic:Superman: “The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk” by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster (Detective Comics, Inc.)
• Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: (tie) The Canterville Ghost, screenplay by Edwin Harvey Blum from a story by Oscar Wilde, directed by Jules Dassin (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)),

The Curse of the Cat People, written by DeWitt Bodeen, directed by Gunther V. Fritsch and Robert Wise (RKO Radio Pictures)

• Best Editor, Short Form: John W. Campbell, Jr.
• Best Professional Artist: Margaret Brundage
• Best Fanzine: Voice of the Imagi-Nation , edited by Forrest J Ackerman and Myrtle R. Douglas

• Best Fan Writer: Fritz Leiber

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