1939 Retro Hugos

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

• Best Novel Retro Hugo: The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White
• Best Novella Retro Hugo: "Who Goes There?" by Don A. Stuart
• Best Novelette Retro Hugo: "Rule 18" by Clifford D. Simak
• Best Short Story Retro Hugo: "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 Retro Hugo, Long Form: There were insufficient nominations, so this category did not appear on the final ballot.
• Best Dramatic Presentation Retro Hugo, 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 Professional Editor Retro Hugo, Long Form: There were insufficient nominations, so this category did not appear on the final ballot.
• Best Professional Editor Retro Hugo, Short Form: John W. Campbell, Jr.
• Best Professional Artist Retro Hugo: 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 Retro Hugo: Imagination ed. by Forrest J Ackerman, Morojo, and T. Bruce Yerke
• Best Fan Writer Retro Hugo: 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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