Literary award · since 1955

Hugo Award for Best Fanzine

Annual award for science fiction or fantasy. Established 1955.

About Hugo Award for Best Fanzine

The Hugo Award for Best Fanzine is given each year for non professionally edited magazines, or "fanzines", related to science fiction or fantasy which has published four or more issues with at least one issue appearing in the previous calendar year. Awards were also once given out for professional magazines in the professional magazine category, and since 1984 have been awarded for semi-professional magazines in the semiprozine category; several magazines that were finalist in or won the fanzine category have gone on to be finalists in or win the semiprozine category since it was established. The Hugo Awards have been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction" and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing". The award was first presented in 1955, and has been given annually since except for in 1958.

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Recent winners

YearWinnerWinning work
2026Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together—
2025Black Nerd Problems—
2024Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together—
2023Zero Gravity Newspaper—
2022Small Gods—
2021Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together—
2020The Book Smugglers—
2019Lady Business—
2018File 770—
2017Lady Business—
2016File 770—
2015Journey Planet—
2014A Dribble of Ink—
2013SF Signal—
2012SF Signal—

From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.

Eligibility and entering

Check the official rules of the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.

If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.

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