Hugo Award for Best Short Story

Hugo Award for Best Short Story

A short story is a science fiction or fantasy story of less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) words. Additional Hugo Awards are given for longer pieces of fiction: novelette, novella and novel. Awards given in one year are for works published during the previous calendar year. The category definitions have changed over the years. In 1960–1964 and 1966 the award was for "Short Fiction".

YearShort StoryAuthor 
2008TidelineElizabeth Bear 
2007Impossible DreamsTim Pratt 
2006Tk'tk'tkDavid D. Levine 
2005Travels with My CatsMike Resnick 
2004A Study in EmeraldNeil Gaiman 
2003Falling Onto MarsGeoffrey A. Landis 
2002The Dog Said Bow-WowMichael Swanwick 
2001Different Kinds of DarknessDavid Langford 
2000Scherzo with TyrannosaurMichael Swanwick 
1999The Very Pulse of the MachineMichael Swanwick 
1998The 43 Antarean DynastiesMike Resnick 
1997The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson's Poems: A Wellsian PerspectiveConnie Willis 
1996The Lincoln TrainMaureen F. McHugh 
1995None So BlindJoe Haldeman 
1994Death on the NileConnie Willis 
1993Even the QueenConnie Willis 
1992A Walk in the SunGeoffrey A. Landis 
1991Bears Discover FireTerry Bisson 
1990BoobsSuzy McKee Charnas 
1989KirinyagaMike Resnick 
1988Why I Left Harry's All-Night HamburgersLawrence Watt-Evans 
1987TangentsGreg Bear 
1986Fermi and FrostFrederik Pohl 
1985The Crystal SpheresDavid Brin 
1984Speech SoundsOctavia E. Butler 
1983Melancholy ElephantsSpider Robinson 
1982The PusherJohn Varley 
1981Grotto of the Dancing DeerClifford D. Simak 
1980The Way of Cross and DragonGeorge R. R. Martin 
1979CassandraC. J. Cherryh 
1978Jeffty Is FiveHarlan Ellison 
1977TricentennialJoe Haldeman 
1976Catch That Zeppelin!Fritz Leiber 
1975The Hole ManLarry Niven 
1974The Ones Who Walk Away from OmelasUrsula K. Le Guin 
1973Eurema's Dam, The MeetingR. A. Lafferty, Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth 
1972Inconstant MoonLarry Niven 
1971Slow SculptureTheodore Sturgeon 
1970Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious StonesSamuel R. Delany 
1969The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the WorldHarlan Ellison 
1968I Have No Mouth, and I Must ScreamHarlan Ellison 
1967Neutron StarLarry Niven 
1966"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the TicktockmanHarlan Ellison 
1965Soldier, Ask NotGordon R. Dickson 
1964No Truce with KingsPoul Anderson 
1963The Dragon MastersJack Vance 
1962HothouseBrian W. Aldiss 
1961The Longest VoyagePoul Anderson 
1960Flowers for AlgernonDaniel Keyes 
1959That Hell-Bound TrainRobert Bloch 
1958Or All the Seas with OystersAvram Davidson 
1956The StarArthur C. Clarke 
1955AllamagoosaEric Frank Russell 
Hugo Award for Best Short Story
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