Hugo Award for Best Fancast
The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine "Amazing Stories", and was previously officially known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award. It has been described by "The Guardian" and "Litro Magazine" as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction" and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing".
Discontinued Hugo Awards
Sometimes referred to as the "BNF Award". According to an interim report issued by the Philcon II convention committee while voting was still going on, the next most popular candidate to Ackerman at the time was Harlan Ellison. When Ackerman was handed the trophy at Philcon II (by Isaac Asimov), he actually physically declined, saying it should go to Ken Slater, to whom the trophy was later forwarded by the con committee.