Hugo Gernsback
The Hugo Awards or "Hugos" are the annual achievement awards presented at the World Science Fiction Convention, selected in a process that ends with vote by current Convention members. They originated and acquired the "Hugo" nickname during the 1950s and were formally defined as a convention responsibility under the name "Science Fiction Achievement Awards" early in the 1960s. The nickname soon became almost universal and its use legally protected; "Hugo Award(s)" replaced the longer name in all official uses after the 1991 cycle.
Hugo Award for Best Professional Magazine
During the nineteen nomination years, twelve magazines run by fifteen editors were nominated. Of these, only five magazines run by eight editors won. "Astounding Science-Fiction"/"Analog Science Fact & Fiction" and "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction" each won eight times, out of eighteen and fifteen nominations, respectively. "If" won three of five nominations, "New Worlds" won one of its six nominations—though its win was in the 1957 "British Professional Magazine" category—and "Galaxy Science Fiction" won only one out of its fifteen nominations, for the first award in 1953. Of the magazines which never won, "Amazing Stories" was nominated the most at eight times, while the only other magazine to be nominated more than twice was "Science Fantasy" with three nominations. John W. Campbell, Jr. received both the most nominations and awards, as he edited "Analog Science Fact & Fiction" for all eighteen nominations and eight wins. Edward L. Ferman and Robert P. Mills both won four times, while Frederik Pohl won three. H. L. Gold received the second most number of nominations at twelve, while Cele Goldsmith received the most number of nominations without winning at ten for her work on two separate magazines; she was the only female editor to be nominated.