Hugo Award
The Hugo Awards are a set of literary awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine "Amazing Stories", and were officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards until 1992. Organized and overseen by the World Science Fiction Society, the awards are given each year at the annual World Science Fiction Convention as the central focus of the event. They were first given in 1953, at the 11th World Science Fiction Convention, and have been awarded every year since 1955. Over the years that the award has been given, the categories presented have changed; currently Hugo Awards are given in more than a dozen categories, and include both written and dramatic works of various types.
Hugo Award for Best Fanzine
During the 69 nomination years, including Retro Hugo years, 128 magazines run by 177 editors have been nominated. Of these, 40 magazines run by 67 editors have won, including ties. "Locus" has won 8 times out of 13 nominations, the most wins of any magazine. "File 770" has won 7 of 31, the most nominations of any magazine. "Mimosa" has won 6 of 14 nominations, "Ansible" has won 5 out of 11, and "Science Fiction Review" has won 4 of 12; they are the only other magazines to win more than twice. "Challenger" has the most nominations without winning at 12; the next highest is "FOSFAX" with 7. As editor of "Locus" Charles N. Brown has won 8 of 13 nominations, though he shared 8 of those awards with Dena Brown. Richard E. Geis has won 6 of 15 nominations for his work on "Science Fiction Review", "Psychotic", and "The Alien Critic"; Mike Glyer has won 7 of 31 for editing "File 770"; David Langford has won 5 of 12 for work on "Ansible" and "Twil-Ddu"; and Richard Lynch and Nicki Lynch have both won 6 of 14 nominations for "Mimosa". Guy H. Lillian III has the most nominations without winning at 12 for "Challenger".