The Hugo Award/Discontinued Fannish Awards

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Award
Name:	Hugo Awards - Discontinued Awards
Date(s):	1953-2005
Frequency:	annual
Format:	vote
Type:	non-professional
Associated Community:	Worldcon
Fandom:	Science fiction fandom
URL:	The Hugo Awards website
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In addition to the regular awards that have been given in most years that the awards have been active, several discontinued Hugo Awards have been presented throughout the years, only to be removed after a few years. Several of these were awards for fans, such as #1 Fan Personality (1953); Outstanding Actifan (1958); and Best Web Site (2002 and 2005).

#1 Fan Personality (1953)

• Winner - Forrest J Ackerman

History records that immediately after he was handed the very first Hugo Award as #1 Fan Personality at the 1953 Worldcon, Ackerman declined it in favor of Ken Slater and abandoned the little rocket-shaped trophy on stage to be forwarded to Britain. This was acknowledged a magnificent gesture by everyone...

 

Outstanding Actifan (1958)

• Winner - Walt Willis

Best Web Site

2002

• Locus Online (www.locusmag.com), webmaster Mark R. Kelly - winner
• Sci Fiction (www.scifi.com), webmaster Craig Engler
• SF Site (www.sfsite.com), webmaster Rodger Turner
• Strange Horizons (www.strangehorizons.com), webmaster Mary Anne Mohanraj
• Tangent Online (www.tangentonline.com), webmasters Dave Truesdale and Tobias S. Buckell

2005

• Sci Fiction (www.scifi.com/scifiction) by Ellen Datlow, Craig Engler, general manager - winner
• Locus Online (www.locusmag.com) by Mark R. Kelly
• Emerald City (www.emcit.com) by Cheryl Morgan
• Strange Horizons (www.strangehorizons.com) by Susan Marie Groppi
• eFanzines (www.efanzines.com) by Bill Burns