About the Awards

One of the most prestigious science fiction awards, the Hugo Award is among the highest honors bestowed in science fiction and fantasy writing. The Hugo Award is given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy novel of the previous year.

The Nebula Awards are one the most important of the American science fiction awards. It annually recognizes the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the U.S. during the previous year.

The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year.

The Philip K. Dick Award is a science fiction award given annually to the best original paperback published each year in the US.

An annual award presented to the author of the best science fiction novel published in English in the preceding calendar year.

An annual set of literary awards selected by a poll of readers.