1944 Retro-Hugo Award Winners

The Retro-Hugo Awards have been instituted to honour classic science fiction. They're voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention, who also vote on the contemporary Hugos. This year, the Retro-Hugos were for 1944. As posted on File 770, the winners were:

Best Novel

• Conjure Wife, by Fritz Leiber, Jr. (Unknown Worlds, April 1943)

Best Novella

• The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Reynal & Hitchcock)

Best Novelette

“Mimsy Were the Borogoves,” by Lewis Padgett (C.L. Moore & Henry Kuttner) (Astounding Science-Fiction, February 1943)

Best Short Story

• “King of the Gray Spaces” (“R is for Rocket”), by Ray Bradbury (Famous Fantastic Mysteries, December 1943)

Best Graphic Story

• Wonder Woman #5: Battle for Womanhood, written by William Moulton Marsden, art by Harry G. Peter (DC Comics)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Heaven Can Wait, written by Samson Raphaelson, directed by Ernst Lubitsch (20th Century Fox)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, written by Curt Siodmak, directed by Roy William Neill (Universal Pictures)

Best Professional Editor, Short Form

• John W. Campbell

Best Professional Artist

• Virgil Finlay

Best Fanzine

• Le Zombie, editor Wilson “Bob” Tucker

Best Fan Writer

• Forrest J Ackerman