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18th World Science Fiction Convention

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Genre
  
Science fiction

Country
  
United States

Attendance
  
568

Venue
  
Penn-Sheraton Hotel

Inaugurated
  
September 3–5, 1960

Location(s)
  
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The 18th World Science Fiction Convention, also known as Pittcon, was held September 3–5, 1960, at the Penn-Sheraton Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

Contents

The chairman was Dirce Archer. The guest of honor was James Blish. The toastmaster was Isaac Asimov. Total attendance was 568.

Awards

The Hugo Awards, named after Hugo Gernsback, are presented every year for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. Results are based on the ballots submitted by members of the World Science Fiction Society. Other awards are also presented each year at Worldcon.

Hugo Awards

  • Best Novel: Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
  • Best Short Fiction: "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
  • Best Dramatic Presentation: The Twilight Zone
  • Best Professional Magazine: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction edited by Robert P. Mills
  • Best Professional Artist: Ed Emshwiller
  • Best Fanzine: Cry of the Nameless by F. M. Busby, Elinor Busby, Burnett Toskey, & Wally Weber

    • Other awards

  • Special Award: Hugo Gernsback as "The Father of Magazine Science Fiction"

    • References

    18th World Science Fiction Convention Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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