1956 Best Novelette Hugo

The 1956 Best Novelette Hugo was presented September 3 at Nycon II. This third year of the Hugos there was for the first time a shortlist of nominees, with the winner selected by voting by the members of the convention.

Winner: "Exploration Team" (alt: "Combat Team") by Murray Leinster [Astounding Mar 1956]

Runners-up (not in order):

• "A Gun for Dinosaur" by L. Sprague de Camp
• "Brightside Crossing" by Alan E. Nourse
• "Home There's No Returning" by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
• "Legwork" by Eric Frank Russell
• "The Assistant Self" by F. L. Wallace
• "The End of Summer" by Algis Budrys
• "Who?" by Theodore Sturgeon

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