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Category: [[Best Cover Artist]].
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Category: Best Cover Artist.
  
 
Winner: (tie): '''[[Hannes Bok]]''' and '''[[Ed Emshwiller]]'''
 
Winner: (tie): '''[[Hannes Bok]]''' and '''[[Ed Emshwiller]]'''
  
The [[Best Cover Artist]] category was a one-time category, replaced in 1955 (the next year the Hugos were awarded) with [[Best Professional Artist]].  This category has survived, and was also awarded for the [[1954 Retro Hugo Awards]] and the [[1951 Retro Hugo Awards]].
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The Best Cover Artist category was a one-time category, replaced in 1955 (the next year the Hugos were awarded) with [[Best Professional Artist]].  This category has survived.
  
 
This first year of the [[Hugos]] there was no shortlist of nominees, nor voting by the members of the convention.  The winner was chosen by the [[Philcon II]] [[committee]].
 
This first year of the [[Hugos]] there was no shortlist of nominees, nor voting by the members of the convention.  The winner was chosen by the [[Philcon II]] [[committee]].
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Presented September 7, 1953 at [[Philcon II]].
 
Presented September 7, 1953 at [[Philcon II]].
  
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Note that this was not the [[Best Original Artwork Hugo]] which was awarded during the early ’90s for a single piece, but a [[body-of-work]] award.
  
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Revision as of 17:16, 11 February 2021

Category: Best Cover Artist.

Winner: (tie): Hannes Bok and Ed Emshwiller

The Best Cover Artist category was a one-time category, replaced in 1955 (the next year the Hugos were awarded) with Best Professional Artist. This category has survived.

This first year of the Hugos there was no shortlist of nominees, nor voting by the members of the convention. The winner was chosen by the Philcon II committee.

Presented September 7, 1953 at Philcon II.

Note that this was not the Best Original Artwork Hugo which was awarded during the early ’90s for a single piece, but a body-of-work award.


Best Cover Artist Hugo, 1953 Hugos 1953
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