[Ads-l] antedating of Hugo Award

[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM AMRDEC (US)]

OED has 1956
OED SF Project has Jul 1950:  http://www.jessesword.com/sf/view/190

_Science-Fiction News Letter_ 4/1950 #15 p 1 col 1
"THE 'HUGO' AWARD: New York's Hydra Club, a business and social (mostly social) organization made up of science-fiction and fantasy writers, editors, illustrators and fans, are planning an east-coast science-fiction conference on July 4th in New York, at which time they will probably award the first 'Hugo' for excellence in the field."

http://fanac.org/fanzines/Science_Fiction_Newsletter/SFNews15-01.html



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