The Hugo Awards Go Retro to 1939

In a move that could be something from an old sci-fi pulp, the Hugo Awards announced the finalists for a great blast from the past year -- 1939!

Best Novel (208 nominating ballots)

• Carson of Venus, Edgar Rice Burroughs (Argosy, February 1938)
• Galactic Patrol, E. E. Smith (Astounding Stories, February 1938)
• The Legion of Time, Jack Williamson (Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1938)
• Out of the Silent Planet, C. S. Lewis (The Bodley Head)
• The Sword in the Stone, T. H. White (Collins)

Best Novella (125 nominating ballots)

• Anthem, Ayn Rand (Cassell)
• “A Matter of Form”, H. L. Gold (Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1938)
• “Sleepers of Mars”, John Beynon [John Wyndham] (Tales of Wonder, March 1938)
• “The Time Trap”, Henry Kuttner (Marvel Science Stories, November 1938)
• “Who Goes There?”, Don A Stuart [John W. Campbell] (Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1938)

Best Novelette (80 nominating ballots)

• “Dead Knowledge”, Don A. Stuart [John W. Campbell] (Astounding Stories, January 1938)
• “Hollywood on the Moon”, Henry Kuttner (Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1938)
• “Pigeons From Hell”, Robert E. Howard (Weird Tales, May 1938)
• “Rule 18”, Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1938)
• “Werewoman”, C. L. Moore (Leaves #2, Winter 1938)

Best Short Story (108 nominating ballots)

• “The Faithful”, Lester del Rey (Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1938)
• “Helen O’Loy”, Lester del Rey (Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1938)
• “Hollerbochen’s Dilemma”, Ray Bradbury (Imagination!, January 1938)
• “How We Went to Mars”, Arthur C. Clarke (Amateur Science Stories, March 1938)
• “Hyperpilosity”, L. Sprague de Camp (Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1938)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (137 nominating ballots)

• Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. Written & Directed by Orson Welles (The Mercury Theater of the Air, CBS)
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Written & Directed by Orson Welles (The Campbell Playhouse, CBS)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker. Written by Orson Welles and John Houseman; Directed by Orson Welles (The Mercury Theater of the Air, CBS)
• R. U. R. by Karel Čapek. Produced by Jan Bussell (BBC)
• The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Written by Howard Koch & Anne Froelick; Directed by Orson Welles (The Mercury Theater of the Air, CBS)

Best Editor, Short Form (99 nominating ballots)

• John W. Campbell
• Walter H. Gillings
• Raymond A. Palmer
• Mort Weisinger
• Farnsworth Wright

Best Professional Artist (86 nominating ballots)

• Margaret Brundage
• Virgil Finlay
• Frank R. Paul
• Alex Schomburg
• H. W. Wesso

Best Fanzine (42 nominating ballots)

• Fantascience Digest edited by Robert A. Madle
• Fantasy News edited by James V. Taurasi
• Imagination! edited by Forrest J Ackerman, Morojo, and T. Bruce Yerke
• Novae Terrae edited by Maurice K. Hanson
• Tomorrow edited by Douglas W. F. Mayer

Best Fan Writer (50 nominating ballots)

• Forrest J Ackerman
• Ray Bradbury
• Arthur Wilson “Bob” Tucker
• Harry Warner, Jr.
• Donald A. Wollheim

See the original link: http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1939-retro-hugo-awards/