The Hugo Award for Best Short Story is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The short story award is available for works of fiction of fewer than 7,500 words; awards are also given out for pieces of longer lengths in the novelette, novella, and novel categories. The Hugo Awards have been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction" and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing". This was the first time a nominee was withdrawn after the ballot was announced. Bellet's story was replaced on the ballot by "A Single Samurai" by Steven Diamond.
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External links
- Hugo Award official site
- List of Hugo Award nominees in Locus magazine