Hugo Voting Closes July 31

This means we are in the last week left to rank your choices for the 2018 Hugo Awards and 1943 Retro Hugo Awards!

Voting for both will end on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 11:59 PM PDT. 

Here are the links for voting:

Vote for the Hugos | Hugo Voter Packet (download)

Vote for the 1943 Retrospective Hugos | Retro Hugo Voter Packet (download)

Remember that your online ballots may be updated at any time. We encourage members not to wait until the last minute to file their Hugo ballots. The servers can become overloaded and this can sometimes cause difficulty getting all of your rankings saved before the ballot deadline.

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Progress Report 4: The Future is Now

It's less than a month to go. Are you ready for the 76th Worldcon in San Jose?

Progress Report 4 is now available online. Over the next week, if you opted in to paper copies, you should see it in the mail. Check inside for information about Traincon, Tours, more places to visit while your in SJ (including wine country!), a shopping guide, and more memories from fans.

Progress Report 4

Please send questions or comments to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We'll see you in August!

Download a hi-res version (40 MB).

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Retrospective Hugo Award Voter Packet Released

Worldcon 76 has issued the 1943 Retrospective Hugo Awards Voter Packet, a collection of finalists for the 1943 Retro-Hugo Awards made available to members of Worldcon 76 to assist them in making informed decisions when voting on this year's Hugo Awards.

Members of Worldcon 76 can sign in using their Hugo Award voting credentials that were sent to them when the final Hugo Award ballot was issued. In some cases, the Retro-Hugo packet includes only a pointer to a location where the work can be found online. Not all works shortlisted for the 1943 Retrospective Hugo Awards appear in the Retro-Hugo Voter Packet due to challenges with obtaining rights to distribute them.

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Site Selection Ballots are Now Available

Site Selection Ballots are Here

The 2020 Worldcon and 2019 NASFiC Site Selection Ballots are now available here. Members of Worldcon 76 can vote to select the site of the 2020 Worldcon and the 2019 North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC). You can vote in advance by mail or e-mail, or in person at Worldcon 76.

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Hugo Voter Packet News

The Worldcon 76 Hugo Team are working on testing the Hugo Voter Packet and expect to have it online shortly, within the next few days. 
 
The Hugo Voter Packet is a collection of finalist works for the 2018 Hugo Awards and 1943 Retrospective Hugo Awards, made available to members of Worldcon 76 to better allow voters to make their decisions when voting on the Hugo Awards. Finalists' works that appear in the Hugo Award Packet appear through the courtesy of the finalists, publishers, and rights-holders. Not all finalists will be in the Packet.

When the packet is available Worldcon 76 will send announcements to all members who have registered their e-mail addresses with the convention. We will also make public announcements on this web site, Facebook page, and Twitter.
 
Only supporting and attending members of Worldcon 76 will have access to the Hugo Voter Packet.
 
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