# Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor

The Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor 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 award is available for editors of magazines, novels, anthologies, or other works related to science fiction or fantasy. The award supplanted a previous award for professionally edited magazines. The Hugo Awards have been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction" and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing".
The award was first presented in 1973, and was given annually through 2006. Beginning in 2007, the award was split into two categories, that of Best Editor (Short Form) and Best Editor (Long Form). The Short Form award is for editors of anthologies, collections or magazines, while the Long Form award is for editors of novels. In addition to the regular Hugo awards, beginning in 1996 Retrospective Hugo Awards, or "Retro Hugos", have been available to be awarded for years 50, 75, or 100 years prior in which no awards were given. To date, Retro Hugo awards have been awarded for 1939, 1941, 1943–1946, 1951, and 1954, and in each case an award for professional editor was given.
During the 60 nomination years, 92 editors have been nominated for the original Best Professional Editor, the Short Form, or the Long Form award, including Retro Hugos. Of these, Gardner Dozois has received the most awards, with 15 original awards out of 19 nominations for the original category and 1 out of 2 for the Short Form. The only other editors to win more than three awards are Ellen Datlow, who won 9 of 18 nominations, split between the original and short form awards, Ben Bova, who won 6 of 8 nominations for the original award, and John W. Campbell Jr. with 8 out of 8 nominations for the Retro Hugo awards. The three editors who have won three times are Edward L. Ferman with 3 out of 20 original nominations, Neil Clarke with 3 out of 12 Short Form nominations, and Patrick Nielsen Hayden with 3 out of 4 Long Form nominations. Stanley Schmidt has received the most nominations, at 27 original and 7 Short Form, winning one Short Form.

## Selection

Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by supporting or attending members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention, or Worldcon, and the presentation evening constitutes its central event. The selection process is defined in the World Science Fiction Society Constitution as instant-runoff voting with six nominees, except in the case of a tie. The works on the ballot are the six most-nominated by members that year, with no limit on the number of works that can be nominated. Initial nominations are made by members in January through March, while voting on the ballot of six nominations is performed roughly in April through July, subject to change depending on when that year's Worldcon is held. Prior to 2017, the final ballot was five works; it was changed that year to six, with each initial nominator limited to five nominations. Worldcons are generally held near Labor Day, and are held in a different city around the world each year. Members are permitted to vote "no award", if they feel that none of the nominees is deserving of the award that year, and in the case that "no award" takes the majority the Hugo is not given in that category. This happened in both the Short Form and Long Form categories in 2015.

## Winners and nominees

In the following tables, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony. Editors are eligible based on their work of the previous calendar year, and each date links to the "year in literature" article corresponding with when those works were eligible. Although the Best Professional Editor award is not given explicitly for any particular editing effort and such works are not recorded by the World Science Fiction Society, works that the editor in question was involved with in the eligibility period are listed. This list includes magazines or anthologies that the editor worked on and publishing houses that he or she was employed at, and is not intended to be comprehensive. Entries with a yellow background and an asterisk (*) next to the editor's name have won the award; those with a gray background are the nominees on the short-list.

### Best Professional Editor

* Winners and joint winners  + No winner selected
Best Professional Editor winners and nominees :
| Year | Editor | Work(s) |
| 1973 | Ben Bova* | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1973 | Terry Carr | The Best Science Fiction of the Year |
| 1973 | Edward L. Ferman | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
| 1973 | Ted White | Amazing Stories, Fantastic |
| 1973 | Donald A. Wollheim | The 1972 Annual World's Best SF |
| 1974 | Ben Bova* | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1974 | Terry Carr | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 |
| 1974 | Edward L. Ferman | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
| 1974 | Robert Silverberg | New Dimensions 3 |
| 1974 | Ted White | Amazing Stories, Fantastic |
| 1974 | Donald A. Wollheim | The 1973 Annual World's Best SF |
| 1975 | Ben Bova* | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1975 | James Baen | Galaxy Science Fiction, If |
| 1975 | Terry Carr | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 |
| 1975 | Edward L. Ferman | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
| 1975 | Robert Silverberg | New Dimensions IV |
| 1975 | Ted White | Amazing Stories, Fantastic |
| 1976 | Ben Bova* | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1976 | James Baen | Galaxy Science Fiction |
| 1976 | Edward L. Ferman | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
| 1976 | Robert Silverberg | New Dimensions 5 |
| 1976 | Ted White | Amazing Stories, Fantastic |
| 1977 | Ben Bova* | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1977 | James Baen | Galaxy Science Fiction |
| 1977 | Terry Carr | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #5 |
| 1977 | Edward L. Ferman | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
| 1977 | Ted White | Amazing Stories, Fantastic |
| 1978 | George H. Scithers* | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 1978 | James Baen | Galaxy Science Fiction |
| 1978 | Ben Bova | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1978 | Terry Carr | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6 |
| 1978 | Edward L. Ferman | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
| 1979 | Ben Bova* | Analog Science Fact & Fiction, Omni |
| 1979 | James Baen | Ace Books |
| 1979 | Terry Carr | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #7 |
| 1979 | Edward L. Ferman | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
| 1979 | George H. Scithers | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 1980 | George H. Scithers* | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 1980 | James Baen | Ace Books |
| 1980 | Ben Bova | Omni |
| 1980 | Edward L. Ferman | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1980 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1981 | Edward L. Ferman* | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1981 | James Baen | Tor Books |
| 1981 | Terry Carr | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9 |
| 1981 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1981 | George H. Scithers | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 1982 | Edward L. Ferman* | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1982 | Terry Carr | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 |
| 1982 | David G. Hartwell | Pocket Books |
| 1982 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1982 | George H. Scithers | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 1983 | Edward L. Ferman* | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1983 | Terry Carr | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 |
| 1983 | David G. Hartwell | Pocket Books |
| 1983 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1983 | George H. Scithers | Amazing Stories, Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 1984 | Shawna McCarthy* | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 1984 | Terry Carr | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 |
| 1984 | Edward L. Ferman | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1984 | David G. Hartwell | Pocket Books |
| 1984 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1985 | Terry Carr* | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #13 |
| 1985 | Edward L. Ferman | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1985 | Shawna McCarthy | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 1985 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1985 | George H. Scithers | Amazing Stories |
| 1986 | Judy-Lynn del Rey* | Del Rey Books |
| 1986 | Terry Carr | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 |
| 1986 | Edward L. Ferman | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1986 | Shawna McCarthy | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 1986 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1987 | Terry Carr* | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 |
| 1987 | Gardner Dozois | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection |
| 1987 | Edward L. Ferman | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1987 | David G. Hartwell | Tor Books |
| 1987 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1988 | Gardner Dozois* | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection |
| 1988 | Edward L. Ferman | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1988 | David G. Hartwell | Tor Books |
| 1988 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1988 | Brian Thomsen | Warner Books |
| 1989 | Gardner Dozois* | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection |
| 1989 | Edward L. Ferman | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1989 | David G. Hartwell | The New York Review of Science Fiction, Tor Books |
| 1989 | Charles C. Ryan | Aboriginal Science Fiction |
| 1989 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1990 | Gardner Dozois* | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection |
| 1990 | Ellen Datlow | Omni, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #2 |
| 1990 | Edward L. Ferman | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1990 | David G. Hartwell | The New York Review of Science Fiction, Tor Books |
| 1990 | Beth Meacham | Tor Books |
| 1990 | Charles C. Ryan | Aboriginal Science Fiction |
| 1990 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1991 | Gardner Dozois* | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection |
| 1991 | Ellen Datlow | Omni, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #3 |
| 1991 | Edward L. Ferman | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1991 | Kristine Kathryn Rusch | Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine |
| 1991 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1992 | Gardner Dozois* | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection |
| 1992 | Ellen Datlow | Omni, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #4 |
| 1992 | Edward L. Ferman | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1992 | Kristine Kathryn Rusch | Fantasy & Science Fiction, Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine |
| 1992 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1993 | Gardner Dozois* | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection |
| 1993 | Ellen Datlow | Omni, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #5 |
| 1993 | Beth Meacham | Tor Books |
| 1993 | Kristine Kathryn Rusch | Fantasy & Science Fiction, Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine |
| 1993 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 1994 | Kristine Kathryn Rusch* | Fantasy & Science Fiction, Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine |
| 1994 | Ellen Datlow | Omni, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #6 |
| 1994 | Gardner Dozois | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection |
| 1994 | Mike Resnick | Alternate Warriors, Christmas Ghosts, Future Earths: Under African Skies |
| 1994 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 1995 | Gardner Dozois* | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection |
| 1995 | Ellen Datlow | Omni, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #7 |
| 1995 | Mike Resnick | Alternate Outlaws, By Any Other Fame, Deals With the Devil |
| 1995 | Kristine Kathryn Rusch | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1995 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 1996 | Gardner Dozois* | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection |
| 1996 | Ellen Datlow | Omni, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #8 |
| 1996 | Scott Edelman | Science Fiction Age |
| 1996 | Kristine Kathryn Rusch | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1996 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 1997 | Gardner Dozois* | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection |
| 1997 | Scott Edelman | Science Fiction Age |
| 1997 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden | Tor Books |
| 1997 | Kristine Kathryn Rusch | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1997 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 1998 | Gardner Dozois* | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection |
| 1998 | Scott Edelman | Science Fiction Age |
| 1998 | David G. Hartwell | The New York Review of Science Fiction, Tor Books, Year's Best SF 2 |
| 1998 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 1998 | Gordon Van Gelder | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1999 | Gardner Dozois* | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection |
| 1999 | Scott Edelman | Science Fiction Age |
| 1999 | David G. Hartwell | The New York Review of Science Fiction, Tor Books, Year's Best SF 3 |
| 1999 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden | Tor Books |
| 1999 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 1999 | Gordon Van Gelder | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2000 | Gardner Dozois* | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection |
| 2000 | David G. Hartwell | The New York Review of Science Fiction, Tor Books, Year's Best SF 4 |
| 2000 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden | Tor Books |
| 2000 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 2000 | Gordon Van Gelder | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2001 | Gardner Dozois* | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection |
| 2001 | Ellen Datlow | Sci Fiction, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #13 |
| 2001 | David G. Hartwell | The New York Review of Science Fiction, Tor Books, Year's Best SF 5 |
| 2001 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 2001 | Gordon Van Gelder | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2002 | Ellen Datlow* | Sci Fiction, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #14 |
| 2002 | Gardner Dozois | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection |
| 2002 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden | Tor Books |
| 2002 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 2002 | Gordon Van Gelder | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2003 | Gardner Dozois* | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection |
| 2003 | Ellen Datlow | Sci Fiction, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #15 |
| 2003 | David G. Hartwell | The New York Review of Science Fiction, Tor Books, Year's Best Fantasy 2, Year's Best SF 7 |
| 2003 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 2003 | Gordon Van Gelder | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2004 | Gardner Dozois* | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection |
| 2004 | Ellen Datlow | Sci Fiction, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #16 |
| 2004 | David G. Hartwell | The New York Review of Science Fiction, Tor Books, Year's Best Fantasy 3, Year's Best SF 8 |
| 2004 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 2004 | Gordon Van Gelder | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2005 | Ellen Datlow* | Sci Fiction, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #17 |
| 2005 | Gardner Dozois | Asimov's Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection |
| 2005 | David G. Hartwell | The New York Review of Science Fiction, Tor Books, Year's Best Fantasy 4, Year's Best SF 9 |
| 2005 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 2005 | Gordon Van Gelder | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2006 | David G. Hartwell* | The New York Review of Science Fiction, Tor Books, Year's Best Fantasy 5, Year's Best SF 10 |
| 2006 | Ellen Datlow | Sci Fiction, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #18 |
| 2006 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 2006 | Gordon Van Gelder | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2006 | Sheila Williams | Asimov's Science Fiction |

### Long Form

Starting with the 2007 awards, the Professional Editor award was split into two categories: Best Editor (Long Form) and Best Editor (Short Form). The Long Form award is for "the editor of at least four novel-length works primarily devoted to science fiction and/or fantasy published in the previous calendar year" in the official Hugo Award rules.
Long Form winners and nominees :
| Year | Editor | Work(s) |
| 2007 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden* | Tor Books |
| 2007 | Lou Anders | Pyr |
| 2007 | Jim Baen | Baen Books |
| 2007 | Ginjer Buchanan | Ace Books |
| 2007 | David G. Hartwell | Tor Books |
| 2008 | David G. Hartwell* | Tor Books |
| 2008 | Lou Anders | Pyr |
| 2008 | Ginjer Buchanan | Ace Books |
| 2008 | Beth Meacham | Tor Books |
| 2008 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden | Tor Books |
| 2009 | David G. Hartwell* | Tor Books |
| 2009 | Lou Anders | Pyr |
| 2009 | Ginjer Buchanan | Ace Books |
| 2009 | Beth Meacham | Tor Books |
| 2009 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden | Tor Books |
| 2010 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden* | Tor Books |
| 2010 | Lou Anders | Pyr |
| 2010 | Ginjer Buchanan | Ace Books |
| 2010 | Liz Gorinsky | Tor Books |
| 2010 | Juliet Ulman | Bantam Spectra |
| 2011 | Lou Anders* | Pyr |
| 2011 | Ginjer Buchanan | Ace Books |
| 2011 | Moshe Feder | Tor Books |
| 2011 | Liz Gorinsky | Tor Books |
| 2011 | Nick Mamatas | Haikasoru |
| 2011 | Beth Meacham | Tor Books |
| 2011 | Juliet Ulman | Bantam Spectra |
| 2012 | Betsy Wollheim* | DAW Books |
| 2012 | Lou Anders | Pyr |
| 2012 | Liz Gorinsky | Tor Books |
| 2012 | Anne Lesley Groell | Bantam Spectra |
| 2012 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden | Tor Books |
| 2013 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden* | Tor Books |
| 2013 | Lou Anders | Pyr |
| 2013 | Sheila Gilbert | DAW Books |
| 2013 | Liz Gorinsky | Tor Books |
| 2013 | Toni Weisskopf | Baen Books |
| 2014 | Ginjer Buchanan* | Ace Books |
| 2014 | Sheila Gilbert | DAW Books |
| 2014 | Liz Gorinsky | Tor Books |
| 2014 | Lee Harris | Angry Robot |
| 2014 | Toni Weisskopf | Baen Books |
| 2015 | (no award)+ | |
| 2015 | Vox Day | Castalia House |
| 2015 | Sheila Gilbert | DAW Books |
| 2015 | Jim Minz | Baen Books |
| 2015 | Anne Sowards | Ace Books |
| 2015 | Toni Weisskopf | Baen Books |
| 2016 | Sheila Gilbert* | DAW Books |
| 2016 | Vox Day | Castalia House |
| 2016 | Liz Gorinsky | Tor Books |
| 2016 | Jim Minz | Baen Books |
| 2016 | Toni Weisskopf | Baen Books |
| 2017 | Liz Gorinsky* | Tor Books |
| 2017 | Vox Day | Castalia House |
| 2017 | Sheila Gilbert | DAW Books |
| 2017 | Devi Pillai | Tor Books |
| 2017 | Miriam Weinberg | Tor Books |
| 2017 | Navah Wolfe | Saga Press |
| 2018 | Sheila Gilbert* | DAW Books |
| 2018 | Joe Monti | Saga Press |
| 2018 | Diana M. Pho | Tor Books |
| 2018 | Devi Pillai | Tor Books |
| 2018 | Miriam Weinberg | Tor Books |
| 2018 | Navah Wolfe | Saga Press |
| 2019 | Navah Wolfe* | Saga Press |
| 2019 | Sheila Gilbert | DAW Books |
| 2019 | Anne Lesley Groell | Bantam Spectra |
| 2019 | Beth Meacham | Tor Books |
| 2019 | Diana Pho | Tor Books |
| 2019 | Gillian Redfearn | Victor Gollancz Ltd |
| 2020 | Navah Wolfe* | Saga Press |
| 2020 | Sheila Gilbert | DAW Books |
| 2020 | Brit Hvide | Orbit Books |
| 2020 | Diana Pho | Tor Books |
| 2020 | Devi Pillai | Tor Books |
| 2020 | Miriam Weinberg | Tor Books |
| 2021 | Diana Pho* | Tor Books |
| 2021 | Nivia Evans | Orbit Books |
| 2021 | Sheila Gilbert | DAW Books |
| 2021 | Sarah Guan | Erewhon Books |
| 2021 | Brit Hvide | Orbit Books |
| 2021 | Navah Wolfe | Saga Press |
| 2022 | Ruoxi Chen* | Tordotcom Publishing |
| 2022 | Nivia Evans | Orbit Books |
| 2022 | Sarah Guan | Erewhon Books |
| 2022 | Brit Hvide | Orbit Books |
| 2022 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden | Tor Books |
| 2022 | Navah Wolfe | Saga Press |
| 2023 | Lindsey Hall* | Tor Books/Forge Books |
| 2023 | Ruoxi Chen | Tordotcom Publishing |
| 2023 | Lee Harris | Tordotcom Publishing |
| 2023 | Sarah Peed | Del Rey Books |
| 2023 | Huan Yan | Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House |
| 2023 | Haijun Yao | Science Fiction World |
| 2024 | Ruoxi Chen* | Tordotcom Publishing |
| 2024 | Lindsey Hall | Tor Books/Forge Books |
| 2024 | Lee Harris | Tordotcom Publishing |
| 2024 | Kelly Lonesome | Tor Nightfire |
| 2024 | David Thomas Moore | Solaris Books |
| 2024 | Haijun Yao | Science Fiction World |

### Short Form

The Best Editor Short Form award, also started in 2007, is given to "the editor of at least four anthologies, collections or magazine issues primarily devoted to science fiction and/or fantasy, at least one of which was published in the previous calendar year."
Short Form winners and nominees :
| Year | Editor | Work(s) |
| 2007 | Gordon Van Gelder* | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2007 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection |
| 2007 | David G. Hartwell | The New York Review of Science Fiction, Tor Books, Year's Best Fantasy 6, Year's Best SF 11 |
| 2007 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 2007 | Sheila Williams | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 2008 | Gordon Van Gelder* | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2008 | Ellen Datlow | Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #20 |
| 2008 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 2008 | Jonathan Strahan | The New Space Opera, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year |
| 2008 | Sheila Williams | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 2009 | Ellen Datlow* | Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #21 |
| 2009 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 2009 | Jonathan Strahan | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 2 |
| 2009 | Gordon Van Gelder | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2009 | Sheila Williams | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 2010 | Ellen Datlow* | Best Horror of the Year, Nebula Awards Showcase 2009 |
| 2010 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 2010 | Jonathan Strahan | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 3 |
| 2010 | Gordon Van Gelder | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2010 | Sheila Williams | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 2011 | Sheila Williams* | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 2011 | John Joseph Adams | Lightspeed Magazine |
| 2011 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 2011 | Jonathan Strahan | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 4 |
| 2011 | Gordon Van Gelder | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2012 | Sheila Williams* | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 2012 | John Joseph Adams | Lightspeed Magazine |
| 2012 | Neil Clarke | Clarkesworld Magazine |
| 2012 | Stanley Schmidt | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 2012 | Jonathan Strahan | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 5 |
| 2013 | Stanley Schmidt* | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| 2013 | John Joseph Adams | Lightspeed Magazine |
| 2013 | Neil Clarke | Clarkesworld Magazine |
| 2013 | Jonathan Strahan | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 6 |
| 2013 | Sheila Williams | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 2014 | Ellen Datlow* | Best Horror of the Year |
| 2014 | John Joseph Adams | Lightspeed Magazine |
| 2014 | Neil Clarke | Clarkesworld Magazine |
| 2014 | Jonathan Strahan | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 7 |
| 2014 | Sheila Williams | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 2015 | (no award)+ | |
| 2015 | Jennifer Brozek | Chicks Dig Gaming: A Celebration of All Thing Gaming by the Women Who Love it |
| 2015 | Vox Day | Castalia House |
| 2015 | Mike Resnick | Galaxy's Edge |
| 2015 | Edmund R. Schubert | Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show |
| 2015 | Bryan Thomas Schmidt | Shattered Shields |
| 2016 | Ellen Datlow* | Best Horror of the Year |
| 2016 | John Joseph Adams | Lightspeed Magazine |
| 2016 | Neil Clarke | Clarkesworld Magazine |
| 2016 | Jerry Pournelle | Castalia House |
| 2016 | Sheila Williams | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 2017 | Ellen Datlow* | Best Horror of the Year |
| 2017 | John Joseph Adams | Lightspeed Magazine |
| 2017 | Neil Clarke | Clarkesworld Magazine |
| 2017 | Jonathan Strahan | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 10 |
| 2017 | Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas | Uncanny Magazine |
| 2017 | Sheila Williams | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 2018 | Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas* | Uncanny Magazine |
| 2018 | John Joseph Adams | Lightspeed Magazine |
| 2018 | Neil Clarke | Clarkesworld Magazine |
| 2018 | Lee Harris | Tor.com Publishing |
| 2018 | Jonathan Strahan | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 11 |
| 2018 | Sheila Williams | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 2019 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection |
| 2019 | Neil Clarke | Clarkesworld Magazine |
| 2019 | Lee Harris | Tor.com Publishing |
| 2019 | Julia Rios | Fireside Magazine |
| 2019 | Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas | Uncanny Magazine |
| 2019 | E. Catherine Tobler | Shimmer Magazine |
| 2020 | Ellen Datlow* | Best Horror of the Year |
| 2020 | Neil Clarke | Clarkesworld Magazine |
| 2020 | Charles Coleman Finlay | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2020 | Jonathan Strahan | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 13 |
| 2020 | Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas | Uncanny Magazine |
| 2020 | Sheila Williams | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 2021 | Ellen Datlow* | Best Horror of the Year |
| 2021 | Neil Clarke | Clarkesworld Magazine |
| 2021 | Charles Coleman Finlay | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2021 | Mur Lafferty and S. B. Divya | Escape Pod |
| 2021 | Jonathan Strahan | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 14 |
| 2021 | Sheila Williams | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 2022 | Neil Clarke* | Clarkesworld Magazine |
| 2022 | Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki | The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction |
| 2022 | Mur Lafferty and S. B. Divya | Escape Pod |
| 2022 | Jonathan Strahan | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 15 |
| 2022 | Sheree Renée Thomas | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2022 | Sheila Williams | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 2023 | Neil Clarke* | Clarkesworld Magazine |
| 2023 | Scott H. Andrews | Beneath Ceaseless Skies |
| 2023 | Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki | Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction |
| 2023 | Sheree Renée Thomas | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2023 | Xu Wang | Xingyun XII |
| 2023 | Feng Yang | Chinese Science Fiction: An Oral History, Volume 1 |
| 2024 | Neil Clarke* | Clarkesworld Magazine |
| 2024 | Scott H. Andrews | Beneath Ceaseless Skies |
| 2024 | Liu Weijia | Light Science Fiction Library |
| 2024 | Jonathan Strahan | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 17 |
| 2024 | Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas | Uncanny Magazine |
| 2024 | Feng Yang | Chinese Science Fiction: An Oral History, Volumes 2 and 3 |

### Retro Hugos

Beginning with the 1996 Worldcon, the World Science Fiction Society created the concept of "Retro Hugos", in which the Hugo award could be retroactively awarded for years 50, 75, or 100 years before the current year (if no awards were originally given that year). Retro Hugos have been awarded seven times, for 1939, 1941, 1943–1946, 1951, and 1954. In 1946, 1951, and 1954, the award was given for Best Professional Editor, as the category had not been split, while for the others it was given for Short Form only as Long Form did not have enough responses to make a ballot.
Retro Hugos winners and nominees :
| Year | Year awarded | Editor | Work(s) |
| 1939 | 2014 | John W. Campbell, Jr.* | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| 1939 | 2014 | Walter H. Gillings | Tales of Wonder |
| 1939 | 2014 | Raymond A. Palmer | Amazing Stories |
| 1939 | 2014 | Mort Weisinger | Thrilling Wonder Stories |
| 1939 | 2014 | Farnsworth Wright | Weird Tales |
| 1941 | 2016 | John W. Campbell, Jr.* | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| 1941 | 2016 | Dorothy McIlwraith | Weird Tales |
| 1941 | 2016 | Raymond A. Palmer | Amazing Stories |
| 1941 | 2016 | Frederik Pohl | Astonishing Stories, Super Science Stories |
| 1941 | 2016 | Mort Weisinger | Thrilling Wonder Stories |
| 1943 | 2018 | John W. Campbell, Jr.* | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| 1943 | 2018 | Oscar J. Friend | Thrilling Wonder Stories |
| 1943 | 2018 | Dorothy McIlwraith | Weird Tales |
| 1943 | 2018 | Raymond A. Palmer | Amazing Stories |
| 1943 | 2018 | Malcolm Reiss | Planet Stories |
| 1943 | 2018 | Donald A. Wollheim | The Viking Portable Novels of Science |
| 1944 | 2019 | John W. Campbell, Jr.* | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| 1944 | 2019 | Oscar J. Friend | Thrilling Wonder Stories |
| 1944 | 2019 | Mary Gnaedinger | Famous Fantastic Mysteries |
| 1944 | 2019 | Dorothy McIlwraith | Weird Tales |
| 1944 | 2019 | Raymond A. Palmer | Amazing Stories |
| 1944 | 2019 | Donald A. Wollheim | The Viking Portable Novels of Science |
| 1945 | 2020 | John W. Campbell, Jr.* | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| 1945 | 2020 | Oscar J. Friend | Thrilling Wonder Stories |
| 1945 | 2020 | Mary Gnaedinger | Famous Fantastic Mysteries |
| 1945 | 2020 | Dorothy McIlwraith | Weird Tales |
| 1945 | 2020 | Raymond A. Palmer | Amazing Stories |
| 1945 | 2020 | W. Scott Peacock | Planet Stories |
| 1946 | 1996 | John W. Campbell, Jr.* | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| 1946 | 1996 | Sam Merwin, Jr. | Startling Stories, Wonder Stories |
| 1946 | 1996 | Raymond A. Palmer | Amazing Stories |
| 1946 | 1996 | Donald A. Wollheim | The Viking Portable Novels of Science |
| 1951 | 2001 | John W. Campbell, Jr.* | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| 1951 | 2001 | Anthony Boucher | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1951 | 2001 | Groff Conklin | Big Book of Science Fiction, The Science Fiction Galaxy |
| 1951 | 2001 | H. L. Gold | Galaxy Science Fiction |
| 1951 | 2001 | J. Francis McComas | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1954 | 2004 | John W. Campbell, Jr.* | Astounding Science-Fiction |
| 1954 | 2004 | Anthony Boucher | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 1954 | 2004 | H. L. Gold | Beyond Fantasy Fiction, Galaxy Science Fiction |
| 1954 | 2004 | Frederik Pohl | Star Science Fiction Stories No.1, Star Science Fiction Stories No.2 |
| 1954 | 2004 | Donald A. Wollheim | Ace Books |