The Hugo Awards are presented at an evening ceremony during the World Science Fiction Convention.
Nominations are as a result of ballots cast by the convention members who vote by mail.
They are counted using a weighted method whereby ballot entries, listed by preference, are assigned a value and then tallied. Those who fail to meet the cutoff or have the least number are dropped and the counting is redone until such time as a clear winner appears. The World Science Fiction Society gives the awards annually for achievements in science fiction. Locus , Charles N. Brown, ed. Science Fiction Chronicle , Andrew I. Porter, ed.