2018 Retro Hugo Awards for 1943

Winners will be highlighted when the results are in.

Best Novel

• Beyond This Horizon, by Anson MacDonald (Robert A. Heinlein) (Astounding Science-Fiction, April & May 1942)
• Darkness and the Light, by Olaf Stapledon (Methuen / S.J.R. Saunders)
• Donovan’s Brain, by Curt Siodmak (Black Mask, September-November 1942)
• Islandia, by Austin Tappan Wright (Farrar & Rinehart)
• Second Stage Lensmen, by E. E. “Doc” Smith (Astounding Science-Fiction, November 1941 to February 1942)
• The Uninvited, by Dorothy Macardle (Doubleday, Doran / S.J.R. Saunders)

Best Novella

• “Asylum,” by A.E. van Vogt (Astounding Science-Fiction, May 1942)
• “The Compleat Werewolf,” by Anthony Boucher (Unknown Worlds, April 1942)
• “Hell is Forever,” by Alfred Bester (Unknown Worlds, August 1942)
• “Nerves,” by Lester del Rey (Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1942)
• “The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag,” by John Riverside (Robert A. Heinlein) (Unknown Worlds, October 1942)
• “Waldo,” by Anson MacDonald (Robert A. Heinlein) (Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1942)

Best Novelette

• “Bridle and Saddle,” by Isaac Asimov (Astounding Science-Fiction, June 1942)
• “Foundation,” by Isaac Asimov (Astounding Science-Fiction, May 1942)
• “Goldfish Bowl,” by Anson MacDonald (Robert A. Heinlein) (Astounding Science-Fiction, March 1942)
• “The Star Mouse,” by Fredric Brown (Planet Stories, Spring 1942)
• “There Shall Be Darkness,” by C.L. Moore (Astounding Science-Fiction, February 1942)
• “The Weapon Shop,” by A.E. van Vogt (Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1942)

Best Short Story

• “Etaoin Shrdlu,” by Fredric Brown (Unknown Worlds, February 1942)
• “Mimic,” by Martin Pearson (Donald A. Wollheim) (Astonishing Stories, December 1942)
• “Proof,” by Hal Clement (Astounding Science-Fiction, June 1942)
• “Runaround,” by Isaac Asimov (Astounding Science-Fiction, March 1942)
• “The Sunken Land,” by Fritz Leiber (Unknown Worlds, February 1942)
• “The Twonky,” by C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner (Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1942)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• Bambi, written by Perce Pearce, Larry Morey, et al., directed by David D. Hand et al. (Walt Disney Productions)
• Cat People, written by DeWitt Bodeen, directed by Jacques Tourneur (RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.)
• The Ghost of Frankenstein, written by W. Scott Darling, directed by Erle C. Kenton (Universal Pictures)
• I Married a Witch, written by Robert Pirosh and Marc Connelly, directed by René Clair (Cinema Guild Productions / Paramount Pictures)
• Invisible Agent, written by Curtis Siodmak, directed by Edwin L. Marin (Frank Lloyd Productions / Universal Pictures)
• Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book, written by Laurence Stallings, directed by Zoltan Korda (Alexander Korda Films, Inc. / United Artists)

Best Editor, Short Form

• John W. Campbell
• Oscar J. Friend
• Dorothy McIlwraith
• Raymond A. Palmer
• Malcolm Reiss
• Donald A. Wollheim

Best Professional Artist

• Hannes Bok
• Margaret Brundage
• Edd Cartier
• Virgil Finlay
• Harold W. McCauley
• Hubert Rogers

Best Fanzine

• Futurian War Digest, edited by J. Michael Rosenblum
• Inspiration, edited by Lynn Bridges
• The Phantagraph, edited by Donald A. Wollheim
• Spaceways, edited by Harry Warner, Jr.
• Voice of the Imagi-Nation, edited by Forrest J Ackerman and Morojo
• Le Zombie, edited by Arthur Wilson “Bob” Tucker

Best Fan Writer

• Forrest J Ackerman
• Jack Speer
• Arthur Wilson “Bob” Tucker
• Harry Warner, Jr.
• Art Widner
• Donald A. Wollheim