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2026 Hugo Award Winner!

Appearances, Awards, Conventions, News, The Invisible ParadeBy John Picacio September 2, 2026 Leave a comment

THANK YOU, LAcon V — what a week! Sunday night, I won the 2026 Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist. Had a dream last month that Martha Wells and I won Hugos and then we blasted off with friends, late-night style, to Disneyland. Midnight alcohol-soaked hijinks ensued. Apologies to Haunted Mansion and the Millennium Falcon.…

The 2016 Best Professional Artist Hugo Award

AwardsBy John Picacio April 27, 2016 9 Comments

Need help making sense of the Hugo Finalist list in the Best Professional Artist category? Grab yourself an adult beverage. Easy on the ice. Got it? Good. After looking over the nominees announced today, I’m seeing an absence of many talents that represent the best of the contemporary sf/f art world. Off the top of my head, names…