The Hugo Award is named for Hugo Gernsback, the "Father of Magazine Science Fiction," and it is sponsored by the World Science Fiction Society.
Click here for a list of winners from 1953 to the present. There are several categories, including novel, novella, short story, dramatic presentation and fanzine. Past winners include "The Star" by Arthur C. Clarke and "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein.