Hugo Award for Best Series
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The Hugo Award for Best Series is a major science fiction and fantasy honor recognizing an ongoing book or story series for outstanding cumulative achievement in the genre.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1181181 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Hugo Award for Best Series Context triple: [World Science Fiction Society, awardAdministered, Hugo Award for Best Series]
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A.
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
The John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel is a prestigious annual literary prize recognizing outstanding full-length science fiction works.
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Nebula Award
The Nebula Award is a prestigious set of annual honors presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association to recognize outstanding works in science fiction and fantasy literature.
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Hugo Award
The Hugo Award is one of the most prestigious honors in science fiction and fantasy, recognizing outstanding works and achievements in the genre as voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Society.
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Locus Award
The Locus Award is a prestigious set of annual science fiction and fantasy literary awards voted on by readers of Locus magazine.
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E.
Hugo Award for Best Related Work
The Hugo Award for Best Related Work is a major science fiction and fantasy honor recognizing outstanding non-fiction or critical works related to the genre, such as essays, biographies, and reference books.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugo Award for Best Series Target entity description: The Hugo Award for Best Series is a major science fiction and fantasy honor recognizing an ongoing book or story series for outstanding cumulative achievement in the genre.
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A.
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
The John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel is a prestigious annual literary prize recognizing outstanding full-length science fiction works.
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B.
Nebula Award
The Nebula Award is a prestigious set of annual honors presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association to recognize outstanding works in science fiction and fantasy literature.
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C.
Hugo Award
The Hugo Award is one of the most prestigious honors in science fiction and fantasy, recognizing outstanding works and achievements in the genre as voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Society.
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D.
Locus Award
The Locus Award is a prestigious set of annual science fiction and fantasy literary awards voted on by readers of Locus magazine.
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E.
Hugo Award for Best Related Work
The Hugo Award for Best Related Work is a major science fiction and fantasy honor recognizing outstanding non-fiction or critical works related to the genre, such as essays, biographies, and reference books.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hugo Award
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literary award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hugo Award for Best Series
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surface form:
Best Series Hugo Award
Hugo Award for Best Series ⓘ
surface form:
Hugo for Best Series
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| awardedIn | speculative fiction community ⓘ |
| awardFor |
book series
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story series ⓘ |
| awardType | annual award ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| domain | literature ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion |
minimum word count across series
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ongoing series ⓘ recent installment within eligibility period ⓘ science fiction or fantasy genre ⓘ |
| field | speculative fiction ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 2017 ⓘ |
| focus |
cumulative achievement
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ongoing narrative series ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCategory | Best Series ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
novelettes
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novellas ⓘ novels ⓘ prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.thehugoawards.org/ ⓘ |
| inception | 2017 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hugo Gernsback ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Children of Time series
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The Expanse ⓘ The Murderbot Diaries ⓘ Scholomance trilogy ⓘ
surface form:
The Scholomance
The Wormwood Trilogy ⓘ Wayfarers ⓘ World of the Five Gods ⓘ |
| organizer | World Science Fiction Society ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hugo Award
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surface form:
Hugo Awards
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| presentedAt |
Worldcon
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surface form:
World Science Fiction Convention
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| presentedBy | World Science Fiction Society ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hugo Award for Best Novel
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Hugo Award for Best Novelette ⓘ Hugo Award for Best Novella ⓘ Hugo Award for Best Short Story ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | popular vote ⓘ |
| votedBy | Worldcon members ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Hugo Award for Best Series Description of subject: The Hugo Award for Best Series is a major science fiction and fantasy honor recognizing an ongoing book or story series for outstanding cumulative achievement in the genre.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
World Science Fiction Society
this entity surface form:
Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series
this entity surface form:
World Science Fiction Convention awards
this entity surface form:
Best Series Hugo Award
this entity surface form:
Hugo for Best Series
this entity surface form:
Special Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series
this entity surface form:
Retro Hugo Award for Best Series
this entity surface form:
Hugo Award for Best Novel series sweep (2016–2018)