Editing Worldcon (section)

==Awards==
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{{main|Hugo Award}}

The World Science Fiction Society administers and presents the [[Hugo Award]]s,<ref name="wsfshugo">{{cite web |title=Article 3: Hugo Awards |work=WSFS Constitution |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |url=http://www.wsfs.org/bm/const-2008.html#hugo |year=2008 |access-date=April 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520081609/http://www.wsfs.org/bm/const-2008.html#hugo |archive-date=May 20, 2011 }}</ref> the oldest and most noteworthy award for science fiction. Selection of the recipients is by vote of the Worldcon members. Categories include novels and short fiction, artwork, dramatic presentations, and various professional and [[science fiction fandom|fandom]] activities.<ref name="wsfshugo" /><ref name="bs771030">{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1841675912.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI|first=Jon|last=Franklin|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|location=[[Baltimore]], MD|title=Star roars: this year's champs in science fiction|page=D5|date=October 30, 1977|access-date=March 3, 2011|archive-date=March 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308051416/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1841675912.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Other awards may be presented at Worldcon at the discretion of the individual convention committee. This has often included the national SF awards of the host country, such as the Japanese [[Seiun Award]]s as part of [[Nippon 2007]],<ref name="otherawards">{{cite web |url=http://www.nippon2007.us/awards.php |title=Awards |publisher=Nippon2007: 65th World Science Fiction Convention |access-date=March 15, 2009 |archive-date=August 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802074443/http://www.nippon2007.us/awards.php |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[Prix Aurora Awards]] as part of [[Anticipation (convention)|Anticipation]] in 2009. The [[Astounding Award for Best New Writer]] and the [[Sidewise Award for Alternate History|Sidewise Award]], though not sponsored by the Worldcon, are usually presented, as well as the [[Chesley Awards]], the [[Prometheus Award]], and others.<ref name="otherawards" /><section end=Awards />