The World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) has announced a contest for a design for an official logo for the Hugo Awards. The Hugo Awards “honor the best in written and dramatized science fiction and fantasy, as well as other categories, and are the highest honors in the field of science fiction and fantasy.”
The streamlined rocket that is a common feature of the Hugo Award trophy is well known within the field, but there has never been an official logo suitable for designating that a work is a Hugo Award winner. WSFS, through its Hugo Awards Marketing Committee, is now looking for designs for such a logo, which” would be suitable for use in the publishing and film/television industries, and in solidifying the Hugo Awards brand.”
The contest is open to individual designers. Full submission
guidelines are available on this page, with the contest rules on this page. Successful designs should:
* work well at a variety of sizes and in both black-and-white and color
* include something clearly recognizable as the classic four-finned Hugo Award rocket
* include the words “Hugo Award”
The entry deadline is 31 May 2009. The winner will be selected by the WSFS Hugo Awards Marketing Committee and a jury including: Chip Kidd (graphic
designer/writer/editor), Irene Gallo (Tor Books’s Art Director) Geri Sullivan (graphic designer) and Neil Gaiman (writer). WSFS hopes to announce the winner at this year’s World Science Fiction Convention, Anticipation, which will be in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in August.
All designs will become the property of WSFS. The winner will receive a special trophy incorporating the winning logo design, a $500 cash prize, and signed copies of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, Coraline, and Fragile Things.
The Hugo Awards are named for Hugo Gernsback, the editor who launched Amazing Stories in 1926. The awards were first presented at the 1953 WorldCon.