Psssst! Got a Hugo base design?
From the sublime to the amazing, the elegant to the astounding, the bases for the Hugo Awards change yearly, depending on the whim and aesthetic judgment of each year's Worldcon committee.
Noreascon Four would like your creative insights and other-worldly engineering proposals for the perfect base on which to mount the treasured silver rocket denoting excellence in science fiction and fantasy.
We request that all proposals conform to certain basic principles:
(1) They must be designed in such a way that the silver Hugo rocket is an integral part of the design. We will supply the rockets, which are bolted to the base from below the tailfins. Ease of attachment should be a design consideration.
See our design specifications and some past Hugo Award bases.
(2) The design must stand on a flat surface in some way (please do not craft a *hanging* design, or one only appropriate for zero-G).
(3) You must allow space for a plaque indicating the winner and category of the award won.
(4) Oh, and just so you know: we're wicked allergic to bases that have small bits falling off of them (or which disintegrate in someone's luggage!).
Designs should be submitted by 1 October 2003 and should include drawings/sketches/sample of the proposed base unit. Please tell us
As a guideline, bases should cost $100 each or less to fabricate, and the finished bases should be sent to Noreascon Four not later than 15 July 2004.
Noreascon Four will also be awarding
Retrospective Hugos for work done in 1953, and we will use a different Hugo base design for those awards. If you have a remarkable idea for a base honoring this historic work in the field, please send that to us, too. You may submit designs, either by mail or electronically, in either or both categories.
Just imagine going to the 112th Worldcon in 2054, and overhearing some young whippersnapper say, of the Hugo base you designed, "Wow! I didn't know they could do stuff like that back then!"
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