Hugo Award for Best Fancast
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The Hugo Award for Best Fancast is a major science fiction and fantasy honor recognizing excellence in fan-created audio or video podcasts and similar digital media.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Best Fancast Hugo | 1 |
| Hugo Award for Best Fancast canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1834812 — 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 Fancast Context triple: [Hugo Award for Best Fanzine, relatedTo, Hugo Award for Best Fancast]
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A.
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is a major science fiction and fantasy award honoring outstanding storytelling in media such as film, television, and other performance formats.
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B.
Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer
The Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer is a prestigious annual science fiction and fantasy honor recognizing outstanding non-professional writing such as fanzines, blogs, and other fan publications.
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C.
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form is a prestigious science fiction and fantasy award honoring outstanding short-length dramatic works such as TV episodes, short films, and similar productions.
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D.
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form is a prestigious science fiction and fantasy award honoring outstanding feature-length films or other long-form dramatic works.
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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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Hugo Award for Best Fancast Target entity description: The Hugo Award for Best Fancast is a major science fiction and fantasy honor recognizing excellence in fan-created audio or video podcasts and similar digital media.
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A.
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is a major science fiction and fantasy award honoring outstanding storytelling in media such as film, television, and other performance formats.
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B.
Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer
The Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer is a prestigious annual science fiction and fantasy honor recognizing outstanding non-professional writing such as fanzines, blogs, and other fan publications.
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C.
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form is a prestigious science fiction and fantasy award honoring outstanding short-length dramatic works such as TV episodes, short films, and similar productions.
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D.
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form is a prestigious science fiction and fantasy award honoring outstanding feature-length films or other long-form dramatic works.
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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 (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hugo Award category
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fantasy award ⓘ literary award ⓘ science fiction award ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Hugo Awards administrators ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hugo Award for Best Fancast
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surface form:
Best Fancast Hugo
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| awardFor |
best fan-created audio podcast
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best fan-created video podcast ⓘ fan-created digital media ⓘ |
| awardType | trophy ⓘ |
| categoryType | fan category ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| eligibility |
fan-produced content
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works published or released in the previous calendar year ⓘ |
| field |
fantasy
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science fiction ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 2012 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
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science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
fandom
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fantasy fandom ⓘ science fiction fandom ⓘ |
| inception | 2012 ⓘ |
| language | primarily English ⓘ |
| medium |
audio
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digital media ⓘ video ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hugo Gernsback ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
focuses on podcasts and similar formats
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recognizes non-professional fan media ⓘ |
| 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 Fan Writer
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Hugo Award for Best Fanzine ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | popular vote ⓘ |
| symbol | Hugo rocket ⓘ |
| votedBy | members of the World Science Fiction Convention ⓘ |
| website | https://www.thehugoawards.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hugo Award for Best Fancast Description of subject: The Hugo Award for Best Fancast is a major science fiction and fantasy honor recognizing excellence in fan-created audio or video podcasts and similar digital media.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Best Fancast Hugo