The rockets have been cast since 1984 (except 1991) in Birmingham, UK, at the foundry of prominent fan Peter Weston in 1992 they were gold-plated to celebrate the 50th Worldcon, and again in 2003 for the 50th anniversary of the first presentation. The first model was designed and produced by Jack McKnight from 1955 a similar design by Ben Jason has normally been used. The award takes the form of a rocketship mounted upright on fins. The original idea, from fan Hal Lynch, was based on the National Film Academy Awards (Oscars). They have always been fan-voted awards as opposed to, say, the Nebula or Philip K Dick Award, which are voted on by different categories of professional reader. Hugos were first awarded at the 1953 World SF Convention (see Worldcon) the idea was then dropped for a year (1954), but since 1955 the awards have been annual. The awards were originally known as the Science Fiction Achievement Awards while affectionately termed Hugos in honour of Hugo Gernsback the name was officially changed to the Hugo Awards when the US authorities declined to allow a service mark on the original name. The annual awards given by the World SF Society, comprising members of the Worldcon.
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