base had a 4-inch diameter, quarter-inch thick, sand-blasted aluminum "transition" disk that each rocket sat upon. The rocket and disc where then friction tightened to the base through its center using a long threaded bolt and nut; each base's round, flat bottom was then covered with adhesive-backed dark brown felt to hide the recessed attachment point. A curved black-and-silver engraved Hugo information plate was affixed by two screws to the front of each base (opposite the wrapped dragon). The overall base design concept was by convention chairman Ken Keller, with the final finished design and casting master sculpted by three-time Hugo Award-winning fan artist Tim Kirk (who went on to win his fourth Hugo in the same category that year). Other awards Worldcon Special Achievement Award: James E. Gunn for Alternate Worlds, The Illustrated History of Science Fiction John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer: Tom Reamy Gandalf Grand Master Award: L. Sprague de Camp The E. Everett Evans Memorial "Big Heart" Award: Ronald E. Graham First Fandom Hall of Fame Award: Harry Bates See also Hugo Award Science fiction Speculative fiction World Science Fiction Society Worldcon References External links World Science Fiction Society official website NESFA.org: The Long List NESFA.org: 1976 convention notes Hugo.org: 1976 Hugo Awards 1976 conferences 1976 in Missouri 1976 in the United States Science fiction conventions in the United States Worldcon