No winner selected Sometimes referred to as the " BNF Award " . According to an interim report issued by the Philcon II convention committee while voting was still going on , the next most popular candidate to Ackerman at the time was Harlan Ellison . When Ackerman was handed the trophy at Philcon II ( by Isaac Asimov ) , he actually physically declined , saying it should go to Ken Slater , to whom the trophy was later forwarded by the con committee
Philcon II convention committee
11th World Science Fiction Convention
Discontinued Hugo Awards