Filipino First: Chicago Fil-Am Michi Trota wins Hugo Award
Another Filipino first: Filipina Editor Michi Trota wins Hugo Award This year's Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine went to Uncanny Magazine , edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. With Uncanny Magazine's win, Chicagoan Michi Trota became the first Filipino or Filipina to win a prestigious Hugo Award. Michi Trota is all smiles at 74th World Science Fiction Convention, MidAmeriCon II in Kansas City, Missouri. Photo Credit @geekmelange Watch 'Uncanny Magazine' editors win the 2016 Hugo Awards for Best Semiprozine Michi Trota's acceptance speech is on her website GeekMelange.com . The full list of this year's winners are on TheHugoAwards.org . 2016 Hugo Awards Acceptance Speech from MidAmeriCon II https://t.co/2Lqctc8xEv pic.twitter.com/R0Iy2TRXeJ — Michi Trota (@GeekMelange) August 21, 2016 From Wikipedia: The Hugo Awards are a set of awards given annually for the best sci...