Many committees over the years have given out special awards (not-a-Hugo). These awards are not voted on by the membership; they are discussed and awarded by the committee only. Here's a list of all the publicized special Worldcon committee awards, given out with at the Hugo Award ceremony.
| Year | Worldcon | Special Commitee Award |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Clevention | Sam Moskowitz as "Mystery Guest" and for his work on past conventions |
| 1960 | Pittcon | Hugo Gernsback as "The Father of Magazine Science Fiction" |
| 1962 | Chicon III | Cele Goldsmith for editing Amazing and Fantastic Donald H. Tuck for The Handbook of Science Fiction and Fantasy Fritz Leiber and the Hoffman Electronic Corp. for the use of science fiction in advertisements |
| 1963 | Discon I | P. Schuyler Miller for book reviews in Analog Isaac Asimov for science articles in F&SF |
| 1967 | Nycon3 | CBS Television, for 21st Century |
| 1968 | Baycon | Harlan Ellison, for Dangerous Visions Gene Roddenberry, for Star Trek |
| 1969 | St. Louiscon | Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins, for "The Best Moon Landing Ever" |
| 1972 | LACon I | Harlan Ellison for excellence in anthologizing Again, Dangerous Visions Club du Livre d'Anticioation (France) for excellence in book production Nueva Dimension (Spain) for excellence in magazine production |
| 1973 | Torcon II | Pierre Versins for L'Encyclopedie de l'Utopie et de la Science Fiction |
| 1974 | Discon II | Chesley Bonestell, for his illustrations |
| 1975 | Aussiecon One | Donald A. Wollheim, as "the fan who has done everything" Walt Lee, for Reference Guide to Fantastic Films |
| 1976 | MidAmeriCon | James E. Gunn for Alternate Worlds, The Illustrated History of Science Fiction |
| 1977 | SunCon | George Lucas for Star Wars |
| 1982 | ChiCon IV | Mike Glyer for "keeping the 'fan' in 'fan'zine publishing" |
| 1984 | LACon II | Larry T. Shaw for a lifetime of service Robert Bloch for 50 years of excellence |
| 1988 | NolaCon II | The Science Fiction Oral History Association |
| 1989 | Noreascon III | SF-Lovers Digest (Saul Jaffe, mod.), Alex Schomberg |
| 1993 | ConFrancisco | For building bridges between cultures and nations to advance science fiction and fantasy, Takumi Shibano |
| 2004 | Noreascon IV | Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss Ironically, Filthy also won the the E. Everett Evans "Big Heart" Award at the same awards ceremony. |
| 2005 | Interaction | David Pringle for Interzone |
| 2006 | L.A.Con IV | Betty Ballantine, Harlan Ellison and Fred Patten |
| 2008 | Denvention 3 | NASA and NESFA Press |
| 2012 | Chicon 7 | Bob Weinberg |