Skylark Award
Entry updated 17 February 2025. Tagged: Award.
The familiar name for the E E Smith or Edward E Smith Memorial Award, an Award presented in memory of E E Smith by the New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA) at Boskone, its annual Convention. Winners, who are chosen by vote of NESFA members, are honoured for having "contributed significantly to science fiction, both through work in the field and by exemplifying the personal qualities which made the late 'Doc' Smith well-loved by those who knew him." The trophy incorporates a large and functional magnifying glass, alluding to Smith's Lensman sequence. [DRL]
- 1966: Frederik Pohl
- 1967: Isaac Asimov
- 1968: John W Campbell Jr
- 1969: Hal Clement
- 1970: Judy-Lynn del Rey
- 1971: no award
- 1972: Lester del Rey
- 1973: Larry Niven
- 1974: Ben Bova
- 1975: Gordon R Dickson
- 1976: Anne McCaffrey
- 1977: Jack Gaughan
- 1978: Spider Robinson
- 1979: David Gerrold
- 1980: Jack L Chalker
- 1981: Frank Kelly Freas
- 1982: Poul Anderson
- 1983: Andre Norton
- 1984: Robert Silverberg
- 1985: Jack Williamson
- 1986: Wilson Tucker
- 1987: Vincent Di Fate
- 1988: C J Cherryh
- 1989: Gene Wolfe
- 1990: Jane Yolen
- 1991: David Cherry
- 1992: Orson Scott Card
- 1993: Tom Doherty
- 1994: Esther M Friesner
- 1995: Mike Resnick
- 1996: Joe and Gay Haldeman
- 1997: Hal Clement
- 1998: James White
- 1999: Bob Eggleton
- 2000: Bruce Coville
- 2001: Ellen Asher
- 2002: David Langford
- 2003: Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden
- 2004: George R R Martin
- 2005: Tamora Pierce
- 2006: David G Hartwell
- 2007: Beth Meacham
- 2008: Charles Stross
- 2009: Terry Pratchett
- 2010: Omar Rayyan
- 2011: Lois McMaster Bujold
- 2012: Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
- 2013: Ginjer Buchanan
- 2014: Robert J Sawyer
- 2015: Moshe Feder
- 2016: Gardner Dozois
- 2017: Jo Walton
- 2018: Daniel M Kimmel
- 2019: Melinda M Snodgrass
- 2020: Betsy Wollheim
- 2021: Anthony R Lewis
- 2022: Mary Robinette Kowal
- 2023: John Scalzi (announced 2024)
- 2024: Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman
- 2025: Ian Randal Strock
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