IAFA Award
The IAFA Awards are a group of American literary-academic awards. The main prize of the Distinguished Scholarship has been awarded since 1986 for outstanding literary or critical work in the field of science fiction . The awards ceremony takes place at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA), the annual March conference of the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) in Orlando , Florida .
In addition to the Distinguished Scholarship , the following prizes are awarded:
- William L. Crawford Fantasy Award
- Robert A. Collins Service Award
- Stephen R. Donaldson Award
- David G. Hartwell Emerging Scholar Award
- Jamie Bishop Memorial Award
- Walter James Miller Memorial Award
In addition, along with the other awards, the IAFA and Dell Magazines jointly sponsored Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing . The Lord Ruthven Award , a prize for literary or scientific work on vampires , is also presented at the annual ICFA .
Award winners
Distinguished Scholarship Award
- 2019: Mark Bould
- 2018: Fred Botting
- 2017: Edward James
- 2016: Christina Bacchilega
- 2015: Colin Milburn
- 2014: Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr.
- 2013: Constance Penley
- 2012: Jeffrey J. Cohen
- 2011: Andrea Hairston
- 2010: Takayuki Tatsumi
- 2009: Maria Nikolajeva
- 2008: Roger Luckhurst
- 2007: Jane Donawerth
- 2006: M. Thomas Inge
- 2005: Damien Broderick
- 2004: Marcial Souto
- 2003: ST Joshi
- 2002: Roderick McGillis
- 2001: Brooks Landon
- 2000: Nina Auerbach
- 1999: John Clute
- 1998: Gary K. Wolfe
- 1997: N. Katherine Hayles
- 1996: Tom Shippey
- 1995: Peter Hunt
- 1994: James Flannery
- 1993: Devendra P. Varma
- 1992: Jack Zipes
- 1991: Brian Attebery
- 1990: H. Bruce Franklin
- 1989: Colin Manlove
- 1988: Kathryn Hume
- 1987: Brian Stableford
- 1986: Brian W. Aldiss
William L. Crawford Fantasy Award
The Crawford Fantasy Award honors the memory of publisher and editor William L. Crawford . It has been awarded since 1985 to young authors whose first fantasy novel was published in the previous year. Andre Norton , who died in 2005, played a key role in the introduction and award of the prize for many years.
- 2019: Rebecca F. Kuang , The Poppy Wars
- 2018: Carmen Maria Machado , Her Body and Other Parties
- 2017: Charlie Jane Anders , All the Birds in the Sky
- 2016: Kai Ashante Wilson , The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
- 2015: Stephanie Feldman , The Angel of Losses
- 2014: Sofia Samatar , A Stranger in Olondria
- 2013: Karin Tidbeck , Jagganath
- 2012: Genevieve Valentine , Mechanique
- 2011: Karen Lord , Redemption in Indigo
- 2010: Jedediah Berry , The Manual of Detection
- 2009: Daryl Gregory , Pandemonium
- 2008: Christopher Barzak , One for Sorrow
- 2007: Mary Rickert , Map of Dreams
- 2006: Joe Hill , Twentieth Century Ghosts
- 2005: Steph Swainston , The Year of Our War
- 2004: KJ Bishop , The Etched City
- 2003: Alexander C. Irvine , A Scattering of Jades
- 2002: Jasper Fforde , The Eyre Affair , The Jane Eyre Case
- 2001: Kij Johnson , The Fox Woman
- 2000: Anne Bishop , Black Jewels trilogy , Darkness , Twilight and Shadow
- 1999: David B. Coe , Lon Tobyn Chronicles
- 1998: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni , Mistress of Spices
- 1997: Candas Jane Dorsey , Black Wine
- 1996: Sharon Shinn , Archangel , Archangel
- 1995: Jonathan Lethem , Gun, With Occasional Music , Knarre with accompanying music
- 1994: Judith Katz , Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound
- 1993: Susan Palwick , Flying in Place
- 1992: Greer Gilman , Moonwise
- 1991: Michael Scott Rohan , Winter of the World Trilogy , The Winter of the World
- 1990: Jeanne Larsen , The Silk Road
- 1989: Michaela Roessner , Walkabout Woman
- 1988: Elizabeth Marshall Thomas , Reindeer Moon
- 1987: Judith Tarr , The Hound and the Falcon Trilogy
- 1986: Nancy Willard , Things Invisible to See
- 1985: Charles de Lint , Moonheart
Robert A. Collins Service Award
The prize is named after the founder of the conference, Robert A. Collins , who was also the first prize winner. It has been awarded irregularly since 1985 to IAFA officials who have rendered outstanding services to the organization.
- 2019: Gary K. Wolfe
- 2017: Bill Clemente
- 2016: Sydney Duncan
- 2013: David G. Hartwell
- 2008: Katy Hatfield
- 2008: Len Hatfield
- 2006: Charles M. Nelson
- 2002: CW Sullivan III
- 1996: Donald Palumbo
- 1990: Donald Morse
- 1989: Marshall B. Tymn
- 1986: Roger C. Schlobin
- 1985: Robert A. Collins
Stephen R. Donaldson Award
The award is named after the author Stephen R. Donaldson and has been awarded on an irregular basis since 1997 to people who have made a special contribution to the IAFA without being members of the organization.
- 2015: Joe Berlant
- 2012: Carol McMullen-Pettit
- 2011: Tom Doherty
- 2006: Rick Wilber
- 2006: Carl Boehm
- 1998: Jullian Krueger-Printz
- 1997: Stephen R. Donaldson
David G. Hartwell Emerging Scholar Award
The prize has been awarded annually since 1987 for the best student work presented at the conference and is endowed with $ 250. Originally the Graduate Student Award , renamed in 2016 in memory of SF and fantasy editor David G. Hartwell who passed away that year .
- 2018: Kelli Shermeyer
- 2017: Grant Dempsey
- 2016: Jordan S. Carroll
- 2015: Taylor Evans
- 2014: Malisa Kurtz
- 2013: Cassandra Bausman
- 2012: Timothy S. Miller
- 2011: Mark DeCicco
- 2010: Elizabeth McManus
- 2009: Kurt Fawver
- 2008: Greg Bechtel
- 2007: Richard Landon
- 2005: Christine Mains
- 2004: Rebekah Long
- 2003: Martin Horstkotte
- 2002: Eve Tal
- 2002: Sarah Canfield Fuller
- 2000: David Sandner
- 1999: Ann Vasey
- 1998: Alexander C. Irvine
- 1997: Suzanna Nybert
- 1996: Joel A. Hollander
- 1995: Greer Watson
- 1994: Diana Pharoah Francis & Carter F. Hanson
- 1993: Robin Calfee Moye
- 1992: Marcelaine Wininger Rovano & Maureen King
- 1991: Rob Latham
- 1990: Jianjiong Zhu
- 1989: Michael Collins
- 1988: Sally Bartlett
- 1987: Veronica Hollinger
Jamie Bishop Memorial Award
The Jamie Bishop Memorial Award for an Essay Not in English has been presented since 2007 for a scientific work on a topic of fantasy that is not published in English for the first time . It honors the memory of Christopher James ("Jamie") Bishop, son of science fiction writer Michael Bishop, who was murdered in the 2007 Virginia Tech rampage .
- 2018: Guangyi Li
- 2017: David Dalton
- 2016: Natacha Vas-Deyres & Patrick Bergeron
- 2015: Fernando Ángel Moreno, Mikel Peregrina & Steven Bermúdez Antúnez
- 2014: Vera Cuntz-Leng
- 2013: Ezequiel De Rosso
- 2012: Pampa Olga Arán
- 2011: Alejo Steimberg
- 2010: Pablo Brescia
- 2009: Sandor Klapcsik
- 2008: María Beatriz Cóceres
- 2007: Carlos Abraham
Walter James Miller Memorial Award
The Walter James Miller Memorial Award for Student Scholarship in the International Fantastic has been presented since 2017 for a student work on a topic of fantasy that is not published in English for the first time . It honors the memory of the author and Jules Verne editor Walter James Miller, who died in 2010 .
- 2018: Peter Adrian Behravesh
- 2017: Ida Yoshinaga
literature
- David Langford : IAFA Award. In: John Clute , Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), version dated February 15, 2018.
Web links
- official page
- IAFA Awards , entry in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)