Awards

Pilgrim Award

The Pilgrim Award was created in 1970 by the SFRA to honor lifetime contributions to SF and fantasy scholarship. The award was named for J. O. Bailey's pioneering book, Pilgrims through Space and Time.

Pioneer Award

The Pioneer Award is given to the writer or writers of the best critical essay-length work of the year.

Clareson Award

The Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service is presented for outstanding service activities-promotion of SF teaching and study, editing, reviewing, editorial writing, publishing, organizing meetings, mentoring, and leadership in SF/fantasy organizations.

Student Paper Award

The Student Paper Award is presented to the outstanding scholarly essay read at the annual conference of the SFRA by a student.

Mary Kay Bray Award

The Mary Kay Bray Award is given for the best essay, interview, or extended review to appear in the SFRA Review in a given year.

2009-2010 Awards Committees

Pilgrim Award:

Elizabeth Hull (c)
Gary Wolfe
Marleen Barr

Pioneer Award:

Larissa Koroleva (c)
Sherryl Vint
De Witt Kilgore

Clareson Award:

Doug Davis (c)
Paul Kincaid
Andy Sawyer

Mary Kay Bray Award:

Patrick Sharp (c)
Jason Ellis
Susan George

Graduate Student Paper Award:

Jim Davis (c)
David Mead
Alfredo Suppia

The EC greatly encourages interested SFRA members to volunteer for these committees. Any interested members should contact the current SFRA president at President@sfra.org.

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