The E. E. Smith Memorial Award
The Edward E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (the Skylark) is presented annually by NESFA® to some person, who, in the opinion of the membership, has 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 award consists of a trophy with a large lens. The winner of the award is chosen by vote of the Regular members of the New England Science Fiction Association, Inc. It is presented at Boskone, NESFA's annual convention. [†—deceased]
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1966 Frederik Pohl † 1967 Isaac Asimov † 1968 John W. Campbell † 1969 Hal Clement † 1970 Judy-Lynn Benjamin del Rey † 1971 No Award Given 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 (Bob) 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 & Gay Haldeman 1997 Hal Clement † 1998 James White † 2000 Bruce Coville 2001 Ellen Asher 2002 Dave Langford 2003 Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden 2004 George R.R. Martin 2005 Tamora Pierce 2006 David G. Hartwell † 2007 Beth Meacham 2008 Charlie Stross 2009 Sir Terry Pratchett |
2010 Omar Rayyan 2011 Lois McMaster Bujold 2012 Sharon Lee & Steve Miller 2013 Ginjer Buchanan 2014 Robert J. Sawyer 2015 Moshe Feder 2016 Gardner Dozois 2017 Jo Walton 2018 Daniel M. Kimmel 2019 Melinda Snodgrass 2020 Betsy Wollheim Betsy Wollheim's acceptance speech 2021 Anthony R. Lewis 2022 Mary Robinette Kowal 2023 John Scalzi 2024 Delia Sherman and Ellen Kushner |
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