Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award is an award given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. It is awarded to a living author for lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy. Officially, it is not a Nebula Award though it is awarded at the Nebula ceremony. It was originally known as the Grand Master Award, but in 2002 it was renamed in honor of Damon Knight, the late founder of the SFWA.
List of winners
- Robert A. Heinlein (1974)
- Jack Williamson (1975)
- Clifford D. Simak (1976)
- L. Sprague de Camp (1978)
- Fritz Leiber (1981)
- Andre Norton (1983)
- Arthur C. Clarke (1985)
- Isaac Asimov (1986)
- Alfred Bester (1987)
- Ray Bradbury (1988)
- Lester del Rey (1990)
- Frederik Pohl (1992)
- Damon Knight (1994)
- A. E. van Vogt (1995)
- Jack Vance (1996)
- Poul Anderson (1997)
- Hal Clement (Harry Stubbs) (1998)
- Brian W. Aldiss (1999)
- Philip José Farmer (2000)
- Ursula K. Le Guin (2003)
- Robert Silverberg (2004)
- Anne McCaffrey (2005)
- Harlan Ellison (2006)
- James Gunn (2007)
Until 1995, awards were limited to no more than six per decade. To strike a better balance with the fact that no posthumous awards can be given, this was relaxed to one per year.
See also
- The Gandalf Grand Master Award for life achievement in fantasy writing was awarded annually by the World Science Fiction Society from 1974 to 1980.