Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service
Encyclopedia
The Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service is presented by the Science Fiction Research Association
for outstanding service activities. Particularly recognized are: promotion of SF
teaching and study, editing, reviewing, editorial writing, publishing, organizing meetings, mentoring, and leadership in SF/fantasy
organizations.
Previous winners include:
Science Fiction Research Association
The Science Fiction Research Association , founded in 1970, is the oldest, non-profit professional organization committed to encouraging, facilitating, and rewarding the study of science fiction and fantasy literature, film, and other media...
for outstanding service activities. Particularly recognized are: promotion of SF
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
teaching and study, editing, reviewing, editorial writing, publishing, organizing meetings, mentoring, and leadership in SF/fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
organizations.
Previous winners include:
- 1996 - Frederik PohlFrederik PohlFrederik George Pohl, Jr. is an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career spanning over seventy years — from his first published work, "Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna" , to his most recent novel, All the Lives He Led .He won the National Book Award in 1980 for his novel Jem...
- 1997 - James GunnJames Gunn (author)- Further reading :James E. Gunn The Listeners, BenBella Books, ISBN 1-932100-12-1 -External links:*...
- 1998 - Elizabeth Anne HullElizabeth Anne HullElizabeth Anne Hull, PhD , is an American academic, political activist and science fiction expert.She is Professor Emerita of William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, where she taught English for over 30 years...
- 1999 - David G. HartwellDavid G. HartwellDavid Geddes Hartwell is an American editor of science fiction and fantasy. He has worked for Signet , Berkley Putnam , Pocket , and Tor Books David Geddes Hartwell (b. July 10, 1941) is an American editor of science fiction and fantasy. He has worked for Signet (1971–1973), Berkley Putnam...
- 2000 - Arthur O. Lewis
- 2001 - Donald "Mack" Hassler
- 2002 - Joan Gordon
- 2003 - Joe Sanders
- 2004 - Patricia Warrick
- 2005 - Muriel Becker
- 2006 - Paul KincaidPaul KincaidPaul Kincaid is a British science fiction critic. His writing has appeared in a wide range of publications including New Scientist, Times Literary Supplement, Literary Review, New York Review of Science Fiction, Foundation, Science Fiction Studies, Interzone and Strange Horizons. He is a former...
- 2007 - Michael Levy
- 2008 - Andrew SawyerAndrew SawyerAndrew "Andy" Sawyer is a librarian, critic and editor, as well as an active part of science fiction fandom...
- 2009 - Hal Hall
- 2010 - David Mead
- 2011 - The Tiptree Motherboard (Karen Joy Fowler, Debbie Notkin, Ellen Klages, Jeanne Gomoll, Jeff Smith, and Pat Murphy)