Established in 1963

Recipients:

1963 – E. E. (Doc) Smith

1964 – Hugo Gernsback

1965 – No award given

1966 – David H. Keller (Posthumous)

1967 – Edmond Hamilton

1968 – Jack Williamson

1969 – Murray Leinster

1970 – Virgil Finlay

1971 – John W. Campbell, Jr. (Posthumous)

1972 – C. L. Moore

1973 – Clifford D. Simak

1974 – Forrest J Ackerman, Sam Moskowitz

1975 – Donald A. Wollheim

1976 – Harry Bates

1977 – Frank Belknap Long, Jr.

1978 – E. Hoffmann Price

1979 – Raymond Z. Gallun

1980 – George O. Smith

1981 – Stanton A. Coblentz

1982 – William L. Crawford

1983 – Manly Wade Wellman

1984 – H. L. Gold

1985 – Robert Bloch, Wilson (Bob) Tucker

1986 – Julius Schwartz, Donald Wandrei

1987 – Beatrice Mahaffey

1988 – Lloyd A. Eshbach, Charles D. Hornig, Neil R. Jones, David A. Kyle

1989 – L. Sprague de Camp, Donald A. Grant, Frederik Pohl

1990 – Edd Cartier, Robert A. Madle, Alex Schomburg

1991 – Robert W. Lowndes

1992 – Nelson S. Bond, J. Harvey Haggard, Art Saha, Art Widner

1993 – Ray Beam

1994 – Everett F. Bleiler, Andre Norton

1995 – Jack Speer, Harry Warner, Jr.

1996 – Frank K. Kelly, Erle M. Korshak

1997 – Hal Clement

1998 – Jack Agnew, John V. Baltadonis, Milton A. Rothman

1999 – A. Langley Searles

2000 – Martin Greenberg

2001 – Frank M. Robinson

2002 – Sir Arthur C. Clarke

2003 – Philip José Farmer

2004 – Brian Aldiss, William L. Hamling, Robert C. Peterson

2005 – Howard DeVore

2006 – Joseph L. Hensley

2007 – Algis Budrys

2008 – Mike Ashley, Ray Harryhausen

2009 – James E. Gunn, Ben C. Indick

2010 – Terry Jeeves, Joseph P. Martino

2011 – Jay Kay Klein

2012 – Ray Bradbury, Larry Farsace, Claude Held, Jack Robins

2013 – Sam Basham, Earl Kemp, Lester Mayer, Norman F. Stanley

2014 – John Clute

2015 – Julian May

2016 – Ben Bova, Joseph Wrzos

2017 – Les and Esther Cole

2018 – Robert Silverberg

2019 – Ray Faraday Nelson

2020 – Roger Sims

2021 – William F. Nolan (Posthumous)

2022 – George W. Price

2023 – Michael Moorcock, Will Murray

2024 - Mary and Bill Burns, David Langford

This prestigious award has been presented each year to a living recipient who has made significant contributions to science fiction throughout their lifetime.