Established in 1994

This esteemed award was created by First Fandom to acknowledge people who should have but did not receive deserved recognition during their lifetime.

1994 – Gerry de la Ree

1995 – Cyril Kornbluth, Mort Weisinger

1996 – Henry Kuttner

1997 – Mark Reinsberg

1998 – Oswald V. Train, Tom L. Sherrod

1999 – Lynn Hickman

2000 – Theodore R. Cogswell, Mark Shulzinger

2001 – Gordon R. Dickson

2002 – Martha Beck

2003 – Philip Francis Nowlan

2004 – Edgar Rice Burroughs

2005 – 2006: No award given

2007 – Don H. Dailey

2008 – Isaac Asimov

2009 – Walter J. Daugherty

2010 – Ray Cummings

2011 – Oliver Saari

2012 – James (Rusty) Hevelin

2013 – Ted Dikty, Raymond A. Palmer

2014 – John (Ted) Carnell, Walter H. Gillings

2015 – Margaret Brundage, Bruce Pelz, F. Orlin Tremaine

2016 – Olon F. Wiggins, Lew Martin, Roy V. Hunt

2017 – Jim Harmon

2018 – Len and June Moffatt

2019 – Bob Shaw, James White, Walt Willis

2020 – Chad Oliver

2021 – Richard and Pat Lupoff

2022 – August Derleth

2023 – Ken Kelly, Conrad H. Ruppert

2024 - Alfred Bester, Michael David Glicksohn, Mike Resnick, Peter Weston