List of science fiction awards

Several awards are given to authors, editors and illustrators for creating works of science fiction. These awards show that fans or other professionals recognize the quality of stories, novels, movies, illustrations, or other works.  Awards are usually given once a year. The list below gives the name of the award, additional information, and the year it began.

International awards
Hugo Award - since 1955
Nebula Award - since 1965
Edward E. Smith Memorial Award (the Skylark) - since 1966
BSFA Award - since 1970
Seiun Award - since 1970
Locus Award - since 1971
Saturn Award - movie and television SF - since 1972
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel - since 1973
Rhysling Award - for best science fiction poetry, given by the Science Fiction Poetry Association - since 1978
Philip K. Dick Award - since 1982
Arthur C. Clarke Award - since 1987
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best short science fiction - since 1987

Awards by country or region
Aurealis Award - Australian
Aurora Award - for Canadian science fiction
Chandler Award - for contributions to Australian Science fiction
The Constellation Awards - for the best SF/fantasy movie or television works released in Canada
Ditmar Award - for SF by Australians
Endeavour Award- for SF by authors from the Pacific Northwest 
Janusz A. Zajdel Award - award of Polish fandom
Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis - German SF award
Nautilus Award - Polish award
Paul Harland Prize - for Dutch SF
Prix Tour-Apollo Award - France since 1972
SFERA Award - given by SFera, a Croatian SF society
Sir Julius Vogel Award - for SF by New Zealanders
Tähtivaeltaja Award - for the best SF novel released in Finland
Premio Urania - for Italian SF
The Galaxy Awards (银河奖) - given by magazine Science Fiction World for Chinese SF&F
SRSFF Award - România

Awards for SF with a specific theme
Prometheus Award - best Libertarian SF - since 1979
Lambda Literary Award - since 1988
Tiptree Award - since 1991
Sidewise Award for Alternate History - since 1995
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards - since 1999
Geffen Award - Israeli award - since 1999
Norton Award - San Francisco - since 2003Silver, Steven H. (1 October 2003) "First Annual Norton Awards Presented"  SF Site News, last accessed 20 October 2010

New artists or first works
Writers of the Future - contest for new authors
Jack Gaughan Award for Best Emerging Artist
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
Compton Crook Award For Best first Novel in the genre in a given year.

Career awards
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award - associated with the Nebula

References

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Category:Lists of awards and nominations