Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award

The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award is a lifetime honor from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The SFWA gives up to one award each year to a writer of fantasy or science fiction. It started in 1975 when Robert Heinlein became the first SFWA Grand Master.  The name Damon Knight was added in 2002. He started the SFWA and died in 2002.

The award is given each year at the SFWA Nebula Awards banquet, but it is not one of the Nebulas. Only SFWA officers and past presidents suggest Grand Masters, and the final choice must be approved by a majority of that group. The winner is announced in advance.

Grand Masters
There have been 34 SFWA Grand Masters in the 44 years from 1974/1975 to 2017/2018.  

 1975 Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988)
 1976 Jack Williamson (1908–2006)
 1977 Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988)
 1978 —
 1979 L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000)
 1980 —
 1981 Fritz Leiber (1910–1992)
 1982 —
 1983 —
 1984 Andre Norton (1912–2005)
 1985 —
 1986 Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008)
 1987 Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
 1988 Alfred Bester (1913–1987)
 1989 Ray Bradbury (1920–2012)
 1990 —
 1991 Lester del Rey (1915–1993)
 1992 —
 1993 Frederik Pohl (1919–2013)
 1994 —
 1995 Damon Knight (1922–2002)
 1996 A. E. van Vogt (1912–2000)
 1997 Jack Vance (1916–2013)
 1998 Poul Anderson (1926–2001)
 1999 Hal Clement (1922–2003)
 2000 Brian W. Aldiss (1925–2017)
 2001 Philip José Farmer (1918–2009)
 2002 —
 2003 Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018)
 2004 Robert Silverberg (1935–)
 2005 Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011)
 2006 Harlan Ellison (1934–2018)
 2007 James Gunn (1923–)
 2008 Michael Moorcock (1939–)
 2009 Harry Harrison (1925–2012) 
 2010 Joe Haldeman (1943–)
 2011 —
 2012 Connie Willis (1945–)
 2013 Gene Wolfe (1931–2019)
 2014 Samuel Delany (1942–)
 2015 Larry Niven (1938–)
 2016 C.J. Cherryh (1942–)
 2017 Jane Yolen (1939–)
 2018 Peter S. Beagle (1939–)
 2019 William Gibson (1948–)

References

Category:Science fiction awards