SFWA Grand Master Award

The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award is an award given by SFWA since 1975. It is awarded to a living author for lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy. It is not a Nebula Award though it is awarded at the Nebula ceremony. It was originally known as the Grand Master Award, but in 2002 it was renamed in honor of the late Damon Knight, a founder of SFWA and the N3F.

Through 1995, awards were limited to no more than six per decade. Since this award is not made posthumously, this was relaxed to one per year.

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1974	Robert A. Heinlein
1975	Jack Williamson
1976	Clifford D. Simak
1977	No Grandmaster
1978	L. Sprague de Camp
1979	No Grandmaster
1980	Fritz Leiber
1981	No Grandmaster
1982	No Grandmaster
1983	Andre Norton
1984	No Grandmaster
1985	Arthur C. Clarke
1986	Isaac Asimov
1987	Alfred Bester
1988	Ray Bradbury
1989	No Grandmaster
1990	Lester del Rey
1991	No Grandmaster
1992	Frederik Pohl
1993	No Grandmaster
1994	Damon Knight
1995	A. E. van Vogt
1996	Jack Vance
1997	Poul Anderson
1998	Hal Clement (Harry Stubbs)
1999	Brian W. Aldiss
2000	Philip José Farmer
2001	No Grandmaster
2002	Ursula K. Le Guin
2003	Robert Silverberg
2004	Anne McCaffrey
2005	Harlan Ellison
2006	James Gunn
2007	Michael Moorcock
2008	Harry Harrison
2009	Joe Haldeman
2010	No Award
2011	Connie Willis
2012	Gene Wolfe
2013	Samuel R. Delany
2014	Larry Niven
2015	C. J. Cherryh
2016	Jane Yolen
2017	Peter S. Beagle
2018	William Gibson
2019	Lois McMaster Bujold
2020	Nalo Hopkinson

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