Solstice Award

The Solstice Award, created in 2008, is given at the discretion of the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) president, with the majority approval of the Board of Directors.

The award is for individuals who have had "a significant impact on the science fiction or fantasy landscape, and is particularly intended for those who have consistently made a major, positive difference within the speculative fiction field."

In 2016 the SFWA renamed the award the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award in honor of genre author Kate Wilhelm, a winner of the award in 2009.

Year	Winners
2009	Martin H. Greenberg, Kate Wilhelm, and Algis Budrys (posthumous)
2010	Tom Doherty, Donald A. Wollheim (posthumous), and Terri Windling
2011	Alice Sheldon/James Tiptree, Jr. (posthumous), and Michael Whelan
2012	Octavia Butler (posthumous), and John Clute
2013	Carl Sagan (posthumous) and Ginjer Buchanan
2014	No awards presented
2015	Joanna Russ (posthumous) and Stanley Schmidt
2016	Terry Pratchett (posthumous)
2017	Peggy Rae Sapienza (posthumous) and Toni Weisskopf
2018	Gardner Dozois and Sheila Williams
2019	Neil Clarke and Nisi Shawl
2020	David Gaughran and John Picacio
2021	Ben Bova (posthumous), Rachel Caine (posthumous), and Jarvis Sheffield

---

Award

Website

2008—

This is an award page. If you know something about it, such as who awarded it, who the winners were, what the criteria were, and when it was awarded, please add it! See Standards for Awards.