Solstice Award

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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
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