Science Fiction Hall of Fame
science fiction awards database
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame was founded in 1996 by the Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society, and by the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas (which supervises the Campbell and Sturgeon Memorial Awards). Four individuals are honored each year, usually (through 2010) two living and two posthumous.
In 2016 procedures changed, with nominations taken from the public, and large number of inductees chosen, now under the perview of the Museum of Pop Culture.
In 2016 procedures changed, with nominations taken from the public, and large number of inductees chosen, now under the perview of the Museum of Pop Culture.
Official Site
https://www.mopop.org/sffhof-archive
https://www.mopop.org/sffhof-archive
— Winners by Year —
| — 2024 — | Nicola Griffith (creator) |
| Nnedi Okorafor (creator) | |
| Dragon Ball (creation) | |
| Black Panther (creation) | |
| — 2023 — | John Carpenter (creator) |
| N. K. Jemisin (creator) | |
| Rocky Horror Picture Show (creation) | |
| Dune (creation) | |
| — 2021 — | Nichelle Nichols (creator) |
| Sigourney Weaver (creator) | |
| A Trip to the Moon (work) | |
| Godzilla (work) | |
| — 2020 — | D. C. Fontana (creator) |
| Ted Chiang (creator) | |
| Star Wars (work) | |
| Watchmen (work) | |
| — 2019 — | Neil Gaiman (creator) |
| Vonda N. McIntyre (creator) | |
| Doctor Who (work) | |
| Magic the Gathering (work) | |
| — 2018 — | J. K. Rowling |
| The Legend of Zelda | |
| Stan Lee | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | |
| — 2017 — | Douglas Adams (creator) |
| Leonard Nimoy (creator) | |
| C. S. Lewis (creator) | |
| H. P. Lovecraft (creator) | |
| Terry Pratchett (creator) | |
| Guillermo del Toro (creator) | |
| George Orwell (creator) | |
| Madeleine L'Engle (creator) | |
| Jack Kirby (creator) | |
| John Williams (creator) | |
| Margaret Atwood (creator) | |
| Keith David (creator) | |
| Jim Henson (creator) | |
| Rumiko Takahashi (creator) | |
| Terry Gilliam (creator) | |
| Wonder Woman (work) | |
| Star Trek (work) | |
| The X-Files (work) | |
| The Princess Bride (work) | |
| Myst (work) | |
| The Matrix (work) | |
| Dungeons & Dragons (work) | |
| Blade Runner (work) | |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey (work) | |
| — 2015 — | Jack Gaughan |
| James Gunn | |
| John Schoenherr | |
| Georges Méliès | |
| Kurt Vonnegut | |
| — 2014 — | Frank Frazetta |
| Olaf Stapledon | |
| Hayao Miyazaki | |
| Leigh Brackett | |
| Stanley Kubrick | |
| — 2013 — | H. R. Giger |
| Judith Merril | |
| J. R. R. Tolkien | |
| Joanna Russ | |
| David Bowie | |
| — 2012 — | Joe Haldeman |
| Virgil Finlay | |
| James Tiptree, Jr. | |
| James Cameron | |
| — 2011 — | Harlan Ellison |
| Gardner Dozois | |
| Vincent Di Fate | |
| Moebius | |
| — 2010 — | Douglas Trumbull |
| Octavia E. Butler | |
| Richard Matheson | |
| Roger Zelazny | |
| — 2009 — | Frank R. Paul |
| Edward L. Ferman | |
| Michael Whelan | |
| Connie Willis | |
| — 2008 — | William Gibson (Living Inductee) |
| Ian Ballantine & Betty Ballantine (Living Inductee) | |
| Richard Powers (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| Rod Serling (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 2007 — | Gene Wolfe (Living Inductee) |
| Ridley Scott (Living Inductee) | |
| Gene Roddenberry (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| Ed Emshwiller (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 2006 — | Anne McCaffrey (Living Inductee) |
| George Lucas (Living Inductee) | |
| Kelly Freas (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| Frank Herbert (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 2005 — | Ray Harryhausen (Living Inductee) |
| Steven Spielberg (Living Inductee) | |
| Chesley Bonestell (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| Philip K. Dick (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 2004 — | Harry Harrison (Living Inductee) |
| Brian W. Aldiss (Living Inductee) | |
| Mary Shelley (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| E. E. "Doc" Smith (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 2003 — | Kate Wilhelm (Living Inductee) |
| Wilson Tucker (Living Inductee) | |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| Damon Knight (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 2002 — | Samuel R. Delany (Living Inductee) |
| Michael Moorcock (Living Inductee) | |
| Donald Wollheim (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| James Blish (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 2001 — | Ursula K. Le Guin (Living Inductee) |
| Jack Vance (Living Inductee) | |
| Fritz Leiber (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| Alfred Bester (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 2000 — | Gordon R. Dickson (Living Inductee) |
| Poul Anderson (Living Inductee) | |
| Eric Frank Russell (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| Theodore Sturgeon (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 1999 — | Ray Bradbury (Living Inductee) |
| Robert Silverberg (Living Inductee) | |
| A. Merritt (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| Jules Verne (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 1998 — | Frederik Pohl (Living Inductee) |
| Hal Clement (Living Inductee) | |
| C. L. Moore (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| Robert A. Heinlein (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 1997 — | Andre Norton (Living Inductee) |
| Arthur C. Clarke (Living Inductee) | |
| Isaac Asimov (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| H. G. Wells (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 1996 — | A. E. van Vogt (Living Inductee) |
| Jack Williamson (Living Inductee) | |
| John W. Campbell (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| Hugo Gernsback (Posthumous Inductee) |
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