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 —
| — 2026 — | Tim Burton (creator) |
| Lois McMaster Bujold (creator) | |
| Metropolis (creation) | |
| X-Men (creation) | |
| — 2025 — | Kim Mohan (creator) |
| Tomi Adeyemi (creator) | |
| Pokémon (creation) | |
| The Wizard of Oz (creation) | |
| — 2024 — | Nnedi Okorafor (creator) |
| Nicola Griffith (creator) | |
| Black Panther (creation) | |
| Dragon Ball (creation) | |
| — 2023 — | John Carpenter (creator) |
| N. K. Jemisin (creator) | |
| Rocky Horror Picture Show (creation) | |
| Dune (creation) | |
| — 2021 — | Sigourney Weaver (creator) |
| Nichelle Nichols (creator) | |
| Godzilla (work) | |
| A Trip to the Moon (work) | |
| — 2020 — | Ted Chiang (creator) |
| D. C. Fontana (creator) | |
| Watchmen (work) | |
| Star Wars (work) | |
| — 2019 — | Vonda N. McIntyre (creator) |
| Neil Gaiman (creator) | |
| Doctor Who (work) | |
| Magic the Gathering (work) | |
| — 2018 — | The Legend of Zelda |
| J. K. Rowling | |
| Stan Lee | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | |
| — 2017 — | Madeleine L'Engle (creator) |
| Margaret Atwood (creator) | |
| Jim Henson (creator) | |
| C. S. Lewis (creator) | |
| Guillermo del Toro (creator) | |
| H. P. Lovecraft (creator) | |
| Douglas Adams (creator) | |
| George Orwell (creator) | |
| Terry Pratchett (creator) | |
| Terry Gilliam (creator) | |
| Leonard Nimoy (creator) | |
| Rumiko Takahashi (creator) | |
| Keith David (creator) | |
| John Williams (creator) | |
| Jack Kirby (creator) | |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey (work) | |
| The X-Files (work) | |
| Wonder Woman (work) | |
| Star Trek (work) | |
| The Princess Bride (work) | |
| Myst (work) | |
| The Matrix (work) | |
| Blade Runner (work) | |
| Dungeons & Dragons (work) | |
| — 2015 — | James Gunn |
| Kurt Vonnegut | |
| Jack Gaughan | |
| Georges Méliès | |
| John Schoenherr | |
| — 2014 — | Olaf Stapledon |
| Hayao Miyazaki | |
| Frank Frazetta | |
| Stanley Kubrick | |
| Leigh Brackett | |
| — 2013 — | H. R. Giger |
| Judith Merril | |
| Joanna Russ | |
| J. R. R. Tolkien | |
| David Bowie | |
| — 2012 — | James Cameron |
| Virgil Finlay | |
| Joe Haldeman | |
| James Tiptree, Jr. | |
| — 2011 — | Gardner Dozois |
| Harlan Ellison | |
| Vincent Di Fate | |
| Moebius | |
| — 2010 — | Roger Zelazny |
| Douglas Trumbull | |
| Richard Matheson | |
| Octavia E. Butler | |
| — 2009 — | Edward L. Ferman |
| Michael Whelan | |
| Connie Willis | |
| Frank R. Paul | |
| — 2008 — | William Gibson (Living Inductee) |
| Ian Ballantine & Betty Ballantine (Living Inductee) | |
| Richard Powers (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| Rod Serling (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 2007 — | Ridley Scott (Living Inductee) |
| Gene Wolfe (Living Inductee) | |
| Ed Emshwiller (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| Gene Roddenberry (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 2006 — | George Lucas (Living Inductee) |
| Anne McCaffrey (Living Inductee) | |
| Kelly Freas (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| Frank Herbert (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 2005 — | Steven Spielberg (Living Inductee) |
| Ray Harryhausen (Living Inductee) | |
| Philip K. Dick (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| Chesley Bonestell (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 2004 — | Brian W. Aldiss (Living Inductee) |
| Harry Harrison (Living Inductee) | |
| Mary Shelley (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| E. E. "Doc" Smith (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 2003 — | Wilson Tucker (Living Inductee) |
| Kate Wilhelm (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 — | Jack Vance (Living Inductee) |
| Ursula K. Le Guin (Living Inductee) | |
| Fritz Leiber (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| Alfred Bester (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 2000 — | Poul Anderson (Living Inductee) |
| Gordon R. Dickson (Living Inductee) | |
| Eric Frank Russell (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| Theodore Sturgeon (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 1999 — | Robert Silverberg (Living Inductee) |
| Ray Bradbury (Living Inductee) | |
| Jules Verne (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| A. Merritt (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 1998 — | Hal Clement (Living Inductee) |
| Frederik Pohl (Living Inductee) | |
| Robert A. Heinlein (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| C. L. Moore (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 1997 — | Arthur C. Clarke (Living Inductee) |
| Andre Norton (Living Inductee) | |
| Isaac Asimov (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| H. G. Wells (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| — 1996 — | Jack Williamson (Living Inductee) |
| A. E. van Vogt (Living Inductee) | |
| John W. Campbell (Posthumous Inductee) | |
| Hugo Gernsback (Posthumous Inductee) |
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