The KU centers for science fiction studies have hosted and presented several
awards for excellence in science fiction writing and scholarship.
John W. Campbell Memorial Award
1973 - 2020. The
John W Campbell Memorial Award honored the best science fiction novel of the
year. Juried.
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
Since 1987. The
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award honors the best
short science fiction of the year. Juried.
Lifeboat to the Stars Award
2013. The Lifeboat Foundation
offers an award for the best work of science fiction that contributes to an
understanding of the benefits, means, or difficulties of interstellar travel.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame
1996 - 2004. Each year, the SF Hall of Fame honored four individuals on the basis of continued excellence and long-term contribution to the science fiction and fantasy field.
Two inductees were living contributors, and two were posthumous. (Since
2005 housed and presented at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.)
Mark Bourne Speculative Fiction Writing Scholarship
2015 - 2019. The Bourne Award
was funded by an alum to help outstanding SF writers attend Johnson's
and McKitterick's summer
writing workshops, particularly for attendees coming from other states
and countries and grad students. For more about the workshops, see
McKitterick's page.
James E. Gunn Award for Science Fiction Writing
2005 - 2020. Prize for the author of an outstanding SF story written for a KU
course, founded and supported by original Gunn SF Center Director McKitterick.
Christopher Gunn Graduate Research Assistantship
or Scholarship in Science Fiction Studies
2009 - 2020. Award to help outstanding scholars and writers afford to study either SF literature or SF writing
through the original J Wayne and Elsie M Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas. GRAs work out a project
proposal with the directors in advance of their service, and
scholarship recipients must submit a project proposal that assists the Center's
mission to be considered.
updated 5/21/2021
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