Gandalf Award
The Gandalf Awards, honoring achievement in
The award was for given for life achievement,World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, which was started the year after the Gandalf. In 1978 and 1979, an award was also given for a novel published during the preceding year.
Gandalf Grand Master Award
The Gandalf Grand Master Award for life achievement in
fantasy writing was awarded every year from 1974 to 1981. The inaugural winner was J. R. R. Tolkien, recently deceased in 1973.[4]
- 1974: J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1975: Fritz Leiber
- 1976: L. Sprague de Camp
- 1977: Andre Norton
- 1978: Poul Anderson
- 1979: Ursula K. Le Guin
- 1980: Ray Bradbury
- 1981: C. L. Moore
There was no ballot in 1981.Patricia McKillip.[2]
Gandalf Award for Book-Length Fantasy
The Gandalf Award for Book-Length Fantasy was awarded only in 1978 and 1979.[4][2]
- 1978: The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien
- 1979: The White Dragon, Anne McCaffrey
See also
Notes
- ^ "Lin Carter Dies" (obituary) in Locus, March 1988, p. 69.
- ^ The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: About the Gandalf". Archived from the original on 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ a b c "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Gandalf Winners by Category". Archived from the original on 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ 1981 Gandalf Award. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2011-07-29.