The Endeavour Award, announced annually at
OryCon in Portland, Oregon, is awarded to a distinguished
science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
or
fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures.
The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...
book written by an author or authors from the
Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest (PNW; ) is a geographic region in Western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Though no official boundary exists, the most common ...
(Oregon, Washington, Idaho, British Columbia, The Yukon, and Alaska) and published in the previous year.
Annual presentation of the Endeavour Award is in November at
OryCon for books published during the previous year.
Award history
The Endeavour Award, named for
HM Bark ''Endeavour'', the ship of Northwest explorer
Captain James Cook, was first presented in 1999.
It was funded by a collaboration of Portland, Oregon area writers and readers of science fiction and fantasy in 1996 and chartered by Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI) tax-exempt non-profit corporation.
2021 Endeavour Award
The Endeavour Award committee announced suspension of the 2021 Endeavour Award for books published in 2020 citing to
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
restrictions.
The winner was announced at
Norwescon 45, held in SeaTac, Washington, on April 6–9, 2023.
2022 Endeavour Award
The 2022 Endeavour Award was announced at
OryCon 43, held in Portland, Oregon, November 10–12, 2023.
Past winners
References
External links
Oregon Science Fiction Conventions Inc - Endeavour Award Official websiteOregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI)
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Regional and local science fiction awards