The Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service is presented by the

Science Fiction Research Association The Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA), founded in 1970, is the oldest, non-profit professional organization committed to encouraging, facilitating, and rewarding the study of science fiction and fantasy literature, film, and other media. ...

for outstanding service activities. Particularly recognized are: promotion of SF teaching and study, editing, reviewing, editorial writing, publishing, organizing meetings, mentoring, and leadership in SF/

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, ...

organizations.

Recipients

Previous winners include: *1996:

Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American list of science fiction authors, science-fiction writer, editor, and science fiction fandom, fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first ...

*1997:

James Gunn James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with ''Tromeo and Juliet'' (1996). He then began working as a director, starting wi ...

*1998:

Elizabeth Anne Hull Elizabeth Anne Hull (January 10, 1937 – August 3, 2021) was an American academic, political activist and science fiction expert. She was a professor at William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Illinois for over 30 years. Hull was president o ...

*1999:

David G. Hartwell David Geddes Hartwell (July 10, 1941 – January 20, 2016) was an American critic, publisher, and editor of thousands of science fiction and fantasy novels. He was best known for work with Signet, Pocket, and Tor Books publishers. He was also no ...

*2000: Arthur O. Lewis *2001: Donald "Mack" Hassler *2002: Joan Gordon *2003: Joe Sanders *2004: Patricia S. Warrick *2005: Muriel Becker *2006:

Paul Kincaid Paul Kincaid (born 22 September 1952 in Oldham, Lancashire) is a British science fiction literary critic. Career Kincaid's writing has appeared in a wide range of publications including ''New Scientist'', ''The Times Literary Supplement'', ''Lit ...

*2007: Michael Levy *2008:

Andrew Sawyer Andrew "Andy" Sawyer (born 1952) is a librarian, critic and editor, as well as an active part of science fiction fandom (although he himself has not written much science fiction). He was educated at the Duke of York's Royal Military School, Dover ...

*2009: Hal Hall *2010: David Mead *2011: The

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Motherboard (

Karen Joy Fowler Karen Joy Fowler is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. Her work often centers on the 19th century, nineteenth century, the Woman, lives of women, and social alienation. She is best known as the author of the b ...

Debbie Notkin Debbie (or Debby or Deb) is a feminine given name, commonly but not always short for Deborah (or Debra and related variants). Debbie is a name of Hebrew origin, derived from the Hebrew name Deborah, which means “bee”. Notable people *Debbie ...

Ellen Klages Ellen Klages (, ; born 1954) is an American science, science fiction, fantasy and historical fiction writer who lives in San Francisco. Her novelette "Basement Magic" won the 2005 Nebula Award for Best Novelette. She had previously been nominated ...

Jeanne Gomoll Jeanne Gomoll is an American artist, writer, editor, and science fiction fandom, science fiction fan, who was recognized as one of the Science fiction convention#Guests of Honor, guests of honor at the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention (Loncon 3 ...

, Jeff Smith, and Pat Murphy) *2012: Arthur B. Evans *2013:

Rob Latham Rob Latham is a former professor of English at the University of California, Riverside and a science fiction critic. Career Latham was an English professor at the University of Iowa and the University of California, Riverside. Latham is the auth ...

*2014:

Lisa Yaszek Lisa Yaszek is an American academic in the field of science fiction literature, particularly the history and cultural implications of the genre and underrepresented groups in science fiction, including women and people of color. She is a Regents p ...

*2015:

Farah Mendlesohn Farah Jane Mendlesohn (born 27 July 1968) is a British academic historian, writer on speculative fiction, and active member of science fiction fandom. Mendlesohn is best-known for their 2008 book ''Rhetorics of Fantasy'', which classifies fantas ...

*2017: *2018:

Veronica Hollinger Veronica Hollinger (1947- ) is a Canadian science fiction scholar and editor. Her work has been recognized with the Lifetime Contribution award from the Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) in 2021, the Thomas D. Clareson Award for Dist ...

*2019: Sherryl Vint *2020: Wu Yan *2021: Grace Dillon *2022: Gerry Canavan *2023: Shelley S. Steeby

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