Year | Winner or nominee | Reason(s) | Ref. |
1975 | Ian Ballantine* | N/A | |
Betty Ballantine* |
Donald A. Wollheim | N/A | |
1976 | Donald M. Grant* | publishing | |
Donald A. Wollheim | publishing and editing | |
Arkham House | publishing | |
Frank Belknap Long | Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Dreamer on the Nightside | |
Willis Conover | Lovecraft at Last | |
L. Sprague de Camp | Lovecraft: A Biography | |
1977 | Shelley Torgeson* | Alternate World Recordings | |
Roy Torgeson* |
Arkham House | publishing | |
Edward L. Ferman | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
DAW Books | publishing | |
Ballantine Books | publishing | |
1978 | Everett F. Bleiler* | N/A | |
Edward L. Ferman | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books | |
Judy-Lynn del Rey | Ballantine Books | |
Lester del Rey |
1979 | Edward L. Ferman* | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
Donald M. Grant | Donald M. Grant, Publisher | |
1980 | Donald M. Grant* | Donald M. Grant, Publisher | |
Pat LoBrutto | Doubleday | |
James Turner | Arkham House | |
Donald A. Wollheim | DAW Books | |
Lester del Rey | Ballantine Del Rey Fantasy | |
1981 | Donald A. Wollheim* | DAW Books | |
Tim Underwood | Underwood–Miller | |
Chuck Miller |
Terry Carr | anthologies | |
Lester del Rey | Ballantine Del Rey | |
David G. Hartwell | Timescape Books | |
Edward L. Ferman | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
1982 | Edward L. Ferman* | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
David G. Hartwell | Timescape Books | |
T. E. D. Klein | The Twilight Zone Magazine | |
Tim Underwood | Underwood–Miller | |
Chuck Miller |
Donald M. Grant | Donald M. Grant, Publisher | |
1983 | Donald M. Grant* | Donald M. Grant, Publisher | |
Lester del Rey | Ballantine Del Rey | |
David G. Hartwell | Timescape Books | |
Pat LoBrutto | Doubleday | |
Douglas E. Winter | writing and reviewing | |
1984 | Ian Ballantine* | The High Kings | |
Betty Ballantine* |
Joy Chant* |
George Sharp* |
David Larkin* |
Edward L. Ferman | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
Pat LoBrutto | Doubleday | |
L. Sprague de Camp | Dark Valley Destiny | |
Catherine Crook de Camp |
Jane Whittington Griffin |
Everett F. Bleiler | The Guide to Supernatural Fiction | |
1985 | Chris Van Allsburg* | The Mysteries of Harris Burdick | |
T. E. D. Klein | The Twilight Zone Magazine | |
Pat LoBrutto | Doubleday | |
Shawna McCarthy | Asimov's Science Fiction | |
Tim Underwood | Underwood–Miller | |
Chuck Miller |
Robert H. Boyer | Fantasists on Fantasy | |
Kenneth J. Zahorski |
1986 | Pat LoBrutto* | Doubleday | |
Terri Windling | editing | |
Donald M. Grant | Donald M. Grant, Publisher | |
Thomas Canty | A Monster at Christmas | |
Phil Hale |
1987 | Jane Yolen* | Favorite Folktales from Around the World | |
Terri Windling | Ace Books | |
Simon Ounsley | Interzone | |
David Pringle |
David G. Hartwell | Arbor House | |
Donald M. Grant | Donald M. Grant, Publisher | |
Jack Sullivan | The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural | |
1988 | David G. Hartwell* | Arbor House, Tor Books, anthologies | |
Dean R. Koontz | service to the field | |
Terri Windling | Ace Books, Armadillo | |
Shawna McCarthy | Bantam Spectra | |
Tappan King | The Twilight Zone Magazine | |
Gardner Dozois | Asimov's Science Fiction, anthologies | |
George Scithers | Weird Tales | |
1989 | Terri Windling* | editing | |
Robert Weinberg* | A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists | |
Ellen Datlow | Omni, anthologies | |
Dean R. Koontz | writing | |
Paul Mikol | Dark Harvest | |
Scot Stadalsky |
1990 | Mark V. Ziesing* | Mark V. Ziesing | |
Ellen Datlow | editing | |
Paul Mikol | Dark Harvest | |
Scot Stadalsky |
Tim Underwood | Underwood–Miller | |
Chuck Miller |
1991 | Arnie Fenner* | designing, Mark V. Ziesing, and Ursus | |
Ellen Datlow | editing | |
Paul Mikol | Dark Harvest | |
Scot Stadalsky |
David Pringle | Interzone | |
S. T. Joshi | The Weird Tale | |
1992 | George Scithers* | Weird Tales | |
Darrell Schweitzer* |
Ramsey Campbell | writing and editing | |
Donald M. Grant | publishing | |
Dean Wesley Smith | publishing, Pulphouse Publishing | |
Kristine Kathryn Rusch |
Terri Windling | editing | |
1993 | Jeanne Cavelos* | editing Dell Abyss | |
Martin H. Greenberg | anthologies | |
Terri Windling | editing | |
Grant Morrison | Batman: Gothic | |
Klaus Janson |
James Gurney | Dinotopia | |
1994 | Tim Underwood* | publishing, Underwood–Miller | |
Chuck Miller* |
John Clute | reviewing | |
Ellen Datlow | editing | |
Terri Windling | book editing | |
Mark V. Ziesing | publishing | |
David J. Skal | The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror | |
1995 | Ellen Datlow* | editing | |
Fedogan & Bremer | book publishing | |
John Clute | reviewing | |
Mark V. Ziesing | Mark V. Ziesing | |
Paul Williams | The Ultimate Egoist: Volume I: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon by Theodore Sturgeon | |
1996 | Richard Evans* | contributions to the genre | |
Stephen Jones | editing and anthologies | |
Kristine Kathryn Rusch | editing The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
Gordon Van Gelder | editing | |
Paul Williams | Microcosmic God: Volume II: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon and for his work with the Literary Estate of Theodore Sturgeon | |
1997 | Michael J. Weldon* | The Psychotronic Video Guide | |
Stephen Jones | editing and anthologies | |
David Pringle | contributions to the genre | |
Kristine Kathryn Rusch | editing The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
Diana Wynne Jones | The Tough Guide to Fantasyland | |
1998 | John Clute* | The Encyclopedia of Fantasy | |
John Grant* |
Ellen Datlow | editing and anthologies | |
Gardner Dozois | editing and anthologies | |
Stephen Jones | editing and anthologies | |
Gordon Van Gelder | editing books at St. Martin's Press and editing The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
1999 | Jim Turner* | Golden Gryphon Press | |
Jo Fletcher | editing | |
David Pringle | Interzone | |
Robert Silverberg | editing The Avram Davidson Treasury | |
Grania Davis |
Les Daniels | Superman: The Complete History | |
2000 | Gordon Van Gelder* | editing books at St. Martin's Press and editing The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
John Betancourt | Wildside Press | |
Warren Lapine | DNA Publications | |
Seamus Heaney | the new translation of Beowulf | |
Stephen Jones | The Essential Monster Movie Guide | |
Kim Newman | Millennium Movies | |
2001 | Tom Shippey* | J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century | |
Ellen Datlow | editing Sci Fiction and anthologies | |
William K. Schafer | Subterranean Press | |
Gary Turner | Golden Gryphon Press | |
Marty Halpern |
Cathy Fenner | Spectrum 7: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | |
Arnie Fenner |
2002 | Jo Fletcher* | editing the Fantasy Masterworks series | |
Stephen Jones* | editing | |
Ellen Datlow | editing | |
Douglas E. Winter | Clive Barker: The Dark Fantastic | |
Randy Broecker | Fantasy of the 20th Century: An Illustrated History | |
2003 | Gordon Van Gelder* | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
Paul Barnett | Paper Tiger art books | |
Ellen Datlow | editing | |
William K. Schafer | Subterranean Press | |
Gary Turner | Golden Gryphon Press | |
Marty Halpern |
Terri Windling | editing | |
2004 | Peter Crowther* | PS Publishing | |
John Howe | artwork in The Lord of the Rings | |
Alan Lee |
Kelly Link | Small Beer Press | |
Gavin Grant |
Sharyn November | Firebird Books | |
David Pringle | Interzone and services to the field | |
Sean Wallace | Prime Books | |
2005 | S. T. Joshi* | scholarship | |
Kelly Link | Small Beer Press | |
Gavin Grant |
Sharyn November | editing | |
Gordon Van Gelder | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
Terri Windling | editing | |
2006 | Sean Wallace* | Prime Books | |
Susan Allison | Ace Books | |
Ginjer Buchanan |
Lou Anders | editing at Pyr | |
S. T. Joshi | Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia | |
Stefan Dziemanowicz |
Peter Lavery | Pan MacMillan UK and Tor UK | |
Chris Roberson | MonkeyBrain Books | |
Allison Baker |
2007 | Ellen Asher* | work at Science Fiction Book Club | |
Mark Finn | Blood & Thunder: The Life & Art of Robert E. Howard | |
Deanna Hoak | copyediting | |
Greg Ketter | DreamHaven Books | |
Leonard S. Marcus | The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy | |
2008 | Peter Crowther* | PS Publishing | |
Chris Roberson | MonkeyBrain Books | |
Allison Baker |
Alan Beatts | Borderlands Books | |
Jude Feldman |
Jeremy Lassen | Night Shade Books | |
Jason Williams |
Shawna McCarthy | Realms of Fantasy | |
Gordon Van Gelder | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
2009 | Kelly Link* | Small Beer Press and Big Mouth House | |
Gavin Grant* |
Farah Mendlesohn | Rhetorics of Fantasy | |
Stephen H. Segal | Weird Tales | |
Ann VanderMeer |
Jerad Walters | A Lovecraft Retrospective: Artists Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft | |
Jacob Weisman | Tachyon Publications | |
2010 | Jonathan Strahan* | editing anthologies | |
Peter Crowther | PS Publishing | |
Nicky Crowther |
Ellen Datlow | editing anthologies | |
Hayao Miyazaki | Ponyo | |
Barbara Roden | Ash-Tree Press | |
Christopher Roden |
Jacob Weisman | Tachyon Publications | |
Rina Weisman |
2011 | Marc Gascoigne* | Angry Robot | |
John Joseph Adams | editing and anthologies | |
Lou Anders | editing at Pyr | |
Stéphane Marsan | Bragelonne | |
Alain Névant |
Brett Alexander Savory | ChiZine Publications | |
Sandra Kasturi |
2012 | Eric Lane* | publishing in translation – Dedalus Books | |
Jo Fletcher | editing – Jo Fletcher Books | |
John Joseph Adams | editing – anthology and magazine | |
Brett Alexander Savory | ChiZine Publications | |
Sandra Kasturi |
Jeff VanderMeer | The Steampunk Bible | |
S. J. Chambers |
2013 | Lucia Graves* | the translation of The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón | |
Brett Alexander Savory | ChiZine Publications | |
Sandra Kasturi |
Peter Crowther | PS Publishing | |
Nicky Crowther |
William K. Schafer | Subterranean Press | |
Adam Mills | Weird Fiction Review | |
Ann VanderMeer |
Jeff VanderMeer |
2014 | Irene Gallo* | art direction of Tor.com | |
William K. Schafer* | Subterranean Press | |
John Joseph Adams | magazine and anthology editing | |
Ginjer Buchanan | editing at Ace Books | |
Jeff VanderMeer | Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction | |
Jeremy Zerfoss |
Jerad Walters | Centipede Press | |
2015 | Sandra Kasturi* | ChiZine Publications | |
Brett Alexander Savory* |
John Joseph Adams | editing anthologies and Nightmare and Fantasy magazines | |
Jeanne Cavelos | Odyssey Writing workshops | |
Gordon Van Gelder | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
Jerad Walters | Centipede Press | |
2016 | Stephen Jones* | The Art of Horror | |
Joe Monti | contributions to the genre | |
Heather J. Wood | Gods, Memes and Monsters: A 21st Century Bestiary | |
Neil Gaiman | The Sandman: Overture | |
Dave Stewart |
J. H. Williams III |
Robert Jordan | The Wheel of Time Companion | |
Harriet McDougal |
Alan Romanczuk |
Maria Simons |
2017 | Michael Levy* | Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction | |
Farah Mendlesohn* |
L. Timmel Duchamp | Aqueduct Press | |
Charles Coleman Finlay | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
Kelly Link | contributions to the genre | |
Joe Monti | contributions to the genre | |
2018 | Harry Brockway* | Writing Madness | |
Patrick McGrath* |
Danel Olson* |
Charles Coleman Finlay | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
Irene Gallo | Art Direction at Tor Books and Tor.com | |
Greg Ketter | DreamHaven Books | |
Leslie S. Klinger | The New Annotated Frankenstein | |
2019 | Huw Lewis-Jones* | The Writer's Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands | |
Molly Barton | Serial Box | |
Jeff Li |
James Stuart |
Julian Yap |
Charles Coleman Finlay | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
Irene Gallo | Art Direction at Tor Books and Tor.com | |
Catherine McIlwaine | Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth exhibition | |
2020 | Ebony Elizabeth Thomas* | The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games (New York University Press) | |
Charles Coleman Finlay | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
Leslie S. Klinger | The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham (Liveright) | |
Ellen Oh | We Need Diverse Books | |
Sheree Thomas | Contributions to the genre | |
2021 | Charles Coleman Finlay* | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
Clive Bloom | The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic (Palgrave Macmillan) | |
Jo Fletcher | Jo Fletcher Books | |
Maria Dahvana Headley | Beowulf: A New Translation (MCD x FSG Originals US/Scribe UK) | |
Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock | The Monster Theory Reader (University of Minnesota Press) | |
2022 | Marjorie Liu* | Monstress Volume Six: The Vow (Image Comics) | |
Sana Takeda* |
Charlie Jane Anders | Never Say You Can't Survive (Tor.com Publishing) | |
Cam Collins | Old Gods of Appalachia (podcast) | |
Steve Shell |
Irene Gallo | Tor.com | |
William K. Schafer | Subterranean Press | |
Sheree Thomas | editing The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | |
2023 | Matt Ottley* | The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness (Dirt Lane Press) | |
Irene Gallo | Tor.com | |
Kelly Link | Small Beer Press | |
Gavin Grant |
Tim Lebbon | Without Walls (PS Publishing) | |
Daniele Serra |
Fiona Moore | Management Lessons from Game of Thrones: Organization Theory and Strategy in Westeros (Edward Elgar Publishing) | |