Pilgrim Award

The Pilgrim Award is presented by the Science Fiction Research Association for Lifetime Achievement in the field of science fiction scholarship. It was created in 1970 and was named after J. O. Bailey’s pioneering book "Pilgrims Through Space and Time". Fittingly, the first award was presented to Bailey.

*1970 – J. O. Bailey (USA)
*1971 – Marjorie Hope Nicolson (USA)
*1972 – Julius Kagarlitski (USSR)
*1973 – Jack Williamson (USA)
*1974 – I. F. Clarke (UK)
*1975 – Damon Knight (USA)
*1976 – James E. Gunn (USA)
*1977 – Thomas D. Clareson (USA)
*1978 – Brian W. Aldiss (UK)
*1979 – Darko Suvin (Canada)
*1980 – Peter Nicholls (UK)
*1981 – Sam Moskowitz (USA)
*1982 – Neil Barron (USA)
*1983 – H. Bruce Franklin (USA)
*1984 – Everett F. Bleiler (USA)
*1985 – Samuel R. Delany (USA)
*1986 – George E. Slusser (USA)
*1987 – Gary K. Wolfe (USA)
*1988 – Joanna Russ (USA)
*1989 – Ursula K. Le Guin (USA)
*1990 – Marshall B. Tymn (USA)
*1991 – Pierre Versins (France)
*1992 – Mark R. Hillegas (USA)
*1993 – Robert Reginald (USA)
*1994 – John Clute (UK)
*1995 – Vivian Sobchack (USA)
*1996 – David Ketterer (Canada)
*1997 – Marleen Barr (USA)
*1998 – L. Sprague de Camp (USA)
*1999 – Brian Stableford (UK)
*2000 – Hal W. Hall (USA)
*2001 – David N. Samuelson (USA)
*2002 – Mike Ashley (UK)
*2003 – Gary Westfahl (USA)
*2004 - Edward James (UK)
*2005 - Gérard Klein (France)
*2006 - Fredric Jameson (USA)
*2007 - Algis Budrys (USA)
*2008 - Gwyneth Jones (UK)