World Fantasy Convention Award

__NOTOC__This special World Fantasy Award is given for peerless contributions to the fantasy genre, and presented (though not every year) at the annual World Fantasy Convention. Past winners have included authors, artists, and publishers.

1978

The 1978 WFC, held in Fort Worth, Texas, was chaired by Michael Templin. Judges were Charles N. Brown, Carl Jacobi, Stephen King, T. E. D. Klein and Karl Edward Wagner.

* Winner: Glenn Lord

1979

The 1979 WFC, held in Providence, Rhode Island, was chaired by Bob Booth. Judges were Poul Anderson, Terry Carr, Dennis Etchison, Elizabeth A. Lynn and Roy A. Squires.

* Winner: Kirby McCauley

1980

The 1980 WFC, held in Baltimore, Maryland, was chaired by Chuck Miller and Tim Underwood. Judges were Stephen R. Donaldson, Frank Belknap Long, Andrew J. Offutt, Ted White and Susan Wood.

* Winner: Stephen King

1981

The 1981 WFC, held in Berkeley, California, was chaired by Jack Rems and Jeff Frane. Judges were Paul C. Allen, C. J. Cherryh, Gardner Dozois, Donald M. Grant and Arthur W. Saha.

* Winner: Gahan Wilson

1982

The 1982 WFC, held in New Haven, Connecticut, was chaired by Norman Hood and Harold Kinney. Judges were Pat Cadigan, Virginia Kidd, Theodore Sturgeon, Douglas E. Winter and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.

* Winner: Roy Krenkel
* Winner: Joseph Payne Brennan

1983

The 1983 WFC, held in Chicago, Illinois, was chaired by Robert Weinberg. Judges were Bob Booth, John Coyne, Sharon Jarvis, Alan Ryan and Elizabeth Wollheim.

* Winner: Arkham House

1984

The 1984 WFC, held in Ottawa, Ontario, was chaired by Rodger Turner and John Bell. Judges were Ellen Asher, Ginjer Buchanan, Les Daniels, Mimi Panitch and George H. Scithers.

* Winner: Donald M. Grant

1985

The 1985 WFC, held in Tucson, Arizona, was chaired by Randal Rau. Judges were Suzy McKee Charnas, Jo Fletcher, George R. R. Martin, Baird Searles and Terri Windling.

* Winner: Evangeline Walton

1986

The 1986 WFC, held in Providence, Rhode Island, was chaired by Robert Plante. Judges were Robert A. Collins, Ellen Datlow, Dean R. Koontz, Patricia A. McKillip and Charles de Lint.

* Winner: Donald A. Wollheim

1987

The 1987 WFC, held in Nashville, Tennessee, was chaired by Maurine Dorris. Judges were John M. Ford, Paul Hazel, Tappan King, Michael McDowell and Melissa Ann Singer.

* Winner: Andre Norton

1997

The 1997 WFC, held in London, United Kingdom, was chaired by Jo Fletcher. Judges were Paul Barnett, Nancy A. Collins, Rachel Holmen, Joe R. Lansdale and Diana L. Paxson.

* Winner: Hugh B. Cave

ee also

* World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
* World Fantasy Award for Best Novella
* World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction
* World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology
* World Fantasy Award for Best Collection
* World Fantasy Award for Best Artist
* World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement
* World Fantasy Award
* World Fantasy Convention
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External links

* [http://www.worldfantasy.org/ World Fantasy Convention]