List of Winners
The year indicates the year that the honor was presented. Until 1995, awards were limited to no more than six per decade. To strike a better balance with the fact that no posthumous awards can be given, this was relaxed to one per year.
- 1975 Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988)
- 1976 Jack Williamson (1908–2006)
- 1977 Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988)
- 1979 L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000)
- 1981 Fritz Leiber (1910–1992)
- 1984 Andre Norton (1912–2005)
- 1986 Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008)
- 1987 Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
- 1988 Alfred Bester (1913–1987)
- 1989 Ray Bradbury (1920–2012)
- 1991 Lester del Rey (1915–1993)
- 1993 Frederik Pohl (1919–)
- 1995 Damon Knight (1922–2002)
- 1996 A. E. van Vogt (1912–2000)
- 1997 Jack Vance (1916–)
- 1998 Poul Anderson (1926–2001)
- 1999 Hal Clement (Harry Stubbs) (1922–2003)
- 2000 Brian W. Aldiss (1925–)
- 2001 Philip José Farmer (1918–2009)
- 2003 Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–)
- 2004 Robert Silverberg (1935–)
- 2005 Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011)
- 2006 Harlan Ellison (1934–)
- 2007 James Gunn (1923–)
- 2008 Michael Moorcock (1939–)
- 2009 Harry Harrison (1925–2012)
- 2010 Joe Haldeman (1943–)
- 2012 Connie Willis (1945–)
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