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Endeavour Award

The Endeavour Award, announced annually at OryCon in Portland, Oregon, is awarded to a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book written by an author or authors from the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, British Columbia, The Yukon, and Alaska) and published in the previous year.

Annual presentation of the Endeavour Award is in November at OryCon for books published during the previous year.[1]

Award history

The Endeavour Award, named for HM Bark Endeavour, the ship of Northwest explorer Captain James Cook, was first presented in 1999.

It was funded by a collaboration of Portland, Oregon area writers and readers of science fiction and fantasy in 1996 and chartered by Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI) tax-exempt non-profit corporation.

2021 Endeavour Award

The Endeavour Award committee announced suspension of the 2021 Endeavour Award for books published in 2020 citing to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.[2]

The winner was announced at Norwescon 45, held in SeaTac, Washington, on April 6–9, 2023.[3]

2022 Endeavour Award

The 2022 Endeavour Award was announced at OryCon 43, held in Portland, Oregon, November 10–12, 2023.[4]

Past winners

# Year Title Author Ref[1]
24 2022 The Bone Orchard Sara A. Mueller [4]
23 2021 How to Get to Apocalypse Erica L. Satifka [3]
22 2020
(tie)
What the Wind Brings
The Witch's Kind
Matthew Hughes
Louisa Morgan
[5]
21 2019 Blood Orbit K. R. Richardson [6]
20 2018 The Cold Eye Laura Anne Gilman [7]
19 2017
(tie)
Dreams of Distant Shores
Lovecraft Country
Patricia A. McKillip
Matt Ruff
[8]
18 2016 Edge of Dark Brenda Cooper [9]
17 2015 Last Plane to Heaven Jay Lake [10]
16 2014
(tie)
Nexus Ramez Naam [11][12]
Requiem Ken Scholes
15 2013 Goodbye For Now Laurie Frankel [12]
14 2012 City of Ruins Kristine Kathryn Rusch [12]
13 2011 Dreadnought Cherie Priest [13]
12 2010 Mind Over Ship David Marusek [14]
11 2009 Space Magic David D. Levine [15]
10 2008 The Silver Ship and the Sea Brenda Cooper [12][1]
9 2007 Forest Mage Robin Hobb
8 2006 Anywhere but Here Jerry Oltion
7 2005 The Child Goddess Louise Marley
6 2004 Red Thunder John Varley
5 2003
(tie)
The Disappeared
Lion's Blood
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Steven Barnes
4 2002 Tales from Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin
3 2001
(tie)
The Telling Ursula K. Le Guin [16]
The Glass Harmonica Louise Marley
2 2000 Darwin's Radio Greg Bear [17]
1 1999 Dinosaur Summer Greg Bear [18]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Endeavour Award History". OSFCI Endeavour Award Page. 2006-01-28.
  2. ^ "2021 Endeavour Award Suspended". Locus SF Foundation. January 5, 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2023. Several reasons have led to the suspension. The Covid 19 situation has made it more difficult to run our preliminary judging.
  3. ^ a b "Satifka Wins 2021 Endeavour Award". Locus. Retrieved 13 April 2023. This year's award was announced at Norwescon, held in SeaTac, Washington, April 6–9, 2023. The award is traditionally given at Oregon convention Orycon, held in November, and is expected to be announced there in future years.
  4. ^ a b "2022 Endeavour Award". Locus. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  5. ^ "2020 Endeavour Award Winners". Locus. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. ^ "2019 Endeavour Award Winner". Locus. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  7. ^ "The Endeavour Award". Oregon Science Fiction Conventions Inc. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  8. ^ "2017 Endeavour Award Winners". Locus SF Foundation. November 20, 2017.
  9. ^ "Cooper Wins 2016 Endeavour Award". locusmag.com. Locus SF Foundation. November 22, 2016.
  10. ^ "Locus Online News » Lake Wins 2015 Endeavor Award". www.locusmag.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  11. ^ "2014 Endeavour Award Nominees". locusmag.com. Locus SF Foundation. November 10, 2014.
  12. ^ a b c d "sfadb : Endeavour Award". www.sfadb.com. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  13. ^ "Priest Wins Endeavour". November 14, 2011.
  14. ^ "Marusek Wins Endeavour Award". November 16, 2010.
  15. ^ "David D. Levine Wins Endeavor Award". December 14, 2009.
  16. ^ "Le Guin and Marley Share 2001 Endeavour Award" (PDF (archive)). File 770 (140): 7. November 2001.
  17. ^ "Darwin's Radio Wins 2000 Endeavour Award" (PDF (archive)). File770 (137): 7–8. January 2001.
  18. ^ Mike Glyer (December 1999). "Greg Bear's Dinosaur Summer Wins First Endeavour Award" (PDF (on-line Archive)). File770.com ( online version of Mike Glyer’s science fiction fan newzine). File770 #133. pp. 5–6.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
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