Anne’s Awards
The 2004 L. Ron Hubbard
Writers of the Future
Lifetime Achievement Award
The 1999 Julie Award
For A Lifetime Of Distinguished Service
Throughout The Fantastic Arts
Gratefully received at DragonCon
in Atlanta, Georgia, July 1999.
Guest of Honor, DragonCon 1999
Gratefully received in Atlanta, Georgia.
Margaret A. Edwards
1999 Lifetime Literary Achievement Award
Barnes & Noble Award: Freedom’s Choice
Received in 1997 for Freedom’s Choice.
The Science Fiction Book Club
1994 Book of the Year Award:
The Dolphins Of Pern
Presented to Anne McCaffrey by Doubleday Book & Music Clubs, Inc.
The Science Fiction Book Club
1993 Book of the Year Award:
Damia’s Children
The Science Fiction Book Club presented this Book of the Year Award to Damia’s Children, third volume in The Tower & Hive series.
The Science Fiction Book Club
1992 Book of the Year Award:
All The Weyrs Of Pern
The Science Fiction Book Club presented this Book of the Year Award to All The Weyrs Of Pern, fifteenth volume of The Dragonriders of Pern® series.
The Science Fiction Book Club
1989 Book of the Year Award:
The Renegades of Pern
This was the third of eight awards presented to Anne McCaffrey by Doubleday Book & Music Clubs, Inc.
The Science Fiction Book Club
1989 Book of the Year Award:
Dragonsdawn
This was the second of eight awards presented to Anne McCaffrey by Doubleday Book & Music Clubs, Inc.
The Science Fiction Book Club
Book of the Year Award:
Killashandra
The Science Fiction Book Club presented this Book of the Year Award to Killashandra, second volume of the Crystal Singer series, in 1986.
Golden Pen Award 1982
Awarded by children to their favourite author. Carl Sagan was honored similarly in the same year.
Stresa Eurocon Award
Presented in 1980 at EuroCon for The White Dragon.
1980 Balrog Award for Best Achievement
Gratefully received at FoolsCon in Denver, Colorado.
Balrog Award for Best Novel
Presented at FoolsCon, Kansas City, KS in 1980 for Best Novel: Dragondrums.
Gandalf Award
In memory of J.R.R. Tolkein, the Gandalf Award is given for the best fantasy of the year. This was awarded at the 1979 WorldCon in Brighton, England for The White Dragon. This was the last year in which it was awarded.
Ditmar
Australian fandom’s "Hugo"equivalent was awarded at the 1979 WorldCon in Brighton, England for The White Dragon.
E. E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction
Presented in 1976 at Boskone.
Nebula Award
The Nebula Award is given to a writer by the writer-members of the Science Fiction Writer’s Association (SWFA). This Nebula was given to Anne McCaffrey at the SWFA Awards Dinner in New York City in 1969 for the novella "Dragonriders," which was later incorporated into "Dragonflight," the first of the Dragonrider’s of Pern® series of novels.
Hugo Award
Named for Hugo Gernsback, who founded "Amazing & Fantastic" magazine in 1926 (the year Anne McCaffrey was born). The Hugo is given annually at the World Science Fiction Convention by the fans. Anne McCaffrey received this one in 1968 at the 76th World Science Fiction Convention in Berkeley, California. It was presented for "Weyr Search," as best novella. "Weyr Search" was later incorporated into "Dragonflight," the first of the Dragonrider’s of Pern® series of novels.