Awards
In August 2004 Anne McCaffrey received the L.
Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Lifetime Achievement Award! The
pictures below include Anne and her award, William Katz and Laura Diehl
(Gold Prize recipients of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future
and L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Awards), and Javier Ruiz,
the president of Author Services, Inc.
 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.
 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.
 Margaret
A. Edwards Award
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