The Forry Awards
Award for Service to the Science Fiction Community
Each year since 1966, the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society has presented the Forry Award for Lifetime Achievement in the field of Science Fiction. Named after long-time fan and “Mr. LASFS”, Forrest J Ackerman, the award is chosen by members of the club during a meeting usually in the mid- to late Fall of each year, and announced at that year’s LOSCON. In 2002, over thirty-five years after the award’s establishment, the club felt that it was high time that Forry himself receive the award that bore his name.
This award is not the same as the Big Heart Award, administered for forty years by Forry Ackerman in memory of E. Everett Evans.
For the Alphabetical list of winners, click here.
Recipients by Year
| 1966 | Ray Bradbury |
| 1967 | Fritz Leiber |
| 1968 | Poul Anderson |
| 1969 | Larry Niven |
| 1970 | Harlan Ellison |
| 1971 | Theodore Sturgeon |
| 1972 | A.E. van Vogt |
| 1973 | C.L. Moore |
| 1974 | Robert Bloch |
| 1975 | Kris Neville |
| 1976 | Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| 1977 | L. Sprague de Camp |
| 1978 | Leigh Brackett |
| 1979 | Jerry Pournelle |
| 1980 | Robert A. Heinlein |
| 1981 | Horace Gold |
| 1982 | Arthur C. Clarke |
| 1983 | Frank Kelly Freas |
| 1984 | Julius Schwartz |
| 1985 | Robert Silverberg |
| 1986 | Jack Williamson |
| 1987 | Donald A. Wollheim |
| 1988 | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| 1989 | Andre Norton |
| 1990 | Isaac Asimov |
| 1991 | Curt Siodmak |
| 1992 | Hal Clement |
| 1993 | Roger Zelazny |
| 1994 | Frederik Pohl |
| 1995 | Harry Turtledove |
| 1996 | Chuck Jones |
| 1997 | Jack Vance |
| 1998 | David Brin |
| 1999 | Connie Willis |
| 2000 | Anne McCaffrey |
| 2001 | Ray Harryhausen |
| 2002 | Forrest J Ackerman |
| 2003 | Philip Jose Farmer |
| 2004 | Len Moffatt |
| 2005 | John DeChancie |
| 2006 | William Tenn |
| 2007 | David Gerrold |
| 2008 | Joss Whedon |
| 2009 | Fred Patten |
| 2010 | Karen Anderson |
| 2011 | Mike Glyer |
| 2012 | Terry Pratchett |
| 2013 | Lois McMaster Bujold |
| 2014 | Tim Powers |
| 2015 Tie: | Charles Lee Jackson, II Spider Robinson |
| 2016 | Greg Benford |
| 2017 | Greg Bear |
| 2018 | Steven Barnes |
| 2019 | Barbara Hambly |
| 2020 | Neil Gaiman |
| 2021 | John Williams |
Alphabetical List
Ackerman, Forrest J
Anderson, Poul
Anderson, Karen
Asimov, Isaac
Barnes, Steven
Bear, Greg
Benford, Greg
Bloch, Robert
Brackett, Leigh
Bradbury, Ray
Bradley, Marion Zimmer
Brin, David
Bujold, Lois McMaster
Clarke, Arthur C.
Clement,Hal
de Camp, L. Sprague
DeChancie, John
Ellison, Harlan
Farmer, Philip Jose
Gaiman, Neil
Gerrold, David
Glyer, Mike
Gold,Horace
Hambly, Barbara
Harryhausen, Ray
Heinlein,Robert A.
Jackson, II, Charles Lee
Jones, Chuck
Kelly Freas, Frank
Le Guin, Ursula K.
Leiber, Fritz
McCaffrey, Anne
Moffatt, Len
Moore, C.L.
Neville, Kris
Niven, Larry
Norton, Andre
Patten, Fred
Pohl, Frederik
Pournelle, Jerry
Powers, Tim
Pratchett, Terry
Robinson, Spider
Schwartz, Julius
Silverberg, Robert
Siodmak, Curt
Sturgeon, Theodore
Tenn, William
Turtledove, Harry
van Vogt, A.E.
Vance, Jack
Whedon, Joss
Williams, John
Williamson, Jack
Willis,Connie
Wollheim, Donald A.
Zelazny, Roger
