Endeavour Award
Encyclopedia
The Endeavour Award, announced annually at OryCon
in Portland, Oregon, is awarded to a distinguished science fiction
or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year.
Pacific Northwest is home to many of the best science fiction and fantasy writers in North America. The award is dedicated to helping these science fiction and fantasy writers to produce the best literature in the field.
Annual presentation of the Endeavour Award is in November at OryCon
for books published during the previous year.
, the ship of Northwest explorer Captain James Cook, was first presented in 1999. 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.
OryCon
Orycon is Portland, Oregon's annual science fiction/fantasy convention, held in November since 1979.-History:*The Symposium Nov 11, 1978 ~125*OryCon Nov 9-11, 1979 John Varley , Steve Perry & Richard Geis 525...
in Portland, Oregon, is awarded to a distinguished science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year.
Pacific Northwest is home to many of the best science fiction and fantasy writers in North America. The award is dedicated to helping these science fiction and fantasy writers to produce the best literature in the field.
Annual presentation of the Endeavour Award is in November at OryCon
OryCon
Orycon is Portland, Oregon's annual science fiction/fantasy convention, held in November since 1979.-History:*The Symposium Nov 11, 1978 ~125*OryCon Nov 9-11, 1979 John Varley , Steve Perry & Richard Geis 525...
for books published during the previous year.
Award history
The Endeavour Award, named for HM Bark EndeavourHM Bark Endeavour
HMS Endeavour, also known as HM Bark Endeavour, was a British Royal Navy research vessel commanded by Lieutenant James Cook on his first voyage of discovery, to Australia and New Zealand from 1769 to 1771....
, the ship of Northwest explorer Captain James Cook, was first presented in 1999. 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.
Past winners
| Year | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mind Over Ship Mind Over Ship Mind Over Ship is a science fiction novel by David Marusek, released on January 20, 2009.Mind Over Ship is a sequel to the 2005 Marusek novel Counting Heads.... |
David Marusek David Marusek David Marusek is an author who was born in Buffalo, New York but lived various places in youth. He is currently divorced and has a grown daughter. He has lived in Alaska since 1973 and that is the state he is most associated with.... |
| 2009 | Space Magic | David D. Levine David D. Levine David D. Levine is an American science fiction writer who won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2006.... |
| 2008 | The Silver Ship and the Sea The Silver Ship and the Sea The Silver Ship and the Sea is a young-adult science-fiction novel by Brenda Cooper, published in 2007. In 2008, it won theEndeavour Award,and was also one of Booklist's Adult Books for Young Adults Winners.... |
Brenda Cooper Brenda Cooper Brenda Cooper is an author who resides in Kirkland, Washington, where she is the Chief Information Officer of the city of Kirkland. She has co-written various short stories with Larry Niven and has written four novels.-Solo work:... |
| 2007 | Forest Mage Forest Mage Forest Mage is a 2006 fantasy novel by Robin Hobb, the second in her Soldier Son Trilogy.-Plot introduction:The Gernian Cavalla Academy that has been established according to the King's wishes has suffered from the rivalry between the Old Lords and the King's New Lords. These are newly raised... |
Robin Hobb Robin Hobb Robin Hobb is the second pen name of novelist Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden who produces primarily fantasy fiction, although she has published some science fiction.... |
| 2006 | Anywhere but Here | Jerry Oltion Jerry Oltion Jerry Oltion is a science fiction author from Eugene, Oregon, known for numerous novels and short stories, including books in the Star Trek series... |
| 2005 | The Child Goddess | Louise Marley Louise Marley Louise Marley is an award winning author of science fiction and fantasy. Her fiction often features strong female characters, and explores themes of hope, humanity, and faith in the distant future... |
| 2004 | Red Thunder Red Thunder (novel) Red Thunder is a 2003 science fiction novel written by John Varley. The novel is an homage to the juvenile science fiction novels written by Robert A. Heinlein.In 2004, Red Thunder won the Endeavour Award and was nominated for the Campbell Award.... |
John Varley John Varley (author) John Herbert Varley is an American science fiction author.-Biography:Varley grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, moved to Port Arthur in 1957, and graduated from Nederland High School. He went to Michigan State University on a National Merit Scholarship because, of the schools that he could afford, it... |
| 2003 (tie) |
The Disappeared Lion's Blood Lion's Blood Lion's Blood is an alternate history novel by Steven Barnes. The book won the 2003 Endeavour Award. It is followed by the sequel Zulu Heart.... |
Kristine Kathryn Rusch Kristine Kathryn Rusch Kristine Kathryn Rusch is an American writer. She writes under various pseudonyms in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, and mainstream.... Steven Barnes Steven Barnes Steven Barnes is an African American science fiction writer, lecturer, creative consultant, and human performance technician.... |
| 2002 | Tales from Earthsea Tales from Earthsea Tales from Earthsea is a collection of short stories by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in 2001. The stories are set in the Earthsea world.... |
Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin is an American author. She has written novels, poetry, children's books, essays, and short stories, notably in fantasy and science fiction... |
| 2001 (tie) |
The Telling The Telling The Telling is a 2000 science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin set in her fictional universe of Hainish Cycle. The Telling is Le Guin's first follow-up novel set in the Hainish Cycle since her 1974 novel The Dispossessed... The Glass Harmonica |
Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin is an American author. She has written novels, poetry, children's books, essays, and short stories, notably in fantasy and science fiction... Louise Marley Louise Marley Louise Marley is an award winning author of science fiction and fantasy. Her fiction often features strong female characters, and explores themes of hope, humanity, and faith in the distant future... |
| 2000 | Darwin's Radio Darwin's Radio Darwin's Radio is a 1999 science fiction novel by Greg Bear. It won the Nebula Award in 2000 for Best Novel and the 2000 Endeavour Award. It was also nominated for the Hugo Award, Locus and Campbell Awards the same year.... |
Greg Bear Greg Bear Gregory Dale Bear is an American science fiction and mainstream author. His work has covered themes of galactic conflict , artificial universes , consciousness and cultural practices , and accelerated evolution... |
| 1999 | Dinosaur Summer Dinosaur Summer Dinosaur Summer is a novel by Greg Bear, published in 1998.Tony DiTerlizzi illustrated the book.- Background :The novel is set in an alternate history in which the events of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Lost World actually occurred... |
Greg Bear Greg Bear Gregory Dale Bear is an American science fiction and mainstream author. His work has covered themes of galactic conflict , artificial universes , consciousness and cultural practices , and accelerated evolution... |
External links
- Official website
- OryCon Portland Oregon's premiere science fiction convention
- Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI)