2006
Joe L. Hensley

2005
Howard Devore

2004
Brian Aldiss
Robert Peterson
William L. Hamling

2003
Philip José Farmer
Philip Nolan

2002
Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Martha Beck

2001
Frank M. Robinson

2000
Theodore R. Cogswell
Martin Greenberg
Mark Schulzinger

1999
A Langly Searles

1998
Jack Agnew
John Baltadonis
Milton Rothman

1997
Hal Clement

1996
Ray Bradbury
Ray Harryhausen
Frank K. Kelly
Erle Melvin Korshak

1995
Jack Speer
Harry Warner Jr

1994
E.F. Bleiler
Andre Norton

1993
Ray Beam

1992
Nelson Bond
J.Harvey Haggard
Art Saha
Arthur L. Widner Jr

1991
Robert A.W. Lowndes

1990
Ed Cartier
Robert A. Madle
Alex Schomburg

1989
Fredrick Pohl
Donald Grant
L Sprague De Camp

1988
Lloyd Eshbach
Neil R Jones
David A Kyle

1986
Julius Schwartz
Don Wandrej

1985
Wilson Tucker
Robert Bloch

1984
H L Gold

1983
Manly Wade Wellman

1982
Bill Crawford

1981
Stanton A. Coblentz

1980
George O. Smith

1979
Raymond Z. Gallun

1978
E. Hoffmann Price

1977
Frank Belknap Long

1976
Harry Bates

1975
Don Wolheim

1974
Forrest Ackerman
Sam Moskowitz

1973
Clifford D. Simak

1972
C L Moore

1971
John W. Campbell Jr.

1970
Virgil Finley

1969
Murray Leinster

1968
Jack WIlliamson

1967
Edmond Hamilton

1966
David H Keller

1964
Hugo Gernsback

1963
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