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Damon Knight
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SFWA Grand Masters
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America presented the first Grand Master Award in 1975, then in 2002 it was officially renamed the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award in honor of the organization's founder. It is essentially a Lifetime Achievement award selected by peer review. Originally limited to six times each decade, and that did apply for the first two decades, but since the award is for living authors only, a lot of the membership argued that too many worthy writers missed out on the opportunity. I mean, can you believe that neither Theodore Sturgeon or Roger Zelazny are Grand Masters? Neither are Philip K. Dick or Frank Herbert. Alfred Bester just barely made it under the wire, with the award being presented posthumously since he had passed away a couple of months after the announcement was made. The rules were amended, and since 1995 there have been only two years in which no award was given. It is not officially a Nebula Award, but it is presented at the Nebula Awards ceremony each year. The following is a list of all recipients, with the year being when it was presented, although in a lot of cases the announcement was made in the previous year. Links on names will take you to other pages devoted to their work.
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