The Darrell Awards
Promoting Literacy
in the Mid-South by Recognizing the Best Published SF, Fantasy and Horror
Begun by the
Memphis SF Association (MSFA)
Now A Project
of the Mid-South Science Fiction & Fantasy Association (MSSFFA)
Starting in 2002, we added a new type of recognition: the Hall of Fame for Outstanding Midsouth Fiction for authors who have a body of work that appeared in prior years. Specifically, for now, we have decided to accept nominations for the Hall of Fame covering authors who have one (or more) published novel(s) and/or two (or more) published short stories and/or one movie available to the general public.
As before, either the work must use the greater Memphis area as a significant setting and/or the author must be a resident of the greater Memphis area when the work appears.
In recognition of the outstanding service rendered to Midsouth fandom by
Dalvan Coger, who passed away in 2002, we have renamed the Darrell Award
Hall of Fame. The new name is the Dal Coger Memorial Hall of Fame Award.
Dal Coger at Midsouthcon 20 |
The
big difference between the Dal Coger Memorial Hall of Fame Award and the
Darrell Awards is that the Hall of Fame recognizes the author for a body
of published work, whereas the Darrell Awards for Novel, Short Story and
Other Work recognize the published work itself. Also, an author can only
be inducted into the Dal Coger Memorial Hall of Fame once, but can receive
any one (or all three) of the Darrell Awards several times. Also, the Dal
Coger Memorial Hall of Fame will allow us to recognize outstanding authors
who were overlooked previously, either because we simply did not know about
their work or because they published before the Darrell Awards were instituted.
The first (and only) Darrell Award Hall of Fame Winner was Kathleen Ann Goonan, who was recognized in 2002 (see the 2002 Winners page for more info on that). The first Dal Coger Memorial Hall of Fame Award winner was Howard Waldrop (see the 2003 Winners page for more info on this). The second Dal Coger Memorial Hall of Fame Award winner was Dan Henderson (see the 2004 Winners page for more info on this). The third Dal Coger Memorial Hall of Fame Award winner was Michael Reisig (see the 2005 Results page for more info on this) . The fourth Dal Coger Memorial Hall of Fame Award winner is Alan R. Rodgers (please stand by for a 2006 Results page for more info on this). The fifth Dal Coger
Memorial Hall of Fame Award winner is E. E. Knight for his many
works, including the Vampire Earth series, which began with Way of
the Wolf (the 2004 Darrell Award Best Novel winner) and which is
now up to several additional books, including (in 2006) Valentine's
Exile.
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