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.
 

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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.