Endeavour Award
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The Endeavour Award, announced annually at OryCon in Portland, Oregon, is awarded to a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book written by an author or authors from the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, British Columbia, The Yukon, and Alaska) and published in the previous year.
Annual presentation of the Endeavour Award is in November at OryCon for books published during the previous year.
OryCon
OryCon is an annual science fiction/fantasy convention, held annually in Portland, Oregon since 1979. OryCon's parent organization, Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. ("OSFCI") has announced plans to end support for the event after OryCon 45, to be held in October 2025.
On November 11, 1978, the Portland Science Fiction Society and Portland State University English department presented a one-day, seven-hour "Science Fiction Symposium" at the Smith Memorial Student Union. The organizers later established OSFCI, and presented the first OryCon the following year.
The convention canceled its 2020 event due to COVID-19 restrictions, returning in 2021, and declared a "hiatus" for future events, citing staff burnout and the challenges of pandemic-era planning. 2022 instead featured a free "Or-E-Con 2" virtual conference.
Award history
The Endeavour Award, named for HM Bark Endeavour, the ship of Northwest explorer Captain James Cook, was first presented in 1999.
It was 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.
2020 Endeavour Award
Matt Hughes became the first Canadian winner of the Endeavour Award, for his 2019 slipstream historical novel What the Wind Brings.
2021 Endeavour Award
The Endeavour Award committee announced suspension of the 2021 Endeavour Award for books published in 2020, citing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. The award was revisited and a winner announced at Norwescon 45, held in SeaTac, Washington, on April 6–9, 2023.
2022 Endeavour Award
The 2022 Endeavour Award was announced at OryCon 43, held in Portland, Oregon, November 10–12, 2023.
Winners and nominees
| Year | Title | Author | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Dinosaur Summer | Greg Bear | Won | |
| 2000 | Darwin's Radio | Greg Bear | Won | |
| 2001 (tie) | The Telling | Ursula K. Le Guin | Won | |
| The Glass Harmonica | Louise Marley | Won | ||
| 2002 | Tales from Earthsea | Ursula K. Le Guin | Won | |
| 2003 (tie) | The Disappeared | Kristine Kathryn Rusch | Won | |
| Lion's Blood | Steven Barnes | Won | ||
| 2004 | Red Thunder | John Varley | Won | |
| 2005 | The Child Goddess | Louise Marley | Won | |
| 2006 | Anywhere but Here | Jerry Oltion | Won | |
| 2007 | Forest Mage | Robin Hobb | Won | |
| 2008 | The Silver Ship and the Sea | Brenda Cooper | Won | |
| 2009 | Space Magic | David D. Levine | Won | |
| 2010 | Mind Over Ship | David Marusek | Won | |
| 2011 | Dreadnought | Cherie Priest | Won | |
| 2012 | City of Ruins | Kristine Kathryn Rusch | Won | |
| 2013 | Goodbye For Now | Laurie Frankel | Won | |
| 2014 (tie) | Nexus | Ramez Naam | Won | |
| Requiem | Ken Scholes | Won | ||
| 2015 | Last Plane to Heaven | Jay Lake | Won | |
| 2016 | Edge of Dark | Brenda Cooper | Won | |
| 2017 (tie) | Dreams of Distant Shores | Patricia A. McKillip | Won | |
| Lovecraft Country | Matt Ruff | Won | ||
| 2018 | The Cold Eye | Laura Anne Gilman | Won | |
| 2019 | Blood Orbit | K. R. Richardson | Won | |
| 2020 (tie) | What the Wind Brings | Matthew Hughes | Won | |
| The Witch's Kind | Louisa Morgan | Won | ||
| 2021 | How to Get to Apocalypse | Erica L. Satifka | Won | |
| 2022 | The Bone Orchard | Sara A. Mueller | Won | |
| 2023 | Painted Devils | Margaret Owen | Won | |
| Bookshops & Bonedust | Travis Baldree | Nominated | ||
| Vampires of El Norte | Isabel Cañas | Nominated | ||
| Again and Again | Jonathan Evison | Nominated | ||
| Sleep No More | Seanan McGuire | Nominated | ||
| 2024 | Relics of Ruin | Erin M. Evans | Won | |
| Better Living Through Alchemy | Evan J. Peterson | Nominated | ||
| Heavenbreaker | Sara Wolf | Nominated | ||
| The Rain Artist | Claire Rudy Foster | Nominated | ||
| Tidal Creatures | Seanan McGuire | Nominated | ||
| 2025 | The Antidote | Karen Russell | Pending | |
| Blind Date with a Werewolf | Patricia Briggs | Pending | ||
| Hole in the Sky | Daniel H. Wilson | Pending | ||
| Making Amends | Nisi Shawl | Pending | ||
| When We Were Real | Daryl Gregory | Pending |