2020 and 2021 REH Foundation Awards Winners

The Atlantean – Outstanding Achievement, Book (non-anthology/collection)

• WINNER: Weird Talers: Essays on Robert E. Howard and Others, Bobby Derie (Hippocampus)

• Silken Swords: An Informal Guide to the Women in the Fiction of Robert E. Howard, Fred Blosser (Pulp Hero)
• History in Robert E. Howards Fantastic Stories: From an Age Undreamed of to the Era of the Old West and Texas Frontier, Dierk Günther (Hiroshima University Library)

The Valusian – Outstanding Achievement, Book (anthology/collection)

• WINNER: Songs of Giants: the Poetry of Pulp, Mark Wheatley, ed. (Insight)

• Canciones De Un Juglar Loco, Francisco Arellano, translated by Javier Martín Lalanda (La Biblioteca del Laberinto)
• The Big Book of Classic Fantasy, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Vintage)

The Hyrkanian – Outstanding Achievement, Essay (print)

• WINNER: “By This Pen I Rule: Robert E. Howard as Gatekeeper in the Development of Weird Fiction”, Nicole Emmelhainz-Carney (The Dark Man #10.1)

• “Robert E Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, and the Great War”, Bobby Derie (The Dark Man #10.2)
• “Faces of Kane: Exploring the Identity of Robert E. Howard’s Puritan Swordsman”, Dierk Günther (The Dark Man #10.1)
• “No Refuge in Idealism: Illusion Meets reality in ‘Xuthal of the Dusk'”, Karen Joan Kohoutek (The Dark Man #10.1)

The Cimmerian – Outstanding Achievement, Essay (online)

• WINNER (tie): Hither Came Conan, Bob Byrne, ed. (Black Gate)
• WINNER (tie): “Robert E. Howard as a Writer of Consequence”, David C. Smith (DMR 1/22/19)

• The Life and Death of Robert E. Howard, Tim Dedopulos (Conan)

The Venarium – Emerging Scholar

• WINNER: Jason Ray Carney

• Nicole Emmelhainz-Carney
• Howard Andrew Jones

The Stygian – Outstanding Achievement, Website

• WINNER: The Dark Man: Journal of Robert E. Howard and Pulp Studies, Jaron Carney & Nicole Emmelhainz, eds.

• Black Gate, Howard Andrew Jones, ed.
• Howard History, Rob Roehm, ed.

The Black Lotus – Outstanding Achievement, Multimedia

• WINNER: Howard Days 2019

• The Cromcast
• Mountain Man: Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins

The Rankin – Artistic achievement in the depiction of REH’s life and/or work

• WINNER: Etienne Le Roux for Conan Le Cimmerien – La Citadelle Ecarlate

• Sana Takeda for covers of Age of Conan: Bêlit #1-5
• Mark Wheatley for Songs of Giants: The Poetry of Pulp

The Crom – Special Award given by the Board of Directors

• WINNER: Dierk Gunther & Patrice Louinet

Black Circle Award – Lifetime Achievement

• WINNER: Paul Herman

• Fred Blosser
• Arlene Stephenson
• Steve Tompkins

2021 Winners

The Atlantean – Outstanding Achievement, Book (non-anthology/collection)

• WINNER: Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery, Brian Murphy (Pulp Hero)

• The Annotated Guide to Robert E. Howard’s Weird Fantasy, Fred Blosser (Pulp Hero)
• Robert E. Howard: A Closer Look, Charles Hoffman & Marc Cerasini (Hippocampus)

The Valusian – Outstanding Achievement, Book (anthology/collection)

• WINNER: The Rattle of Bones, Ted Abrams & Elizabeth Nee, eds. (Clover)

• Der Mythos des Cthulhu: Erzählungen, Frank Festa, ed. (Festa Verlag)
• The Cthulhu Stories of Robert E. Howard, Scott Lee, ed. (Word Fire)

The Hyrkanian – Outstanding Achievement, Essay (print)

• WINNER: “More Than Meets the Eye: The Women Protagonists of the Conan Stories”, Karen Joan Kohoutek (The Dark Man #11.1)

• “The Coming of Kull”, Ralph Norris (The Dark Man #11.1)
• “Robert E. Howard and Jack London’s Martin Eden: Analyzing the Influence of Martin Eden on Howard and his Semi-Autobiography”, Willard M Oliver (The Dark Man #11.1)

The Cimmerian – Outstanding Achievement, Essay (online)

• WINNER: “Beyond the Black River: Is It Really ‘Beyond the Brazos River’?”, John Bullard (Adventures Fantastic)

• “1932, The Year of Conan: Sword and Sorcery and Historical Pessimism”, Jason Ray Carney (DMR 10/26/20)
• “Unspeakable! The Secret History of Nameless Cults”, Bobby Derie (On An Underwood #5 5/31/20)

The Venarium – Emerging Scholar

• WINNER: John Bullard

• Jason Ray Carney
• Nicole Emmelhainz-Carney

The Stygian – Outstanding Achievement, Website

• WINNER: REH World, Stale Gismervik, ed.

• The Dark Man: Journal of Robert E. Howard and Pulp Studies, Jaron Carney & Nicole Emmelhainz, eds.
• Howard History, Rob Roehm, ed.
• The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter, Lee Breakiron, ed.

The Black Lotus – Outstanding Achievement, Multimedia

• WINNER: Tour of Robert E Howard Home

• The Cromcast
• “The Origins of TDM: Interview with the Founding Editor Rusty Burke” (Pavilion Blog)

The Rankin – Artistic achievement in the depiction of REH’s life and/or work

• WINNER: E.M. Gist for covers of Conan the Barbarian #13-17

• Gess for Conan Le Cimmerien – Les Mangeurs D’Hommes De Zamboula
• Park Jae Kwang for Conan Le Cimmerien – Le Peuple Du Circle Noir
• Andrew C. Robinson for the cover of King-Size Conan

The Crom – Special Award given by the Board of Directors

• Era Lee Hanke

Black Circle Award – Lifetime Achievement

• WINNER: Arlene Stephenson

• Fred Blosser
• Paul Herman
• Steve Tompkins

For more information, see the DMR Books website.

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