2024 REH Foundation Awards Finalists

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

• The Weird Tales Boys, Stephen Jones (PS Publishing)

The Valusian – Outstanding Achievement, Book

• Hither Came Conan, Bob Byrne & Jason M. Waltz, eds. (Rogue Blades Foundation)
• Beyond the Black Stranger and Others: New Essays On Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft, Charles Hoffman (self-published)
• Robert E. Howard in the Pulps, Dennis McHaney (self-published)

The Hyrkanian – Outstanding Achievement, Essay

• “Robert E. Howard’s Use of Verse in ‘Men of Shadows’”, Frank Coffman (spraguedecampfan 10/10/23)
• “The Problem of Tuzun Thune”, Phillip Emery (The Dark Man 1/15/23)
• “Rise of the Barbarians: Robert E. Howard’s Barbarian Heroes and Their Predecessors in Literature”, Dierk Günther (The Dark Man 1/15/23)
• “Bran Mak Morn’s Downfall”, Dierk Günther (The Dark Man 11/22/23)
• “The Personal and Literary Influence of Jack London’s The Star Rover on Robert E. Howard”, Will Oliver (The Dark Man 11/22/23)
• “Two-Gun Bob on the Pyre: Robert E. Howard’s Suicide in the Context of His Life and Work”, Thomas Schwaiger (The Contemporary Writer and Their Suicide)

The Venarium – Emerging Scholar

• Laura A. Shubert for Master’s Thesis The Shadow King of Fantasy: Robert E. Howard

The Black Lotus – Outstanding Achievement, Web-Based

• The Eldritch Archives for “Analysing Robert E. Howard’s Writing Style Using Statistics and Natural Language Processing”
• Ståle Gismervik for The World of Robert E. Howard website and associated articles, interviews, and resources hosted there
• Gary Romeo for The L. Sprague de Camp Fan website and associated reviews and articles
• The Texas Center for  Robert E. Howard Days 2023 Videos and YouTube channel

The Costigan – Literary Achievement

• Conan The Child, Brian D. Anderson (Titan)
• The City of Marble and Blood, Howard Andrew Jones (Baen)
• Conan Lord of the Mount, Stephen Graham Jones (Titan)
• The Doom of Odin, Scott Oden (St. Martin’s)
• Conan The Barbarian, Jim Zub, Roberto De La Torre, Dean White & Richard Starkings (Titan)

The Rankin – Artistic Achievement

• Francesca Baerald for Conan the Barbarian #1 (Titan Comics)
• Raúlo Cáceres for PASIÓN Y ACERO Inspirado en la obra de Robert E. Howard (Isla de Nabumbu)
• EdCarl Evans for Velhoe Oeste Selvagum (Editora Clock Tower)
• Jean-Luc Masbou for Conan le Cimmérien – Le Maraudeur noir (Glenat)
• Mike Mignola for Conan the Barbarian #1 (Titan Comics)

The Black River – Special Achievement

• Josh Adkins, Jon Larson, and Luke E. Dodd of the Cromcast podcast for creating and running a podcast on discussing Robert E. Howard, Sword and Sorcery, and Fantasy for 10 years, and recording and publishing online events at several Howard Days events
• Denilson Cararetto (Publisher/Editor “Editora Clock Tower Brasil) for promoting and publishing REH in Brasil

Nominees for the Crom Award, if any, will be made by the board of directors. There were no finalists announced in the Black Circle Award category. For more information, see the REH Foundation announcement.

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