2024 Robert E. Howard Awards

The Atlantean—Outstanding Achievement, Book

• WINNER: The Weird Tales Boys, Stephen Jones (PS)

The Valusian—Outstanding Achievement, Anthology/Collection

• WINNER: 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 Costigan—Literary Achievement

• WINNER: Conan the Barbarian, Jim Zub, Roberto De La Torre, Dean White & Richard Starkings (Titan Comics)

• Conan The Child, Brian D. Anderson (Titan Comics)
• The City of Marble and Blood, Howard Andrew Jones (Baen)
• Conan Lord of the Mount, Stephen Graham Jones (Titan Comics)
• The Doom of Odin, Scott Oden (St. Martin’s)

The Hyrkanian—Outstanding Achievement, Essay

• WINNER: “The Personal and Literary Influence of Jack London’s THE STAR ROVER on Robert E. Howard” Will Oliver (The Dark Man Vol. 13, No. 2)

• “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)
• “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

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

The Black Lotus—Outstanding Achievement, Web-Based

• WINNER (tie): Ståle Gismervik for The World of Robert E. Howard website and associated articles, interviews, and resources hosted there
  
• WINNER (tie): Gary Romeo for The L. Sprague de Camp Fan website and associated reviews and articles

• The Eldritch Archives for “Analysing Robert E. Howard’s Writing Style Using Statistics and Natural Language Processing”
• The Texas Center for Robert E. Howard Days 2023 Videos and YouTube channel

The Rankin—Artistic Achievement

• WINNER: Roberto De la Torre & José Villarrubia for Conan the Barbarian (Titan Comics)

• Francesca Baerald for Conan the Barbarian #1 Cover G (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 Cover E (Titan Comics)

The Black River—Special Achievement

• WINNER: Josh Adkins, Luke E. Dodd, and Jon Larson

• Denilson Cararetto (Publisher/Editor “Editora Clock Tower Brasil) for promoting and publishing REH in Brasil

The Black Circle—Lifetime Achievement

• WINNER: Rob Roehm

The Crom Award

• WINNERS: Paul Herman and Dennis McHaney

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