ENDEAVOUR AWARD


THE ENDEAVOUR AWARD...


...for a distinguished SCIENCE FICTION or FANTASY BOOK written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year.

The award represents a collaboration between writers and fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy to encourage the growth of literature in the field and recognize works of excellence. It is named for H.M. Bark Endeavour, the ship of Northwest explorer Capt. James Cook.

The award is announced annually at OryCon, held in Portland, Oregon. The award is accompanied by a grant of $1,000.



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2022 AWARD WINNER

The Endeavour Award is pleased to announce the winner of the Endeavour Award for books published in 2022. A panel of judges selected the winner, which was presented at OryCon 43, November 10-12, held in Portland, Oregon at the Holiday Inn Portland - Columbia Riverfront.

2022 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
The Bone Orchard by Sara Mueller (Tor)

The winner received a $1000 grant and an etched glass trophy

FINALISTS FOR 2022

Leech by Hiron Ennes (Tor.com)
Be The Serpent by Seanan McGuire (DAW)
Spelunking Through Hell by Seanan McGuire (DAW)
The Wild Hunt by Emma Seckel (Tin House)

JUDGES FOR THE 2022 AWARD

Deborah Ross
Brenda Cooper
Meg Elison



SUBMISSIONS FOR 2023 AWARD

The Endeavour Award is now open for submissions for books published in 2023!

We require submitted books in electronic form (5 copies if they are copy protected), which will be shared with our preliminary readers. We can also accept NetGalley links. No physical copies will be accepted.

The Endeavour Award now accepts submissions via an online form. Separately, PDF and EPUB copies of the entrants should be sent to EndeavourAward@gmail.com. Deadline for submissions is March 1, 2024.

The preliminary readers will use a grading system to select a list of finalists. A trio of judges to be announced will select a winner from these finalists.

Since 1999, The Endeavour Award has recognized science fiction or fantasy works of 40,000 words or more, or single-author collections of short fiction. The author(s) must have had legal or physical residence in the Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, The Yukon, and British Columbia) when the publisher accepted the book, and must affirm that they wrote the majority of the book while living in the Pacific Northwest. The books must have been published in the United States or in Canada with a copyright date in 2023.

Any questions about the award should be sent to Jim Kling at EndeavourAward@gmail.com.

We also need preliminary readers! If you’re interested, contact EndeavourAward@gmail.com.



THE JAMES W. FISCUS MEMORIAL FUNDRAISER FOR THE ENDEAVOUR AWARD EGG TABLE

After 43 years and 71 scholarships, the Susan Petrey Scholarship Fund is closing down and being disbursed to Clarion West in Seattle and Clarion in San Diego. But the team that runs the Egg Table at OryCon, selling plastic eggs containing mystery prizes, has found that fund-raising, selling lots of eggs, and bringing joy to people is hard to give up. So the Egg Table team is redirecting its efforts to helping to fund the Endeavour Award!

If you have stuff that is no longer your favorite stuff, and that could bring joy into the heart of another fan or a small child, please consider donating it. Clean stuffed toys are popular, as are costuming bits, jewelry, handcrafted items, and collectables. The limit is your imagination, or the room in your home that looks like a Hoarder's Paradise.

Since Endeavour is sponsored by OSFCI, donations are tax-deductible and donation forms will be available. All monies raised will go to the sponsored fund.



Sara Mueller accepts the 2022 Endeavour Award for her book The Bone Orchard at OryCon in 2023.