2023 Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards Ballot
Here is the ballot with the final nominees for the 2023 Robert E. Howard Awards and the link for Foundation members to vote for the winners. The Awards committee had its work cut out for us this year, as several of the categories had too many great nominees made and we had to decide on the top five that were the best among such a fantastic field in those categories. To the nominators, we thank you for your help in bringing attention to the worthy scholars and artists. To the final nominees and all of the other nominees who didn’t make the final list, congratulations! Final day to vote is by 11:59 PM, Central Standard Time, March 1, 2023, The link to vote is at the bottom of the list. You will be required to put in your email address that is on file with the REHF to be verified to vote as a current member of the REHF. Thank you for your help with the nominations and with the voting:
The Atlantean—Outstanding Achievement, Book*
Dennis McHaney (Ed.): Robert E. Howard in the Pulps (Lulu.com) – https://www.lulu.com/shop/dennis-mchaney/robert-e-howard-in-the-pulps/paperback/product-zqrg68.html
*It has been brought to the Foundation’s attention that the Award Committee made an error in the ballot, which has now been corrected. We apologize for any confusion this has caused and vow to do better in the future. We sincerely apologize to both Paul Herman and Dennis McHaney for our blunder. As you will see now when you go to the ballot page, the Poetry Book has been removed from the category.
The Valusian—Outstanding Achievement, Book (anthology/collection)
No Nominees
The Hyrkanian—Outstanding Achievement, Essay
Remco Van Straten: “Conan in Holland” – https://turniplanterns.wordpress.com/2022/03/05/conan-in-holland/
John Bullard & Bill Cavalier: “‘Is That Robert E. Howard?’: A Look At Two Photographs” – http://adventuresfantastic.com/is-that-robert-e-howard-a-look-at-two-photographs-part-1/
Nicole Emmelhainz: “Gender Performativity in Howard’s ‘Sword Woman'” – New Edge Sword & Sorcery #0 – https://www.amazon.com/New-Edge-Sword-Sorcery-Magazine/dp/B0BGSHT1G5
Willard M. Oliver: “Three Lost Interviews About Robert E. Howard” – http://adventuresfantastic.com/three-lost-interviews-about-robert-e-howard-part-1-by-will-oliver/
The Cimmerian—Outstanding Achievement, Scholarship
Anthony Conrad Chieffalo: “Gendered and Genrefied: Transgressive Heroism in Sword and Sorcery” in The Dark Man vol. 12, no. 2, Mar 2022 – https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Man-Journal-Robert-Studies/dp/B0B28FLBJ4/
Willard M. Oliver: “Howard and Strange Tales” in The Dark Man vol. 12, no. 2, Mar 2022 – https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Man-Journal-Robert-Studies/dp/B0B28FLBJ4/
The Venarium—Emerging Scholar
Anthony Conrad Chieffalo (“Gendered and Genrefied: Transgressive Heroism in Sword and Sorcery”)
Antonio Marco Collares (Brazilian scholar focusing on Robert E. Howard, involved in many projects)
Nicole Emmelhainz (Co-editor of The Dark Man, “Gender Performativity in Howard’s ‘Sword Woman'”)
The Black Lotus—Outstanding Achievement, Web-based
The Cromcast ( http://thecromcast.blogspot.com/ ): The Howard Days 2022 video recordings and the Cromcast Chronicle #3.
Ståle Gismervik: The REH World ( https://REH.world) website and associated articles, interviews, and resources hosted there.
Gary Romeo: The L. Sprague de Camp Fan ( https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/ ) website and associated reviews and articles.
The Costigan—Literary achievement
Teel James Glenn (author): “The Cowboy and the Conqueror: A Bob Howard Adventure” – https://www.amazon.com/Cowboy-Conqueror-Bob-Howard-Adventure/dp/B09TRXHSWZ/
Steven Hubbard (author): A Conspiracy of Ravens – https://www.amazon.com/Conspiracy-Ravens-Codex-Wretches-Kings/dp/B0B3RC69WV/
Andrew Leman & Sean Branney (writers): Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Black Stone – https://www.hplhs.org/darttbs.php
David C. Smith (author): “Shadow of the Serpent” in Terra Incognita: Lost Worlds of Fantasy and Adventure – https://www.amazon.com/Terra-Incognita-Worlds-Fantasy-Adventure/dp/195617303X/
S. M. Stirling (author): Blood of the Serpent – https://www.amazon.com/Conan-Serpent-Chronicles-Greatest-Barbarian/dp/1803361832/
The Rankin—Artistic achievement
Mahmud Asrar – cover/page artist for King Conan #1-6 (Marvel) – https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/31981/king_conan_2021_-_2022
Rodney Buchemi – page artist for Bêlit & Valeria: Swords vs. Sorcery #1-5 (Ablaze) – https://www.ablaze.net/products?c=53
Gio Guimarães – cover artist for O Rebelde (Script Editora) – https://www.catarse.me/rebelde
Stevan Subic – artist for Conan le Cimmérien–Xuthal la Crépusculaire (Éditions Glénat) – https://amazon.com/Conan-Cimm%C3%A9rien-Xuthal-Cr%C3%A9pusculaire-French/dp/2344035818/
Darell Tuchton – cover artist for Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Black Stone – https://www.hplhs.org/darttbs.php
The Black River—Special Achievement
Jason Ray Carney – Editor of The Dark Man, organizer of SpiralCon and the Trigon Awards, promoted Robert E. Howard through a TED Talk and an article in the LA Review of Books – “Reading Sword-and-Sorcery to Make the Present Less Real”: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/reading-sword-and-sorcery-to-make-the-present-less-real/
Stephen Roelants, Alexis and Yannis Metzinger: “The Sources of Fantasy: Robert E. Howard” ( https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/098408-004-A/aux-sources-de-la-fantasy/ )
The Crom Award
Nominees will be made, (if there are any nominations for it) and voted on only by the REHF Board of Directors
The Black Circle Award
Fred Blosser
L. Sprague De Camp (Posthumous)
Additional nominees may be made by the REHF Board, but the final list will only be voted on by the REHF Board of Directors
The link for members to vote is:
Robert E. Howard Awards 2023 Ballot (google.com)
Thanks again for your help in creating this year’s 2023 Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards.
The REHF Awards Committee