The Endeavour Award, announced annually at OryCon in Portland, Oregon, is awarded to a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book written by an author or authors from the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, British Columbia, The Yukon, and Alaska) and published in the previous year.
Annual presentation of the Endeavour Award is in November at OryCon for books published during the previous year.
OryCon OryCon is an annual science fiction/fantasy convention, held annually in Portland, Oregon since 1979. OryCon's parent organization, Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. ("OSFCI") has announced plans to end support for the event after OryCon 45, to be held in October 2025.
On November 11, 1978, the Portland Science Fiction Society and Portland State University English department presented a one-day, seven-hour "Science Fiction Symposium" at the Smith Memorial Student Union. The organizers later established OSFCI, and presented the first OryCon the following year.
The convention canceled its 2020 event due to COVID-19 restrictions, returning in 2021, and declared a "hiatus" for future events, citing staff burnout and the challenges of pandemic-era planning. 2022 instead featured a free "Or-E-Con 2" virtual conference.
Award history The Endeavour Award, named for HM Bark Endeavour, the ship of Northwest explorer Captain James Cook, was first presented in 1999.
It was funded by a collaboration of Portland, Oregon area writers and readers of science fiction and fantasy in 1996 and chartered by Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI) tax-exempt non-profit corporation.
2020 Endeavour Award
Matt Hughes became the first Canadian winner of the Endeavour Award, for his 2019 slipstream historical novel What the Wind Brings.
2021 Endeavour Award The Endeavour Award committee announced suspension of the 2021 Endeavour Award for books published in 2020, citing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. The award was revisited and a winner announced at Norwescon 45, held in SeaTac, Washington, on April 6–9, 2023.
2022 Endeavour Award The 2022 Endeavour Award was announced at OryCon 43, held in Portland, Oregon, November 10–12, 2023.
Winners and nominees Year Title AuthorResultRef 1999 Dinosaur Summer Greg Bear 2000 Darwin's Radio Greg Bear 2001(tie) The Telling Ursula K. Le GuinThe Glass HarmonicaLouise Marley 2002 Tales from Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin2003(tie) The DisappearedKristine Kathryn RuschLion's BloodSteven Barnes 2004 Red Thunder John Varley 2005 The Child Goddess Louise Marley 2006 Anywhere but Here Jerry Oltion 2007 Forest Mage Robin Hobb 2008 The Silver Ship and the Sea Brenda Cooper 2009 Space Magic David D. Levine 2010 Mind Over Ship David Marusek 2011 Dreadnought Cherie Priest 2012 City of Ruins Kristine Kathryn Rusch 2013 Goodbye For Now Laurie Frankel 2014(tie) Nexus Ramez Naam RequiemKen Scholes2015Last Plane to HeavenJay Lake 2016 Edge of Dark Brenda Cooper2017(tie) Dreams of Distant ShoresPatricia A. McKillipLovecraft CountryMatt Ruff 2018 The Cold Eye Laura Anne Gilman 2019 Blood Orbit K. R. Richardson 2020(tie) What the Wind BringsMatthew HughesThe Witch's Kind Louisa Morgan 2021 How to Get to Apocalypse Erica L. Satifka 2022The Bone OrchardSara A. Mueller 2023Painted DevilsMargaret OwenBookshops & BonedustTravis BaldreeVampires of El NorteIsabel CañasAgain and AgainJonathan EvisonSleep No MoreSeanan McGuire2024Relics of RuinErin M. EvansBetter Living Through AlchemyEvan J. PetersonHeavenbreakerSara WolfThe Rain ArtistClaire Rudy FosterTidal CreaturesSeanan McGuire2025The AntidoteKaren RussellBlind Date with a WerewolfPatricia BriggsHole in the SkyDaniel H. WilsonMaking AmendsNisi ShawlWhen We Were RealDaryl Gregory
References
External links Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI) Oregon Science Fiction Conventions Inc - Endeavour Award Official website OSFCI links to past Orycons