Prometheus Award
| Prometheus Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | The best science fiction or fantasy fiction promoting individual freedom and human rights, or critiquing tyranny, slavery, war and other abuses of government power. |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Libertarian Futurist Society |
| First award | 1979 |
| Currently held by | Michael Flynn (In the Belly of the Whale) |
| Website | lfs.org |
The Prometheus Award is an award for libertarian science fiction given annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society. American author and activist L. Neil Smith established the Best Novel category for the award in 1979; however, it was not awarded regularly until the newly founded Libertarian Futurist Society revived it in 1982. The Society created a Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (for classic works of libertarian and anti-authoritarian science fiction and fantasy, not necessarily novels) in 1983, and also presents occasional one-off Special Awards.
While the Best Novel category is limited to novels published in English for the first time during the previous calendar year, Hall of Fame nominees — which must have been published at least 20 years ago — may be in any narrative or dramatic form, including novels, novellas, stories, films, television series or episodes, plays, musicals, graphic novels, song lyrics, or verse.
The Best Novel winner receives a plaque with a one-ounce gold coin, and the Hall of Fame winner a plaque with a smaller gold coin.
Prometheus Blog Appreciation Series
Since 2019, LFS members have launched an Appreciation series of review-essays honoring all past winners and making clear why each work of fiction fits the distinctive focus of the award – something that was viewed as not necessarily obvious to sf/fantasy fans unfamiliar with the broad scope of libertarian thinking and analysis, which often overlaps with classical liberalism, its philosophical cousin.
Each Appreciation review-essay is published on the Prometheus Blog at https://www.lfs.org/blog/ and then linked next to each winning title on the past-winners list posted on the LFS website's Prometheus Awards page.
Multiple recipients
Some authors have won the award for best novel more than once:
Thrice
- Cory Doctorow
- Victor Koman
- Ken MacLeod
- L. Neil Smith
Twice
- Travis J. I. Corcoran
- Michael F. Flynn
- James P. Hogan
- Neal Stephenson
- Vernor Vinge
- F. Paul Wilson
- Daniel Suarez
Five authors have won the Prometheus Hall of Fame award more than once:
Process
Books published in a given year are eligible (although books from the last few months of the previous year are also eligible if it is felt that they have been overlooked).
- All members may nominate novels for the award.
- Members of the Best Novel Committee read all of the nominated novels (typically between 12 and 16) and vote for a slate of typically 5 finalists.
- Full members, Sponsors and Benefactors (higher membership levels) then vote on the finalists.
Step 2 happens in the first few months of the following year.
Step 3 happens in early summer of the following year.
The awards were historically given at the Annual Worldcon or NASFIC. Since the pandemic, they have been presented live via Zoom and then posted on YouTube and the Videos page of the LFS website (www.lfs.org).
Prometheus Award winners and finalists
* Winners + No winner selected
| Year | Author | Novel | Publisher | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | F. Paul Wilson* | Wheels Within Wheels | Doubleday | [1] |
| 1979 | Poul Anderson | The Avatar | Berkley Books | [1] |
| 1979 | James P. Hogan | The Genesis Machine | Del Rey Books | [1] |
| 1982 | L. Neil Smith* | The Probability Broach | Del Rey Books | [2] |
| 1982 | J. Neil Schulman | Alongside Night | Crown Publishers | [2] |
| 1982 | F. Paul Wilson | An Enemy of the State | Doubleday | [2] |
| 1982 | Norman Spinrad | Songs from the Stars | Simon & Schuster | [2] |
| 1982 | Samuel R. Delany | Tales of Nevèrÿon | Bantam Books | [2] |
| 1982 | Kay Nolte Smith | The Watcher | Ace Books | [2] |
| 1983 | James P. Hogan* | Voyage from Yesteryear | Del Rey Books | [3] |
| 1983 | Ann Maxwell | Fire Dancer | New American Library | [3] |
| 1983 | Robert A. Heinlein | Friday | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | [3] |
| 1983 | Julian May | The Many-Colored Land | Houghton Mifflin | [3] |
| 1983 | Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle | Oath of Fealty | Phantasia Press | [3] |
| 1984 | J. Neil Schulman* | The Rainbow Cadenza | Simon & Schuster | [4] |
| 1984 | Erika Holzer | Double Crossing | Putnam | [4] |
| 1984 | L. Neil Smith | The Nagasaki Vector | Del Rey Books | [4] |
| 1984 | Poul Anderson | Orion Shall Rise | Phantasia Press | [4] |
| 1984 | Marion Zimmer Bradley and Jacqueline Lichtenberg | Thendara House | DAW Books | [4] |
| 1985 | (no award)+ | [5] | ||
| 1985 | Gordon R. Dickson | The Final Encyclopedia | Tor Books | [5] |
| 1985 | G. Harry Stine | Manna | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | [5] |
| 1985 | Vernor Vinge | The Peace War | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | [5] |
| 1985 | L. Neil Smith | Tom Paine Maru | Del Rey Books | [5] |
| 1985 | F. Paul Wilson | The Tomb | Berkley Books | [5] |
| 1986 | Victor Milán* | The Cybernetic Samurai | Arbor House | [6] |
| 1986 | Kay Nolte Smith | Elegy for a Soprano | Severn House | [6] |
| 1986 | L. Neil Smith | The Gallatin Divergence | Del Rey Books | [6] |
| 1986 | Glen Cook | A Matter of Time | Ace Books | [6] |
| 1986 | Philip K. Dick | Radio Free Albemuth | Arbor House | [6] |
| 1987 | Vernor Vinge* | Marooned in Realtime | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | [7] |
| 1987 | Melinda M. Snodgrass | Circuit | Berkley Books | [7] |
| 1987 | L. Neil Smith | The Crystal Empire | Tor Books | [7] |
| 1987 | Joan Slonczewski | A Door into Ocean | Arbor House | [7] |
| 1987 | Margaret Atwood | The Handmaid's Tale | McClelland & Stewart | [7] |
| 1988 | Victor Koman* | The Jehovah Contract | Franklin Watts | [8] |
| 1988 | Melinda M. Snodgrass | Circuit Breaker | Berkley Books | [8] |
| 1988 | Thomas T. Thomas | First Citizen | Baen Books | [8] |
| 1988 | David Brin | The Uplift War | Phantasia Press | [8] |
| 1988 | Gordon R. Dickson | Way of the Pilgrim | Ace Books | [8] |
| 1989 | Brad Linaweaver* | Moon of Ice | Arbor House | [9] |
| 1989 | Marc Stiegler | David's Sling | Baen Books | [9] |
| 1989 | Lois McMaster Bujold | Falling Free | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | [9] |
| 1989 | Melinda M. Snodgrass | Final Circuit | Ace Books | [9] |
| 1989 | Robert A. Heinlein | To Sail Beyond the Sunset | Ace Books | [9] |
| 1990 | Victor Koman* | Solomon's Knife | Franklin Watts | [10] |
| 1990 | Poul Anderson | The Boat of a Million Years | Tor Books | [10] |
| 1990 | L. Neil Smith | Henry Martyn | Tor Books | [10] |
| 1990 | Barry B. Longyear | Infinity Hold | Questar | [10] |
| 1990 | James P. Hogan | The Mirror Maze | Bantam Spectra | [10] |
| 1991 | Michael F. Flynn* | In the Country of the Blind | Baen Books | [11] |
| 1991 | Victor Milán | The Cybernetic Shogun | William Morrow and Company | [11] |
| 1991 | F. Paul Wilson | The Tery | Baen Books | [11] |
| 1991 | S. M. Stirling | Under the Yoke | Baen Books | [11] |
| 1991 | Alan Moore and David Lloyd | V for Vendetta | Warner Books | [11] |
| 1992 | Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Michael F. Flynn* | Fallen Angels | Baen Books | [12] |
| 1992 | Diane Carey | Distant Drums | Domain | [12] |
| 1992 | Joel Rosenberg | D'Shai | Ace Books | [12] |
| 1992 | James P. Hogan | The Infinity Gambit | Bantam Books | [12] |
| 1992 | Thomas T. Thomas | ME: A Novel of Self-Discovery | Baen Books | [12] |
| 1992 | Charles Platt | The Silicon Man | Bantam Spectra | [12] |
| 1992 | Peter David | Star Trek#57: The Rift | Pocket Books | [12] |
| 1992 | Kay Nolte Smith | A Tale of the Wind | Villard | [12] |
| 1993 | James P. Hogan* | The Multiplex Man | Bantam Spectra | [13] |
| 1993 | Orson Scott Card | The Memory of Earth | Tor Books | [13] |
| 1993 | Neal Stephenson | Snow Crash | Bantam Spectra | [13] |
| 1993 | John Varley | Steel Beach | Ace Books | [13] |
| 1993 | Robert L. Forward | Timemaster | Tor Books | [13] |
| 1993 | Rex Denver Borough | A Woman's Place | American West Books | [13] |
| 1994 | L. Neil Smith* | Pallas | Tor Books | [14] |
| 1994 | Nancy Kress | Beggars in Spain | AvoNova/William Morrow | [14] |
| 1994 | M. J. Engh | Rainbow Man | Tor Books | [14] |
| 1994 | Charles Platt | The Silicon Man | Bantam Spectra | [14] |
| 1994 | Amy Thomson | Virtual Girl | Ace Books | [14] |
| 1995 | Poul Anderson* | The Stars Are Also Fire | Tor Books | [15] |
| 1995 | Dean Koontz | Dark Rivers of the Heart | Charnel House | [15] |
| 1995 | Richard Fulmer | Deadly Care (novel) | Vantage Press | [15] |
| 1995 | F. Paul Wilson | The Select | Headline | [15] |
| 1995 | A. A. Attanasio | Solis | Hodder & Stoughton | [15] |
| 1996 | Ken MacLeod* | The Star Fraction | Legend Books | [16] |
| 1996 | Victor Milán | CLD: Collective Landing Detachment | AvoNova | [16] |
| 1996 | Eric Frank Russell and Alan Dean Foster | Design for Great-Day | Tor Books | [16] |
| 1996 | Neal Stephenson | The Diamond Age | Bantam Spectra | [16] |
| 1996 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Four Ways to Forgiveness | Harper Prism | [16] |
| 1997 | Victor Koman* | Kings of the High Frontier | Pulpless.com | [17] |
| 1997 | Michael F. Flynn | Firestar | Tor Books | [17] |
| 1997 | James P. Hogan | Paths to Otherwhere | Baen Books | [17] |
| 1997 | Brad Linaweaver | Sliders: the Novel | Boulevard Books | [17] |
| 1997 | Steven Gould | Wildside | Tor Books | [17] |
| 1998 | Ken MacLeod* | The Stone Canal | Legend Books | [18] |
| 1998 | L. Neil Smith | Bretta Martyn | Tor Books | [18] |
| 1998 | C. J. Cherryh | Finity's End | Warner Books | [18] |
| 1998 | Poul Anderson | The Fleet of Stars | Tor Books | [18] |
| 1998 | Bart Kosko | Nanotime | Avon Books | [18] |
| 1999 | John Varley* | The Golden Globe | Ace Books | [19] |
| 1999 | F. Paul Wilson and Matthew Costello | Masque | Aspect/Warner Books | [19] |
| 1999 | Ben Bova | Moonwar | Hodder & Stoughton | [19] |
| 1999 | Michael F. Flynn | Rogue Star | Tor Books | [19] |
| 1999 | Don L. Tiggre | Y2K: The Millennium Bug | Xlibris | [19] |
| 2000 | Vernor Vinge* | A Deepness in the Sky | Tor Books | [20] |
| 2000 | Ken MacLeod | The Cassini Division | Orbit Books | [20] |
| 2000 | James P. Hogan | Cradle of Saturn | Baen Books | [20] |
| 2000 | Neal Stephenson | Cryptonomicon | Avon Books | [20] |
| 2000 | Gregory Benford | The Martian Race | Aspect/Warner Books | [20] |
| 2001 | L. Neil Smith* | The Forge of the Elders | Baen Books | [21] |
| 2001 | Steve White | Eagle Against the Stars | Baen Books | [21] |
| 2001 | Michael F. Flynn | Lodestar | Tor Books | [21] |
| 2001 | Ken MacLeod | The Sky Road | Orbit Books | [21] |
| 2001 | Terry Pratchett | The Truth | HarperCollins | [21] |
| 2002 | Donald Kingsbury* | Psychohistorical Crisis | Tor Books | [22] |
| 2002 | L. Neil Smith | The American Zone | Tor Books | [22] |
| 2002 | Karen Michalson | Enemy Glory | Tor Books | [22] |
| 2002 | Michael F. Flynn | Falling Stars | Tor Books | [22] |
| 2002 | F. Paul Wilson | Hosts | Tor Books | [22] |
| 2003 | Terry Pratchett* | Night Watch | Doubleday | [23] |
| 2003 | Ken MacLeod | Dark Light | Orbit Books | [23] |
| 2003 | J. Neil Schulman | Escape from Heaven | Pulpless.com | [23] |
| 2003 | F. Paul Wilson | The Haunted Air | Tor Books | [23] |
| 2003 | Greg Egan | Schild's Ladder | Gollancz | [23] |
| 2004 | F. Paul Wilson* | Sims | Tor Books | [24] |
| 2004 | J. K. Rowling | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Bloomsbury Publishing | [24] |
| 2004 | Terry Goodkind | Naked Empire | Tor Books | [24] |
| 2004 | Paul Levinson | The Pixel Eye | Tor Books | [24] |
| 2004 | Chris Moriarty | Spin State | Bantam Spectra | [24] |
| 2005 | Neal Stephenson* | The System of the World | William Morrow | [25] |
| 2005 | Brad Linaweaver and J. Kent Hastings | Anarquia | Sense of Wonder Press | [25] |
| 2005 | Elizabeth Moon | Marque and Reprisal | Del Rey Books | [25] |
| 2005 | Ken MacLeod | Newton's Wake: A Space Opera | Orbit Books | [25] |
| 2005 | Michael Crichton | State of Fear | HarperCollins | [25] |
| 2006 | Ken MacLeod* | Learning the World | Orbit Books | [26] |
| 2006 | Walter Mosley | 47 | Little, Brown | [26] |
| 2006 | Vin Suprynowicz | The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Resistance | Mountain Media | [26] |
| 2006 | Terry Goodkind | Chainfire | Tor Books | [26] |
| 2006 | Charles Stross | The Hidden Family | Tor Books | [26] |
| 2006 | Claire Wolfe and Aaron S. Zelman | RebelFire: Out of the Gray Zone | Rebelfire Press | [26] |
| 2007 | Charles Stross* | Glasshouse | Ace Books | [27] |
| 2007 | Orson Scott Card | Empire | Tor Books | [27] |
| 2007 | John Scalzi | The Ghost Brigades | Tor Books | [27] |
| 2007 | F. Paul Wilson | Harbingers | Tor Books | [27] |
| 2007 | Vernor Vinge | Rainbows End | Tor Books | [27] |
| 2008 | Harry Turtledove* | The Gladiator | Tor Books | [28] |
| 2008 | Jo Walton* | Ha'penny | Tor Books | [28] |
| 2008 | Ken MacLeod | The Execution Channel | Orbit Books | [28] |
| 2008 | Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner | Fleet of Worlds | Tor Books | [28] |
| 2008 | Tobias S. Buckell | Ragamuffin | Tor Books | [28] |
| 2009 | Cory Doctorow* | Little Brother | Tor Books | [29] |
| 2009 | Jo Walton | Half a Crown | Tor Books | [29] |
| 2009 | Michael F. Flynn | The January Dancer | Tor Books | [29] |
| 2009 | Iain M. Banks | Matter | Orbit Books | [29] |
| 2009 | Harry Turtledove | Opening Atlantis | Roc Books | [29] |
| 2009 | Charles Stross | Saturn's Children | Ace Books | [29] |
| 2010 | Dani and Eytan Kollin* | The Unincorporated Man | Tor Books | [30] |
| 2010 | Orson Scott Card | Hidden Empire | Tor Books | [30] |
| 2010 | Harry Turtledove | Liberating Atlantis | Roc Books | [30] |
| 2010 | Cory Doctorow | Makers | Tor Books | [30] |
| 2010 | Harry Turtledove | The United States of Atlantis | Roc Books | [30] |
| 2011 | Sarah A. Hoyt* | Darkship Thieves | Baen Books | [31] |
| 2011 | L. Neil Smith | Ceres | Phoenix Pick | [31] |
| 2011 | Cory Doctorow | For the Win | Tor Books | [31] |
| 2011 | Kevin MacArdry | The Last Trumpet Project | Lulu | [31] |
| 2011 | John Ringo | Live Free or Die | Baen Books | [31] |
| 2012 | Ernest Cline* | Ready Player One | Random House | [32] |
| 2012 | Delia Sherman* | The Freedom Maze | Big Mouth House | [32] |
| 2012 | Vernor Vinge | The Children of the Sky | Tor Books | [32] |
| 2012 | Thomas L. James and Carl C. Carlsson | In the Shadow of Ares | Amazon Kindle | [32] |
| 2012 | Ken MacLeod | The Restoration Game | Orbit Books | [32] |
| 2012 | Terry Pratchett | Snuff | Doubleday | [32] |
| 2013 | Cory Doctorow* | Pirate Cinema | Tor Books | [33] |
| 2013 | Tobias S. Buckell | Arctic Rising | Tor Books | [33] |
| 2013 | Dani and Eytan Kollin | The Unincorporated Future | Tor Books | [33] |
| 2013 | Sarah A. Hoyt | Darkship Renegades | Baen Books | [33] |
| 2013 | Daniel Suarez | Kill Decision | Dutton | [33] |
| 2014 | Cory Doctorow* | Homeland | Tor Books | [34] |
| 2014 | Ramez Naam* | Nexus | Angry Robot | [34] |
| 2014 | Sarah A. Hoyt | A Few Good Men | Baen Books | [34] |
| 2014 | Ramez Naam | Crux | Angry Robot | [34] |
| 2014 | Marcus Sakey | Brilliance | Thomas & Mercer | [34] |
| 2015 | Daniel Suarez* | Influx | Dutton | [35] |
| 2015 | Cixin Liu | The Three-Body Problem | Tor Books | [35] |
| 2015 | Terry Pratchett | Raising Steam | Doubleday | [35] |
| 2015 | Marcus Sakey | A Better World | Thomas & Mercer | [35] |
| 2016 | Neal Stephenson* | Seveneves | William Morrow and Company | [36] |
| 2016 | Pierce Brown | Golden Son | Del Rey Books | [36] |
| 2016 | Ramez Naam | Apex | Angry Robot | [36] |
| 2016 | Jo Walton | The Just City | Tor Books | [36] |
| 2016 | Gene Wolfe | A Borrowed Man | Tor Books | [36] |
| 2017 | Johanna Sinisalo* | The Core of the Sun | Grove Press | [37] |
| 2017 | Ken MacLeod | The Corporation Wars: Dissidence | Orbit Books | [37] |
| 2017 | Ken MacLeod | The Corporation Wars: Insurgence | Orbit Books | [37] |
| 2017 | Lionel Shriver | The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047 | HarperCollins | [37] |
| 2017 | L. Neil Smith | Blade of p'Na | Phoenix Pick | [37] |
| 2018 | Travis J I Corcoran* | The Powers of the Earth | Morlock Publishing | [38] |
| 2018 | Doug Casey and John Hunt | Drug Lord: High Ground | High Ground Books | [38] |
| 2018 | Karl K. Gallagher | Torchship, Torchship Pilot and Torchship Captain | Kelt Haven Press | [38] |
| 2018 | Sarah A. Hoyt | Darkship Revenge | Baen Books | [38] |
| 2018 | Ken MacLeod | The Corporation Wars: Emergence | Orbit Books | [38] |
| 2018 | Andy Weir | Artemis | Crown Books | [38] |
| 2019 | Travis J I Corcoran | Causes of Separation | Morlock Publishing | [39] |
| 2019 | Helen Dale | Kingdom of the Wicked | Ligature Pty Limited | [39] |
| 2019 | Malka Older | State Tectonics | Tor Books | [39] |
| 2019 | J. Neil Schulman | The Fractal Man | Steve Heller Publishing | [39] |
| 2019 | Martha Wells | The Murderbot Diaries | Tor Books | [39] |
| 2020 | C. J. Cherryh and Jane S. Fancher | Alliance Rising | DAW | [40] |
| 2020 | Margaret Atwood | The Testaments | Random House: Nan A. Talese | [40] |
| 2020 | Patrick Edwards | Ruin's Wake | Titan Books | [40] |
| 2020 | Ian McDonald | Luna: Moon Rising | Tor Books | [40] |
| 2020 | Marc Stiegler | Ode to Defiance | LMBPN Publishing | [40] |
| 2021 | Barry B. Longyear | The Hook | Enchanteds | [41] |
| 2021 | Mackey Chandler | Who Can Own the Stars? | Amazon Kindle | [41] |
| 2021 | Karl K. Gallagher | Storm between the Stars | Kelt Haven Press | [41] |
| 2021 | Marc Stiegler | Braintrust: Requiem | LMBPN Publishing | [41] |
| 2021 | Dennis E. Taylor | Heaven's River | Amazon | [41] |
| 2022 | Wil McCarthy | Rich Man's Sky | Baen Books | [42] |
| 2022 | Karl K. Gallagher | Between Home and Ruin | Kelt Haven Press | [42] |
| 2022 | Karl K. Gallagher | Seize What's Held Dear | Kelt Haven Press | [42] |
| 2022 | Kazuo Ishiguro | Klara and the Sun | Faber and Faber | [42] |
| 2022 | Lionel Shriver | Should We Stay or Should We Go | HarperCollins | [42] |
| 2023 | Dave Freer | Cloud Castles | Magic Isle Press | [43] |
| 2023 | C.J. Carey | Widowland | Quercus | [43] |
| 2023 | Karl K. Gallagher | Captain Trader Helmsman Spy | Kelt Haven Press | [43] |
| 2023 | "Dr. Insensitive Jerk" Gordon Hanka | A Beast Cannot Feign | Amazon | [43] |
| 2023 | John Van Stry | Summer's End | Baen Books | [43] |
| 2024 | Daniel Suarez | Critical Mass | Dutton | [44] |
| 2024 | Howard Andrew Jones | Lord of a Shattered Land | Baen Books | [44] |
| 2024 | Karl K. Gallagher | Swim Among the People | Kelt Haven Press | [44] |
| 2024 | "Dr. Insensitive Jerk" Gordon Hanka | God's Girlfriend | Amazon | [44] |
| 2024 | Devon Eriksen | Theft of Fire: Orbital Space#1 | Devon Eriksen LLC | [44] |
| 2025 | C. J. Cherryh and Jane S. Fancher | Alliance Unbound | DAW | [45] |
| 2025 | Michael F. Flynn | In the Belly of the Whale | CAEZIK SF & Fantasy | [45] |
| 2025 | Danny King | Cancelled: The Shape of Things to Come | Annie Mosse Press | [45] |
| 2025 | Wil McCarthy | Beggar's Sky | Baen Books | [45] |
| 2025 | Lionel Shriver | Mania | HarperCollins | [45] |
Hall of Fame Award inductees
- 1983: Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress | Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
- 1984: George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four | Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
- 1985: Poul Anderson, Trader to the Stars | Eric Frank Russell, The Great Explosion
- 1986: Cyril Kornbluth, The Syndic | Robert Anton Wilson / Robert Shea, Illuminatus! trilogy
- 1987: Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land | Ayn Rand, "Anthem"
- 1988: Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination
- 1989: J. Neil Schulman, Alongside Night
- 1990: F. Paul Wilson, The Healer
- 1991: F. Paul Wilson, An Enemy of the State
- 1992: Ira Levin, This Perfect Day
- 1993: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed
- 1994: Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
- 1995: Poul Anderson, The Star Fox
- 1996: Robert A. Heinlein, Red Planet
- 1997: Robert A. Heinlein, Methuselah's Children
- 1998: Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
- 1999: H. Beam Piper / John J. McGuire, A Planet for Texans (also known as Lone Star Planet)
- 2000: Hans Christian Andersen, "The Emperor's New Clothes"
- 2001: Jerry Pournelle / John F. Carr (editors), The Survival of Freedom
- 2002: Patrick McGoohan, The Prisoner (TV series)
- 2003: Robert A. Heinlein, "Requiem"
- 2004: Vernor Vinge, "The Ungoverned"
- 2005: A. E. van Vogt, The Weapon Shops of Isher
- 2006: Alan Moore (author) / David Lloyd (illustrator), V for Vendetta (graphic novel)
- 2007: Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here | Vernor Vinge, True Names
- 2008: Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
- 2009: J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
- 2010: Poul Anderson, "No Truce with Kings"
- 2011: George Orwell, Animal Farm
- 2012: E. M. Forster, "The Machine Stops"
- 2013: Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
- 2014: Lois McMaster Bujold, Falling Free
- 2015: Harlan Ellison, "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman"
- 2016: Donald Kingsbury, Courtship Rite
- 2017: Robert A. Heinlein, "Coventry"
- 2018: Jack Williamson, "With Folded Hands"
- 2019: Kurt Vonnegut, "Harrison Bergeron"
- 2020: Poul Anderson, "Sam Hall"
- 2021: F. Paul Wilson, "Lipidleggin'"
- 2022: Robert A. Heinlein, Citizen of the Galaxy
- 2023: Robert A. Heinlein, "Free Men"
- 2024: Terry Pratchett, The Truth
- 2025: Poul Anderson, Orion Shall Rise
Special Award recipients
- 1998: Brad Linaweaver and Edward E. Kramer: editors, Free Space (anthology)
- 2001: Poul Anderson, Special Prometheus Award for Lifetime Achievement
- 2005: Mark Tier and Martin H. Greenberg: editors, Give Me Liberty and Visions of Liberty (anthologies for Baen Books)
- 2005: L. Neil Smith (writer) and Scott Bieser (illustrator), The Probability Broach: The Graphic Novel
- 2006: Joss Whedon (writer-director), Serenity
- 2007: James McTeigue (director) and the Wachowskis (screenplay), V for Vendetta (motion picture)
- 2014: Vernor Vinge, Special Prometheus Award for Lifetime Achievement
- 2014: Leslie Fish, Tower of Horses (novella) and "The Horsetamer's Daughter" (song)
- 2015: F. Paul Wilson, Special Prometheus Award for Lifetime Achievement
- 2016: L. Neil Smith, Special Prometheus Award for Lifetime Achievement
- 2016: Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn, Alex + Ada
- 2017: Mark Stanley, Freefall (webcomic)[46]
See also
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