awards

The State of SF and of Things to Come: Reading SF through the Clarke Award

updated: 
Monday, April 13, 2026 - 3:45pm
Science Fiction Foundation / The Arthur C. Clarke Award / University of Liverpool
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, August 17, 2026

A two-day conference to be held online by the University of Liverpool, in partnership with the Science Fiction Foundation and the Arthur C. Clarke Award, 12-13 December 2026

Keynote Speaker: Andrew M. Butler (non-voting chair of the Arthur C. Clarke Award)

Roundtable discussion with Clarke Award-winning authors Anne Charnock, Adrian Tchaikovsky and Tade Thompson

Emerson Society Awards

updated: 
Monday, March 30, 2026 - 2:49pm
Thomas Howard / Ralph Waldo Emerson Society
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, May 1, 2026

The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society is pleased to announce the following awards: Research AwardProvides $500 towards the completion of outstanding scholarly work on Emerson and the influence of his ideas. The award supports archival research, costs associated with publishing an article, book, or other project-related expenses. We welcome applications from junior scholars and independent scholars as well as established scholars. Please submit a confidential letter of recommendation, and a carefully crafted 1-2 page single-spaced project description, including, where relevant, a summary of project expenses.