The Pilgrim Award is presented by the Science Fiction Research Association for Lifetime Achievement in the field of science fiction scholarship. It was created in 1970 and was named after J. O. Bailey’s pioneering book Pilgrims Through Space and Time. Fittingly, the first award was presented to Bailey.
1970 – J. O. Bailey (USA)
1971 – Marjorie Hope Nicolson (USA)
1972 – Julius Kagarlitski (USSR)
1973 – Jack Williamson (USA)
1974 – I. F. Clarke (UK)
1975 – Damon Knight (USA)
1976 – James E. Gunn (USA)
1977 – Thomas D. Clareson (USA)
1978 – Brian W. Aldiss (UK)
1979 – Darko Suvin (Canada)
1980 – Peter Nicholls (UK)
1981 – Sam Moskowitz (USA)
1982 – Neil Barron (USA)
1983 – H. Bruce Franklin (USA)
1984 – Everett F. Bleiler (USA)
1985 – Samuel R. Delany (USA)
1986 – George E. Slusser (USA)
1987 – Gary K. Wolfe (USA)
1988 – Joanna Russ (USA)
1989 – Ursula K. Le Guin (USA)
1990 – Marshall Tymn (USA)
1991 – Pierre Versins (France)
1992 – Mark R. Hillegas (USA)
1993 – Robert Reginald (USA)
1994 – John Clute (UK)
1995 – Vivian Sobchack (USA)
1996 – David Ketterer (Canada)
1997 – Marleen Barr (USA)
1998 – L. Sprague de Camp (USA)
1999 – Brian Stableford (UK)
2000 – Hal W. Hall (USA)
2001 – David N. Samuelson (USA)
2002 – Mike Ashley (UK)
2003 – Gary Westfahl (USA)
2004 - Edward James (UK)
2005 - Gérard Klein (France)
2006 - Fredric Jameson (USA)
2007 - Algis Budrys (USA)
2008 - Gwyneth Jones (UK)
2009 - Brian Attebery
2010 - Eric Rabkin
2011 - Donna Haraway
2012 - Pamela Sargent
2013 - N. Katherine Hayles
2014 - Joan Gordon
