ENDEAVOUR AWARD
Endeavour image ©HM Bark Endeavour Foundation Pty. Ltd. The Endeavour is docked at the The Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney.
THE ENDEAVOUR AWARD…
…for a distinguished SCIENCE FICTION or FANTASY BOOK written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year.
The award represents a collaboration between writers and fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy to encourage the growth of literature in the field and recognize works of excellence. It is named for H.M. Bark Endeavour, the ship of Northwest explorer Capt. James Cook.
The award is accompanied by a grant of $1,000.
2025 ENDEAVOUR AWARD FINALISTS
The Endeavour Award is pleased to announce the five finalists for the Endeavour Award for books published in 2025, the top 5 scoring books evaluated by preliminary readers. The finalists, in alphabetical order by title, are:
The Antidote by Karen Russell, Alfred A. Knopf
Blind Date with a Werewolf by Patricia Briggs, Penguin Random House
Hole in the Sky by Daniel H. Wilson, Doubleday
Making Amends by Nisi Shawl, Aqueduct Press
When We Were Real by Daryl Gregory, Saga Press / Simon & Schuster
This year’s judges are Steve Perry (author), Renny Christopher (professor of English at Washington State University Vancouver), and Erin M. Evans (author and 2024 Endeavour Award winner).
The judges will read the 5 finalists and select the winner, to be presented at the Endeavour Writers Conference, held October 10 in Milwaukie, Oregon at the Milwaukie Masonic Lodge. The event will feature an award ceremony as well as a full day of panels on the craft and business of writing. Click here to learn more or to register for the conference.
SUBMISSIONS TO THE ENDEAVOUR AWARD
Submissions will open in early January, 2027 for the Endeavour Award for books published in 2026. Contact endeavouraward@gmail.com for submission instructions.
SUPPORT THE ENDEAVOUR AWARD
Donations to the Endeavour Award are tax deductible! To donate, click here!
THE JAMES W. FISCUS MEMORIAL FUNDRAISER FOR THE ENDEAVOUR AWARD EGG TABLE
After 43 years and 71 scholarships, the Susan Petrey Scholarship Fund has closed down and been disbursed to Clarion West in Seattle and Clarion in San Diego. But the team that runs the Egg Table at OryCon, selling plastic eggs containing mystery prizes, has found that fund-raising, selling lots of eggs, and bringing joy to people is hard to give up. So the Egg Table team is redirecting its efforts to helping to fund the Endeavour Award!
If you have stuff that is no longer your favorite stuff, and that could bring joy into the heart of another fan or a small child, please consider donating it. Clean stuffed toys are popular, as are costuming bits, jewelry, handcrafted items, and collectables. The limit is your imagination, or the room in your home that looks like a Hoarder’s Paradise.
Since Endeavour is sponsored by OSFCI, donations are tax-deductible and donation forms will be available. All monies raised will go to the sponsored fund.
Site designed by Robin Catesby and maintained by David Levine
The Endeavour Award is sponsored by Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI),
which also sponsors OryCon and other conventions, the Susan Petrey Clarion Scholarship, and the Jo Clayton Medical Emergency Fund.
