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Lord Ruthven Award

ろーど・るーすゔぇんしょう

Annual award for fiction and academic research featuring vampires.

Vampire literatureHorrorAcademic researchFictionMedia/popular culture
Established
1989
Organizer
Lord Ruthven Assembly, a group of academic scholars specializing in texts that focus on vampires and/or the revenant figure, affiliated with the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA)
Category
Genre Fiction
Selection Method
Selection
Target
Professional
Frequency
1 per year
Announcement Period
around March
Status
Active

Description

The Lord Ruthven Award is an annual award targeting vampire literature and academic research on vampires, operated by the Lord Ruthven Assembly (a group of vampire literature researchers), and announced every March at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA). Award categories include fiction works dealing with vampires, academic research, media, and popular culture.

Prize

Main Prize
Honorary award (specific prize money amount not publicly announced)

Selection

Selection Process

Candidate selection
Judges Candidates selected by members of Lord Ruthven Assembly
Final selection and winner determination
Judges Lord Ruthven Assembly (group of scholars specializing in vampire literature)
Announcement Announced every March at ICFA (international conference)

Criteria

  • Being a work or research themed on vampires
  • Academic contribution (research category)
  • Originality and quality of the work (fiction category)
  • Cultural impact and critical acclaim

Related Awards

  • Announcement and participation at International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA)
  • Activities related to International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA)
  • Horror/fantasy literature awards (related categories)

Official Resources

http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ruthven.html

Past Winners

Edition 0 (2024, held 4 times in year)
Simon Bacon さいもん べーこん Winner
Ursula Vernon てぃー・きんぐふぃっしゃー Winner
Abigail (2024 film) あびげいる Winner
Robert Eggers のすふぇらとぅ Winner
Edition 0 (2024, held 3 times in year)
Stephen Shields あびげいる Winner
Robert Eggers のすふぇらとぅ Winner
Edition 0 (2024, held 2 times in year)
Ursula Vernon てぃー・きんぐふぃっしゃー Winner
Edition 0 (2024)
Simon Bacon さいもん・べーこん Winner
Edition 0 (2023, held 3 times in year)
Bram Stoker でめーたーごうのさいごのこうかい Winner
Edition 0 (2023, held 2 times in year)
Jacqueline Holland じゃくりーん・ほらんど Winner
Edition 0 (2023)
Simon Bacon さいもん・べーこん Winner
Edition 0 (2022, held 4 times in year)
No winner
Edition 0 (2022, held 3 times in year)
Mike Flanagan みっどないと・ます Winner
Edition 0 (2022, held 2 times in year)
Jessica Levai じぇしか・れゔぁい Winner
Edition 0 (2022)
Simon Bacon さいもん・べーこん Winner
Violet Fenn ゔぁいおれっと・ふぇん Winner
Edition 0 (2021, held 2 times in year)
Cait Coker Winner
Grady Hendrix Winner
Edition 0 (2021)
Cait Coker Winner
Grady Hendrix Winner
Edition 0 (2020, held 3 times in year)
Sorcha Ní Fhlainn Winner
Marge Simon & Bryan D. Dietrich Winner
Jemaine Clement じぇめいん くれめんと Winner
Edition 0 (2020, held 2 times in year)
Sorcha Ní Fhlainn Winner
Marge Simon & Bryan D. Dietrich Winner
What We Do in the Shadows Winner
Edition 0 (2020)
Sorcha Ní Fhlainn Winner
Marge Simon & Bryan D. Dietrich Winner
What We Do in the Shadows Winner
Edition 0 (2019, held 2 times in year)
Amy J. Ransom Winner
Theodora Goss Winner
Edition 0 (2019)
Amy J. Ransom Winner
Theodora Goss Winner
Edition 0 (2018, held 4 times in year)
Gary A Smith Winner
Charlaine Harris Winner
Charlaine Harris Winner
Hans Corneel de Roos Special Award
Edition 0 (2018, held 3 times in year)
Gary A Smith Winner
Charlaine Harris Winner
Charlaine Harris Winner
Hans Corneel de Roos Special Award
Edition 0 (2018, held 2 times in year)
Gary A Smith Winner
Charlaine Harris Winner
Charlaine Harris Winner
Hans Corneel de Roos Special Award
Edition 0 (2018)
Gary A Smith げいりー・えー・すみす Winner
Edition 0 (2017, held 4 times in year)
No winner
Edition 0 (2017, held 3 times in year)
ヴァンプド ゔぁんぷど Winner
ザ・ヴァンパイア・ヒストリアン ざ・ゔぁんぱいあ・ひすとりあん Winner
Edition 0 (2017, held 2 times in year)
Anne Rice あん・らいす Winner
Edition 0 (2017)
David J. Skal でいゔぃっど・じぇい・すかる Winner
Edition 0 (2016, held 3 times in year)
Taika Waititi たいか わいてぃてぃ Winner
Edition 0 (2016, held 2 times in year)
David Gerrold でいゔぃっど・じぇろるど Winner
Edition 0 (2016)
J. Gordon Melton じぇい・ごーどん・めるとん Winner
Alysa Hornick ありさ・ほーにっく Winner
Edition 0 (2015, held 3 times in year)
Jim Jarmusch おんりー・らゔぁーず・れふと・あらいゔ Winner
Edition 0 (2015, held 2 times in year)
Lauren Owen ろーれん・おーうぇん Winner
Edition 0 (2015)
Margot Adler まーご あどらー Winner
Edition 0 (2014, held 2 times in year)
Joe Hill じょー ひる Winner
Edition 0 (2014)
Maria Lindgren Leavenworth まりあ りんどぐれん りーゔぇんわーす Winner
Malin Isaksson まりん いさくそん Winner
Edition 0 (2013, held 2 times in year)
Tim Powers てぃむ ぱわーず Winner
Edition 0 (2013)
Jeffrey Weinstock じぇふりー わいんすとっく Winner
Edition 0 (2012, held 2 times in year)
Glen Duncan ぐれん だんかん Winner
Edition 0 (2012)
Susannah Clements すざんな くれめんつ Winner
Edition 0 (2011, held 3 times in year)
びーいんぐ ひゅーまん Winner
Edition 0 (2011, held 2 times in year)
S. M. Stirling えす えむ すたりんぐ Winner
Edition 0 (2011)
John Edgar Browning じょん えどがー ぶらうにんぐ Winner
Caroline Joan S. Picart きゃろらいん じょあん えす ぴかーと Winner
Edition 0 (2010, held 2 times in year)
Guillermo del Toro ぎれるも・でる・とろ Winner
Chuck Hogan ちゃっく・ほーがん Winner
Edition 0 (2010)
Mary Y. Hallab めありー・わい・はらぶ Winner
Edition 0 (2009, held 3 times in year)
True Blood とぅるーぶらっど Winner
Edition 0 (2009, held 2 times in year)
James Reese じぇいむず・りーす Winner
Edition 0 (2009)
Elizabeth Russell Miller えりざべす・みらー Winner
Robert Eighteen-Bisang ろばーと・えいてぃーん＝びさんぐ Winner
Edition 0 (2008, held 3 times in year)
Anthony Bourdain あんそにー・ぼーでぃん Winner
Edition 0 (2008, held 2 times in year)
Joel H Emerson じょえる・えいち・えまーそん Winner
Edition 0 (2008)
David Keyworth でいゔぃっど・きーうぉーす Winner
Edition 0 (2007, held 2 times in year)
Barbara Hambly ばーばら・はんぶりー Winner
Edition 0 (2007)
Bruce A Mcclelland ぶるーす・えー・まくれらんど Winner
Edition 0 (2006, held 2 times in year)
Elizabeth Kostova Winner
Edition 0 (2006)
Jorg Waltje Winner
Edition 0 (2005, held 3 times in year)
Vampire Dreams Winner
Edition 0 (2005, held 2 times in year)
David Sosnowski Winner
Edition 0 (2005)
Richard Lawrence Dalby Winner
William Hughes Winner
Edition 0 (2004, held 3 times in year)
Dracula Winner
Edition 0 (2004, held 2 times in year)
Andrew Fox Winner
Edition 0 (2004)
James B. South Winner
Edition 0 (2003, held 3 times in year)
Diary of a Virgin Winner
Edition 0 (2003, held 2 times in year)
Charlaine Harris Winner
Edition 0 (2003)
William Patrick Day Winner
Charlaine Harris Winner
Diary of a Virgin Winner
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Jean Lorrah Winner
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Michael Bell Winner
Edition 0 (2001, held 2 times in year)
Elaine Bergstrom Winner
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Elizabeth Russell Miller Winner
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Terry Pratchett Winner
Edition 0 (1999, held 2 times in year)
P. N. Elrod Winner
Edition 0 (1999)
Carol A. Senf Winner
Edition 0 (1998, held 2 times in year)
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Winner
Edition 0 (1998)
Carol Margaret Davison Winner
Paul Simpson-Housley Winner
Edition 0 (1997, held 3 times in year)
Raymond Thomas McNally れいもんど てぃー まくなりー Special Award
Edition 0 (1997, held 2 times in year)
David J. Skal でいびっど じぇー すかる Winner
Edition 0 (1997)
Jonathan Nasaw じょなさん なそー Winner
Edition 0 (1996, held 2 times in year)
Nina Auerbach にーな あうあーばっは Winner
Edition 0 (1996)
Barbara Hambly ばーばら はんぶりー Winner
Edition 0 (1995)
J. Gordon Melton じぇい ごーどん めるとん Winner
Edition 0 (1994)
David J. Skal でいびっど じぇー すかる Winner
Edition 0 (1993)
Kim Newman きむ にゅーまん Winner
Edition 0 (1990)
Nancy A. Collins なんしー えー こりんず Winner
Edition 0 (1989)
Brian Stableford ぶらいあん すていぶるふぉーど Winner