Edward E Smith Award

The Edward E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (also known as the Skylark) is named after the acclaimed and much loved science fiction author EE "Doc" Smith. It is an annual award presented to the person who, in the opinion of the New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA) has contributed significantly to science fiction, both through work in the field and by exemplifying the personal qualities which made the late "Doc" Smith well-loved by those who knew him.

The winner is voted for by the members of the NESFA and announced at the annual convention called Boskone - named after the fictional council of the same name in EE Doc Smith's Lensman series.

• 2011 - Lois McMaster Bujold
• 2010 - Omar Rayyan
• 2009 - Terry Pratchett
• 2008 - Charles Stross
• 2007 - Beth Meacham
• 2006 - David G. Hartwell
• 2005 - Tamora Pierce
• 2004 - George R.R. Martin
• 2003 - Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden
• 2002 - Dave Langford
• 2001 - Ellen Asher
• 2000 - Bruce Coville
• 1999 - Bob Eggleton
• 1998 - James White
• 1997 - Hal Clement
• 1996 - Joe & Gay Haldeman
• 1995 - Mike Resnick
• 1994 - Esther M. Friesner
• 1993 - Tom Doherty
• 1992 - Orson Scott Card
• 1991 - David Cherry
• 1990 - Jane Yolen
• 1989 - Gene Wolfe
• 1988 - C. J. Cherryh
• 1987 - Vincent Di Fate
• 1986 - Wilson (Bob) Tucker
• 1985 - Jack Williamson
• 1984 - Robert Silverberg
• 1983 - Andre Norton
• 1982 - Poul Anderson
• 1981 - Frank Kelly Freas
• 1980 - Jack L. Chalker
• 1979 - David Gerrold
• 1978 - Spider Robinson
• 1977 - Jack Gaughan
• 1976 - Anne McCaffrey
• 1975 - Gordon R. Dickson
• 1974 - Ben Bova
• 1973 - Larry Niven
• 1972 - Lester del Rey
• 1971 - No Award Given
• 1970 - Judy-Lynn Benjamin del Rey
• 1969 - Hal Clement
• 1968 - John W. Campbell
• 1967 - Isaac Asimov
• 1966 - Frederik Pohl