INTERNATIONAL FANTASY AWARDS

   UK awards, made annually 1951-7 (not 1956). The idea came from four UK enthusiasts, including John Beynon Harris (John WYNDHAM). The IFAs were presented to the authors of the best fantasy or sf book of the year, with a second category for the best nonfiction book likely to be of interest to sf readers; the nonfiction class was dropped after 1953. Winners were selected by a panel of prominent sf personalities; from 1952 the panel was international. The award took the form of a trophy. Once the HUGOS had been successfully launched, some of the raison d'etre for the IFAs was gone, but in their time they were given to some excellent and imaginatively chosen works, most of which would have had almost no chance of winning any of the major US AWARDS. The first IFA was presented at the 1951 UK sf CONVENTION, the last at the London Worldcon in 1957.

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   1951 Fiction: George R. STEWART, EARTH ABIDESNonfiction: Willy LEY and Chesley BONESTELL, The Conquest of Space

   1952 Fiction: John COLLIER, Fancies and Goodnights

   [m2]   Nonfiction: Arthur C. CLARKE, The Exploration of Space

   1953 Fiction: Clifford D. SIMAK, CITYNonfiction: Willy Ley and L.Sprague DE CAMP, Lands Beyond

   1954 Theodore STURGEON, MORE THAN HUMAN

   1955 Edgar PANGBORN, A MIRROR FOR OBSERVERS1957J.R.R. TOLKIEN, Lord of the Rings