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The 2025 Skylark Award

The 2025 Skylark Award was given to Ian Randal Strock writer, editor, publisher, historian, lecturer, and serial entrepreneur. (and also, according to his website): teacher, trivia nut, erstwhile stock trader, occasional space development advocate, serial volunteer, and one-time tour guide.

The 2026 Skylark Award will open for Nominations after our Annual meeting in May, and they will close at 23:59 on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. The 2026 Skylark recipient will be announced at the Boskone 63 awards ceremony on Saturday, February 14, 2026.

Regular members may place nominations in the Skylark Award mail box in the clubhouse, or email them to skylark@nesfa.org. Learn more here about the E. E. Smith Memorial Award.

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The 2025 Gaughan Award

The recipient of the 2025 Gaughan Award is Eleonor Piteira.

The Jack Gaughan Award for Best Emerging Artist honors the memory of Jack Gaughan, a long-time friend of fandom and one of the finest SF artists of the 20th century. Because Jack felt it was important to encourage and recognize new blood in the field, The New England Science Fiction Association, Inc., presents the Gaughan Award annually to an emerging artist (an artist who has become a professional within the past five years) chosen by a panel of judges.

The winner of the 2026 Gaughan Award will be announced in February, 2026 during Boskone 63, NESFA’s annual convention.