2025 Robert E. Howard Awards Final Nomination List

Here is the ballot with the final nominees for the 2025 Robert E. Howard Awards.

To the final nominees and all of the other nominees who didn’t make the final list, congratulations!

Voting is restricted to current members of the REH Foundation. If you are a current member, you will be sent a link to the voting page.”

 

Scholarship Awards

Requirements: Nonfiction work (print or digital), minimum 50,000 words, substantively devoted to the life and/or work of Robert E. Howard, published in the last calendar year.

Considerations: Reprinted works without significant revisions are not eligible. Award goes to the author or authors.

Martinez, Rodolfo; La Era Hibórea de Robert E. Howard 

Tetro, Michele; Conan il barbaro – Dai racconti di Robert E. Howard al film di John Milius

Requirements: Nonfiction anthology or collection of essays (print or digital), nonfiction, minimum 30,000 words, substantively devoted to the life and/or work of Robert E. Howard, published in the last calendar year.

Considerations: Reprinted works without significant revisions are not eligible. Award goes to the editor or editors.

Blosser, Fred; Exploring the Worlds of Robert E. Howard: 2024 Supplement

Guarriello, Pietro, editor; Zothique #17

Requirements: Scholarly Nonfiction essays (print or digital), no minimum word count, substantively focused on the life and/or work of Robert E. Howard, published in the last calendar year.

Considerations: Short blog posts, news, interviews, reviews, trip reports, and other minor works are not considered. Award goes to the author or authors.

Calabrese, Fabio; “H. P. Lovecraft & Robert E. Howard: Letteratura fantastica e visione del mondo” by Fabio Calabrese

Holmes, Morgan; two-part series titled, “Robert E. Howard’s Prehistoric Beasts.” Castalia House blog.
Part 1, published August 25, 2024
Part 2, published September 8, 2024

Patavini, Emilio, curator; “REH & The Eyrie: Le lettere di R. E. Howard a Weird Tales”

Romeo, Gary; “Robert E. Howard’s Father, Dr. Isaac Howard”

Shanks, Jeff; “A Gunslinger in the Wild East – The Adventures of El Borak”; “Mistress of Death – The Legend of Dark Agnes”; “Conrad and Kirowan – Explorers of Eldritch Horror and Delvers into the Dark Arts”, Conan Battle of the Black Stone #1-3

 

Requirements: Candidates must have recently begun making significant contributions to Howard scholarship through publications and/or presentations over the past few years.

Considerations: Previous winners are not eligible. Award goes to the individual.

 

Darlage, Vincent; various articles on www.spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com:

Akivasha: “I am the woman, who never died.”

Thoth-amon: A Review and a Character Study

The Book of Skelos

Pekov, Ondřej; Bachelor Thesis: Literary Comparison of Beowulf and R.E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian

Vaughan, Michael K; The Robert E. Howard Show, Michael K. Vaughan YouTube Channel

Yergert, Dan; THE CONAN CHRONOLOGY

Art Awards

One of the missions of the Robert E. Howard Foundation is to promote Howard’s creative legacy as well as his study. Art awards recognize achievement in creative fields related to Robert E. Howard’s life and work.

Requirements: Web-based content (i.e. digital magazine, journals, websites, blogs, podcasts, audiovisual/multimedia presentations, internet sites, etc.), substantively focused on the life and/or work of Robert E. Howard, new content must have been published in the last calendar year.

Considerations: Non-static social media like Facebook and Twitter would not be eligible. Award goes to site owner/administrator.

 

Curley, Shawn; Official Conan the Barbarian  Podcast

Gismervik, Stale;  The World of Robert E. Howard

Romeo, Gary; Spraguedecampfan, blog.

Thom, Bill; www.HowardWorks.com

Todd, Evan; Stygian Dogs YouTube Channel

Vaughan, Michael K.;  The Robert E Howard Show, Michael K. Vaughan YouTube Channel

Awarded for original creative writing that carries on the spirit and tradition of Robert E. Howard, to better recognize and celebrate his influence on future generations of writers.

Requirements: Fiction (i.e. short fiction, novels, poetry, etc.), in the spirit and tradition of Robert E. Howard, published in the last calendar year. No comic books or graphic novels are allowed.

Considerations: Work must be substantial and original in content; translations and adaptations will not be considered. Award goes to the individual writer or writing team.

 

Castro, V.; “Bêlit: Shipwrecked”

Hocking, John C.; Conan and the Living Plague, published in Conan: City of the Dead

John, Matthew; “Madness on the Mound,” Savage Sword of Conan #6

Jones, Howard Andrew; Shadow of the Smoking Mountain

Lanier, Thomas; In the Valley of Katari

Lovegrove, James; Conan: Cult of the Obsidian Moon, and “El Borak; The Siege of Lamakan”

Shrewsbury, Steven L.; “Bran Mak Morn: Red Waves of Slaughter”

Stackpole, Michael A.; “Belit: Bone Whispers”

Tanzer, Molly; “Jirel and the Mirror of Truth”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine

Waltz, Jason M (ed); Neither Beg, Nor Yield

Lovegrove, James; Conan: Cult of the Obsidian Moon, and “El Borak; The Siege of Lamakan”

 

Requirements: Visual media (painting, comic books, graphic novels, film, audio adaptations, etc.), directly related to the depiction of Robert E. Howard’s life, stories and poetry, characters, or fictional worlds; published in the last calendar year. Comic media must be nominated for a specific issue or self-contained story arc, not as a series or collection.

Considerations: Work must be substantial and original in content. Award goes to the individual artist for solo projects. For Comic Books and Graphic Novels, the award goes to the entire team involved.

 

Baerald, Francesca; Thurian Age Map, Conan the Barbarian Comic #9, Titan

Cavalier, Bill; 2024 Howard Days poster art; Cover art for The Collected Letters of Novalyne Price Pt.1, cover art for for “The People of the Dark” booklet from the REH Foundation Press.

HorrorBabble (Ian Gordon) for its Youtube recitals of “King of the Forgotten People” by Robert E. Howard and “”The Dwellers Under the Tombs” by Robert E. Howard

Marz, Ron,  Mike Perkins, Richard Starkings & Tyler Smith ; “Black Oasis”, The Savage Sword of Conan #4, Titan Comics

Wheatley, Mark; REH Press Book Covers

Zircher, Patrick; ‘Master of the Hunt, Parts 1 to 3′ (The Savage Sword of Conan, Issues #1-3)

Jim Zub, Jonas Scharf and Joao Canola for the ‘Battle of the Black Stone’ series (issues 1-4)

Jim Zub and Richard Pace for ‘Conan: Leaving the Garden’ (The Savage Sword of Conan, Issue #2)

Jim Zub, Doug Braithwaite and Diego Rodriguez for ‘Frozen Faith’, (‘Conan the Barbarian’ Issue #14-17).

The Black River—Special Achievement

Requirements: Candidates will have produced or contributed something special that doesn’t fit into any other category, e.g. scholarly presentations, biographical discoveries, etc.

 

Jones, Howard Andrew; For his career promoting and writing and editing Sword and Sorcery

Louinet, Patrice, and Oliver, Will; for finding new REH letters

Thanks again for your help in creating this year’s 2025 Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards.

The REHF Awards Committee