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A History of REH Award Winners
Celebrating the people, scholarship and creative work that carry Robert E. Howard’s legacy forward. Explore the documented results from 2005 to 2026, including the precursor Cimmerian Awards (2005–2008) and categories that have since changed or been discontinued.
About this archive
22 years · 14 category entries, including historical distinctions · Sources linked to each record
Category guide & historical changes
- Black CircleLifetime achievement
- CromSpecial recognition by the Foundation board
- VenariumEmerging scholar
- AtlanteanBook by a single author / nonfiction book
- ValusianAnthology or collection
- HyrkanianEssay; historically print essays
- CimmerianHistorical: online essays; later scholarship
- AquilonianHistorical: periodical; merged into Stygian in 2018
- StygianHistorical: website, later website or periodical; last listed here in 2021
- Black RiverSpecial achievement
- Black LotusMultimedia (2016–2021); web-based work (2022 onward)
- RankinArtistic achievement
- CostiganLiterary achievement; introduced in 2022
- Crom (Cimmerian special award)Historical: trophy sculpture; distinct from the Foundation board award
The Cimmerian category is distinct from the earlier Cimmerian Awards program. It recognized online essays through 2021, then scholarship in the 2022–2023 results. It is absent from the 2024–2026 categories. Aquilonian was combined with Stygian in 2018; Stygian is absent from the 2022 onward lists. Black Lotus changed from multimedia to a broader web-based category. Original eligibility rules varied over time.
How to read the records, sources & gaps
Winner identifies a confirmed recipient; Shared winner identifies a tie or multiple awards in the same category. No award is used only where the record explicitly says so. No nominees includes explicitly ineligible or absent candidates. Record not found means the consulted source omits a result; it does not mean no award was given. Categories outside their documented periods are not filled with invented no-award entries.
Years: the archive follows the year labels in the Foundation’s historical winners tables and later announcements. Early Cimmerian results are titled by presentation year and generally cover the previous year’s work. Some contemporary publications use the work year instead. The Foundation’s historical introduction also describes retrospective awards presented in 2010. The postponed 2020 and 2021 awards were both announced on June 11, 2021.
Sources: the archived Foundation winners page supplies the 2005–2018 overview, supplemented by its annual result pages and later Foundation announcements. The 2020–2021 Foundation final-results list reproduced by DMR Books is cross-checked against contemporary reports. The live 2025 and 2026 announcements explicitly label winners while retaining nominee lists; nominees have not been treated as winners.
Further source checks: the Foundation’s archived 2019 ballot explicitly states that Valusian had no eligible candidates. For Valusian 2021, the award-results transcription’s “Ted Abrams” is normalized to Ted Adams, alongside Elizabeth Nee, using the reviewed book bibliography. The winning book remains The Rattle of Bones.
Open questions: Black River is absent from the consulted final ballots and winners lists for 2020–2022. No recipient or explicit no-award statement has been located, so these entries remain unconfirmed. An empty category or a year without an award is not itself an error. The early Crom trophy-sculpture award is listed separately from the later Foundation board award.
Compiled and checked October 24, 2026. Source wording is lightly normalized for spelling and readability; linked source records remain the reference for historical credits and eligibility.
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Browse by year, or use the controls to group results by award category. Shared recipients stay together. Early Hyrkanian first, second and third places are labeled individually.
232 documented result records
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2026 10 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2026Marcelo Anciano | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Crom | 2026Lee Breakiron | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2026Dan Yergert — The Conan Chronology | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2026Willard M. Oliver — Robert E. Howard: The Life and Times of a Texas Author | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2026Fred Blosser — The Solomon Kane Companion: An Informal Guide to Robert E. Howard’s Dark Avenger | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2026Jeff Shanks — “Shadows of the Serpent: Howard, Kull and the Birth of Sword and Sorcery” | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2026Ståle Gismervik — REHF website and REHF Press Ultimate Edition books | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black Lotus | 2026Ståle Gismervik — The World of Robert E. Howard | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Rankin | 2026Patrick Zircher (writer, artist, colorist), Pete Pantazis (colorist), Richard Starkings and Tyler Smith (letterers) — Solomon Kane: The Serpent’s Ring | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Costigan | 2026Scott Oden — Old Gods and Other Tales | Winner | Source ↗ |
2025 10 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2025Mark Finn | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Crom | 2025Ståle Gismervik | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2025Michael K. Vaughan | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2025Rodolfo Martinez — La Era Hibórea de Robert E. Howard | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2025Fred Blosser — Exploring the Worlds of Robert E. Howard: 2024 Supplement | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2025Jeff Shanks — essays on El Borak, Dark Agnes, Conrad and Kirowan in Conan: Battle of the Black Stone #1–3 | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2025Patrice Louinet and Will Oliver — discovery of new Howard letters | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black Lotus | 2025Ståle Gismervik — The World of Robert E. Howard | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Rankin | 2025Mark Wheatley — REH Foundation Press book covers | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Costigan | 2025John C. Hocking — Conan and the Living Plague (in Conan: City of the Dead) | Winner | Source ↗ |
2024 10 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2024Rob Roehm | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Crom | 2024Dennis McHaney; Paul HermanTwo board awards: McHaney for 50 years of publishing; Herman for locating and restoring Howard’s writing table. | Shared winner | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2024Laura A. Shubert | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2024Stephen Jones — The Weird Tales Boys | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2024Bob Byrne and Jason M. Waltz (eds.) — Hither Came Conan | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2024Will Oliver — “The Personal and Literary Influence of Jack London’s The Star Rover on Robert E. Howard” | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2024Josh Adkins, Jon Larson and Luke E. Dodd — ten years of The Cromcast | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black Lotus | 2024Ståle Gismervik — The World of Robert E. Howard; Gary Romeo — Sprague de Camp Fan blog | Shared winner | Source ↗ |
| Rankin | 2024Roberto De La Torre and José Villarrubia — Conan the Barbarian (Titan, 2023) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Costigan | 2024Jim Zub, Roberto De La Torre, Dean White and Richard Starkings — Conan the Barbarian (Titan, 2023) | Winner | Source ↗ |
2023 11 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2023Fred Blosser | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Crom | 2023No nominees | No nominees | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2023Antonio Marco Collares | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2023Dennis McHaney (ed.) — Robert E. Howard in the Pulps | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2023No nominees | No nominees | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2023John Bullard and Bill Cavalier — “‘Is That Robert E. Howard?’: A Look at Two Photographs” | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Cimmerian | 2023Willard M. Oliver — “Howard and Strange Tales” | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2023Jason Ray Carney — editing The Dark Man, organizing SpiralCon and the Trigon Awards, and promoting Howard through a TED Talk and the Los Angeles Review of Books | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black Lotus | 2023Ståle Gismervik — REH World | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Rankin | 2023Mahmud Asrar — cover and page art for King Conan #1–6 | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Costigan | 2023Andrew Leman and Sean Branney — Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Black Stone | Winner | Source ↗ |
2022 11 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2022Charles Hoffman | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Crom | 2022Lee Breakiron | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2022Brian Murphy; Willard M. Oliver | Shared winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2022Todd Vick — Renegades and Rogue: The Life and Legacy of Robert E. Howard | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2022Jason M. Waltz (ed.) — REH Changed My Life | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2022Rob Roehm — “Robert E. Howard and the Later Weird Tales” | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Cimmerian | 2022Gabriel Momola — “The Conscience of Solomon Kane: Robert E. Howard’s Rhetorics of Motive, World, and Race” | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2022No result found in the consulted final ballot and winners listsNeither the Foundation’s final nominee list nor its winners announcement lists Black River or explicitly states that no award was given. | Record not found | Source ↗Foundation ballot ↗ |
| Black Lotus | 2022Rob Roehm — Howard History | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Rankin | 2022Bill Cavalier — 2021 Howard Days poster | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Costigan | 2022Jason Ray Carney (ed.) — Whetstone: Amateur Magazine of Pulp Sword and Sorcery | Winner | Source ↗ |
2021 11 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2021Arlene Stephenson | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Crom | 2021Era Lee Hanke | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2021John Bullard | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2021Brian Murphy — Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-SorceryPresented on June 11, 2021; the 2020 awards were postponed. | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2021Ted Adams and Elizabeth Nee (editors) — The Rattle of BonesPresented on June 11, 2021; the 2020 awards were postponed. The award-results transcription misspells Adams as “Abrams”. The reviewed book bibliography identifies Ted Adams and Elizabeth Nee as the editors. | Winner | Source ↗Book credits ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2021Karen Joan Kohoutek — “More Than Meets the Eye: The Women Protagonists of the Conan Stories”Presented on June 11, 2021; the 2020 awards were postponed. | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Cimmerian | 2021John Bullard — “Beyond the Black River”: Is It Really “Beyond the Brazos River”?Presented on June 11, 2021; the 2020 awards were postponed. | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Stygian | 2021Ståle Gismervik — REH WorldPresented on June 11, 2021; the 2020 awards were postponed. | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2021No result found in the consulted final ballot and winners listsThe contemporary final shortlist and final-results transcription omit this category. Its presence in the nomination rules does not establish a winner or a confirmed no-award result. | Record not found | Source ↗Final shortlist ↗ |
| Black Lotus | 2021Ben Friberg — “Tour of Robert E Howard Home”Presented on June 11, 2021; the 2020 awards were postponed. | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Rankin | 2021E. M. Gist — cover art for Conan the Barbarian #13–17Presented on June 11, 2021; the 2020 awards were postponed. | Winner | Source ↗ |
2020 11 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2020Paul Herman | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Crom | 2020Dierk Günther; Patrice LouinetFor their doctoral theses on Robert E. Howard. Presented in 2021. | Shared winner | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2020Jason Ray Carney | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2020Bobby Derie — Weird Talers: Essays on Robert E. Howard and OthersPresented on June 11, 2021; the 2020 awards were postponed. | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2020Mark Wheatley (ed.) — Songs of Giants: The Poetry of PulpPresented on June 11, 2021; the 2020 awards were postponed. | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2020Nicole Emmelhainz-Carney — “By This Pen I Rule: Robert E. Howard as Gatekeeper in the Development of Weird Fiction”Presented on June 11, 2021; the 2020 awards were postponed. | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Cimmerian | 2020Bob Byrne — editor of “Hither Came Conan”; David C. Smith — “Robert E. Howard as a Writer of Consequence”Presented on June 11, 2021; the 2020 awards were postponed. | Shared winner | Source ↗ |
| Stygian | 2020The Dark Man: Journal of Robert E. Howard and Pulp Studies — Jason Ray Carney and Nicole Emmelhainz-Carney (editors)Presented on June 11, 2021; the 2020 awards were postponed. | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2020No result found in the consulted final ballot and winners listsThe contemporary final shortlist and final-results transcription omit this category. Its presence in the nomination rules does not establish a winner or a confirmed no-award result. | Record not found | Source ↗Final shortlist ↗ |
| Black Lotus | 2020Ben Friberg — Howard Days 2019 videosPresented on June 11, 2021; the 2020 awards were postponed. | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Rankin | 2020Etienne Le Roux — Conan le Cimmérien: La Citadelle écarlatePresented on June 11, 2021; the 2020 awards were postponed. | Winner | Source ↗ |
2019 11 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2019No candidate reached the 60% threshold | No award | Source ↗ |
| Crom | 2019Project Pride | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2019Bob Byrne | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2019David C. Smith — Robert E. Howard: A Literary Biography | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2019No eligible candidatesThe Foundation’s archived 2019 ballot explicitly lists no eligible candidates. Cross-checked against the contemporary File 770 shortlist. | No nominees | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2019Rick Lai — “Poseidon and the Gods of the Robert E. Howard Universe” | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Cimmerian | 2019Deuce Richardson — “Stephen Fabian and Robert E. Howard” (three parts) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Stygian | 2019Todd Vick — On An Underwood No. 5; Lee Breakiron — The REH Foundation Newsletter | Shared winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2019Jeffrey Shanks, Andrew McFeaters, Thadra Stanton and Heather Young — National Park Service Robert E. Howard House Archaeology Project | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black Lotus | 2019Josh Adkins, Luke Dodd and Jon Larson — The Cromcast | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Rankin | 2019Tom Grindberg — cover art for Conan the Pirate (Modiphius), depicting “Queen of the Black Coast” | Winner | Source ↗ |
2018 12 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2018No candidate reached the 60% threshold | No award | Source ↗ |
| Crom | 2018No Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2018Dierk Guenther | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2018Fred Blosser – Savage Scrolls: Scholarship from the Hyborian Age (Volume 1) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2018No eligible candidates | No nominees | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2018Bill Cavalier (“Robert E. Howard and his Influence on Dungeons and Dragons”) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Cimmerian | 2018Bobby Derie (“Conan and the OAK”); Karen Joan Kohoutek (“Queen by Fire and Steel and Slaughter: Bêlit’s Hymn”) | Shared winner | Source ↗ |
| Aquilonian | 2018Combined with Stygian | Category merged | Source ↗ |
| Stygian | 2018Todd Vick (On An Underwood No. 5 blog) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2018Derrick Hussey | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black Lotus | 2018Josh Adkins, Luke Dodd, and Jon Larson (The Cromcast) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Rankin | 2018Timothy Truman (Horror from the Mound) | Winner | Source ↗ |
2017 12 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2017No Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Crom | 2017No Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2017Todd Vick | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2017Patrick Burger – (On the Precipice of Fascism: The Mythic and the Political in the Works of Robert E. Howard and Ernst Junger) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2017No Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2017Jeffrey Shanks (“Nameless Tribes and Races of Men: Anthropological World-Building in ‘Men of the Shadows’”) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Cimmerian | 2017Patrice Louinet (“’The Wright Hook’ (or, the origin of ‘Spear and Fang’)”) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Aquilonian | 2017Damon Sasser (The REH Foundation Newsletter) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Stygian | 2017Todd Vick (On An Underwood No. 5 blog) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2017Patrice Louinet | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black Lotus | 2017Josh Adkins, Luke Dodd, and Jon Larson (The Cromcast) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Rankin | 2017Adrian Smith (Conan Board Game by Monolith) | Winner | Source ↗ |
2016 12 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2016Roy Thomas | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Crom | 2016No Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2016Bobby Derie | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2016Bobby Derie (The Collected Letters of REH: Index and Addenda) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2016No Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2016Jeffrey Shanks (“Evolutionary Otherness: Anthropological Anxiety in Robert E. Howard’s ‘Worms of the Earth’”) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Cimmerian | 2016Barbara Barrett (“Hester Jane Ervin Howard and Tuberculosis”); David Piske (“Barbarism and Civilization in the Letters of Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft”) | Shared winner | Source ↗ |
| Aquilonian | 2016Damon Sasser (REH: Two-Gun Raconteur) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Stygian | 2016Damon Sasser, et al (REH: Two-Gun Raconteur blog) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2016Rob Roehm | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black Lotus | 2016Ben Friberg (Howard Days Videos) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Rankin | 2016Tomás Giorello and Jose Villarrubia (Wolves Beyond the Border) | Winner | Source ↗ |
2015 11 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2015Karl Edward Wagner | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Crom | 2015No Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2015Karen Joan Kohoutek | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2015Deke Parsons (J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard and the Birth of Modern Fantasy) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2015No Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2015Jeffrey Shanks (“What the Thak?: Anthropological Oddities in Howard’s Works”) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Cimmerian | 2015Rob Roehm (“The Legend of the Trunk”) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Aquilonian | 2015Damon Sasser (REH: Two-Gun Raconteur) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Stygian | 2015Damon Sasser, et al (REH: Two-Gun Raconteur blog) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2015Ed Chaczyk | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Rankin | 2015Tom Gianni (Fists of Iron, Round 2 and 3) | Winner | Source ↗ |
2014 11 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2014Patrice Louinet | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Crom | 2014Paul Herman | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2014Patrick Burger | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2014No Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2014No Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2014Jeffrey Shanks (“History, Horror, and Heroic Fantasy”) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Cimmerian | 2014Rob Roehm (“The Business”) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Aquilonian | 2014Bill Cavalier, Rob Roehm, and Paul Herman (The REH Foundation Newsletter) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Stygian | 2014Damon Sasser, et al (REH: Two-Gun Raconteur blog) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2014Ben Friberg | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Rankin | 2014Tom Gianni (Pirate Adventures, Fists of Iron, Round 1, REH’s Western Tales) | Winner | Source ↗ |
2013 11 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2013Damon Sasser | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Crom | 2013No Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2013No Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2013Mark Finn (Blood & Thunder, Revised Edition) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2013Jonas Prida (Conan Meets the Academy) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2013Jeffrey Shanks (“Hyborian Age Archeology”) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Cimmerian | 2013Barbara Barrett (“Robert E. Howard and the Issue of Racism”) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Aquilonian | 2013Damon Sasser (REH: Two-Gun Raconteur) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Stygian | 2013Damon Sasser, et al (REH: Two-Gun Raconteur blog) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2013Patrice Louinet | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Rankin | 2013Tomás Giorello (The Scarlet Citadel) | Winner | Source ↗ |
2012 11 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2012Dennis McHaney | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Crom | 2012No Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2012Jeffrey Shanks | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2012Ann Beeler (Footsteps of Approaching Thousands) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2012Dennis McHaney (Anniversary: Glenn Lord and The Howard Collector) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2012Rob Roehm (“The Vinson Papers”) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Cimmerian | 2012Rob Roehm (Multiple essays) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Aquilonian | 2012Glenn Lord (The Howard Collector) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Stygian | 2012Damon Sasser, et al (REH: Two-Gun Raconteur blog) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2012Rob Roehm | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Rankin | 2012Jim and Ruth Keegan (Adventures of Two-Gun Bob) | Winner | Source ↗ |
2011 10 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2011Bill Cavalier | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2011No Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2011Bob Roehm and Rob Roehm (The Brownwood Connection) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2011Dennis McHaney (The Book of the Howard Review) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2011Barbara Barrett and Amy Kerr (“Feminism and the Women in Robert E. Howard’s Fiction”) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Cimmerian | 2011Rob Roehm (Multiple essays) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Aquilonian | 2011Bill Cavalier, Rob Roehm, and Paul Herman (The REH Foundation Newsletter) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Stygian | 2011Damon Sasser, et al (REH: Two-Gun Raconteur blog) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2011Rob Roehm | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Rankin | 2011Jim and Ruth Keegan (Adventures of Two-Gun Bob) | Winner | Source ↗ |
2010 8 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2010No Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2010Barbara Barrett | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2010Barbara Barrett (The Wordbook: An Index Guide to the Poetry of Robert E. Howard) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2010Fabrice Tortey (Échos de Cimmérie — Hommage à Robert Ervin Howard) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2010Steve Tompkins (“Strong to Save or to Damn”) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Aquilonian | 2010Damon Sasser (REH: Two-Gun Raconteur) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Stygian | 2010Deuce Richardson, et al. (The Cimmerian blog) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2010Jack and Barbara Baum | Winner | Source ↗ |
2009 8 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2009No Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2009No Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2009Paul Herman (Neverending Hunt, Revised Edition) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2009Simon Sanahujas (Les Nombreuses vies de Conan) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2009Leo Grin (“In Defense of Hester Jane Ervin Howard”) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Aquilonian | 2009Leo Grin (The Cimmerian) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Stygian | 2009Leo Grin, et al. (The Cimmerian blog) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2009Rusty Burke | Winner | Source ↗ |
2008 10 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2008Cimmerian precursor awardNovalyne Price Ellis | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2008Cimmerian precursor awardNo qualified nominees | No nominees | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2008Cimmerian precursor awardRob Roehm (Howard’s Haunts) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2008Cimmerian precursor awardNo qualified nominees | No nominees | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2008Cimmerian precursor awardBrian Leno (“Down the Rabbit Hole”) | First place | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2008Cimmerian precursor awardDamon Sasser — “Underwood for the Ages” | Second place | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2008Cimmerian precursor awardDonald Sidney-Fryer — “Robert E. Howard: Epic Poet in Prose” | Third place | Source ↗ |
| Aquilonian | 2008Cimmerian precursor awardLeo Grin (The Cimmerian) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Stygian | 2008Cimmerian precursor awardMark Finn, Leo Grin, Rob Roehm and Steve Tompkins — The Cimmerian Blog | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2008Cimmerian precursor awardPatrice Louinet | Winner | Source ↗ |
2007 10 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2007Cimmerian precursor awardRusty Burke; Don Herron | Shared winner | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2007Cimmerian precursor awardJohn Haefele | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2007Cimmerian precursor awardMark Finn (Blood & Thunder: The Life and Art of Robert E. Howard) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2007Cimmerian precursor awardDennis McHaney (The Man from Cross Plains) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2007Cimmerian precursor awardBill Cavalier (“How Robert E. Howard Saved My Life”) | First place | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2007Cimmerian precursor awardSteve Tompkins — “The Shortest Distance Between Two Towers” | Second place | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2007Cimmerian precursor awardJohn D. Haefele — “Skull-Face and Others at Sixty” | Third place | Source ↗ |
| Aquilonian | 2007Cimmerian precursor awardLeo Grin (The Cimmerian) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Stygian | 2007Cimmerian precursor awardMark Finn, Leo Grin, Rob Roehm and Steve Tompkins — The Cimmerian Blog | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2007Cimmerian precursor awardDon Herron | Winner | Source ↗ |
2006 10 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2006Cimmerian precursor awardNo Award | No award | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2006Cimmerian precursor awardRob Roehm | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2006Cimmerian precursor awardDennis McHaney (Robert E. Howard: World’s Greatest Pulpster) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2006Cimmerian precursor awardNo qualified nominees | No nominees | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2006Cimmerian precursor awardRob Roehm (“Howard’s Ruin”) | First place | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2006Cimmerian precursor awardCharles Hoffman — “Blood Lust” | Second place | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2006Cimmerian precursor awardChris Gruber — “Born to Edit Boxing Stories” | Third place | Source ↗ |
| Aquilonian | 2006Cimmerian precursor awardLeo Grin (The Cimmerian) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Stygian | 2006Cimmerian precursor awardPaul Herman (Howard Works) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2006Cimmerian precursor awardChris Gruber | Winner | Source ↗ |
2005 11 records
| Category | Recipient / work | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Circle | 2005Cimmerian precursor awardGlenn Lord | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Venarium | 2005Cimmerian precursor awardMark Finn | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Atlantean | 2005Cimmerian precursor awardDale Rippke (Hyborian Heresies) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Valusian | 2005Cimmerian precursor awardDon Herron (The Barbaric Triumph) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2005Cimmerian precursor awardMark Finn (“Fists of Robert E. Howard”) | First place | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2005Cimmerian precursor awardRusty Burke — “Travels with Robert E. Howard” | Second place | Source ↗ |
| Hyrkanian | 2005Cimmerian precursor awardSteven Tompkins — “The Past is Dead, The Past is Deadly: Three Dragons in One Hour” | Third place | Source ↗ |
| Aquilonian | 2005Cimmerian precursor awardLeo Grin (The Cimmerian) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Stygian | 2005Cimmerian precursor awardPaul Herman (Howard Works) | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Black River | 2005Cimmerian precursor awardJim and Ruth Keegan | Winner | Source ↗ |
| Crom (Cimmerian special award) | 2005Cimmerian precursor awardKen Neiderer — sculpting The Cimmerian Award skullDocumented in the contents of the 2005 Cimmerian Awards booklet; separate from the later Foundation board award. | Winner | Source ↗ |
A separate precursor · 2005–2008
The Cimmerian Awards
The Cimmerian Awards preceded the Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards. The documented 2005–2008 results are included in the searchable archive above as precursor records, rather than Foundation awards. Year labels follow the historical presentation-year lists.
The earlier Cimmerian Awards program is distinct from the later Foundation award category named The Cimmerian.
A separate precursor · 2001
The Cleo Awards
Frank Coffman sponsored this earlier round of Howard-related awards for the proposed Robert E. Howard Studies Association. The results were announced at Howard Days on June 9, 2001. These are precursor awards, separate from the 2005–2026 archive above.
- Lifetime achievement: Glenn Lord
- Biography: Rusty Burke
- Fiction studies: Don Herron
- Poetry studies: Steve Eng
- Professional artist/illustrator: Frank Frazetta
- APA / zine artist/illustrator: Rick McCollum
- Publishing: Marcelo Anciano
- Rising star: Leo Grin