TheEndeavour Award, announced annually atOryCon in Portland, Oregon, is awarded to a distinguishedscience fiction orfantasy book written by an author or authors from thePacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, British Columbia, The Yukon, and Alaska) and published in the previous year.
Annual presentation of the Endeavour Award is in November atOryCon for books published during the previous year.[1]
It was funded by a collaboration of Portland, Oregon area writers and readers of science fiction and fantasy in 1996 and chartered by Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI) tax-exempt non-profit corporation.
The Endeavour Award committee announced suspension of the 2021 Endeavour Award for books published in 2020, citingCOVID-19 pandemic restrictions.[3] The award was revisited and a winner announced atNorwescon 45, held in SeaTac, Washington, on April 6–9, 2023.[4]
^"2021 Endeavour Award Suspended". Locus SF Foundation. January 5, 2021. Retrieved11 June 2023.Several reasons have led to the suspension. The Covid 19 situation has made it more difficult to run our preliminary judging.
^ab"Satifka Wins 2021 Endeavour Award".Locus. Retrieved13 April 2023.This year's award was announced at Norwescon, held in SeaTac, Washington, April 6–9, 2023. The award is traditionally given at Oregon convention Orycon, held in November, and is expected to be announced there in future years.
