Lord Ruthven Award

{{Short description|Annual literary award for works on vampires}}

The Lord Ruthven Award is an annual award presented by the Lord Ruthven Assembly, a group of academic scholars specialising in vampire literature and affiliated with the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA).{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ruthven.html|title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: About the Lord Ruthven Awards|publisher=locusmag.com|accessdate=2014-04-06}}

The award is presented for the best fiction on vampires and the best academic work on the study of the vampire figure in culture and literature. The award is presented each March at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA) in Orlando. The award is named after Lord Ruthven, one of the first vampires in English literature.

Lord Ruthven Award: Non-Fiction

Lord Ruthven Award: Fiction

Lord Ruthven Award: Media/Popular Culture

Lord Ruthven Special Award

  • 1997: Raymond T. McNally
  • 2018: Hans Corneel de Roos for his translation of, and research on Makt Myrkranna (Powers of Darkness){{Cite web|url=http://file770.com/2018-lord-ruthven-awards/|title = 2018 Lord Ruthven Awards|date = 19 March 2018}}

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