The Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service is presented by the Science Fiction Research Association for outstanding service activities. Particularly recognized are: promotion of SF teaching and study, editing, reviewing, editorial writing, publishing, organizing meetings, mentoring, and leadership in SF/fantasy organizations. Previous winners include: 1996 - Frederik Pohl 1997 - James Gunn 1998 - Elizabeth Anne Hull 1999 - David G. Hartwell 2000 - Arthur O. Lewis 2001 - Donald "Mack" Hassler 2002 - Joan Gordon 2003 - Joe Sanders 2004 - Patricia S. Warrick 2005 - Muriel Becker 2006 - Paul Kincaid 2007 - Michael Levy 2008 - Andrew Sawyer 2009 - Hal Hall 2010 - David Mead 2011 - The Tiptree Motherboard (Karen Joy Fowler, Debbie Notkin, Ellen Klages, Jeanne Gomoll, Jeff Smith, and Pat Murphy) 2012 Arthur B. Evans 2013 Rob Latham 2014 Lisa Yaszek 2015 Farah Mendlesohn 2017 Notes Academic science fiction awards