The 2023 Robert E. Howard Awards have been announced by the Robert E. Howard Foundation this weekend at Howard Days in Cross Plains, Texas.

THE ATLANTEAN—OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, BOOK

• Dennis McHaney (Ed.): Robert E. Howard in the Pulps (Lulu.com):

THE VALUSIAN—OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, BOOK (ANTHOLOGY/COLLECTION)

No Nominees

THE HYRKANIAN—OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, ESSAY

• John Bullard & Bill Cavalier: “‘Is That Robert E. Howard?’: A Look At Two Photographs”

THE CIMMERIAN—OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, SCHOLARSHIP (PEER-REVIEWED)

• Willard M. Oliver: “Howard and Strange Tales”

THE VENARIUM—EMERGING SCHOLAR

• Antonio Marco Collares (Brazilian scholar focusing on Robert E. Howard, involved in many projects)

THE BLACK LOTUS—OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, WEB-BASED

• Ståle Gismervik: The World of Robert E. Howard website and associated articles, interviews, and resources hosted there.

THE COSTIGAN—LITERARY ACHIEVEMENT

• Andrew Leman & Sean Branney (writers): Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Black Stone

THE RANKIN—ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

• Mahmud Asrar – cover/page artist for King Conan #1-6 (Marvel)

THE BLACK RIVER—SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT

• Jason Ray Carney – Editor of The Dark Man, organizer of SpiralCon and the Trigon Awards, promoted Robert E. Howard through a TED Talk and an article in the LA Review of Books – “Reading Sword-and-Sorcery to Make the Present Less Real”

THE CROM AWARD

No nominees.

THE BLACK CIRCLE AWARD

• Fred Blosser