Literary award · Israel · since 1999
Geffen Award
Israeli science fiction and fantasy award. Established 1999.
About Geffen Award
The Geffen Award (Hebrew: פרס גפן) is an annual literary award given by the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy since 1999, and presented at the ICon festival, the annual Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention, It is named in honour of editor and translator Amos Geffen, who was one of the society's founders.
From the Wikipedia article “Geffen Award”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Winning work |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Judith Kagan | — |
| 2025 | Reut Weis | — |
| 2023 | Rotem Baruchin | The City Guardians |
| 2022 | Yoav Blum | — |
| 2021 | Suzanne Collins | — |
| 2020 | Masha Zur Glozman | — |
| 2020 | Naomi Novik | — |
| 2017 | Gili Bar-Hillel | — |
| 2017 | Yoav Blum | The Unswitchable |
| 2016 | Rick Riordan | — |
| 2016 | Roni Gelbfish | — |
| 2016 | John Scalzi | — |
| 2015 | Andy Weir | — |
| 2015 | Neil Gaiman | — |
From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.
Eligibility and entering
Check the official rules of the Geffen Award for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.
If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q5530024 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).