What are the Gandalf Awards?
Q: What are the Gandalf Awards?
A: The Gandalf Awards honor excellent writing in fantasy literature.
Q: Who gave the awards between 1974 and 1981?
A: The World Science Fiction Society gave the awards each year from 1974 to 1981.
Q: After whom are the awards named?
A: The awards were named for Gandalf the wizard from the Middle-earth stories by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Q: Who started and sponsored the awards?
A: Lin Carter and the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA) started and sponsored the awards.
Q: How were the winners chosen?
A: People at the World Science Fiction Conventions voted to choose the winners using the same rules as the older Hugo Awards.
Q: In how many categories were the awards given?
A: The awards were given in two categories: one for life achievement and two for a book published the year before.
Q: For which types of literature were the Gandalf Awards given?
A: The Gandalf Awards were given for excellent writing in fantasy literature.
