An annual award given since 1995 to filkers by a jury composed of delegates from many filk conventions. Currently, this includes NEFilk, ConChord, FilkContinental, OVFF, Conflikt, GAFilk, British Filk Convention, Consonance, DFDF and FilKONtario. The awards are issued at FilKONtario.
The purpose is to recognize long-term contributions to filk. Eligibility requires either a single noteworthy contribution at least five years prior or (most often) ongoing contributions for a period of ten years. The selection process is designed to avoid a popularity contest. Anyone may recommend people for induction; recommendations are supposed to contain as much relevant information as possible. The jury members review the recommendations and vote for the ones they consider most deserving. They are supposed to consider only the information provided in the recommendations.
Dave Hayman has been the administrator since the beginning of the awards. As the administrator, he was supposed to be ineligible, but in 2005 the jury revolted and named him and Judith Hayman to the FHOF.
Dave calls those who are selected, and they are admonished not to tell anyone until the award ceremony happens. The presence at FKO of noteworthy filkers who don't normally attend the con often leads to speculation that they are about to be inducted.
| Year |
-Winners
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| 1995 |
Robert Asprin, Leslie Fish, Off Centaur Publications
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| 1996 |
Juanita Coulson, Julia Ecklar, Bob Laurent, Kathy Mar, Bill Maraschiello
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| 1997 |
Lee Gold, Barry Gold, J. Spencer Love, Margaret Middleton
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| 1998 |
Rafe Culpin, Cynthia McQuillin, Erwin "Filthy Pierre" Strauss
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| 1999 |
Gary Anderson, "Decadent" Dave Clement, Mary Ellen Wessels
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| 2000 |
Zander Nyrond, Dr. Jane Robinson, Bill Roper
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| 2001 |
Gordon R. Dickson, Gytha North, Bill Sutton, Brenda Sutton
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| 2002 |
Lissa Allcock, Kirstin Tanger, Alan Thiesen
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| 2003 |
Karen Anderson, Poul Anderson, Barry Childs-Helton, Sally Childs-Helton, Bob Kanefsky, Chris Malme
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| 2004 |
Katy Droege, Juliane Honisch, Valerie Housden, Gary McGath
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| 2005 |
Clif Flynt, Judith Hayman, Dave Hayman, Tom Smith
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| 2006 |
Franklin Gunkelman, Steve Macdonald, Lois Mangan, Gretchen Roper
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| 2007 |
Chris "Keris" Croughton, Bruce Pelz, Kathleen Sloan
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| 2008 |
Bob "Doc" Passovoy, Anne Passovoy, Steve Savitzky, Colleen Savitzky
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| 2009 |
Frank Hayes, Erica Neely
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| 2010 |
Jan DiMasi, Kristoph Klover, Mike Whitaker
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| 2011 |
Ellen Kranzer, Howard Scrimgeour, Urban Tapestry
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| 2012 |
Gary Ehrlich, Tom Jeffers, Persis Thorndike
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| 2013 |
Cecilia Eng, Roberta Rogow, Volker Tanger
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| 2014 |
Talis Kimberley, Kathy Hamilton, Michael Longcor
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| 2015 |
Kay Shapero, Nick Smith, Steven Joel Zeve
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| 2016 |
Eli Goldberg, Mark Bernstein
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| 2017 |
Maya Bohnhoff, Jeff Bohnhoff, Gary Hanak, Judi Miller
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| 2018 |
Sibylle Machat, Paul Willett
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| 2019 |
W. Randy Hoffman, Harold Stein
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| 2020 |
Blind Lemming Chiffon, Juliana McCorison, Rob Wynne
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| 2021 |
John Creasey, Mary Creasey, Merav Hoffman
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| 2022 |
Mark Peters, Mary Crowell & Wesley Crowell, Peggi Warner-Lalonde & Ken Lalonde
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| 2023 |
David Alway, Catherine “Cat” Faber, Karen Willson & Chris Weber
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| 2024 |
Rand Bellavia & Adam English (Ookla The Mok), Seanan McGuire, Eric Distad & Jen Distad (The Faithful Sidekicks)
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| 2025 |
Cheshire Moon (Eric Coleman & Lizzie Crowe) and T. J. Burnside-Clapp & Mitchell Burnside-Clapp
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