Libertarian Futurist Society

Prometheus Award
Awarded for	The best science fiction novel promoting individual freedom published in the United States in the previous calendar year
Country	United States
Presented by	Libertarian Futurist Society
First awarded	1979
Currently held by	Neal Stephenson (Seveneves)
Official website	lfs.org

The Prometheus Award is an award for libertarian science fiction novels given annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society, which also publishes the quarterly journal Prometheus. L. Neil Smith established the award in 1979, but it was not awarded regularly until the newly founded Libertarian Futurist Society revived it in 1982. The Society created a Hall of Fame Award (for classic works of libertarian science fiction, not necessarily novels) in 1983, and also presents occasional one-off awards.

Some authors have won the award for best novel more than once:

A few authors have won the Prometheus Hall of Fame award more than once:

Anyone may join the Libertarian Futurist Society at various levels: Basic, Full, or Full plus Committee.

Books published in a given year are eligible (although books from the last few months of the previous year are also eligible if it is felt that they have been overlooked).

Step 2 happens in the first few months of the following year.

Step 3 happens in early summer of the following year.

The awards are given at the Annual Worldcon.

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