The Lord Ruthven Award is an annual award presented by the Lord Ruthven Assembly, a group of academic scholars specialising in vampire literature and affiliated with the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA).[1]

The award is presented for the best fiction on vampires and the best academic work on the study of the vampire figure in culture and literature. The award is presented each March at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA) in Orlando. The award is named after Lord Ruthven, one of the first vampires in English literature.

Lord Ruthven Award: Non-Fiction

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Lord Ruthven Award: Fiction

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Lord Ruthven Award: Media/Popular Culture

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  • 2003: Diary of a Virgin
  • 2004: Dracula
  • 2005: Vampire Dreams
  • 2008: Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations: Romania
  • 2009: True Blood
  • 2011: Being Human
  • 2015: Only Lovers Left Alive
  • 2016: What We Do in the Shadows
  • 2017: Vamped / The Vampire Historian
  • 2018: Midnight, Texas Season 1
  • 2020: What We Do in The Shadows
  • 2022: Midnight Mass
  • 2023: The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Lord Ruthven Special Award

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References

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  1. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: About the Lord Ruthven Awards". locusmag.com. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  2. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Lord Ruthven Awards Winners by Category". locusmag.com. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  3. ^ "2018 Lord Ruthven Awards". 19 March 2018.
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