Ray Bradbury - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

• The Ray Bradbury Award, presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for screenwriting, was named in his honor.
• For his contribution to the motion picture industry, he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6644 Hollywood Blvd.
• In 1971, an impact crater on Earth's moon was named "Dandelion Crater" by the Apollo 15 astronauts, in honor of Bradbury's novel Dandelion Wine.
• Ray Bradbury Park was dedicated in Waukegan, Illinois in 1990. He was present for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The park contains locations described in Dandelion Wine, most notably the "113 steps". In 2009, an interpretive panel designed by artist Michael Pavelich was added to the park detailing the history of Ray Bradbury and Ray Bradbury Park.
• An asteroid discovered in 1992 was named "9766 Bradbury" in his honor.
• In 1994, he received the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, presented annually by the Tulsa Library Trust.
• In 1994, he won an Emmy Award for the screenplay, The Halloween Tree.
• In 2000, he was awarded the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation.
• In 2003, he was received an honorary doctorate from Woodbury University where he presented the Ray Bradbury Creativity Award each year at Woodbury University until his death.
• On November 17, 2004, Bradbury was the recipient of the National Medal of Arts, presented by President George W. Bush and Laura Bush.
• Bradbury received the World Fantasy Award life achievement, Bram Stoker award for lifetime achievement, SFWA Grand Master, SF Hall of Fame Living Inductee, and First Fandom Award.
• He received the Prometheus Award for Fahrenheit 451.
• On April 14, 2007, Bradbury was honoured at that year's Sir Arthur Clarke Award. He was the winner of the Special Award, given by Clarke to a recipient of his choice.
• On April 16, 2007, Bradbury received a special citation from The Pulitzer Board, "for his distinguished, prolific, and deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy".
• In 2007, Bradbury received the French Commandeur Ordre des Arts et des Lettres medal.
• In 2008, he was named SFPA Grandmaster.
• In 2009, Ray Bradbury was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Columbia College Chicago.
• In 2010, Spike TV Scream Awards Comic-Con Icon Award went to Ray Bradbury
• In 2012, the NASA Curiosity rover landing site (4°35′22″S 137°26′30″E / 4.5895°S 137.4417°E / -4.5895; 137.4417) on the planet Mars was named "Bradbury Landing".