NecronomiCon, the First Edition, August 1993: The Lovecraft Society of New England decides “it would be appropriate to honor a person at each convention who had contributed significantly to the weird fiction field,” and by particularly continuing in a Lovecraftian tradition “in their own right.”1 A Lifetime Achievement Award is given to Mr. Robert Bloch, “The Author of PSYCHO,” who really began his career as a writer of ‘fan-fiction’, albeit gifted with the generous correspondence of that Gentleman Amateur of Providence Himself…
The Society‘s core members make up The Convention Committee for future gatherings (thru 2001). This presentation is officially designated The Robert Bloch Award after the writer is notified this in 1994 before his passing, as well as being given the blessing of his wife. The awardees henceforth include not only fiction writers but scholars who by investigating weird fiction help enrich our knowledge and imaginations as a result.
20 years later…
NecronomiCon-Providence, August 2013: The Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council has decided (with advice from Robert M. Price and others) to respectfully reanimate and continue the tradition of bestowing this honor. As a notable community we salute the worthy now and those of you in Strange Aeons ahead who have always heard THE CALL…
“Let links fraternal all your band unite,
And art, not fame, determine what you write.”
— Howard Phillips Lovecraft, 1915
- NecronomiCon 2nd-5th Edition Program Guide.