The Pegasus Award Winners

These are the winners for entire history of the Pegasus Award.

1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024

2024 Winners

Best Filk Song:	I am I by Eva Van Daele-Hunt
Best Classic Filk Song:	Flowers for Algernon by Kathy Mar
Best Performer:	Dave Clement
Best Writer/Composer:	Cathy McManamon
Best Magic Song:	Water by Cathy McManamon
Best Risque Song:	Passion Flower by Cecilia Eng

Past Pegasus Award Winners

2023
Best Filk Song:	Following Our Dreams by Lawrence Dean
Best Classic Filk Song:	Die Puppen (The Dolls) by Eva Van Daele-Hunt
Best Performer:	Summer Russell
Best Writer/Composer:	Lauren Oxford
Best Adapted Song:	Come to Mordor by Jeff Bohnhoff Meat by Kathleen Sloan	tie
Best Science Song:	Poisoned Apples by Don Neill Shoulders of Giants by Tim Griffin	tie

2022
Best Filk Song:	The Entwife by Summer Russell
Best Classic Filk Song:	Helva's Song by Cecilia Eng
Best Performer:	Jen Midkiff
Best Writer/Composer:	Cecilia Eng
Best Furry Friend Song:	Underfoot by Jen Midkiff
Best Song That Tells A Story:	Nine hundred and ninety-nine by Mich Sampson & Marilisa Valtazanou

2021
Best Filk Song:	Second-Hand Heaven by Lawrence Dean
Best Classic Filk Song:	Nessie, Come Up by Dr. Jane Robinson
Best Performer:	The Faithful Sidekicks Rhiannon's Lark	(tie)
Best Writer/Composer:	Lawrence Dean
Best Mad Science Song:	I Built A Time Machine by Eric Distad	(tie)
Best Cheery-Ose Song:	Tiny Kraken by Rhiannon's Lark

2020
Best Filk Song:	Child of the Library by Piers & Gill Cawley Mordred's Lullaby by Heather Dale	(tie)
Best Classic Filk Song:	Somebody Will by Ada Palmer
Best Performer:	Margaret & Kristoph
Best Writer/Composer:	Andrew Ross
Best Media Song:	Goodnight, Sarah Jane by Talis Kimberley
Best Space Song:	Following in Valentina's Footsteps by Valerie Housden

2019
Best Filk Song:	Lucy on the Line by Tim Griffin
Best Classic Filk Song:	Ship of Stone by Don Simpson
Best Performer:	Playing Rapunzel
Best Writer/Composer:	Eva Van Daele-Hunt
Best Sing-Along Song:	Gone Filkin' by Tom Jeffers
Best Family Song:	Golden Rule by Sabine Kinder

2018
Best Filk Song:	Pageant Legend by Katy Dröge-Macdonald /Ju Honisch
Best Classic Filk Song:	Creature of the Wood by Heather Alexander / Philip Obermarck
Best Performer:	Random Fractions Twotonic	(tie)
Best Writer/Composer:	Leslie Hudson
Best Roadtrip Song:	Oregon Trail by Tim Griffin Road to Santiago by Heather Dale	(tie)
Best Song About Community:	Many Hearts, One Voice by Steve Macdonald

2017
Best Filk Song:	We Are Who We Are by Michelle Dockrey / Tony Fabris
Best Classic Filk Song:	Alligator in the House by Betsy Tinney / Cade Tinney / S.J. Tucker
Best Performer:	Judi Miller
Best Writer/Composer:	Ju Honisch Jordin Kare	(tie)
Best Horror Song:	Dear Gina by Seanan McGuire
Best Perky Song:	Chocolate Is A Vegetable by Graham Leathers

2016
Best Filk Song:	Creatures of Dream by Batya Wittenberg
Best Classic Filk Song:	Take It Back by Kathleen Sloan
Best Performer:	Play It With Moxie
Best Writer/Composer:	Barry Childs-Helton
Best Adapted Song:	Six Transit Genitalia Centauri by Bob Kanefsky
Best Exploration Song:	Starsoul by Roger Burton West / Jodi Krangle

2015
Best Filk Song:	My Story Is Not Done by Seanan McGuire
Best Classic Filk Song:	Captain Jack & the Mermaid by Meg Davis
Best Performer:	Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff
Best Writer/Composer:	Cat Faber
Best Adapted Song:	Grabthar's Silver Hammer by Steve Macdonald
Best Time-Related Song:	Precious Moments by Phil Allcock

2014
Best Filk Song:	Paper Worlds by Talis Kimberley Snow White, Red Road by Cheshire Moon	(tie)
Best Classic Filk Song:	Grandfather by Gary Hanak
Best Performer:	Cheshire Moon
Best Writer/Composer:	Tim Griffin
Best Adapted Song:	Midichlorian Rhapsody by Jeff Bohnhoff
Best Song of Passage:	Outward Bound by Cat Faber

2013
Best Filk Song:	Joan by Heather Dale / Ben Deschamps
Best Classic Filk Song:	Second-Hand Songs by Jonathan Turner
Best Performer:	Alexander James Adams
Best Writer/Composer:	Talis Kimberley
Best Fairytale Song:	Dryad's Promise by Betsy Tinney
Best Alien Song:	Little Fuzzy Animals by Frank Hayes

2012
Best Filk Song:	Cheshire Kitten by S. J. Tucker
Best Classic Filk Song:	Tiberius Rising by Rand Bellavia and Adam English
Best Performer:	Betsy Tinney Wild Mercy	(tie)
Best Writer/Composer:	Juanita Coulson Dr. Mary Crowell	(tie)
Best Gaming Song:	I Put My Low Stat by Dr. Mary Crowell
Best Travel Song:	No Hurry by Michelle Dockrey

2011
Best Filk Song:	Wicked Girls bySeanan McGuire
Best Classic Filk Song:	The Phoenix by Julia Ecklar
Best Performer:	Amy McNally
Best Writer/Composer:	S. J. Tucker
Best Badass Song:	Evil Laugh by Seanan McGuire
Best Romantic Song:	As I Am by Heather Dale

2010
Best Filk Song:	A Thousand Ships by Ju Honisch / Katy Dröge-Macdonald
Best Classic Filk Song:	Fire In The Sky by Jordin Kare
Best Performer:	S. J. Tucker
Best Writer/Composer:	Heather Dale
Best Mad Science Song:	What A Woman's For by Seanan McGuire
Best Magic Song:	Where The Magic Is Real by Paul Kwinn

2009
Best Filk Song:	The Wreck of the Crash of the Easthill Mining Disaster by Brooke Abbey
Best Classic Filk Song:	Still Catch the Tide by Talis Kimberley
Best Performer:	Heather Dale / Ben Deschamps
Best Writer/Composer:	Vixy & Tony
A Little Bit Country:	Stray Dog Man by Bill Sutton
A Little Bit Rock and Roll:	Six-String Love by Vixy & Tony

2008
Best Filk Song:	Uplift by Andrew Eigel
Best Classic Filk Song:	Archetype Cafe by Talis Kimberley
Best Performer:	Vixy & Tony
Best Writer/Composer:	Seanan McGuire
Best Tragedy Song:	Black Davie's Ride by Cynthia McQuillin
Best Comedy Song:	Close Your Eyes by Daniel Glasser

2007
Best Filk Song:	Rich Fantasy Lives by Rob Balder / Tom Smith
Best Classic Filk Song:	Falling Down on New Jersey by Mitchell Burnside Clapp
Best Performer:	Dr. Mary Crowell Seanan McGuire	(tie)
Best Writer/Composer:	Talis Kimberley
Best Dorsai Song:	Shai! by Steve Simmons /Steve Macdonald
Best Song of Home:	Emerald Green by Michelle Dockrey / Tony Fabris

2006
Best Filk Song:	The Girl That's Never Been by Michelle Dockrey
Best Classic Filk Song:	I Want To Be Peter Lorre by Tom Smith
Best Performer:	Judi Miller
Best Writer/Composer:	Cynthia McQuillin
Best Battle Song:	March of Cambreadth by Heather Alexander
Best Torch Song:	X-Libris by Talis Kimberley

2005
Best Filk Song:	Rocket Ride by Tom Smith
Best Classic Filk Song:	Never Set the Cat On Fire by Frank Hayes
Best Performer:	Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff
Best Writer/Composer:	Tom Smith
Best Space Opera Song:	Signy Mallory by Mercedes Lackey / Leslie Fish
Best Sword & Sorcery Song:	Threes by Mercedes Lackey / Leslie Fish

2004
Best Filk Song:	The Lady by Jodi Krangle
Best Classic Filk Song:	Ladyhawke! by Julia Ecklar
Best Performer:	Urban Tapestry
Best Writer/Composer:	Kathy Mar
Best Comic Book Song:	Arthur Curry by Rand Bellavia and Adam English
Best Tribute:	A Simple Country Doctor by Matt Leger

2003
Best Filk Song:	Shooting Star by Michael Longcor
Best Classic Filk Song:	Banned From Argo by Leslie Fish
Best Performer:	Dandelion Wine
Best Writer/Composer:	Cat Faber
Best Parody:	Knight's In White Satin by Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff
Best Original Humorous Song:	My Husband the Filker by Bill and Gretchen Roper

2002
Best Filk Song:	Velvet, by Talis Kimberley
Best Writer/Composer:	Zander Nyrond
Best Performer:	Three Weird Sisters
Best Chilling/Spine-Tingling Song:	In A Gown Too Blue, by Brenda Sutton
Best Song That Tells A Story:	Horsetamers Daughter, by Leslie Fish

2001
Best Filk Song:	Strangers No More, by Brenda Sutton
Best Writer/Composer:	Talis Kimberley
Best Performer:	Talis Kimberley
Best Computer Song:	Tech Support, by Jeff Hitchin
Best Creature Song:	Least of My Kind, by Cat Faber

2000
Best Filk Song:	Sam's Song by Zander & Soren Nyrond
Best Writer/Composer:	Bob Kanefsky
Best Performer:	Ookla The Mok
Best End of the World Song:	Out Of A Clear Blue Sky by Dr. Jane Robinson
Best Food/Drink Song:	307 Ale by Tom Smith My Jalapeno Man by Debbie Ridpath Ohi	(tie)

1999
Best Filk Song:	The Word of God by Cat Faber
Best Writer/Composer:	Cynthia McQuillin
Best Performer:	Decadent Dave Clement
Best Fool Song:	Operation Desert Storm by Tom Smith
Best Hero Song:	A Toast for Unknown Heroes by Leslie FIsh

1998
Best Filk Song:	When I Was A Boy by Frank Hayes
Best Writer/Composer:	Cat Faber
Best Performer:	Steve Macdonald
Best Myth Song:	Cold Butcher by Steve Macdonald
Best Adaptation:	Mary O'Meara by Poul Anderson and Anne Passovoy

1997
Best Filk Song:	Road to Roswell by Karen Linsley and Lloyd Landa
Best Writer/Composer:	Rand Bellavia and Adam English
Best Performer:	Urban Tapestry
Best Science Song:	World Inside the Crystal by Steve Savitzky
Best Sorcery Song:	The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper and Julia Ecklar

1996
Best Filk Song:	When Giants Walked by Kathy Mar
Best Writer/Composer:	Heather Alexander
Best Performer:	Heather Alexander
Best Eerie Song:	Bloodchild by Joey Shoji
Best EerieSong:	Monster In My Head by Michael (Moonwulf) Longcor
Best Spiritual Song:	Circles by Gwen Zack

1995
Best Filk Song:	Journey's Done by Steve Macdonald
Best Writer/Composer:	Steve Macdonald
Best Performer:	Michael (Moonwulf) Longcor
Best MilitarySong:	When Tenskwatawa Sings by Michael (Moonwulf) Longcor
Best Sing-A-Long/Choral Song:	Acts of Creation by Cat Faber

1994
Best Filk Song:	Drink Up The River by Kathy Mar (tie)
Best Filk Song:	PQR (You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet) by Tom Smith
Best Writer/Composer:	Tom Smith
Best Performer:	The Black Book Band
Best Children's Song:	Monsters in the Night by Diana Gallagher
Best Risque Song:	Like A Lamb to the Slaughter by Frank Hayes

1993
Best Filk Song:	The Green Hills of Earth by Robert Heinlein and Mark Bernstein
Best Writer/Composer:	Leslie Fish
Best Performer:	Tom Smith
Best Humorous Song:	Rhinotillexomania by Michael Longcor
Best Space Song:	Lightsailor by Barry Childs-Helton

1992
Best Filk Song:	God Lives on Terra by Julia Ecklar
Best Writer/Composer:	Dr. Jane Robinson
Best Performer:	Michael (Moonwulf) Longcor
Best Tribute:	Madame Curie's Hands by Duane Elms
Best Genre Crossover:	Return of the King by Tom Smith

1991
Best Filk Song:	A Boy and His Frog by Tom Smith
Best Writer/Composer:	Tom Smith
Best Performer:	Tom Smith
Best Love Song:	Velveteen by Kathy Mar
Best War/Vengeance Song:	Temper of Revenge by Julia Ecklar

1990
Best Filk Song:	Lullabye For a Weary World by T.J. Burnside Clapp
Best Writer/Composer:	Julia Ecklar
Best Performer:	Mitchell Clapp
Best Fannish Song:	Weekend Only World by T.J. Burnside Clapp
Best Literature Song:	Daddy's Little Girl by Julia Ecklar

1989
Best Filk Song:	Dawson's Christian by Duane Elms Arafel's Song music by Kathy Mar, lyrics by Mercedes Lackey	(tie)
Best Writer/Composer:	Mercedes Lackey
Best Performer:	Technical Difficulties
Best Fantasy Song:	Wind's Four Quarters by Mercedes Lackey /Leslie Fish
Best Techie Song:	Do It Yourself by Bill Sutton

1988
Best Filk Song:	Wind From Rainbow's End by Bill Roper
Best Writer/Composer:	Mercedes Lackey
Best Performer:	Barry and Sally Childs-Helton
Best Historical Song:	Song of the Shieldwall by Malkin Grey (Debra Doyle) and Peregryn Wyndryder (Melissa Williamson)
Best Media Song:	Superman's Sex Life Boogie by Tom Smith

1987
Best Filk Song:	Harbors by Anne Passovoy
Best Writer/Composer:	Leslie Fish
Best Performer:	Julia Ecklar
Best 'Ose:	Ian the Grim by Clif Flynt
Best Schtick:	Unreality Warp/Kinda Mediocre, Actually by Clif Flynt and Bill Roper

1986
Best Filk Song:	Witnesses' Waltz by Leslie FIsh
Best Male Filker:	Bill Sutton
Best Female Filker:	Leslie Fish
Best Parody:	Daddy's Little Boy by Murray Porath
Best Original HumorousSong:	A Reconsideration of Anatomical Docking Maneuvers in a Zero-G Environment by Diana Gallagher

1985
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1984
Best Filk Song:	Hope Eyrie by Leslie FIsh
Best Male Filker:	Bill Maraschiello
Best Female Filker:	Julia Ecklar
Best Parody:	Twelve Years at Worldcon by Frank Hayes
Best Original Humorous Filk Song:	Unreality Warp by Clif Flynt

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