The 62nd recipient of the Forry Award for 2026 is Star Trek legend Bjo Trimble, given for Lifetime Achievement in Science Fiction. The award is given by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (LASFS). The award is presented each year at LOSCON over Thanksgiving Weekend. LOSCON is the annual convention of LASFS.
The Forry Award, named for the late Forrest J Ackerman, was started by LASFS in 1966. Awarded to a wide range of Science Fiction luminaries, starting with Ray Bradbury and most recently in 2025 to C. J. Cherryh. There have been more then 60 recipients.
Bjo’s introduction to science fiction fandom was TASFiC, the 1952 Worldcon held in Chicago while she served in the US Navy. When she returned to Los Angeles, she helped revive a flagging Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (LASFS) in the late 1950s. In 1958, she organized the “Worldcon Futuristic Fashion Show” at Solacon, the 16th World Science Fiction Convention. Trimble started and directed “Project Art Show”, the first modern convention art show, in 1960. This led to art shows becoming a significant part of most SFF conventions, including our own Loscon.
Bjo and her late husband John instigated the successful “Save Star Trek” campaign, and are generally credited with the successful petitioning of NBC for the series to run for a third season, allowing it to be placed into syndication. They were also pivotal to the campaign to have the first of NASA’s Space Shuttles named Enterprise.
As an artist and cartoonist, Bj?o is a Hugo nominated fanzine contributor. It was a collection of fanzine art by herself and others that illustrate her Star Trek Concordance, a cross-referenced detailed encyclopedia on every character, setting, event and device in every episode of the original Star Trek.
The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, LASFS, was founded Oct. 27, 1934. It is the world’s oldest continuously active science-fiction and fantasy club. LASFS is composed of professional writers, aspiring writers, fans of genre literature, media, gaming and more. Notable members include Larry Niven, Ray Bradbury, Forrest J Ackerman, David Gerrold, and far too many to list here. The unofficial motto of the club is, “Death Will Not Release You”.
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LASFS meets in person each Thursady at their clubhouse at 8819 Reseda Blvd, Northridge, CA 91324. Visitors and first-timers are always welcome.
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