Franson Award
The Franson Award originally called the N3F President’s Award. It was renamed in honor of Donald Franson. This award started because past N3F Presidents have wanted to give a show of appreciation to people – even those who may have won the Kaymar Award (which you can only win once).
Here is the list of all Franson Award winners since 1991.
| Year | Recipient |
| 1991 | Ralph Calabrese, Lyne Masamitsu, and Pamela Williams |
| 1992 | None Given |
| 1993 | Craig Boyd, Lyne Masamitsu, and Susan Zuege |
| 1994 | William Center, Diane Miller, Amy Sisson, and Michele Nowak Center |
| 1995 | Craig Boyd, Jennifer Mackay, Susan Van Schuyver and Don Franson |
| 1996 | Jeannette Marsala, Stephanie Anderson, Joy Beeson, and Dennis Davis |
| 1997 | Jeannette Marsala, Laura Hazelwood, and William Center |
| 1998 | Don Franson and Carla Minor Honorable Mentions: Craig Boyd, Janine Stinson, Harold Marcum, and Ginny Benson |
| 1999 | Lyne Masamitsu, and Harold Marcum |
| 2000 | None Given |
| 2001 | Catherine Mintz, Helen Davis, Laura Hazelwood, and Jacqueline Lichtenberg |
| 2002 | None Given |
| 2003 | Janine Stinson, Laura Hazelwood, and George Phillies |
| 2004 | David Speakman and Jon Swartz |
| 2005 | William Center, Edmund J. Goodwin, and Chris Garcia |
| 2006 | None Given |
| 2007 | Dennis Davis, Jon Swartz |
| 2008 | None Given |
| 2009 | None Given |
| 2010 | Heath Row, R-Laurraine Tutihasi |
| 2011 | Jean Lamb |
| 2012 | None Given |
| 2013 | George Phillies |
| 2014 | George Phillies, Bill Burns |
| 2015 | David Speakman |
| 2016 | R-Laurraine Tutihasi |
| 2017 | Jon D. Swartz, David Speakman |
| 2018 | Bob Jennings |
| 2019 | Angela K. Scott, Jose Sanchez, and Cedar Sanderson |
| 2021 | Patricia Williams-King, Kevin Trainor |
| 2022 | John Thiel, Editor, Origin and Ionisphere Jefferson Swycaffer, Collator, N’APA Jon Swartz, Co-editor, TNFF and Tightbeam Justin E. A. Busch, Films Fantastic |