Winners of this year's Robert A. Heinlein Award, given to recognize outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings to inspire the human exploration of space, are Spider Robinson and Ben Bova. The award consists of a sterling silver medal, bearing the image of Robert A. Heinlein, and a certificate.

The Heinlein is a career award, given out by a panel of judges appointed by the Heinlein Society. There is no information about this on the Society site; the Locus site was the source for this announcement, on August 12, 2008.