For twenty years, MoPOP has been the proud steward of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, preserving and celebrating this essential component of pop culture history. Once per solar cycle, the public helps usher in a new class of nominees, and a panel of professionals cast their votes to select four new inductees—two creators and two creations.

Each addition to the Hall of Fame reshapes the whole, providing fresh inspiration and lived experiences, furthering MoPOP’s mission to ensure the full, diverse scope of science fiction and fantasy stories, creations, and creators is shared, centered, and honored.

We are pleased to present the 2024 Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame Inductees:

Nnedi Okorafor, bestselling Nigerian American writer of Africanfuturist science fiction and fantasy for both children and adults. Best known for her Binti Series and the novels Who Fears Death, Zahrah the Windseeker, Akata Witch, and Remote Control, she has also written for comics and film and is the recipient of numerous awards including the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Eisner Award, and World Fantasy Award.?

Nicola Griffith, celebrated British American speculative fiction writer and activist, author of the Hild Sequence, Ammonite, So Lucky, Slow River, Spear, and more. Winner of the Nebula Award, Otherwise/Tiptree Award, World Fantasy Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, two Washington State Book Awards, and six Lambda Literary Awards.

Black Panther, the first Black superhero to appear in mainstream American comics and the iconic hero of six decades of Marvel comics, books, and film. First introduced in 1966, the Black Panther reached new heights with 2018’s eponymous Black Panther movie starring Chadwick Boseman—the highest-grossing solo superhero film of all time—and is now honored as one of the most impactful characters across global media.

Dragon Ball. The Dragon Ball phenomenon began in 1984 when Japan’s well-known manga from Akira Toriyama premiered in Shueisha’s “Weekly Shonen Jump” – becoming a top ranked title throughout its 10 and a half years of publication. Since then, the manga’s popularity has continued to grow with an astonishing record of 260 million copies sold worldwide and counting as of 2024. And with Dragon Ball’s ever-increasing popularity, it has expanded beyond manga to include TV animation, movies, games, and merchandising.

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