L. Frank Baum Memorial Award

The L. Frank Baum Memorial Award recognizes individuals for having made an outstanding contribution to the work and purposes of the International Wizard of Oz Club. It is voted on by previous winners of the award. It is considered the highest honor possible for a "Wizard of Oz" fan.

• 1961 - Dick Martin
• 1962 - Russell P. MacFall
• 1963 - Harry Neal Baum
• 1964 - Justin G. Schiller
• 1965 - David L. Greene and Douglas G. Greene
• 1966 - Edna D. Baum and Elizabeth Ligon Baum
• 1967 - James E. Haff
• 1968 - Ruth Plumly Thompson
• 1969 - Ray Powell
• 1970 - John Fricke
• 1971 - Martin Gardner
• 1972 - Matilda Jewell Gage
• 1973 - Peter E. Hanff
• 1974 - C. Warren Hollister
• 1975 - Bill Eubank
• 1976 - Daniel P. Mannix
• 1977 - Barbara S. Koelle
• 1978 - Fred M. Meyer
• 1979 - Jerry V. Tobias
• 1980 - Irene Fisher
• 1981 - John Van Camp
• 1982 - Aljean Harmetz
• 1983 - Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren Lynn McGraw
• 1984 - Ozma Baum Mantele and Dr. Robert A. Baum
• 1985 - Edward Wagenknecht
• 1986 - Jay Delkin
• 1987 - Brenda Baum Turner
• 1988 - Robin Olderman
• 1989 - Marc Lewis
• 1990 - Jean Brockway
• 1991 - Frederick E. Otto
• 1992 - Rob Roy MacVeigh
• 1993 - Patricia Eliot Tobias
• 1994 - Dorothy Curtiss Maryott
• 1995 - Rachel Cosgrove Payes
• 1996 - Eric Shanower
• 1997 - Jim Vander Noot
• 1998 - Ruth Berman
• 1999 - Michael Gessel
• 2000 - Jane Albright
• 2001 - Willard Carroll and Michael O. Riley
• 2002 - Robert Baum
• 2003 - Peter Glassman
• 2004 - Patrick Maund
• 2005 - Angelica Carpenter and David Maxine
• 2006 - David Moyer
• 2007 - Nancy Tystad Koupal
• 2008 - Meinhardt Raabe
• 2009 - Michael Patrick Hearn
• 2010 - Stephen J. Teller
• 2011 - Margaret (Williams) Pellegrini
• 2012 - Atticus Gannaway
• 2013 - Eric Gjovaag