 In March 2012, SFWA announced that Webster would be given their Service to SFWA Award at the Nebula Awards banquet in May for his work on the SFWA Estates Project.In June 2013, Merry Blacksmith Press published a collection of Webster's essays about science fiction and fantasy authors and books titled "Past Masters and Other Bookish Natterings", including articles on Clifford D. Simak.R.