Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 4
Major Awards: 9
Locus Awards: 6
Other Awards: 7
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 161
Times Served as Judge: 6
life achievement winner
Skylark Award
for contribution to SF in the spirit of E.E. "Doc" Smith; presented by NESFA
winner
Hugo Awards
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(9 nominations)
“Memorare ” (F&SF Apr 2007)
novella nomination
“No Planets Strike ” (F&SF Jan 1997)
short story nomination
The Urth of the New Sun (Tor)
novel nomination
The Sword of the Lictor (Timescape)
novel nomination
The Claw of the Conciliator (Timescape)
novel nomination
“The Woman the Unicorn Loved” (Asimov's 8 Jun 1981)
short story nomination
“Seven American Nights ” (Orbit 20)
novella nomination
“The Death of Doctor Island” (Universe 3)
novella nomination
“The Fifth Head of Cerberus ” (Orbit 10)
novella nomination
Nebula Awards
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(20 nominations; 2 wins)
“Memorare ” (F&SF Apr 2007)
novella nomination
The Knight (Tor)
novel nomination
Caldé of the Long Sun (Tor)
novel nomination
Nightside The Long Sun (Tor)
novel nomination
The Urth of the New Sun (Tor)
novel nomination
Soldier of the Mist (Tor)
novel nomination
Free Live Free (Mark V. Ziesing; Tor)
novel nomination
“A Cabin on the Coast ” (F&SF Feb 1984)
short story nomination
The Citadel of the Autarch (Timescape)
novel nomination
The Sword of the Lictor (Timescape)
novel nomination
The Claw of the Conciliator (Timescape)
novel winner
The Shadow of the Torturer (Simon & Schuster)
novel nomination
“War Beneath the Tree ” (Omni Dec 1979)
short story nomination
“Seven American Nights ” (Orbit 20)
novella nomination
“The Eyeflash Miracles ” (Future Power)
novella nomination
“The Death of Doctor Island” (Universe 3)
novella winner
“How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion ” (Analog May 1973)
short story nomination
“The Fifth Head of Cerberus ” (Orbit 10)
novella nomination
“Against the Lafayette Escadrille ” (Again, Dangerous Visions)
short story nomination
“The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories ” (Orbit 7)
short story nomination
(13 nominations; 5 wins)
The Land Across (Tor)
novel nomination
The Best of Gene Wolfe (PS; Tor)
collection winner (tie)
Soldier of Sidon (Tor)
novel winner
The Wizard Knight (Tor two volumes)
novel nomination
“Golden City Far ” (Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy)
novella nomination
Soldier of Arete (Tor)
novel nomination
Storeys from the Old Hotel (Kerosina)
collection winner (tie)
“In the House of Gingerbread ” (The Architecture of Fear)
short story nomination
Soldier of the Mist (Tor)
novel nomination
The Sword of the Lictor (Timescape)
novel nomination
The Claw of the Conciliator (Timescape)
novel nomination
The Shadow of the Torturer (Simon & Schuster)
novel winner
British Fantasy Awards
for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination; 1 win)
The Sword of the Lictor (Timescape)
August Derleth Award (novel) winner
(5 nominations; 1 win)
“The Best Introduction to the Mountains” (Interzone #174 Dec 2001)
nonfiction nomination
Free Live Free (Gollancz)
novel nomination
The Citadel of the Autarch (Timescape)
novel nomination
The Sword of the Lictor (Timescape)
novel nomination
The Shadow of the Torturer (Sidgwick & Jackson)
novel winner
(3 nominations; 1 win)
Home Fires (Tor)
finalist
The Citadel of the Autarch (Timescape)
winner
The Shadow of the Torturer (Simon & Schuster)
third place
(2 nominations)
“Memorare ” (F&SF Apr 2007)
second place (tie)
“The Lost Pilgrim ” (The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age)
shortlist
Locus Awards
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(74 nominations; 6 wins)
Interlibrary Loan (Tor)
sf novel 9th place
A Borrowed Man (Tor)
sf novel 5th place
The Land Across (Tor)
fantasy novel 9th place
“Uncaged” (Rags and Bones)
short story 8th place
Home Fires (Tor; PS Publishing)
sf novel 8th place
The Sorcerer's House (Tor)
fantasy novel 4th place
“Donovan Sent Us” (Other Earths)
short story 7th place
The Best of Gene Wolfe (Tor; PS)
collection winner
An Evil Guest (Tor)
fantasy novel 3rd place
Pirate Freedom (Tor)
fantasy novel 3rd place
“Memorare ” (F&SF Apr 2007)
novella 2nd place
“The Magic Animal ” (Wizards)
novelette 10th place
Soldier of Sidon (Tor)
fantasy novel 3rd place
“Sob in the Silence ” (Strange Birds)
short story 3rd place
“Comber ” (Postscripts #3 Spr 2005)
short story 9th place
Starwater Strains (Tor)
collection 7th place
The Wizard (Tor (2 volumes))
fantasy novel 2nd place
“Golden City Far ” (Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy)
novella winner
“The Little Stranger ” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2004)
novelette 12th place
“The Lost Pilgrim ” (The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age)
novelette 10th place
“Pulp Cover ” (Asimov's Mar 2004)
short story 2nd place
Innocents Aboard (Tor)
collection 4th place
“Castaway ” (Sci Fiction 5 Feb 2003)
short story 3rd place
“Graylord Man's Last Words” (Asimov's May 2003)
short story 5th place
A Walking Tour of the Shambles (by GW &
Neil Gaiman) (American Fantasy Press)
novelette 3rd place
“Shields of Mars ” (Mars Probes)
short story 12th place
“The Waif ” (F&SF Jan 2002)
short story 8th place
Return to the Whorl (Tor)
sf novel 4th place
“Viewpoint ” (Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction)
novella 8th place
“In Glory Like Their Star ” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2001)
short story 6th place
“Queen ” (Realms of Fantasy Dec 2001)
short story 12th place
In Green's Jungles (Tor)
sf novel 5th place
Strange Travelers (Tor)
collection 5th place
On Blue's Waters (Tor)
sf novel 8th place
“Wrapper ” (Lamps on the Brow)
short story 22nd place (tie)
“Flash Company ” (The Horns of Elfland)
short story 17th place
“No Planets Strike ” (F&SF Jan 1997)
short story 8th place
Exodus from the Long Sun (Hodder & Stoughton; Tor)
sf novel 10th place
“The Man in the Pepper Mill ” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1996)
novelette 10th place
“Try and Kill It ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1996)
novelette 16th place
“Counting Cats in Zanzibar ” (Asimov's Aug 1996)
short story 2nd place
“The Ziggurat ” (Full Spectrum 5)
novella 7th place
Caldé of the Long Sun (Tor)
sf novel 9th place
Nightside The Long Sun (Tor)
sf novel 23rd place
“Useful Phrases ” (Tomorrow Speculative Fiction Jan 1993)
short story 10th place
Castleview (Tor)
fantasy novel 18th place
“The Haunted Boardinghouse ” (Walls of Fear)
novelette 26th place
Soldier of Arete (Tor)
fantasy novel 3rd place
Endangered Species (Tor)
collection 5th place
There Are Doors (Tor)
fantasy novel 3rd place
The Urth of the New Sun (Tor)
sf novel 3rd place
Soldier of the Mist (Tor)
fantasy novel winner
Free Live Free (Mark V. Ziesing)
sf novel 22nd place
“A Cabin on the Coast ” (F&SF Feb 1984)
short story 4th place
“The Map ” (Light Years and Dark)
short story 9th place
The Citadel of the Autarch (Timescape)
sf novel 17th place
The Citadel of the Autarch (Timescape)
fantasy novel 2nd place
The Sword of the Lictor (Timescape)
fantasy novel winner
The Claw of the Conciliator (Timescape)
fantasy novel winner
“The Woman the Unicorn Loved” (Asimov's 8 Jun 1981)
short story 6th place
Gene Wolfe's Book of Days (Doubleday)
single author collection 2nd place
The Shadow of the Torturer (Simon & Schuster)
fantasy novel 2nd place
“The Detective of Dreams ” (Dark Forces)
short story 6th place
“War Beneath the Tree ” (Omni Dec 1979)
short story 17th place
The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories (Pocket)
single author collection 4th place
“War Beneath the Tree ” (Omni Dec 1979)
short story 4th place
“The Doctor of Death Island ” (Immortal)
novella 6th place
“Seven American Nights ” (Orbit 20)
novella 3rd place
“The Eyeflash Miracles ” (Future Power)
novella 5th place
“Silhouette ” (The New Atlantis)
novella 9th place
“Forlesen ” (Orbit 14)
novelette 22nd place
“The Death of Doctor Island” (Universe 3)
novella winner
The Fifth Head of Cerberus (Scribners)
novel 11th place
“The Fifth Head of Cerberus ” (Orbit 10)
novella 3rd place
(1 nomination)
“Pulp Cover ” (Asimov's Mar 2004)
short story 5th place
Balrog Awards
for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(3 nominations)
The Citadel of the Autarch (Timescape)
novel nomination
The Sword of the Lictor (Timescape)
novel nomination
The Shadow of the Torturer (Simon & Schuster)
novel nomination
(1 nomination; 1 win)
Bibliomen (Broken Mirrors Press)
collection winner
Ditmar Awards
for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(4 nominations)
The Devil in a Forest (Granada)
international fiction nomination
Free Live Free (Gollancz)
international fiction nomination
Peace (Chatto)
international fiction nomination
The Claw of the Conciliator (Timescape)
international fiction nomination
(1 nomination)
all-time best sf author 11th place
Italia Awards
for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(1 nomination; 1 win)
The Urth of the New Sun
international novel winner
Jupiter Awards
for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(1 nomination)
“The Death of Doctor Island” (Universe 3)
novelette nomination
Mythopoeic Awards
for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(4 nominations)
An Evil Guest (Tor)
adult literature nomination
The Wizard Knight (Tor)
adult literature nomination
The Book of the Long Sun (Tor)
fantasy nomination
The Claw of the Conciliator (Timescape)
fantasy nomination
Prix Apollo
for novel published in French; suspended 1991
(1 nomination; 1 win)
The Citadel of the Autarch
winner
Prometheus Awards
for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(1 nomination)
A Borrowed Man (Tor)
novel nomination
Rhysling Awards
for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
“The Computer Iterates the Greater Trumps ” (T.A.S.P.)
long poem winner
(4 nominations; 3 wins)
The Urth of the New Sun (Tor)
novel winner
The Citadel of the Autarch (Timescape)
novel 2nd place
The Sword of the Lictor (Timescape)
novel winner
The Claw of the Conciliator (Timescape)
novel winner
Seiun Awards
for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(6 nominations)
A Borrowed Man
translated novel nomination
“Of Relays and Roses ”
translated story nomination
The Urth of the New Sun
translated long form nomination
“The Eyeflash Miracles ”
translated short form nomination
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
translated novel nomination
“Seven American Nights ”
translated short story nomination
(1 nomination)
The Wizard Knight (Tor)
sf/fantasy book 5th place
(1 nomination)
“In Glory Like Their Star ” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2001)
short fiction nomination