James Tiptree, Jr.
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 6
Locus Awards: 2
Other Awards: 8
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 71
— Career and Special Awards —
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(10 nominations; 2 wins)
1986:
“The Only Neat Thing to Do ” (F&SF Oct 1985)
— novella — nomination
1983:
“The Boy Who Waterskied to Forever ” (F&SF Oct 1982)
— short story — nomination
1979:
Up the Walls of the World (Berkley/Putnam)
— novel — nomination
1978:
“The Screwfly Solution” (as by Raccoona Sheldon) (Analog Jun 1977)
— novelette — nomination
1978:
“Time-Sharing Angel ” (F&SF Oct 1977)
— short story — nomination
1977:
“Houston, Houston, Do You Read? ” (Aurora: Beyond Equality)
— novella — winner (tie)
1974:
“The Girl Who Was Plugged In ” (New Dimensions 3)
— novella — winner
1974:
“Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death ” (The Alien Condition)
— novelette — nomination
1973:
“Painwise ” (F&SF Feb 1972)
— novelette — nomination
1973:
“And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side” (F&SF Mar 1972)
— short story — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(9 nominations; 3 wins)
1986:
“The Only Neat Thing to Do ” (F&SF Oct 1985)
— novella — nomination
1982:
“Lirios: A Tale of the Quintana Roo ” (Asimov's 28 Sep 1981)
— novelette — nomination
1978:
“The Screwfly Solution” (as by Raccoona Sheldon) (Analog Jun 1977)
— novelette — winner
1977:
“Houston, Houston, Do You Read? ” (Aurora: Beyond Equality)
— novella — winner
1976:
“A Momentary Taste of Being ” (The New Atlantis)
— novella — nomination
1974:
“The Girl Who Was Plugged In ” (New Dimensions 3)
— novelette — nomination
1974:
“Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death ” (The Alien Condition)
— short story — winner
1973:
“And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side” (F&SF Mar 1972)
— short story — nomination
1970:
“The Last Flight of Dr. Ain ” (Galaxy Mar 1969)
— short story — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1987:
Tales of the Quintana Roo (Arkham House)
— collection/anthology — winner
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(35 nominations; 2 wins)
1991:
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (Arkham House)
— collection — 2nd place
1989:
“Backward, Turn Backward ” (Synergy: New Science Fiction, Number 2)
— novella — 11th place
1989:
“The Color of Neanderthal Eyes ” (F&SF May 1988)
— novella — 5th place
1989:
“The Earth Doth Like a Snake Renew ” (Asimov's May 1988)
— novelette — 6th place
1989:
Crown of Stars (Tor)
— collection — 2nd place
1988:
“Second Going ” (Universe 17)
— novelette — 23rd place
1988:
“Yanqui Doodle ” (Asimov's Jul 1987)
— novelette — 13th place
1988:
“In Midst of Life ” (F&SF Nov 1987)
— short story — 4th place
1987:
“Collision ” (Asimov's May 1986; The Starry Rift)
— novella — 5th place
1987:
“Good Night, Sweethearts ” (F&SF Mar 1986)
— novella — 8th place
1987:
The Starry Rift (Tor)
— collection — 12th place
1987:
Tales of the Quintana Roo (Arkham House)
— collection — 16th place
1986:
Brightness Falls from the Air (Tor)
— sf novel — 8th place
1986:
“The Only Neat Thing to Do ” (F&SF Oct 1985)
— novella — winner
1986:
Byte Beautiful (Doubleday)
— collection — 12th place
1984:
“Beyond the Dead Reef ” (F&SF Jan 1983)
— short story — winner
1983:
“The Boy Who Waterskied to Forever ” (F&SF Oct 1982)
— short story — 2nd place
1982:
“With Delicate Mad Hands ” (Out of the Everywhere, and Other Extraordinary Visions)
— novella — 5th place
1982:
“Lirios: A Tale of the Quintana Roo ” (Asimov's 28 Sep 1981)
— novelette — 9th place
1982:
“Out of the Everywhere ” (Out of the Everywhere, and Other Extraordinary Visions)
— novelette — 5th place
1982:
Out of the Everywhere, and Other Extraordinary Visions (Ballantine Del Rey)
— single author collection — 6th place
1981:
“Slow Music ” (Interfaces)
— novella — 7th place
1979:
Up the Walls of the World (Berkley/Putnam)
— novel — 12th place
1978:
“The Screwfly Solution” (as by Raccoona Sheldon) (Analog Jun 1977)
— short fiction — 2nd place
1977:
“Houston, Houston, Do You Read? ” (Aurora: Beyond Equality)
— novella — 3rd place
1977:
“The Psychologist Who Wouldn't Do Awful Things to Rats” (New Dimensions 6)
— novelette — 6th place
1976:
“A Momentary Taste of Being ” (The New Atlantis)
— novella — 7th place
1976:
Warm Worlds and Otherwise (Ballantine)
— single author collection — 5th place
1974:
“The Girl Who Was Plugged In ” (New Dimensions 3)
— short fiction — 4th place
1974:
“Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death ” (The Alien Condition)
— short fiction — 3rd place
1974:
“The Women Men Don't See” (F&SF Dec 1973)
— short fiction — 18th place
1974:
Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home (Ace)
— reprint anth/collection — 4th place
1973:
“And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side” (F&SF Mar 1972)
— short fiction — 4th place
1973:
“The Milk of Paradise ” (Again, Dangerous Visions)
— short fiction — 18th place (tie)
1973:
“Painwise ” (F&SF Feb 1972)
— short fiction — 8th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(3 nominations)
1997:
“This Neat Sheet ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1996)
— poem — 2nd place (tie)
1989:
“The Earth Doth Like a Snake Renew ” (Asimov's May 1988)
— novelette — 8th place
1988:
“Yanqui Doodle ” (Asimov's Jul 1987)
— novelette — 2nd place
Hayakawa's SF Magazine Reader's Award — for short fiction published in Japan's Hayakawa's SF Magazine, voted by readers
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
1997:
“Come Live with Me ”
— foreign short story — winner
1993:
“With Delicate Mad Hands ”
— foreign short story — winner
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
1989:
all-time best sf author — 38th place (tie)
Jupiter Awards — for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(3 nominations; 1 win)
1977:
“Houston, Houston, Do You Read? ” (Aurora: Beyond Equality)
— novella — winner
1975:
“The Women Men Don't See” (F&SF Dec 1973)
— novelette — nomination
1974:
“The Girl Who Was Plugged In ” (New Dimensions 3)
— novelette — nomination
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1986:
“The Only Neat Thing to Do ” (F&SF Oct 1985)
— novella — winner
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(5 nominations; 4 wins)
2017:
“Backward, Turn Backward ”
— translated story — winner (tie)
2008:
Brightness Falls from the Air
— translated long form — winner
2000:
“Out of the Everywhere ”
— overseas short fiction — winner
1998:
“Come Live with Me ”
— foreign short fiction — nomination
1988:
“The Only Neat Thing to Do ”
— foreign short fiction — winner
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