Jerry Pournelle
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 4
Other Awards: 5
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 41
Times Served as Judge: 15
— Career and Special Awards —
Forry Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
1979:
winner
Robert A. Heinlein Award — for hard SF inspiring space exploration, presented by the Heinlein Society
2005:
winner
Writers and Illustrators of the Future — for stories and art by contest winners, juried
2006:
lifetime achievement — winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(9 nominations)
2016:
editor, short form — nomination
1986:
Footfall (by Larry Niven & JP) (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
1978:
Lucifer's Hammer (by Larry Niven & JP) (Playboy)
— novel — nomination
1976:
Inferno (by Larry Niven & JP) (Galaxy Aug,Sep,Oct 1975)
— novel — nomination
1976:
“Tinker” (Galaxy Jul 1975)
— novelette — nomination
1975:
The Mote in God's Eye (by Larry Niven & JP) (Simon & Schuster)
— novel — nomination
1975:
“Extreme Prejudice” (Analog Jul 1974)
— novelette — nomination
1974:
“He Fell Into a Dark Hole” (Analog Mar 1973)
— novelette — nomination
1973:
“The Mercenary” (Analog Jul 1972)
— novella — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(2 nominations)
1977:
Inferno (by Larry Niven & JP) (Pocket)
— novel — nomination
1976:
The Mote in God's Eye (by Larry Niven & JP) (Simon & Schuster)
— novel — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(16 nominations)
1994:
The Gripping Hand (by Larry Niven & JP) (Pocket)
— sf novel — 22nd place
1988:
The Legacy of Heorot (by Larry Niven, JP & Steven Barnes) (Gollancz; Simon & Schuster)
— sf novel — 11th place
1986:
Footfall (by Larry Niven & JP) (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 3rd place
1986:
The Science Fiction Yearbook (JP, Jim Baen & John F. Carr, eds.) (Baen)
— anthology — 22nd place
1985:
Far Frontiers (JP & Jim Baen, eds.) (Baen)
— anthology — 16th place
1983:
Nebula Award Stories Sixteen (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
— anthology — 11th place
1982:
King David's Spaceship (Simon & Schuster)
— sf novel — 14th place
1982:
Oath of Fealty (by Larry Niven & JP) (Phantasia; Timescape)
— sf novel — 9th place
1980:
Janissaries (Ace)
— sf novel — 25th place
1980:
“Spirals” (by Larry Niven & JP) (Destinies Vol. 1, No. 3, April-June '79)
— novella — 13th place
1978:
Lucifer's Hammer (by Larry Niven & JP) (Playboy)
— sf novel — 8th place
1977:
Inferno (by Larry Niven & JP) (Pocket)
— novel — 17th place
1976:
Inferno (by Larry Niven & JP) (Galaxy Aug,Sep,Oct 1975)
— novel — 12th place
1975:
The Mote in God's Eye (by Larry Niven & JP) (Simon & Schuster)
— novel — 2nd place
1975:
2020 Vision (Avon)
— original anthology — 9th place
1973:
“The Mercenary” (Analog Jul 1972)
— novella — 12th place
— Other Awards —
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(1 nomination)
1976:
Inferno (by Larry Niven & JP) (Galaxy Aug,Sep,Oct 1975)
— international sf — nomination
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — for new SF/F writer, voted by members of annual World SF con
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1973:
winner
Jupiter Awards — for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(1 nomination)
1975:
The Mote in God's Eye (by Larry Niven & JP) (Simon & Schuster)
— novel — nomination
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(4 nominations; 2 wins)
2001:
The Survival of Freedom (JP & John F. Carr, eds.)
— hall of fame — winner
1997:
Oath of Fealty (by Larry Niven & JP)
— hall of fame — nomination
1992:
1983:
Oath of Fealty (by Larry Niven & JP)
— novel — nomination
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
1998:
1989:
Footfall (by Larry Niven & JP)
— foreign novel — winner
The American Book Awards — for books in various categories, including paperback
(1 nomination)
1980:
Janissaries (Ace)
— sf hardcover — nomination
— As Judge —
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