David Brin
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 5
Locus Awards: 5
Other Awards: 10
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 75
— Career and Special Awards —
Forry Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
1998:
winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(12 nominations; 3 wins)
2003:
Kiln People (Tor)
— novel — nomination
1996:
Brightness Reef (Bantam Spectra)
— novel — nomination
1994:
Glory Season (Bantam Spectra)
— novel — nomination
1991:
Earth (Bantam Spectra)
— novel — nomination
1989:
“The Giving Plague ” (Interzone #23 Spring 1988)
— short story — nomination
1988:
The Uplift War (Phantasia; Bantam Spectra)
— novel — winner
1987:
“Thor Meets Captain America ” (F&SF Jul 1986)
— novelette — nomination
1986:
The Postman (Bantam Spectra)
— novel — nomination
1985:
“Cyclops” (Asimov's Mar 1984)
— novella — nomination
1985:
“The Crystal Spheres ” (Analog Jan 1984)
— short story — winner
1984:
Startide Rising (Bantam)
— novel — winner
1983:
“The Postman” (Asimov's Nov 1982)
— novella — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(3 nominations; 1 win)
1988:
The Uplift War (Phantasia; Bantam Spectra)
— novel — nomination
1986:
The Postman (Bantam Spectra)
— novel — nomination
1984:
Startide Rising (Bantam)
— novel — winner
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(1 nomination)
2003:
Kil'n People (Orbit)
— shortlist
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(1 nomination)
1994:
Glory Season (Bantam Spectra)
— long list
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2013:
Existence (Tor)
— finalist
2003:
Kiln People (Tor)
— second place
1986:
The Postman (Bantam Spectra)
— winner
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(26 nominations; 5 wins)
2013:
Existence (Tor)
— sf novel — 24th place
2003:
Kiln People (Tor)
— sf novel — 2nd place
2001:
“Reality Check ” (Nature 16 Mar 2000)
— short story — 22nd place
1997:
Infinity's Shore (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 27th place
1996:
Brightness Reef (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 2nd place
1995:
Otherness (Orbit; Bantam Spectra)
— collection — winner
1994:
Glory Season (Orbit; Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 5th place
1992:
“What Continues, What Fails... ” (Interzone #54 Dec 1991)
— novelette — 8th place
1991:
Earth (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 2nd place
1991:
“Dr. Pak's Preschool” (F&SF Jul 1990)
— novelette — 2nd place
1991:
“Piecework ” (Interzone #33 Jan/Feb 1990)
— novelette — 8th place
1990:
“Privacy ” (F&SF Sep 1989)
— short story — 3rd place
1989:
“The Giving Plague ” (Interzone #23 Spring 1988)
— short story — 4th place
1988:
The Uplift War (Phantasia; Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — winner
1987:
Heart of the Comet (by cannot find David_Brin in Gregory Benford & David Brin) (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 2nd place
1987:
“Thor Meets Captain America ” (F&SF Jul 1986)
— novelette — winner
1987:
The River of Time (Dark Harvest)
— collection — 6th place
1986:
The Postman (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — winner
1985:
The Practice Effect (Bantam)
— sf novel — 27th place
1985:
“Cyclops” (Asimov's Mar 1984)
— novella — 14th place
1985:
“The Crystal Spheres ” (Analog Jan 1984)
— short story — 2nd place
1984:
Startide Rising (Bantam)
— sf novel — winner
1983:
“The Postman” (Asimov's Nov 1982)
— novella — 4th place
1983:
“Coexistence” (Asimov's May 1982)
— short story — 17th place
1982:
“The Loom of Thessaly ” (Asimov's 23 Nov 1981)
— novella — 15th place
1981:
Sundiver (Bantam)
— first novel — 3rd place
— Other Awards —
Analog Readers Poll — for stories, articles, and art published by Analog, polled by readers
(8 nominations; 4 wins)
2006:
“Mars Opposition ” (Analog Jan/Feb 2005)
— novelette — 2nd place
2004:
“A Professor at Harvard ” (Analog Jul/Aug 2003)
— short story — 2nd place (tie)
2001:
“Stones of Significance ” (Analog Jan 2000)
— novelette — winner
1986:
“Just How Dangerous Is the Galaxy?” (Analog Jul 1985)
— fact article — winner
1985:
“The Crystal Spheres ” (Analog Jan 1984)
— short story — winner
1985:
“The Deadly Thing at 2.4 Kilo-parsecs” (Analog May 1984)
— fact article — winner
1984:
“Xenology: The New Science of Asking, 'Who's Out There?'” (Analog May 1983)
— fact article — 2nd place
1982:
“The Tides of Kithrup ” (Analog 25 May 1981)
— novella/novelette — 5th place
Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1985:
The Practice Effect (Bantam)
— novel — winner
Golden Duck Awards — for children's and YA SF books, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2008:
Sky Horizon: Colony High, Book One (by cannot find David_Brin in David Brin, illustrated by Scott Hampton) (Subterranean Press)
— Hal Clement Award (young adult) — winner
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(4 nominations; 1 win)
1991:
“Piecework ” (Interzone #33 Jan/Feb 1990)
— fiction — 10th place (tie)
1989:
“The Giving Plague ” (Interzone #23 Spring 1988)
— fiction — winner
1989:
“The Giving Plague ” (Interzone #23 Spring 1988)
— fiction — 2nd place
1989:
all-time best sf author — 17th place (tie)
Italia Awards — for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2001:
Infinity's Shore
— international novel — winner
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — (renamed the Astounding Award in 2020)
(1 nomination)
1982:
finalist
Phantastik Preis — for SF/F works published in Germany, polled by readers of Phantastik.de website
(1 nomination)
2013:
Existence
— foreign novel — 5th place
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(1 nomination)
1988:
The Uplift War (Bantam Spectra)
— novel — nomination
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(5 nominations)
1992:
“What Continues, What Fails... ” (Interzone #54 Dec 1991)
— novelette — 3rd place
1991:
Earth (Bantam Spectra)
— novel — 2nd place
1987:
“Thor Meets Captain America ” (F&SF Jul 1986)
— novelette — 3rd place
1986:
The Postman (Bantam Spectra)
— novel — 2nd place
1984:
Startide Rising (Bantam)
— novel — 3rd place (tie)
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(5 nominations; 2 wins)
2008:
Kiln People
— translated long form — nomination
2004:
Heaven's Reach
— translated novel — winner
2003:
“What Continues, What Fails... ”
— translated short story — nomination
2002:
Brightness Reef
— translated novel — nomination
1991:
The Uplift War
— foreign novel — winner
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