Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 5
Major Awards: 13
Locus Awards: 3
Other Awards: 6
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 90
Times Served as Judge: 1
Posthumous Inductee winner
life achievement winner
Bram Stoker Awards
for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
life achievement winner
Forry Award
for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
winner
Hugo Awards
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(13 nominations; 6 wins)
“Catch That Zeppelin! ” (F&SF Mar 1975)
short story winner
“Midnight by the Morphy Watch ” (If Aug 1974)
novelette nomination
“Ill Met in Lankhmar” (F&SF Apr 1970)
novella winner
“The Snow Women” (Fantastic Apr 1970)
novella nomination
“Ship of Shadows ” (F&SF Jul 1969)
novella winner
“Gonna Roll the Bones ” (Dangerous Visions)
novelette winner
“Stardock” (Fantastic Sep 1965)
short fiction nomination
The Wanderer (Ballantine)
novel winner
“The Unholy Grail” (Fantastic Oct 1962)
short fiction nomination
“Scylla's Daughter” (Fantastic May 1961)
short fiction nomination
“A Deskful of Girls” (F&SF Apr 1958)
novelette nomination
“Rump-Titty-Titty-Tum-Tah-Tee” (F&SF May 1958)
short story nomination
The Big Time (Galaxy Mar,Apr 1958)
novel or novelette winner
Nebula Awards
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(11 nominations; 3 wins)
“Horrible Imaginings ” (Death)
novella nomination
“A Rite of Spring ” (Universe 7)
novelette nomination
“Catch That Zeppelin! ” (F&SF Mar 1975)
short story winner
“Ill Met in Lankhmar” (F&SF Apr 1970)
novella winner
“The Snow Women” (Fantastic Apr 1970)
novella nomination
“Ship of Shadows ” (F&SF Jul 1969)
novella nomination
“Gonna Roll the Bones ” (Dangerous Visions)
novelette winner
“Answering Service ” (If Dec 1967)
short story nomination
“Four Ghosts in Hamlet ” (F&SF Jan 1965)
novelette nomination
“Cyclops ” (Worlds of Tomorrow Sep 1965)
short story nomination
“The Good New Days ” (Galaxy Oct 1965)
short story nomination
(10 nominations; 3 wins)
The Leiber Chronicles (Dark Harvest)
collection nomination
The Knight And Knave Of Swords (Morrow)
collection nomination
“Horrible Imaginings ” (Death)
novella nomination
“The Button Molder ” (Whispers #13/14 Oct 1979)
short story nomination
Heroes and Horrors (Whispers Press)
collection/anthology nomination
Our Lady of Darkness (Berkley/Putnam)
novel winner
Swords and Ice Magic (Ace)
collection/anthology nomination
“Dark Wings ” (Superhorror)
short fiction nomination
“Belsen Express ” (The Second Book of Fritz Leiber)
short fiction winner
British Fantasy Awards
for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(3 nominations; 2 wins)
“The Button Molder ” (Whispers #13/14 Oct 1979)
short fiction winner
Our Lady of Darkness (Berkley/Putnam)
August Derleth Award (novel) nomination
The Second Book of Fritz Leiber (DAW)
short story winner
(1 nomination)
The Big Time (Galaxy Mar,Apr 1958)
Best Novel of 1958 nomination
Locus Awards
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(27 nominations; 3 wins)
Selected Stories (Night Shade)
collection winner
Smoke Ghost & Other Apparitions (Midnight House)
collection 16th place
“The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich ” (Omni Online Feb 1996; Tor)
novella 3rd place
The Leiber Chronicles (Dark Harvest)
collection 5th place
The Knight And Knave Of Swords (Morrow)
collection 3rd place
The Ghost Light (Berkley)
collection winner
“The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars” (Heroic Visions)
novella 9th place
“Horrible Imaginings ” (Death)
novella 5th place
“The Button Molder ” (Whispers #13/14 Oct 1979)
novelette 9th place
The Change War (Gregg Press)
single author collection 13th place
Ship of Shadows (Gollancz)
single author collection 11th place
“Black Glass ” (Andromeda 3)
novelette 11th place
Our Lady of Darkness (Berkley/Putnam)
fantasy novel 2nd place
“A Rite of Spring ” (Universe 7)
short fiction 4th place
“The Death of Princes ” (Amazing Stories Jun 1976)
short story 4th place
The Worlds of Fritz Leiber (Ace)
author collection 3rd place
“Catch That Zeppelin! ” (F&SF Mar 1975)
short story 11th place
The Second Book of Fritz Leiber (DAW)
single author collection 10th place
“Do You Know Dave Wenzel? ” (Fellowship of the Stars)
short story 13th place
“Midnight by the Morphy Watch ” (If Aug 1974)
short story 9th place
“Mysterious Doings in the Metropolitan Museum ” (Universe 5)
short story 14th place
The Best of Fritz Leiber (Science Fiction Book Club; Ballantine)
single author collection winner
The Book of Fritz Leiber (DAW)
single author collection 5th place
critic 10th place
“Ill Met in Lankhmar” (F&SF Apr 1970)
short fiction 14th place
“The Snow Women” (Fantastic Apr 1970)
short fiction 2nd place
Swords Against Death (Ace)
anthology/collection 12th place
Balrog Awards
for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(5 nominations; 1 win)
Heroes and Horrors (by FL, edited by
Stuart David Schiff) (Whispers Press)
collection/anthology nomination
for a lifetime of fiction writing
professional achievement nomination
special winner
“The Button Molder ” (Whispers #13/14 Oct 1979)
short fiction nomination
professional achievement nomination
Ditmar Awards
for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(1 nomination)
Our Lady of Darkness (Berkley/Putnam; F&SF Jan,Feb 1977)
international fiction nomination
Gandalf Awards
for fantasy novels and grand masters, administered in parallel with the Hugos
(3 nominations; 1 win)
Our Lady of Darkness (Berkley/Putnam)
book-length fantasy nomination
grand master of fantasy winner
grand master of fantasy nomination
Geffen Awards
for SF works in Hebrew, voted by members of annual Israeli SF/F convention
(1 nomination; 1 win)
Swords and Deviltry
fantasy book winner
Retro Hugo Awards
for SF works 50 years past, voted by members of the World SF Convention
(8 nominations; 2 wins)
“The Works of H.P. Lovecraft: Suggestions for a Critical Appraisal” (The Acolyte Fall 1944)
related work nomination
fan writer winner
Conjure Wife (Unknown Worlds Apr 1943)
novel winner
Gather, Darkness! (Astounding Science Fiction May,Jun,Jul 1943)
novel nomination
“Thieves' House” (Unknown Worlds Feb 1943)
novelette nomination
“The Sunken Land” (Unknown Worlds Feb 1942)
short story nomination
“Coming Attraction ” (Galaxy Nov 1950)
short story nomination
Destiny Times Three (Astounding Mar,Apr 1945)
novel nomination
(1 nomination)
“Horrible Imaginings ” (Death)
novella 2nd place
Seiun Awards
for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
The Swords of Lankhmar
translated long form nomination
(1 nomination; 1 win)
for and The Hoffman Electronic Corporation, for the use of science fiction in advertisements
winner