R. A. Lafferty
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 3
Major Awards: 1
Other Awards: 2
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 52
— Career and Special Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
1990:
— life achievement — winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(4 nominations; 1 win)
1973:
“Eurema's Dam” (New Dimensions 2)
— short story — winner (tie)
1972:
“Sky” (New Dimensions 1)
— short story — nomination
1971:
“Continued on Next Rock” (Orbit 7)
— short story — nomination
1969:
Past Master (Ace)
— novel — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(7 nominations)
1972:
The Devil is Dead (Avon)
— novel — nomination
1971:
Fourth Mansions (Ace)
— novel — nomination
1971:
“Continued on Next Rock” (Orbit 7)
— novelette — nomination
1971:
“Entire and Perfect Chrysolite” (Orbit 6)
— short story — nomination
1969:
Past Master (Ace)
— novel — nomination
1966:
“In Our Block” (If Jul 1965)
— short story — nomination
1966:
“Slow Tuesday Night” (Galaxy Apr 1965)
— short story — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(2 nominations; 1 win)
1992:
Lafferty In Orbit (Broken Mirrors Press)
— collection — nomination
Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
(2 nominations)
1993:
Iron Tears (Edgewood Press)
— finalist
1983:
Aurelia (Starblaze)
— finalist
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(1 nomination)
1991:
Episodes of the Argo (United Mythologies Press)
— shortlist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(23 nominations)
2020:
The Best of R. A. Lafferty (Gollancz)
— collection — 9th place
2015:
The Man Who Made Models (Centipede)
— collection — 5th place
1994:
“Cliffs That Laughed” (Magazine of Horror #26 Mar 1969; Amazing Stories Oct 1993)
— short story — 22nd place
1993:
Iron Tears (Edgewood Press)
— collection — 9th place
1992:
Lafferty In Orbit (Broken Mirrors Press)
— collection — 12th place
1985:
Half a Sky (Corroboree)
— fantasy novel — 24th place
1984:
“Golden Gate” (Golden Gate and Other Stories)
— short story — 15th place
1984:
Golden Gate and Other Stories (Corroboree)
— collection — 15th place
1984:
Ringing Changes (Ace)
— collection — 14th place
1983:
Aurelia (Starblaze)
— sf novel — 23rd place
1979:
“Selenium Ghosts of the Eighteen Seventies” (Universe 8)
— novelette — 15th place
1975:
“Royal Licorice” (Orbit 14)
— short story — 10th place
1974:
“Barnaby's Clock” (Showcase)
— short fiction — 13th place (tie)
1974:
“Mud Violet” (Demon Kind)
— short fiction — 9th place
1973:
“Eurema's Dam” (New Dimensions 2)
— short fiction — 16th place (tie)
1973:
Strange Doings (Scribners)
— reprint anth/collection — 13th place (tie)
1972:
Arrive at Easterwine (Scribners)
— novel — 14th place
1972:
The Devil is Dead (Avon)
— novel — 7th place
1972:
“World Abounding” (F&SF Dec 1971)
— short fiction — 8th place
1971:
Fourth Mansions (Ace)
— novel — 5th place (tie)
1971:
“Continued on Next Rock” (Orbit 7)
— short fiction — 3rd place
1971:
“Entire and Perfect Chrysolite” (Orbit 6)
— short fiction — 10th place (tie)
1971:
Nine Hundred Grandmothers (Ace)
— anthology/collection — 2nd place
— Other Awards —
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(2 nominations)
1972:
“Continued on Next Rock” (Orbit 7)
— international sf — nomination
1969:
— contemporary writer — nomination
Jupiter Awards — for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(1 nomination)
1974:
“Days of Grass, Days of Straw” (New Dimensions 3)
— short story — nomination
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(1 nomination)
2023:
“Primary Education of the Camiroi” (Galaxy Dec 1966)
— hall of fame — nomination
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(7 nominations; 2 wins)
2014:
Serpent's Egg
— translated long form — nomination
2006:
Space Chantey
— translated long form — nomination
2003:
The Reefs of Earth
— translated novel — nomination
2003:
“Funnyfingers”
— translated short story — nomination
1995:
“And Read the Flesh Between the Lines”
— foreign short story — nomination
1993:
“Groaning Hinges of the World”
— foreign short fiction — winner
1975:
“Eurema's Dam”
— foreign short story — winner
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