Hugo Awards
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(4 nominations)
“Immersion ” (Science Fiction Age Mar 1996)
novella nomination
“A Snark in the Night” (F&SF Aug 1977)
novella nomination
“Doing Lennon ” (Analog Apr 1975)
short story nomination
“Deeper Than the Darkness ” (F&SF Apr 1969)
short story nomination
Nebula Awards
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(13 nominations; 2 wins)
“Dark Heaven ” (Alien Crimes)
novella nomination
“Soon Comes Night ” (Asimov's Aug 1994)
novella nomination
“Matter's End” (Full Spectrum 3)
novelette nomination
Great Sky River (Bantam Spectra)
novel nomination
“Newton Sleep” (F&SF Jan 1986; Heroes in Hell)
novella nomination
Against Infinity (Timescape)
novel nomination
“Swarmer, Skimmer” (SF Digest Oct/Nov 1981)
novella nomination
Timescape (Simon & Schuster)
novel winner
In the Ocean of Night (Dial)
novel nomination
“Doing Lennon ” (Analog Apr 1975)
short story nomination
“White Creatures ” (New Dimensions 5)
short story nomination
“If the Stars Are Gods” (by
Gordon Eklund & GB) (
Universe 4)
novelette
winner
“Deeper Than the Darkness ” (F&SF Apr 1969)
novelette nomination
Locus Awards
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(69 nominations)
The Best of Gregory Benford (Subterranean)
collection 3rd place
Shipstar (by GB &
Larry Niven) (Tor)
sf novel 14th place
Bowl of Heaven (by GB &
Larry Niven) (Tor)
sf novel 13th place
“Bow Shock ” (Jim Baen's Universe Jun 2006)
novelette 21st place
Microcosms (DAW)
anthology 12th place
“The Hydrogen Wall ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2003)
novelette 9th place
“The Clear Blue Seas of Luna ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2002)
novelette 7th place
“Anomalies ” (Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction)
short story 8th place
Eater (Eos)
sf novel 2nd place
Worlds Vast and Various (Eos)
collection 9th place
Nebula Awards Showcase 2000 (Harcourt)
anthology 8th place
Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science (GB &
George Zebrowski, eds.) (Harcourt)
anthology 13th place
The Martian Race (Warner Aspect)
sf novel 12th place
“A Hunger for the Infinite” (Far Horizons)
novelette 3rd place
Cosm (Avon Eos)
sf novel 6th place
“A Dance to Strange Musics ” (Science Fiction Age Nov 1998)
novelette 9th place
“A Cold Dry Cradle” (by GB &
Elisabeth Malartre) (
Science Fiction Age Nov 1997)
novella 9th place
“Galaxia ” (Science Fiction Age Jul 1997)
novelette 4th place
The New Hugo Winners Volume IV (GB &
Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (Baen)
anthology 13th place
“Immersion ” (Science Fiction Age Mar 1996)
novella 7th place
Sailing Bright Eternity (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
sf novel 6th place
“A Worm in the Well ” (Analog Nov 1995)
novelette 10th place
“High Abyss ” (New Legends)
short story 3rd place
Far Futures (Tor)
anthology 4th place
Furious Gulf (Bantam Spectra)
sf novel 12th place
“Soon Comes Night ” (Asimov's Aug 1994)
novella 5th place
Matter's End (Bantam Spectra)
collection 3rd place
What Might Have Been? Vol. 4: Alternate Americas (GB &
Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (Bantam Spectra)
anthology 5th place
“Matter's End” (Full Spectrum 3)
novelette 3rd place
What Might Have Been? Vol. 3: Alternate Wars (GB &
Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (Bantam Spectra)
anthology 5th place
Tides Of Light (Bantam Spectra)
sf novel 4th place
“Alphas ” (Amazing Stories Mar 1989)
short story 21st place
“Mozart on Morphine ” (The Microverse; F&SF Oct 1989)
short story 13th place
What Might Have Been? Vol. 1: Alternate Empires (GB &
Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (Bantam Spectra)
anthology 4th place
What Might Have Been? Vol. 2: Alternate Heroes (GB &
Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (Bantam Spectra)
anthology 7th place
“At the Double Solstice ” (Terry's Universe)
short story 7th place
Great Sky River (Bantam Spectra)
sf novel 9th place
“Mandikini ” (The Universe)
novelette 24th place
Heart of the Comet (by GB &
David Brin) (Bantam Spectra)
sf novel 2nd place
“As Big as the Ritz” (Interzone #18 Winter 1986/1987; Under the Wheel)
novella 9th place
“Newton Sleep” (F&SF Jan 1986; Heroes in Hell)
novella 16th place
“Of Space-Time and the River ” (Asimov's Feb 1986)
novelette 6th place
In Alien Flesh (Tor)
collection 11th place
Artifact (Tor)
sf novel 16th place
“To the Storming Gulf ” (F&SF Apr 1985; Afterwar)
novella 8th place
“Time's Rub” (Asimov's Apr 1985)
short story 4th place
Across the Sea of Suns (Timescape)
sf novel 6th place
Against Infinity (Timescape)
sf novel 8th place
“Relativistic Effects ” (Perpetual Light)
novelette 19th place
“Swarmer, Skimmer” (SF Digest Nov 1981)
novella 11th place
“Exposures ” (Asimov's 6 Jul 1981)
short story 7th place
Timescape (Simon & Schuster)
sf novel 5th place
“Redeemer ” (Analog Apr 1979)
short story 5th place
The Stars in Shroud (Berkley/Putnam)
novel 11th place
“In Alien Flesh ” (F&SF Sep 1978)
novelette 6th place
“Starswarmer” (Analog Sep 1978)
novelette 12th place
“A Hiss of Dragon” (by GB &
Marc Laidlaw) (
Omni Dec 1978)
short story 5th place
If the Stars Are Gods (by GB &
Gordon Eklund) (Berkley/Putnam)
sf novel 23rd place
In the Ocean of Night (Dial)
sf novel 2nd place
“A Snark in the Night” (F&SF Aug 1977)
novella 2nd place
“The Anvil of Jove” (by GB &
Gordon Eklund) (
F&SF Jul 1976)
novella 4th place
“Cambridge, 1:58 A.M. ” (Epoch)
novelette 11th place
“Beyond Grayworld ” (Analog Jul 1975)
short story 9th place
“Doing Lennon ” (Analog Apr 1975)
short story 5th place
“Threads of Time ” (Threads of Time)
novella 12th place
“If the Stars Are Gods” (by
Gordon Eklund & GB) (
Universe 4)
novelette 8th place
“In the Ocean of Night ” (If Jun 1972)
novella 17th place
fan writer 14th place