Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 3
Major Awards: 4
Locus Awards: 2
Other Awards: 16
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 59
Posthumous Inductee 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
(12 nominations; 4 wins)
Grumbles from the Grave (Ballantine Del Rey)
nonfiction book nomination
Job: A Comedy of Justice (Ballantine Del Rey)
novel nomination
Friday (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
novel nomination
Time Enough for Love (Putnam)
novel nomination
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (If Dec 1965, Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr 1966; Putnam)
novel winner
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (If Dec 1965, Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr 1966; Putnam)
novel nomination
“Future History” (series)
all-time series nomination
Glory Road (F&SF Jul,Aug,Sep 1963; Putnam's)
novel nomination
Stranger in a Strange Land (Putnam's)
novel winner
Starship Troopers (Putnam)
novel winner
Have Space Suit -- Will Travel (F&SF Aug,Sep,Oct 1958)
novel nomination
Double Star (Astounding Feb,Mar,Apr 1956)
novel winner
Nebula Awards
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(4 nominations)
Job: A Comedy of Justice (Ballantine Del Rey)
novel nomination
Friday (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
novel nomination
Time Enough for Love (Putnam)
novel nomination
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Putnam's)
novel nomination
(1 nomination)
Have Space Suit -- Will Travel (F&SF Aug,Sep,Oct 1958)
Best Novel of 1958 nomination
Locus Awards
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(11 nominations; 2 wins)
For Us, the Living (Scribner)
sf novel 12th place
Stranger In A Strange Land: Original Uncut Version (Ace/Putnam)
sf novel 6th place
Grumbles from the Grave (Ballantine Del Rey)
nonfiction winner
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (Ace/Putnam)
sf novel 12th place
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (Putnam)
sf novel 6th place
Job: A Comedy of Justice (Ballantine Del Rey)
fantasy novel winner
Friday (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
sf novel 3rd place
The Number of the Beast (Fawcett)
sf novel 9th place
Expanded Universe (Grosset & Dunlap)
single author collection 7th place
Time Enough for Love (Putnam)
novel 2nd place
I Will Fear No Evil (Galaxy Jul,Aug/Sep,Oct/Nov,Dec 1970; Putnam)
novel 9th place
Balrog Awards
for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(1 nomination)
“'All You Zombies'” (F&SF Mar 1959)
short fiction nomination
(1 nomination)
all-time best sf author 5th place
Jupiter Awards
for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(1 nomination)
Time Enough for Love (Putnam)
novel nomination
Prometheus Awards
for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(12 nominations; 9 wins)
“Free Men” (The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein)
hall of fame winner
Citizen of the Galaxy (Scribner's)
hall of fame winner
“Coventry”
hall of fame winner
“Requiem” (Astounding Jan 1940)
hall of fame winner
“Requiem” (Astounding Jan 1940)
hall of fame nomination
Time Enough for Love (Putnam)
hall of fame winner
Methuselah's Children (Gnome)
hall of fame winner
Red Planet
hall of fame winner
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (Ace/Putnam)
novel nomination
Stranger in a Strange Land (Putnam's)
hall of fame winner
Friday (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
novel nomination
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Putnam's)
hall of fame winner
Retro Hugo Awards
for SF works 50 years past, voted by members of the World SF Convention
(12 nominations; 6 wins)
Beyond This Horizon (Astounding Science Fiction Apr,May 1942)
novel winner
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (Unknown Worlds Oct 1942)
novella nomination
“Waldo” (Astounding Science Fiction Aug 1942)
novella winner
“Goldfish Bowl” (Astounding Science Fiction Mar 1942)
novelette nomination
“Coventry” (Astounding Science-Fiction Jul 1940)
novella nomination
“If This Goes On...” (Astounding Science-Fiction Feb 1940)
novella winner
“Magic, Inc.” (Unknown Sep 1940)
novella nomination
“Blowups Happen” (Astounding Science-Fiction Sep 1940)
novelette nomination
“The Roads Must Roll” (Astounding Science-Fiction Jun 1940)
novelette winner
Requiem (Astounding Science-Fiction Jan 1940)
short story nomination
Farmer in the Sky (Scribner's)
novel winner
“The Man Who Sold the Moon” (The Man Who Sold the Moon)
novella winner
Seiun Awards
for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination; 1 win)
I Will Fear No Evil
foreign novel winner