Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Other Awards: 5
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 25
Rhysling Awards
for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
grand master poet winner
Nebula Awards
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(1 nomination)
“The All-Consuming” (by
Lucius Shepard & RF) (
Playboy Jul 1990;
Asimov's May 1991)
novelette nomination
Bram Stoker Awards
for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(1 nomination)
Visions of the Mutant Rain Forest (by RF &
Bruce Boston) (Crystal Lake)
poetry collection nomination
Locus Awards
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(1 nomination)
“The All-Consuming” (by
Lucius Shepard & RF) (
Playboy Jul 1990)
novelette 10th place
(3 nominations)
“Albert Einstein, Two Stills” (Analog Sep/Oct 2022)
poem 2nd place
“Ghost Transmission” (Analog Jan/Feb 2020)
poem 3rd place (tie)
“Final Dispatch”
poetry 4th place
(10 nominations; 2 wins)
“1,230 Grams of Einstein”
poem 1st place
“The Now We Almost Inhabit” (by
Roger Dutcher & RF) (
Asimov's Sep 2010)
poem 5th place
“All I Want for Christmas” (by RF &
James Patrick Kelly) (
Asimov's Dec 2001)
poem 4th place
“A Reflection on the Apollo Moon Missions” (Asimov's Sep 1997)
poem 4th place
“Postcard from a Time Traveler” (Asimov's Oct 1995)
poem 8th place (tie)
“Piloting Alone out There” (Asimov's Apr 1994)
poem 10th place (tie)
“A Dragon's Yuletide Shopping List” (by RF &
James Patrick Kelly) (
Asimov's Nov 1990)
poem
winner
“Nazca Lines” (by
Roger Dutcher & RF) (
Asimov's may 1987)
poem 3rd place
Balrog Awards
for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(2 nominations)
for promoting sf/fantasy verse
amateur achievement nomination
for T.A.S.P. magazine and promoting speculative fiction poetry
amateur achievement nomination
Readercon Awards
for small press books and magazines, voted by members of Readercon
(1 nomination; 1 win)
Co-Orbital Moons (Ocean View Press)
single author collection winner
Rhysling Awards
for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
(6 nominations; 4 wins)
“Wreck-Diving the Starship”
long poem 3rd place
“A Crash Course in Lemon Physics”
long poem 3rd place (tie)
“Salinity” (F&SF Feb 1988)
short poem winner
“Encased in the Amber of Eternity” (Future at War Vol. 1: Thor's Hammer)
short poem winner (tie)