Samuel R. Delany


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Awards Summary

Career and Special Awards: 7

Major Awards: 6

Locus Awards: 1

Other Awards: 2

Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 70

— Career and Special Awards —
Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors
2002:
— Living Inductee — winner

SFWA Grand Master Award — chosen by SF & Fantasy Writers of America officers
2014:
— winner

World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
2022:
— life achievement — winner

Eaton Award — for best critical book, to 2001; since 2008, for lifetime achievement, juried
2010:
— lifetime achievement in science fiction — winner

Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network
2001:
— special achievement — winner

Lambda Award — for gay and lesbian literature, juried
1993:
— lifetime award — winner

Pilgrim Award — for lifetime contribution to SF and fantasy scholarship
1985:
— winner

— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(11 nominations; 2 wins)

2007:
About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews (Wesleyan University Press) — related book — nomination

1995:
Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics (University Press of New England/Wesleyan) — nonfiction book — nomination

1989:
The Motion of Light In Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village 1957-1965 (Arbor House/Morrow) — nonfiction book — winner

1978:
“Prismatica” (F&SF Oct 1977) — novelette — nomination

1970:
“Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones” (World's Best Science Fiction: 1969; New Worlds Dec 1968) — short story — winner

1969:
Nova (Doubleday) — novel — nomination

1969:
“Lines of Power” (F&SF May 1968) — novella — nomination

1968:
The Einstein Intersection (Ace) — novel — nomination

1968:
“The Star Pit” (Worlds of Tomorrow Feb 1967) — novella — nomination

1968:
“Aye, and Gomorrah...” (Dangerous Visions) — short story — nomination

1967:
Babel-17 (Ace) — novel — nomination

Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(10 nominations; 4 wins)

1980:
“The Tale of Gorgik” (Asimov's SF Adventure Summer 1979) — novella — nomination

1977:
Triton (Bantam) — novel — nomination

1976:
Dhalgren (Bantam) — novel — nomination

1970:
“Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones” (World's Best Science Fiction: 1969) — novelette — winner

1969:
“Lines of Power” (F&SF May 1968) — novella — nomination

1968:
The Einstein Intersection (Ace) — novel — winner

1968:
“Aye, and Gomorrah...” (Dangerous Visions) — short story — winner

1968:
“Driftglass” (If Jun 1967) — short story — nomination

1967:
Babel-17 (Ace) — novel — winner (tie)

1966:
The Ballad of Beta-2 (Ace) — novella — nomination

Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(1 nomination)

1987:
Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (Grafton) — shortlist

James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(4 nominations)

2005:
Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (Wesleyan University Press) — special mention

1997:
“The Splendor and the Misery of Bodies, of Cities (excerpt)” (The Review of Contemporary Fiction Fall 1996) — long list

1996:
Babel-17 (Ace) — retrospective Tiptree short list

1996:
Triton (Bantam) — retrospective Tiptree short list

— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(27 nominations; 1 win)

2018:
“The Hermit of Houston” (F&SF Sep/Oct 2017) — novelette — winner

2018:
In Search of Silence: The Journals of Samuel R. Delany, Volume 1, 1957-1969 (Wesleyan University Press) — non-fiction — 5th place

2007:
About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews (Wesleyan) — non-fiction — 2nd place

2004:
Aye, and Gomorrah: Stories (Vintage) — collection — 9th place

1995:
Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics (University Press of New England/Wesleyan) — nonfiction — 2nd place

1994:
Driftglass/Starshards (Grafton) — collection — 20th place

1989:
The Motion of Light In Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village 1957-1965 (Arbor House/Morrow) — related nonfiction — 2nd place

1988:
The Bridge of Lost Desire (Arbor House) — collection — 13th place

1987:
The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction (Bantam Spectra) — collection — 20th place

1986:
Flight from Nevèrÿon (Bantam) — collection — 14th place

1985:
Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (Bantam) — sf novel — 4th place

1985:
Starboard Wine (Dragon Press) — nonfiction/reference — 10th place

1984:
Neveryóna (Bantam) — fantasy novel — 10th place

1982:
Distant Stars (Bantam) — single author collection — 11th place

1981:
Nebula Winners Thirteen (Harper & Row) — anthology — 16th place

1980:
Tales of Nevèrÿon (Bantam) — fantasy novel — 3rd place

1980:
“The Tale of Gorgik” (Asimov's SF Adventure Summer 1979) — novella — 6th place

1979:
The American Shore (Dragon Press) — reference book — 10th place

1979:
Empire (by SRD, illustrated by Howard Chaykin) (Berkley) — art or illustrated book — 8th place

1978:
“Prismatica” (F&SF Oct 1977) — short fiction — 15th place

1977:
Triton (Bantam) — novel — 14th place

1976:
Dhalgren (Bantam) — novel — 5th place

1972:
QUARK/2 (SRD & Marilyn Hacker, eds.) (Paperback Library) — original anthology — 12th place

1972:
QUARK/3 (SRD & Marilyn Hacker, eds.) (Paperback Library) — original anthology — 10th place (tie)

1972:
QUARK/4 (SRD & Marilyn Hacker, eds.) (Paperback Library) — original anthology — 8th place

1972:
Driftglass (Science Fiction Book Club; Signet) — reprint anth/collection — 3rd place

1971:
QUARK/1 (SRD & Marilyn Hacker, eds.) (Paperback Library) — anthology/collection — 6th place

— Other Awards —
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(1 nomination)

1969:
— contemporary writer — nomination

Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network
(2 nominations; 2 wins)

2002:
Dhalgren — hall of fame — winner

Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)

1989:
— all-time best sf author — 24th place

Lambda Award — for gay and lesbian literature, juried
(3 nominations; 2 wins)

2005:
— Pioneer Award — winner

1996:
Atlantis: Three Tales (Incunabula; Wesleyan University Press) — sf/fantasy — nomination

Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(1 nomination)

1982:
Tales of Nevèrÿon — novel — nomination

Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(1 nomination)

1988:
“The Tale of Rumor and Desire” (The Bridge of Lost Desire) — novella — 3rd place

Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(2 nominations)

2012:
Dhalgren — translated novel — nomination

1997:
The Einstein Intersection — overseas novel — nomination

The American Book Awards — for books in various categories, including paperback
(1 nomination)

1980:
Tales of Nevèrÿon (Bantam) — sf paperback — nomination



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