Frederik Pohl
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 11
Major Awards: 11
Locus Awards: 3
Other Awards: 3
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 128
Times Served as Judge: 35
— Career and Special Awards —
Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors
1998:
— Living Inductee — winner
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
2013:
— distinguished service — winner
Eaton Award — for best critical book, to 2001; since 2008, for lifetime achievement, juried
2009:
— lifetime achievement in science fiction — winner
First Fandom Hall of Fame Award — for fans active at the time of the first World SF Convention
1989:
— winner
Forry Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
1994:
— winner
I-CON Award — for contributions to SF/F/H, presented by annual convention I-CON
1998:
— Gallun Award — winner
Skylark Award — for contribution to SF in the spirit of E.E. "Doc" Smith; presented by NESFA
1966:
— winner
Writers and Illustrators of the Future — for stories and art by contest winners, juried
2000:
— lifetime achievement — winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(23 nominations; 7 wins)
2010:
— fan writer — winner
1993:
Stopping at Slowyear (Pulphouse/Axolotl; Bantam Spectra)
— novella — nomination
1986:
“Fermi and Frost ” (Asimov's Jan 1985)
— short story — winner
1984:
“Servant of the People ” (Analog Feb 1983)
— short story — nomination
1981:
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
1980:
JEM (St. Martin's)
— novel — nomination
1978:
Gateway (Galaxy Nov,Dec 1976, Mar 1977; St. Martin's)
— novel — winner
1977:
Man Plus (F&SF Apr,May,Jun 1976; Random House)
— novel — nomination
1973:
“The Gold at the Starbow's End” (Analog Mar 1972)
— novella — nomination
1973:
“The Meeting” (by FP & C. M. Kornbluth) (F&SF Nov 1972)
— short story — winner (tie)
1970:
Galaxy (FP & Ejler Jakobsson, eds.)
— professional magazine — nomination
1969:
Galaxy
— professional magazine — nomination
1969:
If
— professional magazine — nomination
1968:
Galaxy
— professional magazine — nomination
1968:
If
— professional magazine — winner
1967:
Galaxy
— professional magazine — nomination
1967:
If
— professional magazine — winner
1966:
Galaxy
— professional magazine — nomination
1966:
If
— professional magazine — winner
1965:
Galaxy
— magazine — nomination
1965:
If
— magazine — nomination
1964:
Galaxy
— professional magazine — nomination
1963:
Galaxy
— professional magazine — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(10 nominations; 2 wins)
1985:
“The Greening of Bed-Stuy ” (F&SF Jul 1984)
— novella — nomination
1981:
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
1980:
JEM (St. Martin's)
— novel — nomination
1980:
“Mars Masked” (Asimov's Mar 1979)
— novella — nomination
1978:
Gateway (Galaxy Nov,Dec 1976, Mar 1977; St. Martin's)
— novel — winner
1977:
Man Plus (F&SF Apr,May,Jun 1976; Random House)
— novel — winner
1976:
“Growing Up in Edge City ” (Epoch)
— short story — nomination
1973:
“The Gold at the Starbow's End” (Analog Mar 1972)
— novella — nomination
1973:
“Shaffery Among the Immortals ” (F&SF Jul 1972)
— short story — nomination
1966:
“Under Two Moons ” (If Sep 1965)
— novella — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(1 nomination)
1981:
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(4 nominations; 2 wins)
2005:
The Boy Who Would Live Forever (Tor)
— finalist
1985:
The Years of the City (Timescape)
— winner
1978:
Gateway (St. Martin's)
— winner
1977:
Man Plus (Random House)
— second place
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(65 nominations; 3 wins)
2012:
All the Lives He Led (Tor)
— sf novel — 19th place
2006:
Platinum Pohl (Tor)
— collection — 4th place
2002:
The SFWA Grand Masters: Volume Three (Tor)
— anthology — 8th place
2001:
The SFWA Grand Masters: Volume Two (Tor)
— anthology — 7th place
2000:
The Far Shore of Time (Tor)
— sf novel — 17th place
2000:
“Hatching the Phoenix” (Amazing Stories Fall 1999, Winter 2000)
— novella — 17th place
2000:
The SFWA Grand Masters: Volume One (Tor)
— anthology — 9th place
1997:
The Other End of Time (Tor)
— sf novel — 23rd place
1995:
The Voices of Heaven (Tor)
— sf novel — 18th place
1993:
Mining the Oort (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 18th place
1993:
Stopping at Slowyear (Pulphouse/Axolotl; Bantam Spectra)
— novella — 2nd place
1992:
Outnumbering the Dead (Legend; St. Martin's)
— novella — 11th place
1991:
The World at the End of Time (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 18th place
1991:
The Gateway Trip (Ballantine Del Rey)
— collection — 8th place
1990:
Homegoing (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 16th place
1989:
“Waiting for the Olympians ” (Asimov's Aug 1988)
— novella — 13th place
1989:
The Day the Martians Came (St. Martin's)
— collection — 10th place
1988:
The Annals of the Heechee (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 6th place
1988:
“Adeste Fideles ” (Omni Dec 1987)
— novelette — 21st place
1988:
“My Life as a Born-Again Pig” (Synergy: New Science Fiction, Number 1)
— novelette — 26th place
1987:
The Coming of the Quantum Cats (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 9th place
1986:
“The Things That Happen ” (Asimov's Oct 1985)
— novelette — 12th place
1986:
“Fermi and Frost ” (Asimov's Jan 1985)
— short story — 2nd place
1985:
Heechee Rendezvous (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 3rd place
1985:
“The Blister ” (F&SF Sep 1984)
— novella — 4th place
1985:
“The Greening of Bed-Stuy ” (F&SF Jul 1984)
— novella — 11th place
1985:
“The Sweet Sad Queen of the Grazing Isles” (Pohlstars)
— novella — 9th place
1985:
“The Kindly Isle ” (Asimov's Nov 1984)
— novelette — 6th place
1985:
“Criticality ” (Analog Dec 1984)
— short story — 7th place
1985:
Pohlstars (Ballantine Del Rey)
— collection — 2nd place
1985:
The Years of the City (Timescape)
— collection — 6th place
1984:
Wall Around a Star (by Jack Williamson & FP) (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 21st place
1984:
“The Lord of the Skies ” (Amazing Stories Jul 1983)
— novella — 8th place
1984:
“Servant of the People ” (Analog Feb 1983)
— short story — 4th place
1984:
“Spending a Day at the Lottery Fair ” (F&SF Oct 1983)
— short story — 3rd place
1984:
Midas World (St. Martin's)
— collection — 8th place (tie)
1983:
Starburst (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 8th place
1983:
“Farmer on the Dole ” (Omni Oct 1982)
— novelette — 16th place
1983:
Yesterday's Tomorrows (Berkley)
— anthology — 16th place
1982:
The Cool War (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 7th place
1981:
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 2nd place
1981:
Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction (FP, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, eds.) (Playboy)
— anthology — 8th place
1981:
Nebula Winners Fourteen (Harper & Row)
— anthology — 21st place
1980:
JEM (St. Martin's)
— sf novel — 2nd place
1980:
“Mars Masked” (Asimov's Mar 1979)
— novella — 4th place
1979:
“Swanilda's Song” (Analog Oct 1978)
— novelette — 4th place
1979:
The Way the Future Was (Ballantine Del Rey)
— reference book — winner
1978:
Gateway (St. Martin's)
— sf novel — winner
1977:
Man Plus (F&SF Apr,May,Jun 1976; Random House)
— novel — 3rd place
1977:
The Best of C.M. Kornbluth (by C. M. Kornbluth, edited by FP) (Ballantine)
— author collection — 11th place
1977:
Science Fiction Discoveries (Carol Pohl & FP, eds.) (Bantam)
— anthology — 9th place
1976:
“The Mother Trip ” (F&SF Oct 1975)
— short story — 2nd place
1976:
The Best of Frederik Pohl (by FP, edited by Lester del Rey) (Ballantine)
— single author collection — 14th place
1975:
“The Gift of Garigolli” (by FP & C. M. Kornbluth) (Galaxy Aug 1974)
— novelette — 15th place
1975:
“Enjoy, Enjoy ” (Fellowship of the Stars)
— short story — 18th place
1975:
“Mute Inglorious Tam” (by FP & C. M. Kornbluth) (F&SF Oct 1974)
— short story — 19th place
1975:
“We Purchased People ” (Final Stage)
— short story — 11th place
1974:
“In the Problem Pit ” (F&SF Sep 1973)
— novella — 10th place
1974:
Jupiter (Carol Pohl & FP, eds.) (Ballantine)
— reprint anth/collection — 5th place
1974:
Science Fiction: The Great Years (Carol Pohl & FP, eds.) (Ace)
— reprint anth/collection — 12th place
1973:
“The Gold at the Starbow's End” (Analog Mar 1972)
— novella — winner
1973:
“The Merchants of Venus” (If Aug 1972)
— novella — 7th place
1973:
“The Meeting” (by FP & C. M. Kornbluth) (F&SF Nov 1972)
— short fiction — 9th place
1973:
Best Science Fiction for 1972 (Ace)
— reprint anth/collection — 7th place
1973:
The Gold at the Starbow's End (Ballantine)
— reprint anth/collection — 6th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(2 nominations)
1993:
“Outnumbering the Dead ” (Asimov's Nov 1992)
— novella — 3rd place
1989:
“Waiting for the Olympians ” (Asimov's Aug 1988)
— novella — 7th place
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(1 nomination)
1978:
Gateway (St. Martin's)
— international fiction — nomination
HOMer Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(2 nominations)
1993:
Mining the Oort (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
1993:
Stopping at Slowyear (Pulphouse/Axolotl)
— novella — nomination
Jupiter Awards — for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(1 nomination)
1974:
“In the Problem Pit ” (F&SF Sep 1973)
— novella — nomination
Prix Apollo — for novel published in French; suspended 1991
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1979:
Gateway
— winner
Retro Hugo Awards — for SF works 50 years past, voted by members of the World SF Convention
(2 nominations)
2016:
— editor, short form — nomination
2004:
— professional editor — nomination
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(2 nominations)
1993:
Stopping at Slowyear (Pulphouse/Axolotl)
— novella — 2nd place
1986:
“Fermi and Frost ” (Asimov's Jan 1985)
— short story — 3rd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
1997:
“Fermi and Frost ”
— overseas short story — nomination
SFRA Awards — for works and contributions to SF
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1996:
— Clareson Award — winner
The American Book Awards — for books in various categories, including paperback
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1980:
JEM (St. Martin's)
— sf hardcover — winner
— As Judge —
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
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