Fritz Leiber
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 5
Major Awards: 13
Locus Awards: 3
Other Awards: 6
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 90
Times Served as Judge: 1
— Career and Special Awards —
Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors
2001:
Posthumous Inductee — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
1976:
life achievement — winner
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
1988:
life achievement — winner
Forry Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
1967:
winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(13 nominations; 6 wins)
1976:
“Catch That Zeppelin! ” (F&SF Mar 1975)
— short story — winner
1975:
“Midnight by the Morphy Watch ” (If Aug 1974)
— novelette — nomination
1971:
“Ill Met in Lankhmar” (F&SF Apr 1970)
— novella — winner
1971:
“The Snow Women” (Fantastic Apr 1970)
— novella — nomination
1970:
“Ship of Shadows ” (F&SF Jul 1969)
— novella — winner
1968:
“Gonna Roll the Bones ” (Dangerous Visions)
— novelette — winner
1966:
“Stardock” (Fantastic Sep 1965)
— short fiction — nomination
1965:
The Wanderer (Ballantine)
— novel — winner
1963:
“The Unholy Grail” (Fantastic Oct 1962)
— short fiction — nomination
1962:
“Scylla's Daughter” (Fantastic May 1961)
— short fiction — nomination
1959:
“A Deskful of Girls” (F&SF Apr 1958)
— novelette — nomination
1959:
“Rump-Titty-Titty-Tum-Tah-Tee” (F&SF May 1958)
— short story — nomination
1958:
The Big Time (Galaxy Mar,Apr 1958)
— novel or novelette — winner
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(11 nominations; 3 wins)
1983:
“Horrible Imaginings ” (Death)
— novella — nomination
1978:
“A Rite of Spring ” (Universe 7)
— novelette — nomination
1976:
“Catch That Zeppelin! ” (F&SF Mar 1975)
— short story — winner
1971:
“Ill Met in Lankhmar” (F&SF Apr 1970)
— novella — winner
1971:
“The Snow Women” (Fantastic Apr 1970)
— novella — nomination
1970:
“Ship of Shadows ” (F&SF Jul 1969)
— novella — nomination
1968:
“Gonna Roll the Bones ” (Dangerous Visions)
— novelette — winner
1968:
“Answering Service ” (If Dec 1967)
— short story — nomination
1966:
“Four Ghosts in Hamlet ” (F&SF Jan 1965)
— novelette — nomination
1966:
“Cyclops ” (Worlds of Tomorrow Sep 1965)
— short story — nomination
1966:
“The Good New Days ” (Galaxy Oct 1965)
— short story — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(10 nominations; 3 wins)
1991:
The Leiber Chronicles (Dark Harvest)
— collection — nomination
1989:
The Knight And Knave Of Swords (Morrow)
— collection — nomination
1983:
“Horrible Imaginings ” (Death)
— novella — nomination
1980:
“The Button Molder ” (Whispers #13/14 Oct 1979)
— short story — nomination
1979:
Heroes and Horrors (Whispers Press)
— collection/anthology — nomination
1978:
Our Lady of Darkness (Berkley/Putnam)
— novel — winner
1978:
Swords and Ice Magic (Ace)
— collection/anthology — nomination
1977:
“Dark Wings ” (Superhorror)
— short fiction — nomination
1976:
“Belsen Express ” (The Second Book of Fritz Leiber)
— short fiction — winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(3 nominations; 2 wins)
1980:
“The Button Molder ” (Whispers #13/14 Oct 1979)
— short fiction — winner
1978:
Our Lady of Darkness (Berkley/Putnam)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
1976:
The Second Book of Fritz Leiber (DAW)
— short story — winner
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(1 nomination)
2008:
The Big Time (Galaxy Mar,Apr 1958)
— Best Novel of 1958 — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(27 nominations; 3 wins)
2011:
Selected Stories (Night Shade)
— collection — winner
2003:
Smoke Ghost & Other Apparitions (Midnight House)
— collection — 16th place
1998:
“The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich ” (Omni Online Feb 1996; Tor)
— novella — 3rd place
1991:
The Leiber Chronicles (Dark Harvest)
— collection — 5th place
1989:
The Knight And Knave Of Swords (Morrow)
— collection — 3rd place
1985:
The Ghost Light (Berkley)
— collection — winner
1984:
“The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars” (Heroic Visions)
— novella — 9th place
1983:
“Horrible Imaginings ” (Death)
— novella — 5th place
1980:
“The Button Molder ” (Whispers #13/14 Oct 1979)
— novelette — 9th place
1980:
The Change War (Gregg Press)
— single author collection — 13th place
1980:
Ship of Shadows (Gollancz)
— single author collection — 11th place
1979:
“Black Glass ” (Andromeda 3)
— novelette — 11th place
1978:
Our Lady of Darkness (Berkley/Putnam)
— fantasy novel — 2nd place
1978:
“A Rite of Spring ” (Universe 7)
— short fiction — 4th place
1977:
“The Death of Princes ” (Amazing Stories Jun 1976)
— short story — 4th place
1977:
The Worlds of Fritz Leiber (Ace)
— author collection — 3rd place
1976:
“Catch That Zeppelin! ” (F&SF Mar 1975)
— short story — 11th place
1976:
The Second Book of Fritz Leiber (DAW)
— single author collection — 10th place
1975:
“Do You Know Dave Wenzel? ” (Fellowship of the Stars)
— short story — 13th place
1975:
“Midnight by the Morphy Watch ” (If Aug 1974)
— short story — 9th place
1975:
“Mysterious Doings in the Metropolitan Museum ” (Universe 5)
— short story — 14th place
1975:
The Best of Fritz Leiber (Science Fiction Book Club; Ballantine)
— single author collection — winner
1975:
The Book of Fritz Leiber (DAW)
— single author collection — 5th place
1975:
critic — 10th place
1971:
“Ill Met in Lankhmar” (F&SF Apr 1970)
— short fiction — 14th place
1971:
“The Snow Women” (Fantastic Apr 1970)
— short fiction — 2nd place
1971:
Swords Against Death (Ace)
— anthology/collection — 12th place
— Other Awards —
Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(5 nominations; 1 win)
1981:
Heroes and Horrors (by FL, edited by Stuart David Schiff) (Whispers Press)
— collection/anthology — nomination
1981:
for a lifetime of fiction writing
— professional achievement — nomination
1981:
special — winner
1980:
“The Button Molder ” (Whispers #13/14 Oct 1979)
— short fiction — nomination
1980:
professional achievement — nomination
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(1 nomination)
1978:
Our Lady of Darkness (Berkley/Putnam; F&SF Jan,Feb 1977)
— international fiction — nomination
Gandalf Awards — for fantasy novels and grand masters, administered in parallel with the Hugos
(3 nominations; 1 win)
1978:
Our Lady of Darkness (Berkley/Putnam)
— book-length fantasy — nomination
1975:
grand master of fantasy — winner
1974:
grand master of fantasy — nomination
Geffen Awards — for SF works in Hebrew, voted by members of annual Israeli SF/F convention
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1999:
Swords and Deviltry
— fantasy book — winner
Retro Hugo Awards — for SF works 50 years past, voted by members of the World SF Convention
(8 nominations; 2 wins)
2020:
“The Works of H.P. Lovecraft: Suggestions for a Critical Appraisal” (The Acolyte Fall 1944)
— related work — nomination
2020:
fan writer — winner
2019:
Conjure Wife (Unknown Worlds Apr 1943)
— novel — winner
2019:
Gather, Darkness! (Astounding Science Fiction May,Jun,Jul 1943)
— novel — nomination
2019:
“Thieves' House” (Unknown Worlds Feb 1943)
— novelette — nomination
2018:
“The Sunken Land” (Unknown Worlds Feb 1942)
— short story — nomination
2001:
“Coming Attraction ” (Galaxy Nov 1950)
— short story — nomination
1996:
Destiny Times Three (Astounding Mar,Apr 1945)
— novel — nomination
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(1 nomination)
1983:
“Horrible Imaginings ” (Death)
— novella — 2nd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2006:
The Swords of Lankhmar
— translated long form — nomination
Worldcon Special Convention Award — special honors presented by the committee of the World SF Convention
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1962:
for and The Hoffman Electronic Corporation, for the use of science fiction in advertisements
— winner
— As Judge —
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