Gene Wolfe
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 4
Major Awards: 9
Locus Awards: 6
Other Awards: 7
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 161
Times Served as Judge: 6
— Career and Special Awards —
Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors
2007:
Living Inductee — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
1996:
life achievement — winner
Skylark Award — for contribution to SF in the spirit of E.E. "Doc" Smith; presented by NESFA
1989:
winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(9 nominations)
2008:
“Memorare ” (F&SF Apr 2007)
— novella — nomination
1998:
“No Planets Strike ” (F&SF Jan 1997)
— short story — nomination
1988:
The Urth of the New Sun (Tor)
— novel — nomination
1983:
The Sword of the Lictor (Timescape)
— novel — nomination
1982:
The Claw of the Conciliator (Timescape)
— novel — nomination
1982:
“The Woman the Unicorn Loved” (Asimov's 8 Jun 1981)
— short story — nomination
1979:
“Seven American Nights ” (Orbit 20)
— novella — nomination
1974:
“The Death of Doctor Island” (Universe 3)
— novella — nomination
1973:
“The Fifth Head of Cerberus ” (Orbit 10)
— novella — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(20 nominations; 2 wins)
2008:
“Memorare ” (F&SF Apr 2007)
— novella — nomination
2005:
The Knight (Tor)
— novel — nomination
1996:
Cald� of the Long Sun (Tor)
— novel — nomination
1994:
Nightside The Long Sun (Tor)
— novel — nomination
1989:
The Urth of the New Sun (Tor)
— novel — nomination
1988:
Soldier of the Mist (Tor)
— novel — nomination
1987:
Free Live Free (Mark V. Ziesing; Tor)
— novel — nomination
1985:
“A Cabin on the Coast ” (F&SF Feb 1984)
— short story — nomination
1984:
The Citadel of the Autarch (Timescape)
— novel — nomination
1983:
The Sword of the Lictor (Timescape)
— novel — nomination
1982:
The Claw of the Conciliator (Timescape)
— novel — winner
1981:
The Shadow of the Torturer (Simon & Schuster)
— novel — nomination
1981:
“War Beneath the Tree ” (Omni Dec 1979)
— short story — nomination
1979:
“Seven American Nights ” (Orbit 20)
— novella — nomination
1977:
“The Eyeflash Miracles ” (Future Power)
— novella — nomination
1974:
“The Death of Doctor Island” (Universe 3)
— novella — winner
1974:
“How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion ” (Analog May 1973)
— short story — nomination
1973:
“The Fifth Head of Cerberus ” (Orbit 10)
— novella — nomination
1973:
“Against the Lafayette Escadrille ” (Again, Dangerous Visions)
— short story — nomination
1971:
“The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories ” (Orbit 7)
— short story — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(13 nominations; 5 wins)
2014:
The Land Across (Tor)
— novel — nomination
2010:
The Best of Gene Wolfe (PS; Tor)
— collection — winner (tie)
2007:
Soldier of Sidon (Tor)
— novel — winner
2005:
The Wizard Knight (Tor two volumes)
— novel — nomination
2005:
“Golden City Far ” (Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy)
— novella — nomination
1990:
Soldier of Arete (Tor)
— novel — nomination
1989:
Storeys from the Old Hotel (Kerosina)
— collection — winner (tie)
1988:
“In the House of Gingerbread ” (The Architecture of Fear)
— short story — nomination
1987:
Soldier of the Mist (Tor)
— novel — nomination
1983:
The Sword of the Lictor (Timescape)
— novel — nomination
1982:
The Claw of the Conciliator (Timescape)
— novel — nomination
1981:
The Shadow of the Torturer (Simon & Schuster)
— novel — winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1983:
The Sword of the Lictor (Timescape)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — winner
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(5 nominations; 1 win)
2002:
“The Best Introduction to the Mountains” (Interzone #174 Dec 2001)
— nonfiction — nomination
1986:
Free Live Free (Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
1984:
The Citadel of the Autarch (Timescape)
— novel — nomination
1983:
The Sword of the Lictor (Timescape)
— novel — nomination
1982:
The Shadow of the Torturer (Sidgwick & Jackson)
— novel — winner
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2012:
Home Fires (Tor)
— finalist
1984:
The Citadel of the Autarch (Timescape)
— winner
1981:
The Shadow of the Torturer (Simon & Schuster)
— third place
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(2 nominations)
2008:
“Memorare ” (F&SF Apr 2007)
— second place (tie)
2005:
“The Lost Pilgrim ” (The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age)
— shortlist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(74 nominations; 6 wins)
2021:
Interlibrary Loan (Tor)
— sf novel — 9th place
2016:
A Borrowed Man (Tor)
— sf novel — 5th place
2014:
The Land Across (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 9th place
2014:
“Uncaged” (Rags and Bones)
— short story — 8th place
2012:
Home Fires (Tor; PS Publishing)
— sf novel — 8th place
2011:
The Sorcerer's House (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 4th place
2010:
“Donovan Sent Us” (Other Earths)
— short story — 7th place
2010:
The Best of Gene Wolfe (Tor; PS)
— collection — winner
2009:
An Evil Guest (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 3rd place
2008:
Pirate Freedom (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 3rd place
2008:
“Memorare ” (F&SF Apr 2007)
— novella — 2nd place
2008:
“The Magic Animal ” (Wizards)
— novelette — 10th place
2007:
Soldier of Sidon (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 3rd place
2007:
“Sob in the Silence ” (Strange Birds)
— short story — 3rd place
2006:
“Comber ” (Postscripts #3 Spr 2005)
— short story — 9th place
2006:
Starwater Strains (Tor)
— collection — 7th place
2005:
The Wizard (Tor (2 volumes))
— fantasy novel — 2nd place
2005:
“Golden City Far ” (Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy)
— novella — winner
2005:
“The Little Stranger ” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2004)
— novelette — 12th place
2005:
“The Lost Pilgrim ” (The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age)
— novelette — 10th place
2005:
“Pulp Cover ” (Asimov's Mar 2004)
— short story — 2nd place
2005:
Innocents Aboard (Tor)
— collection — 4th place
2004:
“Castaway ” (Sci Fiction 5 Feb 2003)
— short story — 3rd place
2004:
“Graylord Man's Last Words” (Asimov's May 2003)
— short story — 5th place
2003:
A Walking Tour of the Shambles (by GW & Neil Gaiman) (American Fantasy Press)
— novelette — 3rd place
2003:
“Shields of Mars ” (Mars Probes)
— short story — 12th place
2003:
“The Waif ” (F&SF Jan 2002)
— short story — 8th place
2002:
Return to the Whorl (Tor)
— sf novel — 4th place
2002:
“Viewpoint ” (Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction)
— novella — 8th place
2002:
“In Glory Like Their Star ” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2001)
— short story — 6th place
2002:
“Queen ” (Realms of Fantasy Dec 2001)
— short story — 12th place
2001:
In Green's Jungles (Tor)
— sf novel — 5th place
2001:
Strange Travelers (Tor)
— collection — 5th place
2000:
On Blue's Waters (Tor)
— sf novel — 8th place
1999:
“Wrapper ” (Lamps on the Brow)
— short story — 22nd place (tie)
1998:
“Flash Company ” (The Horns of Elfland)
— short story — 17th place
1998:
“No Planets Strike ” (F&SF Jan 1997)
— short story — 8th place
1997:
Exodus from the Long Sun (Hodder & Stoughton; Tor)
— sf novel — 10th place
1997:
“The Man in the Pepper Mill ” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1996)
— novelette — 10th place
1997:
“Try and Kill It ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1996)
— novelette — 16th place
1997:
“Counting Cats in Zanzibar ” (Asimov's Aug 1996)
— short story — 2nd place
1996:
“The Ziggurat ” (Full Spectrum 5)
— novella — 7th place
1995:
Cald� of the Long Sun (Tor)
— sf novel — 9th place
1994:
Nightside The Long Sun (Tor)
— sf novel — 23rd place
1994:
“Useful Phrases ” (Tomorrow Speculative Fiction Jan 1993)
— short story — 10th place
1991:
Castleview (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 18th place
1991:
“The Haunted Boardinghouse ” (Walls of Fear)
— novelette — 26th place
1990:
Soldier of Arete (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 3rd place
1990:
Endangered Species (Tor)
— collection — 5th place
1989:
There Are Doors (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 3rd place
1988:
The Urth of the New Sun (Tor)
— sf novel — 3rd place
1987:
Soldier of the Mist (Tor)
— fantasy novel — winner
1985:
Free Live Free (Mark V. Ziesing)
— sf novel — 22nd place
1985:
“A Cabin on the Coast ” (F&SF Feb 1984)
— short story — 4th place
1985:
“The Map ” (Light Years and Dark)
— short story — 9th place
1984:
The Citadel of the Autarch (Timescape)
— sf novel — 17th place
1983:
The Citadel of the Autarch (Timescape)
— fantasy novel — 2nd place
1983:
The Sword of the Lictor (Timescape)
— fantasy novel — winner
1982:
The Claw of the Conciliator (Timescape)
— fantasy novel — winner
1982:
“The Woman the Unicorn Loved” (Asimov's 8 Jun 1981)
— short story — 6th place
1982:
Gene Wolfe's Book of Days (Doubleday)
— single author collection — 2nd place
1981:
The Shadow of the Torturer (Simon & Schuster)
— fantasy novel — 2nd place
1981:
“The Detective of Dreams ” (Dark Forces)
— short story — 6th place
1981:
“War Beneath the Tree ” (Omni Dec 1979)
— short story — 17th place
1981:
The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories (Pocket)
— single author collection — 4th place
1980:
“War Beneath the Tree ” (Omni Dec 1979)
— short story — 4th place
1979:
“The Doctor of Death Island ” (Immortal)
— novella — 6th place
1979:
“Seven American Nights ” (Orbit 20)
— novella — 3rd place
1977:
“The Eyeflash Miracles ” (Future Power)
— novella — 5th place
1976:
“Silhouette ” (The New Atlantis)
— novella — 9th place
1975:
“Forlesen ” (Orbit 14)
— novelette — 22nd place
1974:
“The Death of Doctor Island” (Universe 3)
— novella — winner
1973:
The Fifth Head of Cerberus (Scribners)
— novel — 11th place
1973:
“The Fifth Head of Cerberus ” (Orbit 10)
— novella — 3rd place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
2005:
“Pulp Cover ” (Asimov's Mar 2004)
— short story — 5th place
Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(3 nominations)
1983:
The Citadel of the Autarch (Timescape)
— novel — nomination
1983:
The Sword of the Lictor (Timescape)
— novel — nomination
1981:
The Shadow of the Torturer (Simon & Schuster)
— novel — nomination
Deathrealm Awards — for horror works, voted by readers of Deathrealm magazine
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1995:
Bibliomen (Broken Mirrors Press)
— collection — winner
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(4 nominations)
1986:
The Devil in a Forest (Granada)
— international fiction — nomination
1986:
Free Live Free (Gollancz)
— international fiction — nomination
1986:
Peace (Chatto)
— international fiction — nomination
1982:
The Claw of the Conciliator (Timescape)
— international fiction — nomination
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
1989:
all-time best sf author — 11th place
Italia Awards — for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1999:
The Urth of the New Sun
— international novel — winner
Jupiter Awards — for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(1 nomination)
1974:
“The Death of Doctor Island” (Universe 3)
— novelette — nomination
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(4 nominations)
2009:
An Evil Guest (Tor)
— adult literature — nomination
2005:
The Wizard Knight (Tor)
— adult literature — nomination
1997:
The Book of the Long Sun (Tor)
— fantasy — nomination
1982:
The Claw of the Conciliator (Timescape)
— fantasy — nomination
Prix Apollo — for novel published in French; suspended 1991
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1985:
The Citadel of the Autarch
— winner
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(1 nomination)
2016:
A Borrowed Man (Tor)
— novel — nomination
Rhysling Awards — for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1978:
“The Computer Iterates the Greater Trumpovs ” (T.A.S.P.)
— long poem — winner
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(4 nominations; 3 wins)
1988:
The Urth of the New Sun (Tor)
— novel — winner
1984:
The Citadel of the Autarch (Timescape)
— novel — 2nd place
1983:
The Sword of the Lictor (Timescape)
— novel — winner
1982:
The Claw of the Conciliator (Timescape)
— novel — winner
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(6 nominations)
2018:
A Borrowed Man
— translated novel — nomination
2016:
“Of Relays and Roses ”
— translated story — nomination
2009:
The Urth of the New Sun
— translated long form — nomination
2007:
“The Eyeflash Miracles ”
— translated short form — nomination
2005:
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
— translated novel — nomination
2005:
“Seven American Nights ”
— translated short story — nomination
SF Site Readers Poll — for SF/F books, voted by readers of SF Site website
(1 nomination)
2005:
The Wizard Knight (Tor)
— sf/fantasy book — 5th place
Southeastern SF Achievement Awards — for SF/F/H works by writers in southeastern US
(1 nomination)
2002:
“In Glory Like Their Star ” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2001)
— short fiction — nomination
— As Judge —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
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