Larry Niven
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 5
Major Awards: 6
Locus Awards: 4
Other Awards: 9
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 106
Times Served as Judge: 16
— Career and Special Awards —
Forry Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
1969:
— winner
Robert A. Heinlein Award — for hard SF inspiring space exploration, presented by the Heinlein Society
2005:
— winner
Skylark Award — for contribution to SF in the spirit of E.E. "Doc" Smith; presented by NESFA
1973:
— winner
Writers and Illustrators of the Future — for stories and art by contest winners, juried
2006:
— lifetime achievement — winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(19 nominations; 5 wins)
1990:
“The Return of William Proxmire” (What Might Have Been? Vol. 1: Alternate Empires)
— short story — nomination
1986:
Footfall (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
1985:
The Integral Trees (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
1981:
The Ringworld Engineers (Galileo Jul,Sep,Nov 1979, Jan 1980; Phantasia; Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
— novel — nomination
1980:
“The Locusts” (by LN & Steve Barnes) (Analog Jun 1979)
— novelette — nomination
1978:
Lucifer's Hammer (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Playboy)
— novel — nomination
1976:
Inferno (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Galaxy Aug,Sep,Oct 1975)
— novel — nomination
1976:
“ARM” (Epoch)
— novella — nomination
1976:
“The Borderland of Sol” (Analog Jan 1975)
— novelette — winner
1975:
The Mote in God's Eye (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Simon & Schuster)
— novel — nomination
1975:
“The Hole Man” (Analog Jan 1974)
— short story — winner
1974:
Protector (Ballantine)
— novel — nomination
1972:
“The Fourth Profession” (Quark/4)
— novella — nomination
1972:
“Inconstant Moon” (All the Myriad Ways)
— short story — winner
1971:
Ringworld (Ballantine)
— novel — winner
1970:
“Not Long Before the End” (F&SF Apr 1969)
— short story — nomination
1969:
“All the Myriad Ways” (Galaxy Oct 1968)
— short story — nomination
1968:
“The Jigsaw Man” (Dangerous Visions)
— short story — nomination
1967:
“Neutron Star” (If Oct 1966)
— short story — winner
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(8 nominations; 1 win)
1985:
The Integral Trees (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
1977:
Inferno (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Pocket)
— novel — nomination
1976:
The Mote in God's Eye (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Simon & Schuster)
— novel — nomination
1971:
Ringworld (Ballantine)
— novel — winner
1970:
“Not Long Before the End” (F&SF Apr 1969)
— short story — nomination
1968:
“Flatlander” (If Mar 1967)
— novelette — nomination
1966:
“Becalmed in Hell” (F&SF Jul 1965)
— short story — nomination
1966:
“Wrong-Way Street” (Galaxy Apr 1965)
— short story — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(1 nomination)
1979:
The Magic Goes Away (Ace)
— short fiction — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(50 nominations; 4 wins)
2015:
Shipstar (by Gregory Benford & LN) (Tor)
— sf novel — 14th place
2013:
Bowl of Heaven (by Gregory Benford & LN) (Tor)
— sf novel — 13th place
2013:
Fate of Worlds (by LN & Edward M. Lerner) (Tor)
— sf novel — 22nd place
2011:
The Best of Larry Niven (Subterranean)
— collection — 7th place
2001:
“Fly-By-Night” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2000)
— novella — 7th place
2001:
“The Missing Mass” (Analog Dec 2000)
— short story — winner
2000:
Rainbow Mars (Tor)
— collection — 6th place (tie)
1998:
Destiny's Road (Tor)
— sf novel — 14th place
1997:
The Ringworld Throne (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 14th place
1995:
Crashlander (Ballantine Del Rey)
— collection — 4th place
1994:
The Gripping Hand (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Pocket)
— sf novel — 22nd place
1992:
Playgrounds of the Mind (Tor)
— collection — 2nd place
1992:
Man-Kzin Wars IV (Baen)
— anthology — 6th place
1991:
N-Space (Tor)
— collection — 4th place
1989:
The Man-Kzin Wars (Baen)
— anthology — 4th place
1988:
The Legacy of Heorot (by LN, Jerry Pournelle & Steven Barnes) (Gollancz; Simon & Schuster)
— sf novel — 11th place
1988:
The Smoke Ring (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 8th place
1986:
Footfall (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 3rd place
1986:
Limits (Ballantine Del Rey)
— collection — 3rd place
1985:
The Integral Trees (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — winner
1985:
More Magic (Berkley)
— anthology — 13th place
1983:
The Descent of Anansi (by LN & Steven Barnes) (Tor)
— sf novel — 16th place
1983:
“Flare Time” (Amazing Stories Nov 1982)
— novelette — 9th place
1982:
Dream Park (by LN & Steven Barnes) (Phantasia; Ace)
— sf novel — 4th place
1982:
Oath of Fealty (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Phantasia; Timescape)
— sf novel — 9th place
1982:
The Magic May Return (Ace)
— anthology — 10th place
1981:
The Ringworld Engineers (Phantasia; Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
— sf novel — 3rd place
1981:
The Patchwork Girl (Ace)
— novella — 2nd place
1980:
The Ringworld Engineers (Phantasia)
— sf novel — 24th place
1980:
“Spirals” (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Destinies Vol. 1, No. 3, April-June '79)
— novella — 13th place
1980:
“The Locusts” (by LN & Steve Barnes) (Analog Jun 1979)
— novelette — 16th place
1980:
Convergent Series (Ballantine Del Rey)
— single author collection — winner
1979:
The Magic Goes Away (by LN, illustrated by Esteban Maroto) (Ace)
— art or illustrated book — 3rd place
1978:
Lucifer's Hammer (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Playboy)
— sf novel — 8th place
1977:
Inferno (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Pocket)
— novel — 17th place
1977:
A World Out of Time (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
— novel — 5th place
1976:
Inferno (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Galaxy Aug,Sep,Oct 1975)
— novel — 12th place
1976:
“ARM” (Epoch)
— novella — 5th place
1976:
“The Borderland of Sol” (Analog Jan 1975)
— novella — 3rd place
1976:
Tales of Known Space (Ballantine)
— single author collection — 4th place
1975:
The Mote in God's Eye (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Simon & Schuster)
— novel — 2nd place
1975:
“The Hole Man” (Analog Jan 1974)
— short story — 2nd place
1975:
A Hole in Space (Ballantine)
— single author collection — 2nd place
1974:
Protector (Ballantine)
— novel — 4th place
1974:
“The Defenseless Dead” (Ten Tomorrows)
— novella — 6th place
1974:
The Flight of the Horse (Ballantine)
— reprint anth/collection — 14th place (tie)
1973:
“What Good Is a Glass Dagger?” (F&SF Sep 1972)
— novella — 11th place
1972:
“Inconstant Moon” (All the Myriad Ways)
— short fiction — 9th place
1972:
All the Myriad Ways (Ballantine)
— reprint anth/collection — 8th place
1971:
Ringworld (Ballantine)
— novel — winner
— Other Awards —
Analog Readers Poll — for stories, articles, and art published by Analog, polled by readers
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2023:
“Sacred Cow” (by LN & Steven Barnes) (Analog Nov/Dec 2022)
— short story — winner (tie)
2021:
“Big Smart Objects” (by Gregory Benford & LN) (Analog Nov/Dec 2020)
— fact article — 3rd place
1980:
“The Locusts” (by LN & Steve Barnes) (Analog Jun 1979)
— novelette — 2nd place
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(3 nominations)
2003:
“Free Floaters” (by Brenda Cooper & LN) (Asimov's Aug 2002)
— novelette — 9th place
2002:
“Ice and Mirrors” (by Brenda Cooper & LN) (Asimov's Feb 2001)
— novelette — 7th place (tie)
2001:
“Fly-By-Night” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2000)
— novella — 3rd place
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(4 nominations; 2 wins)
1977:
A World Out of Time
— international sf — nomination
1976:
Inferno (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Galaxy Aug,Sep,Oct 1975)
— international sf — nomination
1975:
Protector (Ballantine)
— international sf — winner
1972:
Ringworld (Ballantine)
— international sf — winner
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
1989:
— all-time best sf author — 8th place
Jupiter Awards — for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(2 nominations)
1975:
The Mote in God's Eye (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Simon & Schuster)
— novel — nomination
1974:
“Flash Crowd” (Three Trips in Time and Space)
— novelette — nomination
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2008:
Fleet of Worlds (by LN & Edward M. Lerner) (Tor)
— novel — nomination
1997:
Oath of Fealty (by LN & Jerry Pournelle)
— hall of fame — nomination
1992:
1983:
Oath of Fealty (by LN & Jerry Pournelle)
— novel — nomination
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(1 nomination)
1985:
The Integral Trees (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — 3rd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(5 nominations; 5 wins)
1998:
1989:
Footfall (by LN & Jerry Pournelle)
— foreign novel — winner
1981:
“A Relic of Empire”
— foreign short fiction — winner
1979:
Ringworld
— foreign novel — winner
1979:
“Inconstant Moon”
— foreign short fiction — winner
— As Judge —
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