Spider Robinson
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 3
Major Awards: 4
Locus Awards: 2
Other Awards: 3
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 40
— Career and Special Awards —
Forry Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
2015:
winner
Robert A. Heinlein Award — for hard SF inspiring space exploration, presented by the Heinlein Society
2008:
winner
Skylark Award — for contribution to SF in the spirit of E.E. "Doc" Smith; presented by NESFA
1978:
winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(4 nominations; 3 wins)
1983:
“Melancholy Elephants ” (Analog Jun 1982)
— short story — winner
1978:
“Stardance” (by SR & Jeanne Robinson) (Analog Mar 1977)
— novella — winner
1978:
“Dog Day Evening” (Analog Oct 1977)
— short story — nomination
1977:
“By Any Other Name ” (Analog Nov 1976)
— novella — winner (tie)
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1978:
“Stardance” (by SR & Jeanne Robinson) (Analog Mar 1977)
— novella — winner
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(16 nominations; 2 wins)
1987:
Callahan's Secret (Berkley)
— collection — 7th place
1986:
Melancholy Elephants (Tor)
— collection — 5th place
1983:
Mindkiller (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
— sf novel — 17th place
1983:
“Melancholy Elephants ” (Analog Jun 1982)
— short story — 5th place
1982:
“Serpents' Teeth” (Omni Mar 1981)
— short story — 2nd place
1982:
Time Travelers Strictly Cash (Ace)
— single author collection — 18th place
1981:
“Have You Heard the One�?” (Analog Jun 1980)
— novelette — 20th place
1981:
Antinomy (Dell)
— single author collection — 8th place
1981:
The Best of All Possible Worlds (Ace)
— anthology — 19th place
1980:
Stardance (by SR & Jeanne Robinson) (Dial)
— sf novel — 4th place
1979:
Stardance (by SR & Jeanne Robinson) (Analog Sep,Oct,Nov 1978)
— novel — 20th place
1978:
“Stardance” (by SR & Jeanne Robinson) (Analog Mar 1977)
— novella — winner
1978:
“Dog Day Evening” (Analog Oct 1977)
— short fiction — 18th place
1977:
“By Any Other Name ” (Analog Nov 1976)
— novella — 9th place
1977:
critic — winner
1976:
critic — 5th place
— Other Awards —
Analog Readers Poll — for stories, articles, and art published by Analog, polled by readers
(4 nominations; 2 wins)
1987:
“The Mick of Time” (Analog May 1986)
— novella/novelette — 2nd place
1983:
“Melancholy Elephants ” (Analog Jun 1982)
— short story — winner
1981:
“Have You Heard the One�?” (Analog Jun 1980)
— novella/novelette — 5th place
1979:
Stardance (by SR & Jeanne Robinson) (Analog Sep,Oct,Nov 1978)
— serial — winner
Aurora Awards — for Canadian SF/F in English and in French, voted by members of annual convention
(9 nominations)
2018:
Compostela: Tesseracts 20 (SR & James Alan Gardner, eds.) (EDGE)
— related work — nomination
1996:
Starmind (by SR & Jeanne Robinson) (Analog Aug,Sep,Oct,Nov 1994; Ace)
— long-form, English — nomination
1995:
The Callahan Touch (Ace)
— long-form, English — nomination
1992:
Kill the Editor (Axolotl)
— long-form, English — nomination
1989:
Time Pressure (Ace)
— long-form, English — nomination
1989:
“The Paranoid” (Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue Two: Winter 1988)
— short-form, English — nomination
1988:
Time Pressure
— long-form, English — nomination
1985:
Melancholy Elephants
— outstanding work — nomination
1983:
lifetime achievement — nomination
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(1 nomination)
1979:
Stardance (by SR & Jeanne Robinson) (Analog Sep,Oct,Nov 1978)
— international fiction — nomination
Endeavour Award — for best book by a Pacific Northwest writer, juried
(1 nomination)
2002:
The Free Lunch (Tor)
— finalist
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — for new SF/F writer, voted by members of annual World SF con
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1974:
winner (tie)
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