Kate Wilhelm
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 3
Major Awards: 5
Locus Awards: 2
Other Awards: 4
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 74
— Career and Special Awards —
Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors
2003:
— Living Inductee — winner
First Fandom Hall of Fame Award — for fans active at the time of the first World SF Convention
2025:
— winner
I-CON Award — for contributions to SF/F/H, presented by annual convention I-CON
1996:
(Damon Knight & KW)
— Gallun Award — winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(6 nominations; 2 wins)
2006:
Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop (Small Beer Press)
related book — winner
1995:
“I Know What You're Thinking” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
short story — nomination
1988:
“Forever Yours, Anna” (Omni Jul 1987)
short story — nomination
1982:
“With Thimbles, with Forks and Hope” (Asimov's 23 Nov 1981)
novella — nomination
1977:
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Harper & Row)
novel — winner
1975:
“A Brother to Dragons, a Companion of Owls” (Orbit 14)
novelette — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(18 nominations; 3 wins)
1995:
“I Know What You're Thinking” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
short story — nomination
1994:
Naming the Flowers (Pulphouse/Axolotl; F&SF Feb 1993)
novella — nomination
1988:
“Forever Yours, Anna” (Omni Jul 1987)
short story — winner
1987:
“The Girl Who Fell into the Sky” (Asimov's Oct 1986)
novelette — winner
1986:
“The Gorgon Field” (Asimov's Aug 1985)
novella — nomination
1982:
“The Winter Beach” (Redbook Sep 1981)
novella — nomination
1980:
Juniper Time (Harper & Row)
novel — nomination
1977:
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Harper & Row)
novel — nomination
1973:
“The Funeral” (Again, Dangerous Visions)
novelette — nomination
1972:
Margaret and I (Little, Brown)
novel — nomination
1972:
“The Infinity Box” (Orbit 9)
novella — nomination
1972:
“The Plastic Abyss” (Abyss)
novella — nomination
1972:
“The Encounter” (Orbit 8)
novelette — nomination
1971:
“April Fool's Day Forever” (Orbit 7)
novella — nomination
1971:
“A Cold Dark Night with Snow” (Orbit 6)
short story — nomination
1969:
“The Planners” (Orbit 3)
short story — winner
1968:
“Baby, You Were Great” (Orbit 2)
short story — nomination
1966:
The Clone (by Ted Thomas & KW) (Berkley)
novel — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(1 nomination)
1986:
“The Gorgon Field” (Asimov's Aug 1985)
novella — nomination
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(1 nomination)
1996:
The Clewiston Test (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
retrospective Tiptree short list
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(1 nomination)
1977:
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Harper & Row)
third place
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(33 nominations; 2 wins)
2006:
Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop (Small Beer)
non-fiction — winner
2002:
“Yesterday's Tomorrows” (F&SF Sep 2001)
novella — 9th place
1997:
“Forget Luck” (F&SF Apr 1996)
short story — 6th place
1996:
A Flush of Shadows (St. Martin's)
collection — 13th place
1995:
“Bloodletting” (Omni Jun 1994)
short story — 15th place
1995:
“I Know What You're Thinking” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
short story — 2nd place
1993:
Naming the Flowers (Pulphouse/Axolotl)
novella — 3rd place
1993:
And the Angels Sing (St. Martin's)
collection — 7th place
1992:
Death Qualified: A Mystery of Chaos (St. Martin's)
sf novel — 16th place
1991:
“And the Angels Sing” (Omni May 1990)
novelette — 5th place
1990:
“Children of the Wind” (Children of the Wind: Five Novellas)
novella — 18th place
1990:
Children of the Wind: Five Novellas (St. Martin's)
collection — 13th place
1989:
Crazy Time (St. Martin's)
sf novel — 18th place
1988:
“Forever Yours, Anna” (Omni Jul 1987)
short story — 8th place
1987:
“The Girl Who Fell into the Sky” (Asimov's Oct 1986)
novelette — 11th place
1986:
“The Gorgon Field” (Asimov's Aug 1985)
novella — 11th place
1985:
“Strangeness, Charm and Spin” (Light Years and Dark)
short story — 25th place
1984:
Welcome, Chaos (Houghton Mifflin)
sf novel — 12th place
1984:
“The Mind of Medea” (Omni Jan 1983)
novelette — 12th place
1983:
Oh Susannah! (Houghton Mifflin)
fantasy novel — 10th place
1982:
A Sense of Shadow (Houghton Mifflin)
fantasy novel — 9th place
1982:
“The Winter Beach” (Redbook Sep 1981)
novella — 9th place
1982:
“With Thimbles, with Forks and Hope” (Asimov's 23 Nov 1981)
novella — 10th place
1982:
Listen, Listen (Houghton Mifflin)
single author collection — 10th place
1980:
Juniper Time (Harper & Row)
sf novel — 11th place
1979:
Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions (Harper & Row)
single author collection — 9th place
1977:
The Clewiston Test (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
novel — 15th place
1977:
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Harper & Row)
novel — winner
1976:
The Infinity Box (Harper & Row)
single author collection — 9th place
1975:
“Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang” (Orbit 15)
novella — 11th place
1975:
“A Brother to Dragons, a Companion of Owls” (Orbit 14)
novelette — 17th place
1975:
Nebula Award Stories Nine (Harper & Row)
reprint anthology — 5th place
1973:
“The Funeral” (Again, Dangerous Visions)
short fiction — 10th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
1995:
“I Know What You're Thinking” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
short story — 4th place
Endeavour Award — for best book by a Pacific Northwest writer, juried
(1 nomination)
1999:
The Good Children (St. Martin's)
finalist
HOMer Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(1 nomination)
1994:
Naming the Flowers (Pulphouse/Axolotl)
novella — nomination
Jupiter Awards — for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(2 nominations; 1 win)
1977:
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Harper & Row)
novel — winner
1974:
“The Village” (Bad Moon Rising)
short story — nomination
Kurd Lasswitz Preis — for SF works published in Germany, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1997:
Death Qualified: A Mystery of Chaos
foreign novel — winner
Prix Apollo — for novel published in French; suspended 1991
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1981:
Juniper Time
winner
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(1 nomination)
1988:
“Forever Yours, Anna” (Omni Jul 1987)
short story — 2nd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
1995:
Naming the Flowers
foreign short story — nomination
SFWA Awards — for works and contributions to SF, presented by the SFFWA
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2009:
— Solstice Award — winner
The American Book Awards — for books in various categories, including paperback
(1 nomination)
1980:
Juniper Time (Harper & Row)
sf hardcover — nomination
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