Awards Summary
Major Awards: 3
Locus Awards: 2
Other Awards: 22
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 118
Hugo Awards
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(13 nominations; 2 wins)
“Recovering Apollo 8” (Asimov's Feb 2007)
novella nomination
“The Retrieval Artist” (Analog Jun 2000)
novella nomination
“Millennium Babies” (Asimov's Jan 2000)
novelette winner
“Echea” (Asimov's Jul 1998)
novelette nomination
professional editor nomination
professional editor nomination
professional editor nomination
professional editor winner
professional editor nomination
The Gallery of His Dreams (Pulphouse/Axolotl; Asimov's Sep 1991)
novella nomination
professional editor nomination
Science Fiction Writers of America Handbook (KKR &
Dean Wesley Smith, eds.) (Writer's Notebook Press)
nonfiction book nomination
professional editor nomination
Nebula Awards
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(5 nominations)
“Echea” (Asimov's Jul 1998)
novelette nomination
The Gallery of His Dreams (Pulphouse/Axolotl; Asimov's Sep 1991)
novella nomination
“A Time for Every Purpose” (Amazing Stories May 1990)
novelette nomination
“Story Child” (Aboriginal SF Sep/Oct 1990)
short story nomination
“Fast Cars” (Asimov's Oct 1989)
novelette nomination
(5 nominations; 1 win)
for editing F&SF
special award, professional nomination
for editing F&SF
special award, professional nomination
The Gallery of His Dreams (Pulphouse/Axolotl; Asimov's Sep 1991)
novella nomination
(
Dean Wesley Smith & KKR) for publishing,
Pulphouse
special award, professional nomination
(1 nomination)
Alien Influences (Millennium)
shortlist
Bram Stoker Awards
for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(1 nomination)
“Phantom” (F&SF Jun 1989)
novella/novelette nomination
(1 nomination)
“Echea” (Asimov's Jul 1998)
shortlist
Locus Awards
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(35 nominations; 2 wins)
Recovering Apollo 8 and Other Stories (Golden Gryphon)
collection 20th place
“Recovering Apollo 8” (Asimov's Jul 2007)
novella 9th place
“Diving into the Wreck” (Asimov's Dec 2005)
novella 8th place
“June Sixteenth at Anna's” (Asimov's Apr 2003)
short story 15th place
Stories for an Enchanted Afternoon (Golden Gryphon Press)
collection 21st place
“The Retrieval Artist” (Analog Jun 2000)
novella 13th place
“Millennium Babies” (Asimov's Jan 2000)
novelette 11th place
“Coolhunting” (Science Fiction Age Jul 1998)
novella 17th place
“Echea” (Asimov's Jul 1998)
novelette 4th place
editor 11th place
editor 2nd place
“The Beautiful, the Damned” (F&SF Feb 1995)
short story 16th place
editor 2nd place
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 45th Anniversary Anthology (
Edward L. Ferman & KKR, eds.) (St. Martin's)
anthology 17th place
editor 2nd place
“The Arrival of Truth” (Alternate Warriors)
novelette 18th place
“Sinner-Saints” (F&SF May 1993)
short story 18th place
Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue Twelve: The Last Issue (Pulphouse)
anthology 12th place
editor 2nd place
editor 2nd place
The White Mists of Power (Roc)
fantasy novel 19th place
The White Mists of Power (Roc)
first novel 2nd place
The Gallery of His Dreams (Pulphouse/Axolotl; Asimov's Sep 1991)
novella winner
The Best of Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine (St. Martin's)
anthology 9th place
Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue Ten: Winter 1991 (Pulphouse)
anthology 18th place
editor 2nd place
Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue Nine: Fall 1990 (Pulphouse)
anthology 9th place
Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue Seven: Spring 1990 (Pulphouse)
anthology 15th place
Science Fiction Writers of America Handbook (KKR &
Dean Wesley Smith, eds.) (Writer's Notebook Press)
nonfiction
winner
editor 3rd place
“Fast Cars” (Asimov's Oct 1989)
novelette 22nd place
Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue Five: Fall 1989 (Pulphouse)
anthology 21st place
Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue Three: Spring 1989 (Pulphouse)
anthology 15th place (tie)
editor 7th place
Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue One: Fall 1988 (Pulphouse)
anthology 12th place (tie)
(7 nominations; 3 wins)
“The Museum of Modern Warfare” ( )
short story winner
“Snapshots” (Analog May 2014)
short story winner (tie)
“Coordinated Attacks” (Analog)
novella 3rd place
“The Possession of Paavo Deshin” (Analog Jan/Feb 2010)
novella 4th place
“Red Letter Day” (Analog Sep 2010)
short story winner
“The Recovery Man's Bargain” (Analog Jan/Feb 2009)
novella 4th place
“The Retrieval Artist” (Analog Jun 2000)
novella 2nd place
(30 nominations; 11 wins)
“The Break-In” (Asimov's Sep/Oct 2023)
novel/novella 5th place
“The Death Hole Bunker” (Asimov's Jul/Aug 2023)
novel/novella 4th place
“The Nameless Dead” (Asimov's Mar/Apr 2023)
novelette winner
“The Court Martial of the Renegat Renegades” (Asimov's Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec 2022)
novella winner
“Rocket Girls” (Asimov's May/Jun 2022)
novelette 2nd place
“Alien Ball” (Asimov's Jul/Aug 2021)
short story 3rd place
“Maelstrom” (Asimov's Sep/Oct 2020)
novella 4th place
“Joyride” (Asimov's Nov/Dec 2018)
novel/novella 2nd place
“The Rescue of the Renegat” (Asimov's Jan/Feb 2018)
novel/novella 4th place (tie)
“Lieutenant Tightass” (Asimov's Jul/Aug 2018)
novelette winner
“The Runabout” (Asimov's May/Jun 2017)
novel/novella 2nd place
“Inhuman Garbage”
novella 1st place
“The First Step”
short story 4th place (tie)
“The Application of Hope” (Asimov's Aug 2013)
novella winner
“Encounter on Starbase Kappa” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2013)
novelette 2nd place (tie)
“Skylight” (Asimov's Jun 2013)
novelette 5th place
“Killer Advice” (Asimov's)
novella 4th place
“Stealth” (Asimov's)
novella 3rd place
“Becalmed” (Asimov's)
novelette 2nd place
“Becoming One with the Ghosts” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2010)
novella winner
“Broken Windchimes” (Asimov's Sep 2009)
novella winner
“The Spires of Denon” (Asimov's Apr/May 2009)
novella 3rd place
“The Room of Lost Souls” (Asimov's Apr/May 2008)
novella winner
“Recovering Apollo 8” (Asimov's Feb 2007)
novella winner
“Diving into the Wreck” (Asimov's Dec 2005)
novella winner
“June Sixteenth at Anna's” (Asimov's Apr 2003)
short story 3rd place (tie)
“Millennium Babies” (Asimov's Jan 2000)
novelette 5th place (tie)
“Echea” (Asimov's Jul 1998)
novelette winner
“The Gallery of His Dreams” (Asimov's Sep 1991)
novella 6th place
“Fast Cars” (Asimov's Oct 1989)
novelette 9th place
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
City of Ruins (Pyr)
winner
The Disappeared (Roc)
winner (tie)
HOMer Awards
for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(4 nominations; 2 wins)
“The Women of Whale Rock” (F&SF Mar 1999)
novelette nomination
“Echea” (Asimov's Jul 1998)
novelette winner
“The Arrival of Truth” (Alternate Warriors)
novelette nomination
The Gallery of His Dreams (Pulphouse/Axolotl; Asimov's Sep 1991)
novella winner
(2 nominations; 1 win)
winner
finalist
(1 nomination; 1 win)
“Coolhunting” (Science Fiction Age Jul 1998)
novella winner
(5 nominations)
pro editor-magazines 3rd place
pro editor/magazines 2nd place
pro editor/magazines 2nd place
pro editor/magazines 2nd place
pro editor/magazines 2nd place
(4 nominations; 2 wins)
The Enemy Within (WMG)
long form winner
“Uncertainty” (Asimov's Mar 2013)
short form nomination
“G-Men” (Sideways in Crime)
short form nomination
“Recovering Apollo 8” (Asimov's Feb 2007)
short form winner (tie)
UPC Award
for unpublished novella, open internationally, juried via blind competition
(2 nominations; 1 win)
“The End of the World”
special mention nomination
“Diving into the Wreck”
winner