L. Sprague de Camp
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 6
Major Awards: 3
Other Awards: 4
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 39
— Career and Special Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
1984:
life achievement — winner
First Fandom Hall of Fame Award — for fans active at the time of the first World SF Convention
1989:
winner
Forry Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
1977:
winner
I-CON Award — for contributions to SF/F/H, presented by annual convention I-CON
1993:
(LSdC & Catherine Crook de Camp)
Gallun Award — winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(3 nominations; 1 win)
1997:
Time & Chance: An Autobiography (Donald M. Grant)
— nonfiction book — winner
1956:
“A Gun for Dinosaur” (Galaxy Mar 1956)
— novelette — nomination
1956:
feature writer — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(8 nominations; 1 win)
1984:
Dark Valley Destiny (by LSdC, Catherine Crook de Camp & Jane Whittington Griffin) (Bluejay)
— special award, professional — nomination
1982:
life achievement — nomination
1981:
life achievement — nomination
1980:
life achievement — nomination
1979:
life achievement — nomination
1977:
life achievement — nomination
1976:
for Lovecraft: A Biography
— special award, professional — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1973:
The Fallible Fiend (Signet)
— short story — winner
International Fantasy Awards — for SF/F works, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1953:
Lands Beyond (by Willy Ley & LSdC) (Rinehart)
— nonfiction — winner
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(9 nominations)
2006:
Years in the Making: The Time-Travel Stories of L. Sprague de Camp (NESFA Press)
— collection — 10th place
1997:
Time & Chance: An Autobiography (Donald M. Grant)
— nonfiction — 2nd place
1993:
“The Satanic Illusion” (Asimov's Nov 1992)
— novelette — 14th place
1993:
“The Round-Eyed Barbarians ” (Amazing Stories Jan 1992)
— short story — 27th place
1979:
The Best of L. Sprague de Camp (Ballantine Del Rey)
— single author collection — 7th place
1978:
“Heretic in a Balloon” (Asimov's Winter 1977)
— novella — 13th place
1976:
Lovecraft: A Biography (Doubleday)
— associational item — 4th place
1976:
The Science Fiction Handbook, Revised (by LSdC & Catherine Crook de Camp) (Owlswick)
— associational item — 6th place
1971:
The Reluctant Shaman (Pyramid)
— anthology/collection — 11th place
— Other Awards —
Analog Readers Poll — for stories, articles, and art published by Analog, polled by readers
(3 nominations; 1 win)
1994:
“Goat Island” (Analog Apr 1993)
— fact article — 4th place
1990:
“The Ape-Man Within Us” (Analog Jun 1989)
— fact article — winner
1981:
“Man's Biological Future” (Analog Nov 1980)
— article — 4th place
Gandalf Awards — for fantasy novels and grand masters, administered in parallel with the Hugos
(3 nominations; 1 win)
1976:
grand master of fantasy — winner
1975:
grand master of fantasy — nomination
1974:
grand master of fantasy — nomination
Retro Hugo Awards — for SF works 50 years past, voted by members of the World SF Convention
(4 nominations)
2016:
The Mathematics of Magic (by LSdC & Fletcher Pratt) (Unknown Aug 1940)
— novella — nomination
2016:
“The Roaring Trumpet” (by LSdC & Fletcher Pratt) (Unknown May 1940)
— novella — nomination
2014:
“Hyperpilosity ” (Astounding Science-Fiction Apr 1938)
— short story — nomination
2004:
Science-Fiction Handbook (Hermitage)
— related book — nomination
Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1996:
special achievement — winner
Southeastern SF Achievement Awards — for SF/F/H works by writers in southeastern US
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2003:
life achievement — winner
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