Robert A. Heinlein
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 3
Major Awards: 4
Locus Awards: 2
Other Awards: 16
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 59
— Career and Special Awards —
Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors
1998:
— Posthumous Inductee — winner
Forry Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
1980:
— winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(12 nominations; 4 wins)
1990:
Grumbles from the Grave (Ballantine Del Rey)
— nonfiction book — nomination
1985:
Job: A Comedy of Justice (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
1983:
Friday (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
— novel — nomination
1974:
Time Enough for Love (Putnam)
— novel — nomination
1967:
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (If Dec 1965, Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr 1966; Putnam)
— novel — winner
1966:
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (If Dec 1965, Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr 1966; Putnam)
— novel — nomination
1966:
“Future History” (series)
— all-time series — nomination
1964:
Glory Road (F&SF Jul,Aug,Sep 1963; Putnam's)
— novel — nomination
1962:
Stranger in a Strange Land (Putnam's)
— novel — winner
1960:
Starship Troopers (Putnam)
— novel — winner
1959:
Have Space Suit -- Will Travel (F&SF Aug,Sep,Oct 1958)
— novel — nomination
1956:
Double Star (Astounding Feb,Mar,Apr 1956)
— novel — winner
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(4 nominations)
1985:
Job: A Comedy of Justice (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
1983:
Friday (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
— novel — nomination
1974:
Time Enough for Love (Putnam)
— novel — nomination
1967:
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Putnam's)
— novel — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(1 nomination)
2008:
Have Space Suit -- Will Travel (F&SF Aug,Sep,Oct 1958)
— Best Novel of 1958 — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(11 nominations; 2 wins)
2005:
For Us, the Living (Scribner)
— sf novel — 12th place
1991:
Stranger In A Strange Land: Original Uncut Version (Ace/Putnam)
— sf novel — 6th place
1990:
Grumbles from the Grave (Ballantine Del Rey)
— nonfiction — winner
1988:
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (Ace/Putnam)
— sf novel — 12th place
1986:
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (Putnam)
— sf novel — 6th place
1985:
Job: A Comedy of Justice (Ballantine Del Rey)
— fantasy novel — winner
1983:
Friday (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
— sf novel — 3rd place
1981:
The Number of the Beast (Fawcett)
— sf novel — 9th place
1981:
Expanded Universe (Grosset & Dunlap)
— single author collection — 7th place
1974:
Time Enough for Love (Putnam)
— novel — 2nd place
1971:
I Will Fear No Evil (Galaxy Jul,Aug/Sep,Oct/Nov,Dec 1970; Putnam)
— novel — 9th place
— Other Awards —
Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(1 nomination)
1980:
“'All You Zombies—'” (F&SF Mar 1959)
— short fiction — nomination
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
1989:
— all-time best sf author — 5th place
Jupiter Awards — for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(1 nomination)
1974:
Time Enough for Love (Putnam)
— novel — nomination
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(12 nominations; 9 wins)
2023:
“Free Men” (The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein)
— hall of fame — winner
2022:
Citizen of the Galaxy (Scribner's)
— hall of fame — winner
2017:
“Coventry”
— hall of fame — winner
2003:
“Requiem” (Astounding Jan 1940)
— hall of fame — winner
2002:
“Requiem” (Astounding Jan 1940)
— hall of fame — nomination
1998:
Time Enough for Love (Putnam)
— hall of fame — winner
1997:
Methuselah's Children (Gnome)
— hall of fame — winner
1996:
Red Planet
— hall of fame — winner
1989:
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (Ace/Putnam)
— novel — nomination
1987:
Stranger in a Strange Land (Putnam's)
— hall of fame — winner
1983:
Friday (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
— novel — nomination
1983:
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Putnam's)
— hall of fame — winner
Retro Hugo Awards — for SF works 50 years past, voted by members of the World SF Convention
(12 nominations; 6 wins)
2018:
Beyond This Horizon (Astounding Science Fiction Apr,May 1942)
— novel — winner
2018:
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (Unknown Worlds Oct 1942)
— novella — nomination
2018:
“Waldo” (Astounding Science Fiction Aug 1942)
— novella — winner
2018:
“Goldfish Bowl” (Astounding Science Fiction Mar 1942)
— novelette — nomination
2016:
“Coventry” (Astounding Science-Fiction Jul 1940)
— novella — nomination
2016:
“If This Goes On...” (Astounding Science-Fiction Feb 1940)
— novella — winner
2016:
“Magic, Inc.” (Unknown Sep 1940)
— novella — nomination
2016:
“Blowups Happen” (Astounding Science-Fiction Sep 1940)
— novelette — nomination
2016:
“The Roads Must Roll” (Astounding Science-Fiction Jun 1940)
— novelette — winner
2016:
Requiem (Astounding Science-Fiction Jan 1940)
— short story — nomination
2001:
Farmer in the Sky (Scribner's)
— novel — winner
2001:
“The Man Who Sold the Moon” (The Man Who Sold the Moon)
— novella — winner
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1978:
I Will Fear No Evil
— foreign novel — winner
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