Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Other Awards: 5
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 25
Rhysling Awards —
for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
— grand master poet — winner
Nebula Awards —
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(1 nomination)
“The All-Consuming” (by
Lucius Shepard & RF) (
Playboy Jul 1990;
Asimov's May 1991)
— novelette — nomination
Bram Stoker Awards —
for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(1 nomination)
Visions of the Mutant Rain Forest (by RF &
Bruce Boston) (Crystal Lake)
— poetry collection — nomination
Locus Awards —
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(1 nomination)
“The All-Consuming” (by
Lucius Shepard & RF) (
Playboy Jul 1990)
— novelette — 10th place
(3 nominations)
“Albert Einstein, Two Stills” (Analog Sep/Oct 2022)
— poem — 2nd place
“Ghost Transmission” (Analog Jan/Feb 2020)
— poem — 3rd place (tie)
“Final Dispatch”
— poetry — 4th place
(10 nominations; 2 wins)
“1,230 Grams of Einstein”
— poem — 1st place
“The Now We Almost Inhabit” (by
Roger Dutcher & RF) (
Asimov's Sep 2010)
— poem — 5th place
“All I Want for Christmas” (by RF &
James Patrick Kelly) (
Asimov's Dec 2001)
— poem — 4th place
“A Reflection on the Apollo Moon Missions” (Asimov's Sep 1997)
— poem — 4th place
“Postcard from a Time Traveler” (Asimov's Oct 1995)
— poem — 8th place (tie)
“Piloting Alone out There” (Asimov's Apr 1994)
— poem — 10th place (tie)
“A Dragon's Yuletide Shopping List” (by RF &
James Patrick Kelly) (
Asimov's Nov 1990)
— poem —
winner
“Nazca Lines” (by
Roger Dutcher & RF) (
Asimov's may 1987)
— poem — 3rd place
Balrog Awards —
for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(2 nominations)
for promoting sf/fantasy verse
— amateur achievement — nomination
for T.A.S.P. magazine and promoting speculative fiction poetry
— amateur achievement — nomination
Readercon Awards —
for small press books and magazines, voted by members of Readercon
(1 nomination; 1 win)
Co-Orbital Moons (Ocean View Press)
— single author collection — winner
Rhysling Awards —
for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
(6 nominations; 4 wins)
“Wreck-Diving the Starship”
— long poem — 3rd place
“A Crash Course in Lemon Physics”
— long poem — 3rd place (tie)
“Salinity” (F&SF Feb 1988)
— short poem — winner
“Encased in the Amber of Eternity” (Future at War Vol. 1: Thor's Hammer)
— short poem — winner (tie)