Allen Steele


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Awards Summary

Career and Special Awards: 2

Major Awards: 3

Locus Awards: 2

Other Awards: 10

Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 83

Times Served as Judge: 2

— Career and Special Awards —
Phoenix Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by DeepSouthCon
2002:
winner

Robert A. Heinlein Award — for hard SF inspiring space exploration, presented by the Heinlein Society
2013:
winner

— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(8 nominations; 3 wins)

2011:
“The Emperor of Mars” (Asimov's Jun 2010) — novelette — winner

2002:
“Stealing Alabama” (Asimov's Jan 2001) — novella — nomination

2002:
“The Days Between” (Asimov's Mar 2001) — novelette — nomination

2001:
“Agape Among the Robots” (Analog May 2000; Imagination Fully Dilated, Volume 2) — novelette — nomination

1999:
“Zwarte Piet's Tale” (Analog Dec 1998) — novelette — nomination

1998:
“…Where Angels Fear to Tread” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1997) — novella — winner

1996:
“The Death of Captain Future” (Asimov's Oct 1995) — novella — winner

1996:
“The Good Rat” (Analog mid-Dec 1995) — novelette — nomination

Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(3 nominations)

2003:
“The Days Between” (Asimov's Mar 2001) — novelette — nomination

1998:
“…Where Angels Fear to Tread” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1997) — novella — nomination

1997:
“The Death of Captain Future” (Asimov's Oct 1995) — novella — nomination

Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
(1 nomination)

1991:
Clarke County, Space (Ace) — finalist

Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(1 nomination)

1998:
“…Where Angels Fear to Tread” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1997) — second place

— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(23 nominations; 2 wins)

2013:
Apollo's Outcasts (Pyr) — young adult book — 10th place

2003:
Coyote (Ace) — sf novel — 5th place

2002:
“Stealing Alabama” (Asimov's Jan 2001) — novella — 6th place

2002:
“The Days Between” (Asimov's Mar 2001) — novelette — 8th place

2000:
“The Exile of Evening Star” (Asimov's Jan 1999) — novella — 14th place

2000:
“Green Acres” (Science Fiction Age Mar 1999) — novelette — 16th place

2000:
“Her Own Private Sitcom” (Analog Jan 1999) — short story — 12th place (tie)

2000:
Sex and Violence in Zero-G (Meisha Merlin) — collection — 12th place

1999:
“Zwarte Piet's Tale” (Analog Dec 1998) — novelette — 13th place

1998:
“…Where Angels Fear to Tread” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1997) — novella — winner

1997:
The Tranquillity Alternative (Ace) — sf novel — 25th place

1997:
“Kronos” (Science Fiction Age Jan 1996) — novelette — 17th place

1996:
“The Death of Captain Future” (Asimov's Oct 1995) — novella — 6th place

1996:
“The Good Rat” (Analog mid-Dec 1995) — novelette — 9th place

1995:
The Jericho Iteration (Ace) — sf novel — 31st place

1994:
Rude Astronauts (Legend; Old Earth Books) — collection — 12th place

1993:
Labyrinth of Night (Legend; Ace) — sf novel — 17th place

1992:
“The Return of Weird Frank” (Asimov's Dec 1991) — novelette — 17th place (tie)

1991:
Clarke County, Space (Ace) — sf novel — 19th place

1991:
“Trembling Earth” (Asimov's Nov 1990) — novella — 14th place

1990:
Orbital Decay (Ace) — sf novel — 20th place

1990:
Orbital Decay (Ace) — first novel — winner

1990:
“Red Planet Blues” (Asimov's Sep 1989) — novella — 20th place

— Other Awards —
Analog Readers Poll — for stories, articles, and art published by Analog, polled by readers
(5 nominations; 1 win)

2024:
“The House on Infinity Street” (Analog Mar/Apr 2023) — novelette — 4th place (tie)

2014:
“Sixteen Million Leagues from Versailles” — novelette — 3rd place (tie)

2005:
“Moreau2” (Analog Jul/Aug 2004) — novelette — 5th place

1999:
“Zwarte Piet's Tale” (Analog Dec 1998) — novelette — winner

1996:
“The Good Rat” (Analog mid-Dec 1995) — novelette — 5th place

Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(29 nominations; 7 wins)

2024:
“Lemuria 7 Is Missing” (Asimov's May/Jun 2023) — novel/novella — winner

2019:
“Barren Isle” (Asimov's Jan/Feb 2018) — novelette — 5th place

2018:
“Tagging Bruno” (Asimov's Jan/Feb 2017) — novelette — 5th place

2016:
“The Long Wait” — novella — 2nd place

2015:
“The Legion of Tomorrow” (Asimov's Jul 2014) — novella — winner

2015:
“Prodigal Son” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2014) — novella — 4th place

2011:
“The Emperor of Mars” (Asimov's Jun 2010) — novelette — winner

2005:
“Incident at Goat Kill Creek” (Asimov's Apr/May 2004) — novella — 3rd place

2005:
“Liberation Day” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2004) — novella — winner

2005:
“The Garcia Narrows Bridge” (Asimov's Jan 2004) — novelette — winner

2004:
“Benjamin the Unbeliever” (Asimov's Aug 2003) — novella — 4th place

2004:
“The Madwoman of Shuttlefield” (Asimov's May 2003) — novelette — 4th place

2003:
“Across the Eastern Divide” (Asimov's Feb 2002) — novella — 7th place

2003:
“Glorious Destiny” (Asimov's Dec 2002) — novella — 2nd place

2002:
“Coming to Coyote” (Asimov's Jul 2001) — novella — 5th place

2002:
“Stealing Alabama” (Asimov's Jan 2001) — novella — winner

2002:
“The Days Between” (Asimov's Mar 2001) — novelette — 3rd place

2002:
“Liberty Journals” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2001) — novelette — 10th place

2000:
“The Exile of Evening Star” (Asimov's Jan 1999) — novella — 8th place

1998:
“…Where Angels Fear to Tread” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1997) — novella — winner

1996:
“The Death of Captain Future” (Asimov's Oct 1995) — novella — 7th place

1996:
“The War Memorial” (Asimov's Sep 1995) — short story — 2nd place

1995:
“Whinin' Boy Blues” (Asimov's Feb 1994) — short story — 7th place

1993:
“Sugar's Blues” (Asimov's Feb 1992) — novelette — 10th place

1992:
“The Return of Weird Frank” (Asimov's Dec 1991) — novelette — 10th place (tie)

1991:
“Trembling Earth” (Asimov's Nov 1990) — novella — 5th place (tie)

1990:
“Red Planet Blues” (Asimov's Sep 1989) — novella — 6th place

1990:
“Ride to Live, Live to Ride” (Asimov's Nov 1989) — novelette — 10th place

1989:
“Live from the Mars Hotel” (Asimov's mid-Dec 1988) — short story — 6th place

HOMer Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(1 nomination)

2001:
“Agape Among the Robots” (Analog May 2000) — novelette — nomination

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — (renamed the Astounding Award in 2020)
(1 nomination)

1990:
finalist

Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(2 nominations; 1 win)

1998:
“…Where Angels Fear to Tread” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1997) — novella — winner

1996:
“The Death of Captain Future” (Asimov's Oct 1995) — novella — 2nd place

Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(4 nominations; 1 win)

2021:
Avengers of the Moon — translated novel — nomination

2013:
“The Emperor of Mars” — translated story — nomination

2000:
“…Where Angels Fear to Tread” — overseas short fiction — nomination

1998:
“The Death of Captain Future” — foreign short fiction — winner

Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(2 nominations)

2015:
V-S Day (Ace) — long form — nomination

2002:
Chronospace (Ace) — long form — nomination

Southeastern SF Achievement Awards — for SF/F/H works by writers in southeastern US
(1 nomination)

2005:
Coyote Rising (Ace) — novel — nomination


— As Judge —
Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
 
2022
Endeavour Award — for best book by a Pacific Northwest writer, juried
 
2005



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