Allen Steele
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 —
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 —
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