Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 7
Major Awards: 2
Other Awards: 5
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 53
Times Served as Judge: 16
— Living Inductee — winner
British Fantasy Awards —
for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
— Karl Edward Wagner Award (special award) — winner
Forry Award —
for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
— winner
Skylark Award —
for contribution to SF in the spirit of E.E. "Doc" Smith; presented by NESFA
— winner
— lifetime achievement — winner
Hugo Awards —
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(7 nominations; 1 win)
All the Weyrs of Pern (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
The White Dragon (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
Dragonquest (Ballantine)
— novel — nomination
“Dramatic Mission” (Analog Jun 1969)
— novella — nomination
“Dragonrider” (Analog Dec 1967, Jan 1968)
— novella — nomination
“Weyr Search” (Analog Oct 1967)
— novella — winner (tie)
Nebula Awards —
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(3 nominations; 1 win)
“Dramatic Mission” (Analog Jun 1969)
— novella — nomination
“Dragonrider” (Analog Dec 1967, Jan 1968)
— novella — winner
“Weyr Search” (Analog Oct 1967)
— novella — nomination
(1 nomination)
Dragonsdawn (Ballantine Del Rey)
— third place
Locus Awards —
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(19 nominations)
The Dolphins of Pern (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 10th place
The Girl Who Heard Dragons (Tor)
— collection — 7th place
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall (Ballantine Del Rey)
— collection — 10th place
Crystal Line (Bantam UK; Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 12th place
All the Weyrs of Pern (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 5th place
Pegasus in Flight (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 11th place
The Rowan (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 21st place
The Renegades of Pern (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 27th place
Dragonsdawn (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 7th place
Nerilka's Story (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 15th place
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 6th place
Crystal Singer (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 7th place
Dragondrums (Atheneum)
— sf novel — 8th place
The White Dragon (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — 3rd place
Dragonsinger (Atheneum)
— sf novel — 9th place
Dragonsong (Atheneum)
— novel — 16th place
Dragonquest (Ballantine)
— novel — 5th place
Alchemy and Academe (Doubleday)
— anthology/collection — 9th place
(1 nomination)
“Rescue Run ” (Analog Aug 1991)
— novella/novelette — 4th place
Balrog Awards —
for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(5 nominations; 2 wins)
Crystal Singer (Severn House)
— novel — nomination
Dragondrums (Atheneum)
— novel — winner
Alchemy and Academe (Doubleday)
— collection/anthology — nomination
— professional achievement — winner
The White Dragon (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
Ditmar Awards —
for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(2 nominations; 1 win)
Dragondrums
— international fiction — nomination
The White Dragon (Ballantine Del Rey)
— international fiction — winner
Gandalf Awards —
for fantasy novels and grand masters, administered in parallel with the Hugos
(2 nominations; 1 win)
— grand master of fantasy — nomination
The White Dragon (Ballantine Del Rey)
— book-length fantasy — winner
HOMer Awards —
for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(3 nominations; 1 win)
Masterharper of Pern (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
The Dolphins of Pern (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
All the Weyrs of Pern (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — winner (tie)
(1 nomination)
All the Weyrs of Pern (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — 2nd place
Seiun Awards —
for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(2 nominations)
All the Weyrs of Pern
— translated novel — nomination
The Ship Who Searched (by AM &
Mercedes Lackey)
— foreign novel — nomination
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