David Langford
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 2
Major Awards: 33
Other Awards: 15
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 97
Times Served as Judge: 3
— Career and Special Awards —
First Fandom Hall of Fame Award — for fans active at the time of the first World SF Convention
2024:
— winner
Skylark Award — for contribution to SF in the spirit of E.E. "Doc" Smith; presented by NESFA
2002:
— winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(55 nominations; 29 wins)
2012:
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition (John Clute, DL, Peter Nicholls & Graham Sleight, eds.) (Gollancz)
related work — winner
2010:
Ansible
semiprozine — nomination
2009:
— fan writer — nomination
2008:
Ansible
semiprozine — nomination
2008:
— fan writer — nomination
2007:
Ansible
semiprozine — nomination
2007:
— fan writer — winner
2006:
The SEX Column and other misprints (Cosmos)
related book — nomination
2006:
Ansible
semiprozine — nomination
2006:
— fan writer — winner
2005:
Ansible
semiprozine — winner
2005:
— fan writer — winner
2004:
Ansible
semiprozine — nomination
2004:
— fan writer — winner
2003:
Ansible
semiprozine — nomination
2003:
— fan writer — winner
2002:
Ansible
fanzine — winner
2002:
— fan writer — winner
2001:
“Different Kinds of Darkness” (F&SF Jan 2000)
short story — winner
2001:
— fan writer — winner
2000:
Ansible
fanzine — nomination
2000:
— fan writer — winner
1999:
Ansible
fanzine — winner
1999:
— fan writer — winner
1998:
Ansible
fanzine — nomination
1998:
— fan writer — winner
1997:
The Silence of the Langford (NESFA Press)
nonfiction book — nomination
1997:
Ansible
fanzine — nomination
1997:
— fan writer — winner
1996:
Ansible
fanzine — winner
1996:
— fan writer — winner
1995:
Ansible
fanzine — winner
1995:
— fan writer — winner
1994:
Ansible
fanzine — nomination
1994:
— fan writer — winner
1993:
Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man (NESFA Press)
nonfiction book — nomination
1993:
— fan writer — winner
1992:
— fan writer — winner
1991:
— fan writer — winner
1990:
— fan writer — winner
1989:
— fan writer — winner
1988:
— fan writer — nomination
1987:
Ansible
fanzine — winner
1987:
— fan writer — winner
1986:
— fan writer — nomination
1985:
Ansible
fanzine — nomination
1985:
— fan writer — winner
1984:
Ansible
fanzine — nomination
1984:
— fan writer — nomination
1983:
— fan writer — nomination
1982:
— fan writer — nomination
1981:
— fan writer — nomination
1980:
— fan writer — nomination
1979:
Twll-Ddu
fanzine — nomination
1979:
— fan writer — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2013:
Ansible
non-fiction — nomination
2010:
Ansible Link (new.ansible.co.uk)
nonfiction — winner
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(4 nominations; 3 wins)
2012:
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition (John Clute, Peter Nicholls & DL, eds.) (SF Gateway)
nonfiction — winner
2003:
“Introduction” (Maps: The Uncollected John Sladek Big Engine)
nonfiction — winner
1986:
“Cube Root” (Interzone #11 Spring 1985)
short fiction — winner
1980:
“Sex Pirates of the Blood Asteroid” (Aries #1)
short fiction — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(7 nominations)
2011:
“Graffiti in the Library of Babel” (Is Anybody Out There?)
short story — 24th place
2010:
Starcombing (Cosmos)
nonfiction/art book — 10th place
2006:
The SEX Column and other misprints (Cosmos)
non-fiction — 8th place
2004:
Up Through an Empty House of Stars: Reviews and Essays 1980-2002 (Cosmos)
non-fiction/art — 9th place (tie)
2001:
Josh Kirby: A Cosmic Cornucopia (by DL; artist Josh Kirby) (Paper Tiger)
art book — 12th place
1999:
“Out of Space, Out of Time” (Science Fiction Age Sep 1998)
short story — 19th place (tie)
1983:
The Space Eater (Arrow)
first novel — 6th place
— Other Awards —
Fan Activity Achievement Awards — for fan achievements, presented at Corflu, a fanzine fans convention
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2021:
— lifetime achievement award — winner
1980:
— fan writer — winner
HOMer Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(1 nomination)
2001:
“Different Kinds of Darkness” (F&SF Jan 2000)
short story — nomination
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(2 nominations)
1989:
“Blit” (Interzone #25 Sep/Oct 1988)
fiction — 8th place
1986:
“Cube Root” (Interzone #11 Spring 1985)
fiction — 4th place (tie)
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(21 nominations; 13 wins)
1998:
— fan writer — winner
1997:
Ansible
fanzine — 3rd place
1997:
— fan writer — winner
1996:
Ansible
fanzine — winner
1996:
— fan writer — winner
1995:
Ansible
fanzine — 2nd place
1995:
— fan writer — winner
1994:
Ansible
fanzine — 2nd place
1994:
— fan writer — winner
1993:
— fan writer — winner
1992:
Ansible
fanzine — winner
1992:
— fan writer — winner
1991:
— fan writer — winner
1990:
— fan writer — winner
1989:
— fan writer — 2nd place
1988:
— fan writer — 2nd place
1987:
Ansible
fanzine — winner
1987:
— fan writer — winner
1986:
Ansible
fanzine — 3rd place
1986:
— fan writer — 2nd place
1983:
— fan writer — 3rd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2003:
“Different Kinds of Darkness”
translated short story — nomination
— As Judge —
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