Michael Bishop
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 3
Locus Awards: 4
Other Awards: 6
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 120
— Career and Special Awards —
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(9 nominations)
1995:
Brittle Innings (Bantam)
— novel — nomination
1995:
“Cri de Coeur” (Asimov's Sep 1994)
— novella — nomination
1986:
“A Gift from the GrayLanders” (Asimov's Sep 1985)
— novelette — nomination
1982:
“The Quickening” (Universe 11)
— novelette — nomination
1977:
“The Samurai and the Willows” (F&SF Feb 1976)
— novella — nomination
1976:
“Rogue Tomato” (New Dimensions 5)
— short story — nomination
1975:
“Cathadonian Odyssey” (F&SF Sep 1974)
— short story — nomination
1974:
“Death and Designation Among the Asadi” (If Feb 1973)
— novella — nomination
1974:
“The White Otters of Childhood” (F&SF Jul 1973)
— novella — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(17 nominations; 2 wins)
2016:
“Rattlesnakes and Men” (Asimov's Feb 2015)
— novelette — nomination
2010:
“Vinegar Peace, or, The Wrong-Way Used-Adult Orphanage” (Asimov's Jul 2008)
— novelette — nomination
1993:
“Life Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats” (Omni Sep 1991)
— short story — nomination
1992:
Apartheid, Superstrings, and Mordecai Thubana (Axolotl)
— novella — nomination
1990:
“The Ommatidium Miniatures” (The Microverse)
— short story — nomination
1986:
“A Gift from the GrayLanders” (Asimov's Sep 1985)
— novelette — nomination
1984:
“The Gospel According to Gamaliel Crucis” (Asimov's Nov 1983)
— novella — nomination
1984:
“Her Habiline Husband” (Universe 13)
— novella — nomination
1983:
No Enemy But Time (Timescape)
— novel — winner
1982:
“The Quickening” (Universe 11)
— novelette — winner
1980:
“Vernalfest Morning” (Chrysalis 3)
— short story — nomination
1977:
“The Samurai and the Willows” (F&SF Feb 1976)
— novella — nomination
1976:
A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire (Ballantine)
— novel — nomination
1976:
“Blooded on Arachne” (Epoch)
— novelette — nomination
1975:
“On the Street of the Serpents” (Science Fiction Emphasis I)
— novella — nomination
1974:
“Death and Designation Among the Asadi” (If Feb 1973)
— novella — nomination
1974:
“The White Otters of Childhood” (F&SF Jul 1973)
— novella — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(5 nominations)
2001:
“Blue Kansas Sky” (Blue Kansas Sky)
— novella — nomination
1995:
Brittle Innings (Bantam)
— novel — nomination
1990:
Apartheid, Superstrings, and Mordecai Thubana (Axolotl)
— novella — nomination
1984:
“The Monkey's Bride” (Heroic Visions)
— novella — nomination
1979:
“Within the Walls of Tyre” (Weirdbook #13 1978)
— short fiction — nomination
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(2 nominations)
1989:
Philip K. Dick Is Dead, Alas (Grafton)
— shortlist
1988:
Ancient of Days (Grafton)
— shortlist
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(3 nominations)
2006:
“Bears Discover Smut” (Sci Fiction 26 Oct 2005)
— short fiction — nomination
1983:
No Enemy But Time (Timescape)
— novel — nomination
1981:
Transfigurations
— novel — nomination
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(2 nominations)
1995:
Brittle Innings (Bantam)
— second place
1983:
No Enemy But Time (Timescape)
— second place
Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
(1 nomination)
1997:
At the City Limits of Fate (Edgewood Press)
— special citation
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2009:
“The Pile” (Subterranean Online Winter 2008)
— short story — winner
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(2 nominations)
1996:
“I, Iscariot” (Crank! #5 Summer 1995)
— shortlist
1995:
“Cri de Coeur” (Asimov's Sep 1994)
— third place
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(61 nominations; 4 wins)
2013:
“Twenty Lights to "The Land of Snow"” (Going Interstellar)
— novella — 14th place
2013:
The Door Gunner and Other Perilous Flights of Fancy (Subterranean)
— collection — 21st place
2006:
A Reverie for Mister Ray (PS Publishing)
— non-fiction — 13th place
2004:
“The Door Gunner” (The Silver Gryphon)
— novelette — 16th place
2004:
Brighten to Incandescence: 17 Stories (Golden Gryphon)
— collection — 13th place
2001:
“Blue Kansas Sky” (Blue Kansas Sky)
— novella — 5th place
2001:
“How Beautiful with Banners” (Century #6 Spring 2000)
— short story — 30th place
2001:
Blue Kansas Sky (Golden Gryphon Press)
— collection — 7th place
1997:
At the City Limits of Fate (Edgewood Press)
— collection — 12th place
1996:
“I, Iscariot” (Crank! #5 Summer 1995)
— novelette — 8th place
1995:
Brittle Innings (Bantam)
— fantasy novel — winner
1995:
“Cri de Coeur” (Asimov's Sep 1994)
— novella — 4th place
1993:
Count Geiger's Blues (Tor)
— sf novel — 13th place
1992:
“Life Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats” (Omni Sep 1991)
— novelette — 24th place
1992:
Nebula Awards 25 (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
— anthology — 17th place
1991:
Nebula Awards 24 (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
— anthology — 7th place
1990:
Apartheid, Superstrings, and Mordecai Thubana (Axolotl)
— novella — 19th place
1990:
“Icicle Music” (F&SF Nov 1989)
— short story — 26th place (tie)
1990:
Nebula Awards 23 (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
— anthology — 13th place
1989:
Unicorn Mountain (Morrow/Arbor House)
— fantasy novel — 4th place
1989:
“The Calling of Paisley Coldpony” (Asimov's Jan 1988)
— novelette — 19th place
1988:
The Secret Ascension (Tor)
— sf novel — 15th place
1988:
“For Thus Do I Remember Carthage” (The Universe)
— short story — 19th place
1987:
“Voices” (Heroic Visions II)
— novelette — 25th place
1987:
“Alien Graffiti” (Asimov's Jun 1986)
— short story — 6th place
1987:
Close Encounters with the Deity (Peachtree)
— collection — 13th place
1986:
Ancient of Days (Arbor House)
— sf novel — 21st place
1986:
“A Gift from the GrayLanders” (Asimov's Sep 1985)
— novelette — 8th place
1986:
“The Bob Dylan Tambourine Software & Satori Support Services Consortium, Ltd.” (Interzone #12 Summer 1985)
— short story — 27th place
1985:
Who Made Stevie Crye? (Arkham House)
— fantasy novel — 14th place
1985:
“With a Little Help from Her Friends” (F&SF Feb 1984)
— novelette — 5th place
1985:
One Winter in Eden (Arkham House)
— collection — 5th place
1985:
Light Years and Dark (Berkley)
— anthology — winner
1984:
“The Gospel According to Gamaliel Crucis” (Asimov's Nov 1983)
— novella — 7th place
1984:
“Her Habiline Husband” (Universe 13)
— novella — winner
1984:
“And the Marlin Spoke” (F&SF Oct 1983)
— novelette — 14th place
1984:
“The Monkey's Bride” (Heroic Visions)
— novelette — 11th place
1984:
Changes (MB & Ian Watson, eds.) (Ace)
— anthology — 8th place
1983:
No Enemy But Time (Timescape)
— sf novel — 14th place
1983:
Blooded on Arachne (Arkham House)
— single author collection — 6th place
1982:
“Murder on Lupozny Station” (by MB & Gerald W. Page) (F&SF Apr 1981)
— novelette — 7th place
1982:
“The Quickening” (Universe 11)
— novelette — 10th place
1982:
“Vox Olympica” (Omni Dec 1981)
— novelette — 14th place
1981:
Eyes of Fire (Pocket)
— sf novel — 18th place
1981:
“Saving Face” (Universe 10)
— novelette — 8th place
1980:
Catacomb Years (Berkley/Putnam)
— sf novel — 16th place
1980:
Transfigurations (Berkley/Putnam)
— sf novel — 12th place
1980:
“Vernalfest Morning” (Chrysalis 3)
— short story — 15th place
1979:
“Old Folks at Home” (Universe 8)
— novella — 4th place
1979:
“Within the Walls of Tyre” (Weirdbook #13 1978)
— novelette — 16th place
1978:
A Little Knowledge (Berkley/Putnam)
— sf novel — 22nd place
1978:
“The House of Compassionate Sharers” (Cosmos #1 May 1977)
— short fiction — 12th place
1977:
“The Samurai and the Willows” (F&SF Feb 1976)
— novella — winner
1976:
A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire (Ballantine)
— novel — 14th place
1976:
“Allegiances” (Galaxy Feb 1975)
— novella — 8th place
1976:
“Blooded on Arachne” (Epoch)
— novelette — 15th place
1976:
“Rogue Tomato” (New Dimensions 5)
— short story — 7th place
1975:
“On the Street of the Serpents” (Science Fiction Emphasis I)
— novella — 8th place
1975:
“Cathadonian Odyssey” (F&SF Sep 1974)
— short story — 7th place
1974:
“Death and Designation Among the Asadi” (If Feb 1973)
— novella — 7th place
1974:
“The White Otters of Childhood” (F&SF Jul 1973)
— novella — 2nd place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(3 nominations)
1995:
“Cri de Coeur” (Asimov's Sep 1994)
— novella — 5th place
1992:
“Extinction” (Asimov's Dec 1991)
— poem — 2nd place
1987:
“Close Encounter with the Deity” (Asimov's Mar 1986)
— short story — 5th place (tie)
Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(1 nomination)
1980:
— professional achievement — nomination
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(2 nominations)
1983:
No Enemy But Time (Timescape)
— international fiction — nomination
1978:
“The House of Compassionate Sharers” (Cosmos #1 May 1977)
— international fiction — nomination
Lambda Award — for gay and lesbian literature, juried
(1 nomination)
1989:
Unicorn Mountain (Morrow/Arbor House)
— gay men's sf/fantasy — nomination
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(2 nominations; 1 win)
1996:
Brittle Innings (Bantam)
— adult fantasy — nomination
1989:
Unicorn Mountain
— fantasy — winner
Rhysling Awards — for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1979:
“For the Lady of a Physicist” (Black Holes)
— long poem — winner
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(3 nominations; 2 wins)
1995:
Brittle Innings (Bantam)
— novel — winner
1995:
“Cri de Coeur” (Asimov's Sep 1994)
— novella — 3rd place
1984:
“Her Habiline Husband” (Universe 13)
— novella — winner
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2022:
No Enemy But Time
— translated novel — nomination
Southeastern SF Achievement Awards — for SF/F/H works by writers in southeastern US
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2006:
“Bears Discover Smut” (Sci Fiction 26 Oct 2005)
— short fiction — winner
2004:
“The Door Gunner” (The Silver Gryphon)
— short fiction — winner
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