Ursula K. Le Guin
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 6
Major Awards: 20
Locus Awards: 25
Other Awards: 18
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 217
Times Served as Judge: 4
— Career and Special Awards —
Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors
2001:
— Living Inductee — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
1995:
— life achievement — winner
Eaton Award — for best critical book, to 2001; since 2008, for lifetime achievement, juried
2013:
— lifetime achievement in science fiction — winner
Forry Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
1988:
— winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(26 nominations; 8 wins)
2019:
Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing (by UKLG & David Naimon) (Tin House Books)
related work — nomination
2019:
The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition (by written by UKLG, illustrated by Charles Vess) (Saga)
art book — winner
2018:
No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
related work — winner
2017:
Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer's Week (Small Beer)
related work — winner
2003:
“The Wild Girls” (Asimov's Mar 2002)
novelette — nomination
2002:
“The Bones of the Earth” (Tales from Earthsea)
short story — nomination
1997:
“Mountain Ways” (Asimov's Aug 1996)
novelette — nomination
1996:
“A Man of the People” (Asimov's Apr 1995)
novella — nomination
1996:
“A Woman's Liberation” (Asimov's Jul 1995)
novella — nomination
1995:
“Forgiveness Day” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
novella — nomination
1995:
“The Matter of Seggri” (Crank! #3 Spring 1994)
novelette — nomination
1995:
“Solitude” (F&SF Dec 1994)
novelette — nomination
1990:
Dancing at the Edge of the World (Grove)
nonfiction book — nomination
1988:
“Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight” (Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences; F&SF Nov 1987)
novelette — winner
1983:
“Sur” (The New Yorker 1 Feb 1982; The Compass Rose (revised))
short story — nomination
1980:
The Language of the Night (by UKLG, edited by Susan Wood) (Putnam)
nonfiction book — nomination
1977:
“The Diary of the Rose” (Future Power)
novelette — nomination
1976:
“The New Atlantis” (The New Atlantis)
novelette — nomination
1975:
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row)
novel — winner
1975:
“The Day Before the Revolution” (Galaxy Aug 1974)
short story — nomination
1974:
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” (New Dimensions 3)
short story — winner
1973:
“The Word for World Is Forest” (Again, Dangerous Visions)
novella — winner
1972:
The Lathe of Heaven (Amazing Stories Mar,May 1971; Scribner's)
novel — nomination
1972:
“Vaster Than Empires and More Slow” (New Dimensions 1)
short story — nomination
1970:
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ace)
novel — winner
1970:
“Winter's King” (Orbit 5)
short story — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(18 nominations; 6 wins)
2009:
Powers (Harcourt)
novel — winner
2003:
The Other Wind (Harcourt)
novel — nomination
1997:
“A Woman's Liberation” (Asimov's Jul 1995)
novella — nomination
1996:
“Solitude” (F&SF Dec 1994)
novelette — winner
1995:
“Forgiveness Day” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
novella — nomination
1995:
“The Matter of Seggri” (Crank! #3 Spring 1994)
novelette — nomination
1991:
Tehanu (Macmillan Atheneum)
novel — winner
1991:
“The Shobies' Story” (Universe 1)
novelette — nomination
1988:
“Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight” (Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences; F&SF Nov 1987)
novelette — nomination
1980:
“The Pathways of Desire” (New Dimensions 9)
novelette — nomination
1977:
“The Diary of the Rose” (Future Power)
novelette — nomination
1976:
“The New Atlantis” (The New Atlantis)
novelette — nomination
1975:
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row)
novel — winner
1975:
“The Day Before the Revolution” (Galaxy Aug 1974)
short story — winner
1973:
“The Word for World Is Forest” (Again, Dangerous Visions)
novella — nomination
1972:
The Lathe of Heaven (Amazing Stories Mar,May 1971; Scribner's)
novel — nomination
1970:
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ace)
novel — winner
1970:
“Nine Lives” (Playboy Nov 1969)
novelette — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(7 nominations; 3 wins)
2013:
The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories Volume One: Where on Earth (Small Beer)
collection — nomination
2002:
The Other Wind (Harcourt)
novel — winner
2002:
“The Finder” (Tales from Earthsea)
novella — nomination
1999:
“Dragonfly” (Legends)
novella — nomination
1996:
“Ether OR” (Asimov's Nov 1995)
novella — nomination
1988:
“Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight” (Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences; F&SF Nov 1987)
novella — winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(3 nominations)
2018:
No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
non-fiction — nomination
2017:
Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer's Week (Small Beer)
non-fiction — nomination
2003:
Tales from Earthsea (Gollancz)
collection — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(1 nomination)
2010:
Lavinia (Gollancz)
novel — nomination
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(8 nominations; 3 wins)
2009:
Lavinia (Harcourt)
honor list
2000:
“Dragonfly” (Legends)
long list
1999:
“Unchosen Love” (Amazing Stories Fall 1994)
short list
1997:
“Mountain Ways” (Asimov's Aug 1996)
winner
1996:
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ace)
retrospective Tiptree — winner
1995:
“The Matter of Seggri” (Crank! #3 Spring 1994)
winner
1995:
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (HarperPrism)
short list
1995:
“Forgiveness Day” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
short list
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(1 nomination)
1975:
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row)
second place
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(6 nominations; 1 win)
2003:
“The Seasons of the Ansarac” (The Infinite Matrix 3 Jun 2002)
shortlist
2003:
“The Wild Girls” (Asimov's Mar 2002)
shortlist
2001:
“The Birthday of the World” (F&SF Jun 2000)
shortlist
1995:
“Forgiveness Day” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
winner
1995:
“Another Story or A Fisherman of the Inland Sea” (Tomorrow Speculative Fiction Aug 1994)
shortlist
1988:
“Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight” (Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences; F&SF Nov 1987)
second place (tie)
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(81 nominations; 25 wins)
2024:
Space Crone (Silver)
non-fiction — winner
2019:
“Firelight” (Paris Review Sum 2018)
short story — 3rd place
2019:
Dreams Must Explain Themselves: The Selected Non-Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz)
nonfiction — 4th place
2019:
Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing (by UKLG & David Naimon) (Tin House)
nonfiction — winner
2019:
The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition (by UKLG, illustrated by Charles Vess) (Saga)
art book — winner
2018:
The Hainish Novels & Stories, Volumes I & II (Library of America)
collection — winner
2017:
The Complete Orsinia (Library of America)
collection — 3rd place
2017:
The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga)
collection — 2nd place
2017:
Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer's Week (Small Beer)
non-fiction — 2nd place
2015:
“The Jar of Water” (Tin House #62)
novelette — 2nd place
2013:
“Elementals” (Tin House Fal 2012)
short story — 5th place
2013:
The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories Volume One: Where on Earth (Small Beer)
collection — 4th place
2010:
Cheek by Jowl: Essays (Aqueduct)
nonfiction/art book — winner
2009:
Lavinia (Harcourt)
fantasy novel — winner
2008:
Powers (Harcourt; Gollancz)
young adult book — 2nd place
2007:
Voices (Orion Children's; Harcourt)
young adult book — 2nd place
2005:
Gifts (Harcourt)
young adult book — 2nd place
2005:
The Wave in the Mind (Shambhala)
non-fiction — winner
2004:
Changing Planes (Harcourt)
collection — winner
2003:
“Paradises Lost” (The Birthday of the World and Other Stories)
novella — 2nd place
2003:
“The Wild Girls” (Asimov's Mar 2002)
novelette — winner
2003:
“The Seasons of the Ansarac” (The Infinite Matrix 30 Jun 2002)
short story — 13th place
2003:
“Social Dreaming of the Frin” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2002)
short story — 9th place
2003:
The Birthday of the World and Other Stories (HarperCollins)
collection — 2nd place
2002:
The Other Wind (Harcourt)
fantasy novel — 2nd place
2002:
“The Finder” (Tales from Earthsea)
novella — winner
2002:
“On the High Marsh” (Tales from Earthsea)
novelette — 2nd place
2002:
“The Bones of the Earth” (Tales from Earthsea)
short story — winner
2002:
“The Building” (Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction)
short story — 13th place
2002:
Tales from Earthsea (Harcourt)
collection — winner
2001:
The Telling (Harcourt)
sf novel — winner
2001:
“The Birthday of the World” (F&SF Jun 2000)
novelette — winner
2001:
“The Flyers of Gy: An Interplanetary Tale” (Sci Fiction 8 Nov 2000)
short story — 19th place (tie)
2001:
“The Royals of Hegn” (Asimov's Feb 2000)
short story — 4th place
2000:
“Old Music and the Slave Women” (Far Horizons)
novella — 4th place
2000:
“Darkrose and Diamond” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1999)
novelette — 7th place (tie)
1999:
“Dragonfly” (Legends)
novella — 2nd place
1997:
“Mountain Ways” (Asimov's Aug 1996)
novelette — winner
1997:
Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (HarperCollins)
collection — 2nd place
1996:
“A Man of the People” (Asimov's Apr 1995)
novella — 2nd place
1996:
“A Woman's Liberation” (Asimov's Jul 1995)
novella — 3rd place
1996:
“Coming of Age in Karhide by Sov Thade Tage em Ereb, of Rer, in Karhide, on Gethen” (New Legends)
novelette — 6th place
1996:
“Ether OR” (Asimov's Nov 1995)
novelette — 2nd place
1996:
“Olders” (Omni Winter 1995)
short story — 10th place
1996:
Four Ways to Forgiveness (HarperPrism)
collection — winner
1995:
“Forgiveness Day” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
novella — winner
1995:
“Another Story or A Fisherman of the Inland Sea” (Tomorrow Speculative Fiction Aug 1994)
novelette — 9th place
1995:
“The Matter of Seggri” (Crank! #3 Spring 1994)
novelette — 12th place
1995:
“Solitude” (F&SF Dec 1994)
novelette — 3rd place
1995:
“Unchosen Love” (Amazing Stories Fall 1994)
short story — 8th place
1995:
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (HarperPrism)
collection — 2nd place
1994:
The Norton Book Of Science Fiction (UKLG & Brian Attebery, eds.) (Norton)
anthology — 5th place
1993:
“The Rock That Changed Things” (Amazing Stories Sep 1992)
short story — 26th place
1991:
Tehanu (Macmillan Atheneum)
fantasy novel — winner
1991:
“The Shobies' Story” (Universe 1)
novelette — 3rd place
1990:
Dancing at the Edge of the World (Grove)
nonfiction — 4th place
1988:
“Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight” (F&SF Nov 1987)
novelette — 3rd place
1988:
Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences (Capra Press)
collection — 8th place
1986:
Always Coming Home (Harper & Row)
sf novel — 10th place
1983:
“Sur” (The Compass Rose)
short story — winner
1983:
The Compass Rose (Harper & Row)
single author collection — winner
1981:
The Beginning Place (Harper & Row)
fantasy novel — 7th place
1981:
Interfaces (UKLG & Virginia Kidd, eds.) (Ace)
anthology — 23rd place
1980:
Malafrena (Putnam)
fantasy novel — 9th place
1980:
“The Pathways of Desire” (New Dimensions 9)
novelette — 7th place
1980:
The Language of the Night (by UKLG, edited by Susan Wood) (Putnam)
related nonfiction book — 4th place
1979:
The Eye of the Heron (Millennial Women)
novel — 21st place (tie)
1979:
“SQ” (Cassandra Rising)
short story — 9th place (tie)
1977:
“The Diary of the Rose” (Future Power)
novelette — 2nd place
1977:
Nebula Award Stories 11 (Gollancz; Harper & Row)
anthology — 10th place
1976:
“The New Atlantis” (The New Atlantis)
novelette — winner
1976:
The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Harper & Row)
single author collection — winner
1975:
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row)
novel — winner
1975:
“'The Author of the Acacia Seeds' and Other Extracts from the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics” (Fellowship of the Stars)
short story — 4th place
1975:
“The Day Before the Revolution” (Galaxy Aug 1974)
short story — winner
1975:
“The Stars Below” (Orbit 14)
short story — 12th place
1974:
“The Field of Vision” (Galaxy Oct 1973)
short fiction — 11th place (tie)
1974:
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” (New Dimensions 3)
short fiction — 6th place
1973:
“The Word for World Is Forest” (Again, Dangerous Visions)
novella — 2nd place
1972:
The Lathe of Heaven (Amazing Stories Mar,May 1971; Scribners)
novel — winner
1972:
“Vaster Than Empires and More Slow” (New Dimensions 1)
short fiction — 14th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(7 nominations; 3 wins)
2003:
“The Wild Girls” (Asimov's Mar 2002)
novelette — winner
2001:
“The Royals of Hegn” (Asimov's Feb 2000)
short story — 4th place
1997:
“Mountain Ways” (Asimov's Aug 1996)
novelette — 6th place
1996:
“A Man of the People” (Asimov's Apr 1995)
novella — 4th place
1996:
“A Woman's Liberation” (Asimov's Jul 1995)
novella — winner
1996:
“Ether OR” (Asimov's Nov 1995)
novelette — 5th place
1995:
“Forgiveness Day” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
novella — winner
Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(2 nominations)
1980:
— professional achievement — nomination
1979:
— poet — nomination
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(4 nominations; 1 win)
1986:
The Compass Rose (Gollancz)
international fiction — winner
1975:
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row)
international sf — nomination
1972:
The Lathe of Heaven (Amazing Stories Mar,May 1971)
international sf — nomination
1970:
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ace)
international sf — nomination
Endeavour Award — for best book by a Pacific Northwest writer, juried
(3 nominations; 2 wins)
2008:
Powers
finalist
2002:
Tales from Earthsea (Harcourt)
winner
2001:
The Telling (Harcourt)
winner (tie)
Gandalf Awards — for fantasy novels and grand masters, administered in parallel with the Hugos
(5 nominations; 1 win)
1979:
— grand master of fantasy — winner
1978:
— grand master of fantasy — nomination
1977:
— grand master of fantasy — nomination
1976:
— grand master of fantasy — nomination
1975:
— grand master of fantasy — nomination
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2003:
The Left Hand of Darkness
hall of fame — winner
2001:
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ace)
hall of fame — nomination
Geffen Awards — for SF works in Hebrew, voted by members of annual Israeli SF/F convention
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2025:
Earthsea: A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore
ya book — winner
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — for SF works published in France, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2007:
Four Ways to Forgiveness
Translated Short Story or Collection — winner
HOMer Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(2 nominations)
1995:
“Another Story or A Fisherman of the Inland Sea” (Tomorrow Speculative Fiction Aug 1994)
novelette — nomination
1991:
Tehanu (Macmillan Atheneum)
fantasy novel — nomination
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
1989:
— all-time best sf author — 10th place
Italia Awards — for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2014:
Paradises Lost
international novel — winner
2006:
Changing Planes
international novel — nomination
2005:
The Other Wind
international novel — 2nd place
Jupiter Awards — for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(5 nominations; 3 wins)
1977:
“The Diary of the Rose” (Future Power)
novelette — winner
1975:
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row)
novel — winner
1975:
“The Day Before the Revolution” (Galaxy Aug 1974)
short story — winner
1974:
“Direction of the Road” (Orbit 12)
short story — nomination
1974:
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” (New Dimensions 3)
short story — nomination
Kurd Lasswitz Preis — for SF works published in Germany, juried
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2024:
Always Coming Home
foreign novel — winner
2015:
Paradises Lost
foreign novel — winner
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(11 nominations)
2012:
Cheek by Jowl: Essays (Aqueduct)
myth and fantasy studies — nomination
2011:
Cheek by Jowl: Essays (Aqueduct)
myth and fantasy studies — nomination
2009:
Lavinia (Harcourt)
adult literature — nomination
2004:
Changing Planes (Harcourt)
adult literature — nomination
2002:
The Other Wind (Harcourt)
adult literature — nomination
1993:
Fish Soup
children's fantasy — nomination
1991:
Tehanu (Macmillan Atheneum)
fantasy — nomination
1986:
Always Coming Home
fantasy — nomination
1981:
The Beginning Place
fantasy — nomination
1973:
The Farthest Shore (Atheneum)
fantasy — nomination
1972:
The Tombs of Atuan (Atheneum)
fantasy — nomination
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(5 nominations; 1 win)
1996:
Four Ways to Forgiveness (HarperPrism)
novel — nomination
1993:
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row)
hall of fame — winner
1991:
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row)
hall of fame — nomination
1990:
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row)
hall of fame — nomination
1989:
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row)
hall of fame — nomination
Rhysling Awards — for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1982:
“The Well of Baln” (Hard Words and Other Poems)
long poem — winner
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(3 nominations)
1995:
“Forgiveness Day” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
novella — 2nd place
1995:
“The Matter of Seggri” (Crank! #3 Spring 1994)
novelette — 2nd place
1983:
“Sur” (The New Yorker 1 Feb 1982)
short story — 2nd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(3 nominations)
2004:
The Other Wind
translated novel — nomination
2003:
The Telling
translated novel — nomination
1998:
“A Fisherman of the Inland Sea”
foreign short fiction — nomination
— As Judge —
Carl Brandon Awards — for works by persons of color, and dealing with issues of race and ethnicity; juried
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