Arthur C. Clarke
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 6
Major Awards: 9
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 8
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 56
— Career and Special Awards —
Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors
1997:
— Living Inductee — winner
First Fandom Hall of Fame Award — for fans active at the time of the first World SF Convention
2002:
— winner
Forry Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
1982:
— winner
I-CON Award — for contributions to SF/F/H, presented by annual convention I-CON
2001:
— Gallun Award — winner
Robert A. Heinlein Award — for hard SF inspiring space exploration, presented by the Heinlein Society
2004:
— winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(7 nominations; 3 wins)
1990:
Astounding Days (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
— nonfiction book — nomination
1983:
2010: Odyssey Two (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
1980:
The Fountains of Paradise (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
— novel — winner
1974:
Rendezvous with Rama (Galaxy Sep,Oct 1973; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
— novel — winner
1972:
“A Meeting with Medusa ” (Playboy Dec 1971)
— novella — nomination
1963:
A Fall of Moondust (Harcourt, Brace & World)
— novel — nomination
1956:
“The Star” (Infinity Nov 1955)
— short story — winner
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(3 nominations; 3 wins)
1980:
The Fountains of Paradise (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
— novel — winner
1974:
Rendezvous with Rama (Galaxy Sep,Oct 1973; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
— novel — winner
1973:
“A Meeting with Medusa ” (Playboy Dec 1971)
— novella — winner
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(2 nominations; 1 win)
1980:
The Fountains of Paradise (Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
1974:
Rendezvous with Rama (Galaxy Sep,Oct 1973)
— winner
International Fantasy Awards — for SF/F works, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1952:
The Exploration of Space (Temple; Harper)
— nonfiction — winner
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1974:
Rendezvous with Rama (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
— winner (tie)
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(22 nominations; 1 win)
2002:
The Collected Stories (Gollancz; Tor)
— collection — 2nd place
1999:
“The Wire Continuum” (by ACC & Stephen Baxter) (Playboy Jan 1998)
— short story — 18th place
1998:
3001: The Final Odyssey (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 10th place
1995:
Rama Revealed (by ACC & Gentry Lee) (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 8th place
1994:
The Hammer of God (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 11th place
1993:
“The Hammer of God ” (Time Fall 1992)
— short story — 11th place
1992:
The Garden Of Rama (by ACC & Gentry Lee) (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 11th place
1991:
The Ghost from the Grand Banks (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 23rd place
1991:
Project Solar Sail (Roc)
— anthology — 8th place
1990:
Rama II (by ACC & Gentry Lee) (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 7th place
1990:
Astounding Days (Gollancz; Bantam)
— nonfiction — 3rd place
1988:
2061: Odyssey Three (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 10th place
1987:
The Songs of Distant Earth (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 8th place
1984:
The Sentinel (Berkley)
— collection — 3rd place
1983:
2010: Odyssey Two (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 2nd place
1982:
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four (Gollancz)
— anthology — 20th place
1980:
The Fountains of Paradise (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
— sf novel — 3rd place
1977:
Imperial Earth (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
— novel — 7th place
1976:
Imperial Earth (Gollancz; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
— novel — 6th place
1974:
Rendezvous with Rama (Galaxy Sep,Oct 1973; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
— novel — winner
1973:
The Wind from the Sun (Harcourt)
— reprint anth/collection — 8th place (tie)
1972:
“A Meeting with Medusa ” (Playboy Dec 1971)
— short fiction — 2nd place (tie)
— Other Awards —
Analog Readers Poll — for stories, articles, and art published by Analog, polled by readers
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1983:
“New Communications Technologies and the Developing World” (Analog 29 Mar 1982)
— fact article — winner
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2001:
Imperial Earth (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
— hall of fame — winner
Geffen Awards — for SF works in Hebrew, voted by members of annual Israeli SF/F convention
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2005:
Childhood's End
— sf book — winner
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
1989:
— all-time best sf author — 2nd place
Jupiter Awards — for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1974:
Rendezvous with Rama (Galaxy Sep,Oct 1973; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
— novel — winner
Phantastik Preis — for SF/F works published in Germany, polled by readers of Phantastik.de website
(1 nomination)
2002:
The Light of Other Days (by ACC & Stephen Baxter)
— foreign novel — nomination
Retro Hugo Awards — for SF works 50 years past, voted by members of the World SF Convention
(3 nominations; 2 wins)
2014:
“How We Went to Mars ” (Amateur Science Stories Mar 1938)
— short story — winner
2004:
Childhood's End (Ballantine)
— novel — nomination
2004:
“The Nine Billion Names of God ” (Star Science Fiction Stories)
— short story — winner
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(1 nomination)
1983:
2010: Odyssey Two (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — 3rd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(3 nominations; 2 wins)
2001:
The Light of Other Days (by ACC & Stephen Baxter)
— foreign novel — nomination
1980:
Rendezvous with Rama
— foreign novel — winner
1974:
“A Meeting with Medusa ”
— foreign short story — winner
Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(1 nomination)
1999:
“The Wire Continuum” (by ACC & Stephen Baxter) (Playboy Jan 1998)
— short form — nomination
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