Isaac Asimov
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 5
Major Awards: 8
Locus Awards: 7
Other Awards: 10
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 109
— Career and Special Awards —
Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors
1997:
— Posthumous Inductee — winner
First Fandom Hall of Fame Award — for fans active at the time of the first World SF Convention
2008:
— winner
Forry Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
1990:
— winner
Skylark Award — for contribution to SF in the spirit of E.E. "Doc" Smith; presented by NESFA
1967:
— winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(13 nominations; 6 wins)
1996:
Yours, Isaac Asimov (by IA, edited by Stanley Asimov) (Doubleday)
— nonfiction book — nomination
1995:
I. Asimov: A Memoir (Doubleday)
— nonfiction book — winner
1992:
“Gold” (Analog Sep 1991)
— novelette — winner
1987:
“Robot Dreams” (Robot Dreams; Asimov's mid-Dec 1986)
— short story — nomination
1984:
The Robots of Dawn (Doubleday)
— novel — nomination
1983:
Foundation's Edge (Doubleday)
— novel — winner
1981:
In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954-1978 (Doubleday)
— nonfiction book — nomination
1980:
In Memory Yet Green (Doubleday)
— nonfiction book — nomination
1977:
“The Bicentennial Man” (Stellar #2)
— novelette — winner
1975:
“—That Thou Art Mindful of Him!” (F&SF May 1974)
— novelette — nomination
1973:
The Gods Themselves (Galaxy Mar/Apr, May/Jun 1972; If Mar/Apr 1972; Doubleday)
— novel — winner
1966:
Foundation [series]
— all-time series — winner
1956:
The End of Eternity (Doubleday)
— novel — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(6 nominations; 2 wins)
1987:
“Robot Dreams” (Robot Dreams; Asimov's mid-Dec 1986)
— short story — nomination
1983:
Foundation's Edge (Doubleday)
— novel — nomination
1977:
“The Bicentennial Man” (Stellar #2)
— novelette — winner
1973:
The Gods Themselves (Galaxy Mar/Apr, May/Jun 1972; If Mar/Apr 1972; Doubleday)
— novel — winner
1966:
“Eyes Do More Than See” (F&SF Apr 1965)
— short story — nomination
1966:
“Founding Father” (Galaxy Oct 1965)
— short story — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(53 nominations; 7 wins)
1995:
I. Asimov: A Memoir (Doubleday)
— nonfiction — winner
1995:
I, Robot: the Illustrated Screenplay (by Harlan Ellison & IA, illustrated by Mark Zug) (Warner Aspect)
— art book — 3rd place
1994:
Forward the Foundation (Doubleday Foundation)
— collection — 5th place
1993:
“Cleon the Emperor” (Asimov's Apr 1992)
— novella — 4th place
1993:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 25 (1963) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 15th place
1992:
“Gold” (Analog Sep 1991)
— novelette — 4th place
1992:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 23 (1961) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 16th place
1992:
The New Hugo Winners, Volume II (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 19th place
1991:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 20 (1958) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 12th place
1991:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 21 (1959) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 14th place
1991:
The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1950s (IA, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, eds.) (Robinson; Carroll & Graf)
— anthology — 16th place
1990:
The Asimov Chronicles (Dark Harvest)
— collection — 14th place
1990:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 19 (1957) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 12th place
1990:
The New Hugo Winners (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (Wynwood)
— anthology — 14th place
1989:
Prelude to Foundation (Doubleday Foundation)
— sf novel — 4th place
1989:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 18 (1956) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 17th place
1988:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 16 (1954) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 13th place
1987:
Foundation and Earth (Doubleday)
— sf novel — 5th place
1987:
“Robot Dreams” (Asimov's mid-Dec 1986; Robot Dreams)
— short story — winner
1987:
Robot Dreams (Berkley)
— collection — 8th place
1987:
The Hugo Winners, Volume 5: 1980-1982 (Doubleday)
— anthology — 7th place
1987:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 15 (1953) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 15th place
1986:
Robots and Empire (Doubleday)
— sf novel — 4th place
1986:
The Hugo Winners, Volume 4: 1976-1979 (Doubleday)
— anthology — 7th place
1986:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 13 (1951) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 14th place
1986:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 14 (1952) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 20th place
1985:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 11 (1949) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 14th place
1985:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 12 (1950) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 15th place
1984:
The Robots of Dawn (Doubleday)
— sf novel — 2nd place
1984:
“Potential” (Asimov's Apr 1983)
— short story — 16th place
1984:
The Winds of Change and Other Stories (Doubleday)
— collection — 12th place
1984:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 10 (1948) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 10th place
1984:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 9 (1947) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 11th place
1983:
Foundation's Edge (Doubleday)
— sf novel — winner
1983:
The Complete Robot (Doubleday)
— single author collection — 7th place
1983:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 7 (1945) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 14th place
1983:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 8 (1946) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 13th place
1982:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 5 (1943) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 19th place
1982:
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories: 6 (1944) (IA & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 21st place
1981:
“The Last Answer” (Analog Jan 1980)
— short story — 5th place
1981:
In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954-1978 (Doubleday)
— related nonfiction book — winner
1980:
The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction (IA, Martin Harry Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, eds.) (Doubleday)
— anthology — 14th place
1980:
In Memory Yet Green (Doubleday)
— related nonfiction book — 2nd place
1977:
“The Bicentennial Man” (Stellar #2)
— novelette — winner
1977:
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories (Doubleday)
— author collection — 5th place
1976:
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories (Doubleday)
— single author collection — 13th place
1975:
“—That Thou Art Mindful of Him!” (F&SF May 1974)
— novelette — 3rd place
1975:
Before the Golden Age (Doubleday)
— reprint anthology — winner
1974:
Nebula Award Stories 8 (Harper & Row)
— reprint anth/collection — 10th place
1973:
The Gods Themselves (Galaxy Mar/Apr, May/Jun 1972; If Mar/Apr 1972; Doubleday)
— novel — winner
1973:
The Early Asimov (Doubleday)
— reprint anth/collection — 5th place
1973:
The Hugo Winners, Volumes 1 & 2 (Science Fiction Book Club)
— reprint anth/collection — 8th place (tie)
1972:
The Hugo Winners, Volume 2 (Doubleday)
— reprint anth/collection — 2nd place
— Other Awards —
Analog Readers Poll — for stories, articles, and art published by Analog, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
1992:
“Gold” (Analog Sep 1991)
— novella/novelette — 5th place
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(9 nominations; 2 wins)
1994:
“The Consort” (Asimov's Apr 1993)
— novella — 3rd place
1994:
“More Things in Heaven and Earth” (Asimov's Nov 1993)
— short story — 2nd place
1993:
“Cleon the Emperor” (Asimov's Apr 1992)
— novella — winner (tie)
1993:
“The Critic on the Hearth” (Asimov's Nov 1992)
— short story — 7th place (tie)
1992:
“Forward the Foundation” (Asimov's Nov 1991)
— novella — 2nd place (tie)
1992:
“Robot Visions” (Asimov's Apr 1991)
— short story — 3rd place
1991:
“Kid Brother” (Asimov's mid-Dec 1990)
— short story — 7th place
1989:
“Christmas Without Rodney” (Asimov's mid-Dec 1988)
— short story — 3rd place
1987:
“Robot Dreams” (Asimov's mid-Dec 1986)
— short story — winner
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1973:
The Gods Themselves (Galaxy Mar/Apr, May/Jun 1972; If Mar/Apr 1972; Doubleday)
— international fiction — winner
Geffen Awards — for SF works in Hebrew, voted by members of annual Israeli SF/F convention
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2010:
Isaac Asimov’s Collected Short Stories, Vol. 1
— sf book — winner
HOMer Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(1 nomination)
1993:
“Cleon the Emperor” (Asimov's Apr 1992)
— novella — nomination
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
1989:
— all-time best sf author — 4th place
Retro Hugo Awards — for SF works 50 years past, voted by members of the World SF Convention
(12 nominations; 3 wins)
2020:
“The Big and the Little” (Astounding Science Fiction Aug 1944)
— novelette — nomination
2020:
“The Wedge” (Astounding Science Fiction Oct 1944)
— short story — nomination
2019:
“Death Sentence” (Astounding Science Fiction Nov 1943)
— short story — nomination
2018:
“Bridle and Saddle” (Astounding Science Fiction Jun 1942)
— novelette — nomination
2018:
“Foundation” (Astounding Science Fiction May 1942)
— novelette — winner
2018:
“Runaround” (Astounding Science Fiction Mar 1942)
— short story — nomination
2016:
“Robbie” (Super Science Stories Sep 1940)
— short story — winner
2004:
The Caves of Steel (Galaxy Oct,Nov,Dec 1953)
— novel — nomination
2001:
Pebble in the Sky (Doubleday)
— novel — nomination
2001:
“…And Now You Don't” (Astounding Nov,Dec 1949,Jan 1950)
— novella — nomination
1996:
Foundation and Empire (Astounding Nov,Dec 1945)
— novel — winner
1996:
“Dead Hand” (Astounding Apr 1945)
— novella — nomination
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(2 nominations)
1987:
“Robot Dreams” (Asimov's mid-Dec 1986; Robot Dreams)
— short story — 3rd place (tie)
1983:
Foundation's Edge (Doubleday)
— novel — 2nd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(3 nominations; 2 wins)
2023:
Foundation [series]
— translated novel — winner
2001:
The Positronic Man (by IA & Robert Silverberg)
— foreign novel — nomination
1996:
“Robot Dreams”
— short story — winner
Worldcon Special Convention Award — special honors presented by the committee of the World SF Convention
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1963:
for science articles in F&SF
— winner
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