John Varley
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 5
Locus Awards: 10
Other Awards: 11
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 91
Times Served as Judge: 3
— Career and Special Awards —
Robert A. Heinlein Award — for hard SF inspiring space exploration, presented by the Heinlein Society
2009:
winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(15 nominations; 3 wins)
1993:
Steel Beach (Ace/Putnam)
— novel — nomination
1985:
“PRESS ENTER[]” (Asimov's May 1984)
— novella — winner
1984:
Millennium (Berkley)
— novel — nomination
1982:
“Blue Champagne ” (New Voices 4)
— novella — nomination
1982:
“The Pusher ” (F&SF Oct 1981)
— short story — winner
1981:
Wizard (Berkley/Putnam)
— novel — nomination
1981:
“Beatnik Bayou ” (New Voices III)
— novelette — nomination
1980:
Titan (Analog Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr 1979; Berkley/Putnam)
— novel — nomination
1980:
“Options ” (Universe 9)
— novelette — nomination
1979:
“The Persistence of Vision ” (F&SF Mar 1978)
— novella — winner
1979:
“The Barbie Murders” (Asimov's Jan/Feb 1978)
— novelette — nomination
1978:
“In the Hall of the Martian Kings ” (F&SF Feb 1977)
— novella — nomination
1978:
“Air Raid” (as by Herb Boehm) (Asimov's Spring 1977)
— short story — nomination
1977:
“Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance ” (Galaxy Jul 1976)
— novelette — nomination
1977:
“The Phantom of Kansas ” (Galaxy Feb 1976)
— novelette — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(9 nominations; 2 wins)
1985:
“PRESS ENTER[]” (Asimov's May 1984)
— novella — winner
1982:
“The Pusher ” (F&SF Oct 1981)
— short story — nomination
1981:
“Beatnik Bayou ” (New Voices III)
— novelette — nomination
1980:
Titan (Analog Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr 1979; Berkley/Putnam)
— novel — nomination
1980:
“Options ” (Universe 9)
— novelette — nomination
1979:
“The Persistence of Vision ” (F&SF Mar 1978)
— novella — winner
1978:
“Air Raid” (as by Herb Boehm) (Asimov's Spring 1977)
— short story — nomination
1977:
“In the Bowl ” (F&SF Dec 1975)
— novelette — nomination
1976:
“Retrograde Summer ” (F&SF Feb 1975)
— novelette — nomination
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(1 nomination)
1996:
“The Barbie Murders” (Asimov's Jan/Feb 1978)
— retrospective Tiptree short list
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(2 nominations)
2013:
Slow Apocalypse (Ace)
— finalist
2004:
Red Thunder (Ace)
— finalist
Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
(1 nomination)
1984:
Millennium (Berkley)
— finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(40 nominations; 10 wins)
2015:
Dark Lightning (Ace)
— sf novel — 17th place
2014:
Good-bye, Robinson Crusoe and Other Stories (Subterranean)
— collection — 21st place
2013:
Slow Apocalypse (Ace)
— sf novel — 9th place
2009:
Rolling Thunder (Ace)
— sf novel — 8th place
2006:
Mammoth (Ace)
— sf novel — 10th place
2005:
The John Varley Reader (Ace)
— collection — winner
2004:
“The Bellman” (Asimov's Jun 2003)
— novelette — 14th place
2004:
“In Fading Suns and Dying Moons ” (Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian)
— short story — 13th place
1999:
The Golden Globe (Ace)
— sf novel — 5th place
1999:
“The Flying Dutchman ” (Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny)
— novelette — 19th place
1993:
Steel Beach (Ace/Putnam)
— sf novel — 5th place
1993:
“Good Intentions ” (Playboy Nov 1992)
— short story — 15th place
1990:
“Just Another Perfect Day ” (Twilight Zone Jun 1989)
— novelette — 12th place
1987:
“Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo ” (Blue Champagne)
— novella — 3rd place
1987:
Blue Champagne (Dark Harvest)
— collection — winner
1985:
Demon (Berkley/Putnam)
— sf novel — 2nd place
1985:
“PRESS ENTER[]” (Asimov's May 1984)
— novella — winner
1984:
Millennium (Berkley)
— sf novel — 3rd place
1982:
“Blue Champagne ” (New Voices 4)
— novella — winner
1982:
“The Pusher ” (F&SF Oct 1981)
— short story — winner
1981:
Wizard (Berkley/Putnam)
— sf novel — 4th place
1981:
“Beatnik Bayou ” (New Voices III)
— novelette — 2nd place
1981:
The Barbie Murders (Berkley)
— single author collection — winner
1980:
Titan (Berkley/Putnam)
— sf novel — winner
1980:
“Options ” (Universe 9)
— novelette — 2nd place
1979:
“The Persistence of Vision ” (F&SF Mar 1978)
— novella — winner
1979:
“The Barbie Murders” (Asimov's Jan/Feb 1978)
— novelette — winner
1979:
The Persistence of Vision (The Dial Press/James Wade/Quantum)
— single author collection — winner
1978:
The Ophiuchi Hotline (The Dial Press/James Wade/Quantum)
— sf novel — 3rd place
1978:
“Equinoctial ” (Ascents of Wonder)
— novella — 12th place
1978:
“In the Hall of the Martian Kings ” (F&SF Feb 1977)
— novella — 6th place
1978:
“Air Raid” (as by Herb Boehm) (Asimov's Spring 1977)
— short fiction — 3rd place
1978:
“Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe ” (Asimov's Spring 1977)
— short fiction — 16th place
1977:
“Bagatelle” (Galaxy Oct 1976)
— novelette — 9th place
1977:
“Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance ” (Galaxy Jul 1976)
— novelette — 3rd place
1977:
“Overdrawn at the Memory Bank ” (Galaxy May 1976)
— novelette — 10th place
1977:
“The Phantom of Kansas ” (Galaxy Feb 1976)
— novelette — 4th place
1976:
“The Black Hole Passes ” (F&SF Jun 1975)
— novelette — 9th place
1976:
“In the Bowl ” (F&SF Dec 1975)
— novelette — 7th place
1976:
“Retrograde Summer ” (F&SF Feb 1975)
— novelette — 4th place
— Other Awards —
Analog Readers Poll — for stories, articles, and art published by Analog, polled by readers
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1980:
Titan (Analog Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr 1979)
— serial — winner
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2004:
“The Bellman” (Asimov's Jun 2003)
— novelette — winner
1993:
“Her Girl Friday” (Asimov's Aug 1992)
— novella — 6th place
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(3 nominations)
1980:
Titan (Analog Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr 1979)
— international fiction — nomination
1979:
“The Persistence of Vision ” (F&SF Mar 1978)
— international fiction — nomination
1978:
“In the Hall of the Martian Kings ” (F&SF Feb 1977)
— international fiction — nomination
Endeavour Award — for best book by a Pacific Northwest writer, juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2019:
Irontown Blues (Ace)
— finalist
2004:
Red Thunder (Ace)
— winner
1999:
The Golden Globe (Ace)
— finalist
Hayakawa's SF Magazine Reader's Award — for short fiction published in Japan's Hayakawa's SF Magazine, voted by readers
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1991:
“Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo ”
— foreign short story — winner
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — (renamed the Astounding Award in 2020)
(2 nominations)
1976:
finalist
1975:
finalist
Jupiter Awards — for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1978:
“In the Hall of the Martian Kings ” (F&SF Feb 1977)
— novella — winner
Prix Apollo — for novel published in French; suspended 1991
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1980:
The Persistence of Vision
— winner
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(2 nominations; 1 win)
1999:
The Golden Globe (Ace)
— novel — winner
1993:
Steel Beach (Ace/Putnam)
— novel — nomination
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
1985:
“PRESS ENTER[]” (Asimov's May 1984)
— novella — winner
1982:
“The Pusher ” (F&SF Oct 1981)
— short story — winner
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(3 nominations; 2 wins)
1995:
Steel Beach
— foreign novel — nomination
1992:
“Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo ”
— foreign short fiction — winner
1987:
“PRESS ENTER[]”
— foreign short fiction — winner
The American Book Awards — for books in various categories, including paperback
(1 nomination)
1980:
The Persistence of Vision (The Dial Press/James Wade/Quantum)
— sf paperback — nomination
— As Judge —
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