Hugo Awards
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(19 nominations; 5 wins)
“The Return of William Proxmire” (What Might Have Been? Vol. 1: Alternate Empires)
short story nomination
Footfall (by LN &
Jerry Pournelle) (Ballantine Del Rey)
novel nomination
The Integral Trees (Ballantine Del Rey)
novel nomination
The Ringworld Engineers (Galileo Jul,Sep,Nov 1979, Jan 1980; Phantasia; Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
novel nomination
“The Locusts” (by LN &
Steve Barnes) (
Analog Jun 1979)
novelette nomination
Inferno (by LN &
Jerry Pournelle) (
Galaxy Aug,Sep,Oct 1975)
novel nomination
“ARM” (Epoch)
novella nomination
“The Borderland of Sol” (Analog Jan 1975)
novelette winner
The Mote in God's Eye (by LN &
Jerry Pournelle) (Simon & Schuster)
novel nomination
“The Hole Man” (Analog Jan 1974)
short story winner
Protector (Ballantine)
novel nomination
“The Fourth Profession” (Quark/4)
novella nomination
“Inconstant Moon” (All the Myriad Ways)
short story winner
Ringworld (Ballantine)
novel winner
“Not Long Before the End” (F&SF Apr 1969)
short story nomination
“All the Myriad Ways” (Galaxy Oct 1968)
short story nomination
“The Jigsaw Man” (Dangerous Visions)
short story nomination
“Neutron Star” (If Oct 1966)
short story winner
Nebula Awards
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(8 nominations; 1 win)
The Integral Trees (Ballantine Del Rey)
novel nomination
The Mote in God's Eye (by LN &
Jerry Pournelle) (Simon & Schuster)
novel nomination
Ringworld (Ballantine)
novel winner
“Not Long Before the End” (F&SF Apr 1969)
short story nomination
“Flatlander” (If Mar 1967)
novelette nomination
“Becalmed in Hell” (F&SF Jul 1965)
short story nomination
“Wrong-Way Street” (Galaxy Apr 1965)
short story nomination
(1 nomination)
The Magic Goes Away (Ace)
short fiction nomination
Locus Awards
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(50 nominations; 4 wins)
The Best of Larry Niven (Subterranean)
collection 7th place
“Fly-By-Night” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2000)
novella 7th place
“The Missing Mass” (Analog Dec 2000)
short story winner
Rainbow Mars (Tor)
collection 6th place (tie)
Destiny's Road (Tor)
sf novel 14th place
The Ringworld Throne (Ballantine Del Rey)
sf novel 14th place
Crashlander (Ballantine Del Rey)
collection 4th place
The Gripping Hand (by LN &
Jerry Pournelle) (Pocket)
sf novel 22nd place
Playgrounds of the Mind (Tor)
collection 2nd place
Man-Kzin Wars IV (Baen)
anthology 6th place
N-Space (Tor)
collection 4th place
The Man-Kzin Wars (Baen)
anthology 4th place
The Smoke Ring (Ballantine Del Rey)
sf novel 8th place
Footfall (by LN &
Jerry Pournelle) (Ballantine Del Rey)
sf novel 3rd place
Limits (Ballantine Del Rey)
collection 3rd place
The Integral Trees (Ballantine Del Rey)
sf novel winner
More Magic (Berkley)
anthology 13th place
The Descent of Anansi (by LN &
Steven Barnes) (Tor)
sf novel 16th place
“Flare Time” (Amazing Stories Nov 1982)
novelette 9th place
Dream Park (by LN &
Steven Barnes) (Phantasia; Ace)
sf novel 4th place
Oath of Fealty (by LN &
Jerry Pournelle) (Phantasia; Timescape)
sf novel 9th place
The Magic May Return (Ace)
anthology 10th place
The Ringworld Engineers (Phantasia; Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
sf novel 3rd place
The Patchwork Girl (Ace)
novella 2nd place
The Ringworld Engineers (Phantasia)
sf novel 24th place
“Spirals” (by LN &
Jerry Pournelle) (
Destinies Vol. 1, No. 3, April-June '79)
novella 13th place
“The Locusts” (by LN &
Steve Barnes) (
Analog Jun 1979)
novelette 16th place
Convergent Series (Ballantine Del Rey)
single author collection winner
The Magic Goes Away (by LN, illustrated by
Esteban Maroto) (Ace)
art or illustrated book 3rd place
Lucifer's Hammer (by LN &
Jerry Pournelle) (Playboy)
sf novel 8th place
A World Out of Time (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
novel 5th place
Inferno (by LN &
Jerry Pournelle) (
Galaxy Aug,Sep,Oct 1975)
novel 12th place
“ARM” (Epoch)
novella 5th place
“The Borderland of Sol” (Analog Jan 1975)
novella 3rd place
Tales of Known Space (Ballantine)
single author collection 4th place
The Mote in God's Eye (by LN &
Jerry Pournelle) (Simon & Schuster)
novel 2nd place
“The Hole Man” (Analog Jan 1974)
short story 2nd place
A Hole in Space (Ballantine)
single author collection 2nd place
Protector (Ballantine)
novel 4th place
“The Defenseless Dead” (Ten Tomorrows)
novella 6th place
The Flight of the Horse (Ballantine)
reprint anth/collection 14th place (tie)
“What Good Is a Glass Dagger?” (F&SF Sep 1972)
novella 11th place
“Inconstant Moon” (All the Myriad Ways)
short fiction 9th place
All the Myriad Ways (Ballantine)
reprint anth/collection 8th place
Ringworld (Ballantine)
novel winner
(3 nominations; 1 win)
“Sacred Cow” (by LN &
Steven Barnes) (
Analog Nov/Dec 2022)
short story
winner (tie)
“Big Smart Objects” (by
Gregory Benford & LN) (
Analog Nov/Dec 2020)
fact article 3rd place
“The Locusts” (by LN &
Steve Barnes) (
Analog Jun 1979)
novelette 2nd place
(3 nominations)
“Free Floaters” (by
Brenda Cooper & LN) (
Asimov's Aug 2002)
novelette 9th place
“Ice and Mirrors” (by
Brenda Cooper & LN) (
Asimov's Feb 2001)
novelette 7th place (tie)
“Fly-By-Night” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2000)
novella 3rd place
Ditmar Awards
for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(4 nominations; 2 wins)
A World Out of Time
international sf nomination
Inferno (by LN &
Jerry Pournelle) (
Galaxy Aug,Sep,Oct 1975)
international sf nomination
Protector (Ballantine)
international sf winner
Ringworld (Ballantine)
international sf winner
(1 nomination)
all-time best sf author 8th place
Jupiter Awards
for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(2 nominations)
The Mote in God's Eye (by LN &
Jerry Pournelle) (Simon & Schuster)
novel nomination
“Flash Crowd” (Three Trips in Time and Space)
novelette nomination
(1 nomination)
The Integral Trees (Ballantine Del Rey)
novel 3rd place
Seiun Awards
for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(5 nominations; 5 wins)
“A Relic of Empire”
foreign short fiction winner
Ringworld
foreign novel winner
“Inconstant Moon”
foreign short fiction winner