Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 5
Major Awards: 4
Other Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 24
Times Served as Judge: 1
life achievement winner
Big Heart Award
service award to member of the SF community; presented at World SF Con
winner
Forry Award
for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
winner
Hugo Awards
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(2 nominations; 1 win)
Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography (Tor)
nonfiction book nomination
“That Hell-Bound Train ” (F&SF Sep 1958)
short story winner
(3 nominations; 1 win)
The Early Fears (Fedogan & Bremer)
collection nomination
Cold Chills (Doubleday)
collection/anthology nomination
Bram Stoker Awards
for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(5 nominations; 3 wins)
Robert Bloch's Psychos (Pocket)
anthology nomination
“The Scent of Vinegar ” (Dark Destiny)
novelette winner
The Early Fears (Fedogan & Bremer)
collection winner
Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography (Tor)
nonfiction book winner
Midnight Pleasures (Doubleday)
collection nomination
British Fantasy Awards
for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination)
Psycho II
August Derleth Award (novel) nomination
Locus Awards
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(4 nominations)
The Early Fears (Fedogan & Bremer)
collection 8th place
Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography (Tor)
nonfiction 2nd place
The Selected Stories of Robert Bloch (Underwood-Miller)
collection 17th place
The Best of Fredric Brown (by
Fredric Brown, edited by RB) (Ballantine)
author collection 14th place
Balrog Awards
for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(2 nominations)
Mysteries of the Worm (Zebra)
collection/anthology nomination
Strange Eons
novel nomination
Phantastik Preis
for SF/F works published in Germany, polled by readers of Phantastik.de website
(1 nomination)
Strange Eons
foreign novel nomination
Retro Hugo Awards
for SF works 50 years past, voted by members of the World SF Convention
(1 nomination)
“Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper ” (Weird Tales Jul 1943)
short story nomination
(1 nomination; 1 win)
for fifty years as a science fiction professional
winner