Robert Silverberg


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Awards Summary

Career and Special Awards: 9

Major Awards: 10

Locus Awards: 9

Other Awards: 10

Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 267

Times Served as Judge: 24

— Career and Special Awards —
Living Inductee — winner

SFWA Grand Master Award — chosen by SF & Fantasy Writers of America officers
winner

Big Heart Award — service award to member of the SF community; presented at World SF Con
winner

First Fandom Hall of Fame Award — for fans active at the time of the first World SF Convention
winner

Forry Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
winner

Milford Award — for lifetime achievement in publishing or editing
winner

Prix Utopia — for life achievement, given by French Utopiales International Festival
winner

Skylark Award — for contribution to SF in the spirit of E.E. "Doc" Smith; presented by NESFA
winner

Writers and Illustrators of the Future — for stories and art by contest winners, juried
lifetime achievement — winner

— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(29 nominations; 4 wins)

Traveler of Worlds: Conversations with Robert Silverberg (by RS & Alvaro Zinos-Amaro) (Fairwood) — related work — nomination

Reflections and Refractions: Thoughts on Science-Fiction, Science, and Other Matters (Underwood Books) — related book — nomination

“Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another” (Asimov's Jun 1989; Time Gate) — novelette — winner

“The Secret Sharer ” (Asimov's Sep 1987) — novella — nomination

“Gilgamesh in the Outback” (Asimov's Jul 1986; Rebels in Hell) — novella — winner

“Sailing to Byzantium ” (Asimov's Feb 1985) — novella — nomination

Lord Valentine's Castle (F&SF Nov,Dec 1979, Jan,Feb 1980; Harper & Row) — novel — nomination

“Our Lady of the Sauropods ” (Omni Sep 1980) — short story — nomination

Shadrach in the Furnace (Analog Aug,Sep,Oct 1976; Bobbs-Merrill) — novel — nomination

The Stochastic Man (F&SF Apr,May,Jun 1975; Harper & Row) — novel — nomination

professional editor — nomination

“Born with the Dead ” (F&SF Apr 1974) — novella — nomination

“Schwartz Between the Galaxies ” (Stellar #1) — short story — nomination

professional editor — nomination

professional editor — nomination

The Book of Skulls (Scribner's) — novel — nomination

Dying Inside (Galaxy Jul/Aug,Sep/Oct 1972; Scribner's) — novel — nomination

“When We Went to See the End of the World ” (Universe 2) — short story — nomination

A Time of Changes (Galaxy Mar,Apr,May/Jun 1971; Signet) — novel — nomination

The World Inside (Doubleday) — novel — nomination

Tower of Glass (Scribner's) — novel — nomination

“The World Outside” (Galaxy Oct/Nov 1970) — novella — nomination

Up the Line (Ballantine) — novel — nomination

“To Jorslem” (Galaxy Feb 1969) — novella — nomination

“Passengers ” (Orbit 4) — short story — nomination

“Nightwings” (Galaxy Sep 1968) — novella — winner

Thorns (Ballantine) — novel — nomination

“Hawksbill Station ” (Galaxy Aug 1967) — novella — nomination

most promising new author — winner

Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(22 nominations; 5 wins)

“Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another” (Asimov's Jun 1989; Time Gate) — novelette — nomination

“The Secret Sharer ” (Asimov's Sep 1987) — novella — nomination

“Gilgamesh in the Outback” (Asimov's Jul 1986; Rebels in Hell) — novella — nomination

“Sailing to Byzantium ” (Asimov's Feb 1985) — novella — winner

“Homefaring ” (Amazing Stories Nov 1983) — novella — nomination

“The Pope of the Chimps ” (Perpetual Light) — short story — nomination

Shadrach in the Furnace (Analog Aug,Sep,Oct 1976; Bobbs-Merrill) — novel — nomination

The Stochastic Man (F&SF Apr,May,Jun 1975; Harper & Row) — novel — nomination

“Born with the Dead ” (F&SF Apr 1974) — novella — winner

The Book of Skulls (Scribner's) — novel — nomination

Dying Inside (Galaxy Jul,Sep 1972; Scribner's) — novel — nomination

“When We Went to See the End of the World ” (Universe 2) — short story — nomination

A Time of Changes (Galaxy Mar,Apr,May/Jun 1971; Nelson Doubleday) — novel — winner

“Good News from the Vatican ” (Universe 1) — short story — winner

Tower of Glass (Galaxy Apr,May,Jun 1970; Scribner's) — novel — nomination

Up the Line (Amazing Stories Jul,Sep 1969; Ballantine) — novel — nomination

“To Jorslem” (Galaxy Feb 1969) — novella — nomination

“Passengers ” (Orbit 4) — short story — winner

The Masks of Time (Ballantine) — novel — nomination

“Nightwings” (Galaxy Sep 1968) — novella — nomination

Thorns (Ballantine) — novel — nomination

“Hawksbill Station ” (Galaxy Aug 1967) — novella — nomination

World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(2 nominations)

Legends (Tor) — anthology — nomination

(RS & Grania Davis, eds.) for editing The Avram Davidson Treasury — special award, professional — nomination

British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(3 nominations)

Fantasy: The Best of 2001 (RS & Karen Haber, eds.) (ibooks) — anthology — nomination

The Avram Davidson Treasury (by Avram Davidson, edited by RS & Grania Davis) (Tor) — anthology — nomination

Legends (Tor; HarperCollins Voyager) — anthology — nomination

John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(2 nominations; 1 win)

The Stochastic Man (Harper & Row) — second place

Dying Inside (Scribner's) — special award for excellence in writing — winner

— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(158 nominations; 9 wins)

The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Nine: The Millennium Express (Subterranean; Gateway) — collection — 3rd place

The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Eight: Hot Times in Magma City (Subterranean) — collection — 11th place

The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Seven: We Are for the Dark (Subterranean) — collection — 10th place

Musings and Meditations (Nonstop) — non-fiction — 3rd place

“The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale” (Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance) — novelette — 15th place

Trips: The Collected Stories, Volume Four (Subterranean) — collection — 10th place

“The Emperor and the Maula ” (The New Space Opera) — novella — 10th place

“Against the Current ” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2007) — novelette — 13th place

editor — 16th place

editor — 23rd place

editor — 17th place

Phases of the Moon: Stories from Six Decades (Subterranean Press; ibooks) — collection — 3rd place

Between Worlds (Science Fiction Book Club) — anthology — 5th place

editor — 8th place

Roma Eterna (Eos) — collection — 5th place

Legends II (Voyager; Del Rey 2004) — anthology — 2nd place

Science Fiction: The Best of 2002 (RS & Karen Haber, eds.) (ibooks) — anthology — 20th place

editor — 18th place

Robert Silverberg Presents The Great SF Stories (1964) (RS & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (NESFA Press) — anthology — 13th place

Nebula Awards Showcase 2001 (Harcourt) — anthology — 12th place

“The Millennium Express ” (Playboy Jan 2000) — short story — 32nd place

Sailing to Byzantium (ibooks) — collection — 12th place

“Getting to Know the Dragon” (Far Horizons) — novelette — 22nd place

“A Hero of the Empire” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1999) — novelette — 11th place

Far Horizons (Avon Eos) — anthology — winner

editor — 8th place

The Alien Years (HarperCollins Voyager; HarperPrism) — sf novel — 3rd place

“The Colonel in Autumn ” (Science Fiction Age Mar 1998) — novella — 10th place (tie)

“Waiting for the End” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998) — novelette — 6th place

The Avram Davidson Treasury (by Avram Davidson, edited by RS & Grania Davis) (Tor) — collection — winner

The Fantasy Hall of Fame (HarperPrism) — anthology — 11th place

Legends (Tor) — anthology — winner

editor — 7th place

“Beauty in the Night ” (Science Fiction Age Sep 1997) — novelette — 12th place

“On the Inside ” (Science Fiction Age Nov 1997) — short story — 7th place

A Century of Science Fiction, 1950-1959 (MJF) — anthology — 17th place

Reflections and Refractions: Thoughts on Science-Fiction, Science, and Other Matters (Underwood Books) — nonfiction — 2nd place

“The Tree That Grew from the Sky ” (Science Fiction Age Sep 1996) — novella — 8th place

“Diana of the Hundred Breasts ” (Realms of Fantasy Feb 1996) — novelette — 20th place

“Death Do Us Part ” (Omni Online Dec 1996) — short story — 19th place

“Hot Times in Magma City ” (Omni Online Jun 1995; Asimov's mid-Dec 1995) — novella — 14th place

“The Red Blaze is the Morning ” (New Legends) — novelette — 22nd place

“Via Roma” (Asimov's Apr 1994) — novella — 3rd place

Universe 3 (RS & Karen Haber, eds.) (Bantam Spectra) — anthology — 8th place

“The Sri Lanka Position” (Playboy Dec 1993) — short story — 14th place

Thebes Of The Hundred Gates (Pulphouse/Axolotl; Bantam Spectra) — novella — 6th place

“Looking for the Fountain ” (Asimov's May 1992) — novelette — 3rd place

The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume 1: Secret Sharers (Bantam Spectra) — collection — winner

Universe 2 (RS & Karen Haber, eds.) (Bantam Spectra) — anthology — 4th place

“A Tip on a Turtle ” (Amazing Stories May 1991) — novelette — 19th place

“An Outpost of the Empire ” (Asimov's Nov 1991) — short story — 14th place

Lion Time In Timbuctoo (Axolotl; Asimov's Oct 1990) — novella — 5th place

“Hot Sky ” (Playboy Feb 1990) — novelette — 17th place

Universe 1 (RS & Karen Haber, eds.) (Doubleday Foundation) — anthology — 4th place

The Queen of Springtime (Gollancz; Warner) — sf novel — 28th place

“In Another Country ” (Asimov's Mar 1989) — novella — 10th place

“Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another” (Asimov's Jun 1989; Time Gate) — novelette — 2nd place

“A Sleep and a Forgetting ” (Playboy Jul 1989) — novelette — 19th place

“To the Promised Land” (Omni May 1989) — novelette — 29th place

“Tales from the Venia Woods” (F&SF Oct 1989) — short story — 12th place

At Winter's End (Warner) — sf novel — 14th place

“We Are for the Dark ” (Asimov's Oct 1988) — novella — 6th place

“Hannibal's Elephants” (Omni Oct 1988) — novelette — 11th place

“The Dead Man's Eyes” (Playboy Aug 1988) — short story — 19th place

“House of Bones ” (Terry's Universe) — short story — 8th place

“The Secret Sharer ” (Asimov's Sep 1987) — novella — winner

“The Iron Star ” (The Universe) — short story — 21st place

“The Pardoner's Tale” (Playboy Jun 1987) — short story — 13th place

Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder (Warner) — anthology — 5th place

Star of Gypsies (Donald I. Fine) — sf novel — 14th place

“Gilgamesh in the Outback” (Asimov's Jul 1986; Rebels in Hell) — novella — 4th place

“Against Babylon ” (Omni May 1986) — novelette — 18th place

“Blindsight ” (Playboy Dec 1986) — short story — 15th place

Beyond the Safe Zone (Donald I. Fine) — collection — 18th place

Tom O'Bedlam (Donald I. Fine) — sf novel — 25th place

“Sailing to Byzantium ” (Asimov's Feb 1985) — novella — 2nd place

“Sunrise on Pluto ” (The Planets) — short story — 13th place

Gilgamesh the King (Arbor House) — fantasy novel — 6th place

“The Affair ” (Playboy Jun 1984) — short story — 23rd place

“Tourist Trade ” (Playboy Dec 1984) — short story — 11th place

The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party (Arbor House) — collection — 19th place

Valentine Pontifex (Arbor House) — sf novel — 15th place

“Homefaring ” (Amazing Stories Nov 1983) — novella — 4th place

“Multiples ” (Omni Oct 1983) — novelette — 7th place

“Amanda and the Alien ” (Omni May 1983) — short story — 11th place

“Basileus ” (The Best of Omni Science Fiction, No. 5) — short story — 20th place

“Needle in a Timestack ” (Playboy Jun 1983) — short story — 13th place

The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces (RS & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (Arbor House) — anthology — 13th place

The Fantasy Hall of Fame (RS & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (Arbor House) — anthology — 14th place

The Nebula Awards #18 (Arbor House) — anthology — 17th place

“Thesme and the Ghayrog” (Majipoor Chronicles) — novella — 3rd place

“The Pope of the Chimps ” (Perpetual Light) — novelette — 12th place

“Gianni ” (Playboy Feb 1982) — short story — 18th place

Majipoor Chronicles (Arbor House) — single author collection — 2nd place

The Desert of Stolen Dreams (Underwood-Miller) — novella — 4th place

“A Thief in Ni-moya” (Asimov's 21 Dec 1981) — novelette — 28th place

“A Thousand Paces Along the Via Dolorosa ” (Twilight Zone Jul 1981) — novelette — 12th place

“Waiting for the Earthquake” (The Best of Omni Science Fiction, No. 2) — novelette — 19th place

“The Palace at Midnight ” (Omni Jul 1981) — short story — 9th place

“The Regulars ” (Asimov's 11 May 1981) — short story — 12th place

New Dimensions 12 (Marta Randall & RS, eds.) (Timescape) — anthology — 6th place

Lord Valentine's Castle (Harper & Row) — fantasy novel — winner

“Our Lady of the Sauropods ” (Omni Sep 1980) — short story — 3rd place

The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels (RS & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (Arbor House) — anthology — 15th place

The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (RS & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (Arbor House) — anthology — 4th place

New Dimensions 11 (RS & Marta Randall, eds.) (Pocket) — anthology — 9th place

The Best of New Dimensions (Pocket) — anthology — 2nd place

The Edge of Space (Elsevier/Nelson) — anthology — 17th place

Alpha 9 (Berkley) — anthology — 15th place

New Dimensions 8 (Harper & Row) — anthology — 4th place

Shadrach in the Furnace (Analog Aug,Sep,Oct 1976; Bobbs-Merrill) — novel — 6th place

The Best of Robert Silverberg (Pocket) — author collection — 7th place

Capricorn Games (Random House) — author collection — 10th place

The Crystal Ship (Nelson Doubleday) — anthology — 8th place

New Dimensions 6 (Harper & Row) — anthology — 6th place

The Stochastic Man (F&SF Apr,May,Jun 1975; Harper & Row) — novel — 4th place

The Feast of St. Dionysus (Scribners) — single author collection — 11th place

Epoch (Roger Elwood & RS, eds.) (Putnam) — anthology — winner

The New Atlantis (Hawthorn) — anthology — 5th place

New Dimensions 5 (Harper & Row) — anthology — 4th place

“Born with the Dead ” (F&SF Apr 1974) — novella — winner

“In the House of Double Minds ” (Vertex Aug 1974) — short story — 15th place

“Schwartz Between the Galaxies ” (Stellar #1) — short story — 3rd place

Born with the Dead (Random House) — single author collection — 8th place

New Dimensions IV (Signet) — original anthology — 2nd place

Threads of Time (Nelson Doubleday) — original anthology — 3rd place

Alpha 5 (Ballantine) — reprint anthology — 6th place

“The Feast of St. Dionysus ” (An Exaltation of Stars) — novella — 3rd place

“In the Group ” (Eros in Orbit) — short fiction — 10th place

“Many Mansions ” (Universe 3) — short fiction — 11th place (tie)

“Ms. Found in an Abandoned Time Machine ” (Ten Tomorrows) — short fiction — 5th place

Chains of the Sea (Thomas Nelson) — original anthology — 7th place

New Dimensions 3 (Science Fiction Book Club; NAL) — original anthology — 2nd place

Alpha 4 (Ballantine) — reprint anth/collection — 8th place

The Book of Skulls (Scribner's) — novel — 2nd place

Dying Inside (Galaxy Jul/Aug,Sep/Oct 1972; Scribner's) — novel — 3rd place

“Caliban ” (Infinity Three) — short fiction — 12th place

“(Now+n), (Now-n)” (Nova 2) — short fiction — 18th place (tie)

“When We Went to See the End of the World ” (Universe 2) — short fiction — 14th place (tie)

The Day the Sun Stood Still (Nelson Doubleday) — original anthology — 9th place

New Dimensions II (Doubleday) — original anthology — 3rd place

Alpha Three (Ballantine) — reprint anth/collection — 4th place

The Second Trip (Amazing Stories Jul,Sep 1971) — novel — 10th place

Son of Man (Ballantine) — novel — 9th place

A Time of Changes (Galaxy Mar,Apr,May/Jun 1971; Nelson Doubleday) — novel — 3rd place

The World Inside (Doubleday) — novel — 6th place

“All the Way Up, All the Way Down” (Galaxy Jul 1971) — short fiction — 15th place

“In Entropy's Jaws” (Infinity Two) — short fiction — 13th place

New Dimensions 1 (Doubleday) — original anthology — 2nd place

Alpha Two (Ballantine) — reprint anth/collection — 6th place

Moonferns and Starsongs (Ballantine) — reprint anth/collection — 13th place

Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One (Avon) — reprint anth/collection — 10th place

Downward to the Earth (Galaxy Nov,Dec 1969,Feb,Mar 1970; Science Fiction Book Club) — novel — 5th place (tie)

Tower of Glass (Galaxy Apr,May,Jun 1970; Scribner's) — novel — 2nd place (tie)

“The Throwbacks” (Galaxy Jul 1970) — short fiction — 13th place

Alpha One (Ballantine) — anthology/collection — 10th place

Great Short Novels of Science Fiction (Ballantine) — anthology/collection — 13th place

Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One (Doubleday) — anthology/collection — winner

— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(14 nominations)

“The Reign of Terror” (Asimov's Apr 2003) — novelette — 7th place

“With Caesar in the Underworld” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2002) — novella — 3rd place

“The Second Wave” (Asimov's Aug 2002) — novelette — 10th place

“Waiting for the End” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998) — novelette — 7th place

“Death Do Us Part ” (Asimov's Aug 1997) — novelette — 10th place

“Via Roma” (Asimov's Apr 1994) — novella — 9th place

“Lion Time in Timbuctoo” (Asimov's Oct 1990) — novella — 9th place

“In Another Country ” (Asimov's Mar 1989) — novella — 9th place

“Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another” (Asimov's Jun 1989) — novelette — 3rd place

“At Winter's End” (Asimov's Jan 1988) — novella — 5th place

“Gilgamesh in Uruk” (Asimov's Jun 1988) — novella — 9th place

“We Are for the Dark ” (Asimov's Oct 1988) — novella — 10th place

“The Secret Sharer ” (Asimov's Sep 1987) — novella — 3rd place

“Gilgamesh in the Outback” (Asimov's Jul 1986) — novella — 5th place

Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(1 nomination)

Lord Valentine's Castle (F&SF Nov,Dec 1979, Jan,Feb 1980) — novel — nomination

Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(3 nominations)

Dying Inside (Galaxy Jul,Sep 1972) — international fiction — nomination

A Time of Changes (Galaxy Mar,Apr,May/Jun 1971) — international sf — nomination

Tower of Glass (Galaxy Apr,May,Jun 1970) — international sf — nomination

Geffen Awards — for SF works in Hebrew, voted by members of annual Israeli SF/F convention
(1 nomination; 1 win)

Tower of Glass — sf book — winner

HOMer Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(1 nomination)

Thebes Of The Hundred Gates (Pulphouse/Axolotl) — novelette — nomination

Ignotus Awards — for SF works published in Spain, voted by members of Spanish SF Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)

“Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another” — foreign short story — winner

Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)

all-time best sf author — 9th place

Italia Awards — for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(1 nomination; 1 win)

Roma Eterna — international novel — winner

Jupiter Awards — for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(2 nominations; 1 win)

“Born with the Dead ” (F&SF Apr 1974) — novella — nomination

“The Feast of St. Dionysus ” (An Exaltation of Stars) — novella — winner

Prix Apollo — for novel published in French; suspended 1991
(1 nomination; 1 win)

Nightwings — winner

Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(2 nominations)

A Time of Changes (Galaxy Mar/Apr/May 1971; Nelson Doubleday/SFBC) — hall of fame — nomination

A Time of Changes — hall of fame — nomination

Retro Hugo Awards — for SF works 50 years past, voted by members of the World SF Convention
(1 nomination; 1 win)

fan writer — winner

Science Fiction Age Readers Poll — for stories published in SF Age magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination; 1 win)

“On the Inside ” (Science Fiction Age Nov 1997) — short story — winner

Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(4 nominations; 1 win)

“The Secret Sharer ” (Asimov's Sep 1987) — novella — winner

“Gilgamesh in the Outback” (Asimov's Jul 1986) — novella — 3rd place

“Sailing to Byzantium ” (Asimov's Feb 1985) — novella — 3rd place

“Homefaring ” (Amazing Stories Nov 1983) — novella — 3rd place

Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(3 nominations; 2 wins)

The Positronic Man (by Isaac Asimov & RS) — foreign novel — nomination

Up the Line — foreign novel — winner

Nightwings — foreign novel — winner

Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(5 nominations)

“The Reign of Terror” (Asimov's Apr 2003) — short form — nomination

“With Caesar in the Underworld” (Asimov's Oct 2002) — short form — nomination

“Getting to Know the Dragon” (Far Horizons) — short form — nomination

“A Hero of the Empire” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1999) — short form — nomination

“Waiting for the End” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998) — short form — nomination


— As Judge —
Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
 
Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award — for writers deserving renewed attention; juried
 
Writers and Illustrators of the Future — for stories and art by contest winners, juried
 














































































































































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