Samuel R. Delany
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 7
Major Awards: 6
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 2
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 70
— Career and Special Awards —
Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors
2002:
— Living Inductee — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
2022:
— life achievement — winner
Eaton Award — for best critical book, to 2001; since 2008, for lifetime achievement, juried
2010:
— lifetime achievement in science fiction — winner
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network
2001:
— special achievement — winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(11 nominations; 2 wins)
2007:
About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews (Wesleyan University Press)
— related book — nomination
1995:
Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics (University Press of New England/Wesleyan)
— nonfiction book — nomination
1989:
The Motion of Light In Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village 1957-1965 (Arbor House/Morrow)
— nonfiction book — winner
1978:
“Prismatica” (F&SF Oct 1977)
— novelette — nomination
1970:
“Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones” (World's Best Science Fiction: 1969; New Worlds Dec 1968)
— short story — winner
1969:
Nova (Doubleday)
— novel — nomination
1969:
“Lines of Power” (F&SF May 1968)
— novella — nomination
1968:
The Einstein Intersection (Ace)
— novel — nomination
1968:
“The Star Pit” (Worlds of Tomorrow Feb 1967)
— novella — nomination
1968:
“Aye, and Gomorrah...” (Dangerous Visions)
— short story — nomination
1967:
Babel-17 (Ace)
— novel — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(10 nominations; 4 wins)
1980:
“The Tale of Gorgik” (Asimov's SF Adventure Summer 1979)
— novella — nomination
1977:
Triton (Bantam)
— novel — nomination
1976:
Dhalgren (Bantam)
— novel — nomination
1970:
“Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones” (World's Best Science Fiction: 1969)
— novelette — winner
1969:
“Lines of Power” (F&SF May 1968)
— novella — nomination
1968:
The Einstein Intersection (Ace)
— novel — winner
1968:
“Aye, and Gomorrah...” (Dangerous Visions)
— short story — winner
1968:
“Driftglass” (If Jun 1967)
— short story — nomination
1967:
Babel-17 (Ace)
— novel — winner (tie)
1966:
The Ballad of Beta-2 (Ace)
— novella — nomination
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(1 nomination)
1987:
Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (Grafton)
— shortlist
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(4 nominations)
2005:
Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (Wesleyan University Press)
— special mention
1997:
“The Splendor and the Misery of Bodies, of Cities (excerpt)” (The Review of Contemporary Fiction Fall 1996)
— long list
1996:
Babel-17 (Ace)
— retrospective Tiptree short list
1996:
Triton (Bantam)
— retrospective Tiptree short list
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(27 nominations; 1 win)
2018:
“The Hermit of Houston” (F&SF Sep/Oct 2017)
— novelette — winner
2018:
In Search of Silence: The Journals of Samuel R. Delany, Volume 1, 1957-1969 (Wesleyan University Press)
— non-fiction — 5th place
2007:
About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews (Wesleyan)
— non-fiction — 2nd place
2004:
Aye, and Gomorrah: Stories (Vintage)
— collection — 9th place
1995:
Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics (University Press of New England/Wesleyan)
— nonfiction — 2nd place
1994:
Driftglass/Starshards (Grafton)
— collection — 20th place
1989:
The Motion of Light In Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village 1957-1965 (Arbor House/Morrow)
— related nonfiction — 2nd place
1988:
The Bridge of Lost Desire (Arbor House)
— collection — 13th place
1987:
The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction (Bantam Spectra)
— collection — 20th place
1986:
Flight from Nevèrÿon (Bantam)
— collection — 14th place
1985:
Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (Bantam)
— sf novel — 4th place
1985:
Starboard Wine (Dragon Press)
— nonfiction/reference — 10th place
1984:
Neveryóna (Bantam)
— fantasy novel — 10th place
1982:
Distant Stars (Bantam)
— single author collection — 11th place
1981:
Nebula Winners Thirteen (Harper & Row)
— anthology — 16th place
1980:
Tales of Nevèrÿon (Bantam)
— fantasy novel — 3rd place
1980:
“The Tale of Gorgik” (Asimov's SF Adventure Summer 1979)
— novella — 6th place
1979:
The American Shore (Dragon Press)
— reference book — 10th place
1979:
Empire (by SRD, illustrated by Howard Chaykin) (Berkley)
— art or illustrated book — 8th place
1978:
“Prismatica” (F&SF Oct 1977)
— short fiction — 15th place
1977:
Triton (Bantam)
— novel — 14th place
1976:
Dhalgren (Bantam)
— novel — 5th place
1972:
QUARK/2 (SRD & Marilyn Hacker, eds.) (Paperback Library)
— original anthology — 12th place
1972:
QUARK/3 (SRD & Marilyn Hacker, eds.) (Paperback Library)
— original anthology — 10th place (tie)
1972:
QUARK/4 (SRD & Marilyn Hacker, eds.) (Paperback Library)
— original anthology — 8th place
1972:
Driftglass (Science Fiction Book Club; Signet)
— reprint anth/collection — 3rd place
1971:
QUARK/1 (SRD & Marilyn Hacker, eds.) (Paperback Library)
— anthology/collection — 6th place
— Other Awards —
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(1 nomination)
1969:
— contemporary writer — nomination
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2002:
Dhalgren
— hall of fame — winner
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
1989:
— all-time best sf author — 24th place
Lambda Award — for gay and lesbian literature, juried
(3 nominations; 2 wins)
2005:
— Pioneer Award — winner
1996:
Atlantis: Three Tales (Incunabula; Wesleyan University Press)
— sf/fantasy — nomination
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(1 nomination)
1982:
Tales of Nevèrÿon
— novel — nomination
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(1 nomination)
1988:
“The Tale of Rumor and Desire” (The Bridge of Lost Desire)
— novella — 3rd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(2 nominations)
2012:
Dhalgren
— translated novel — nomination
1997:
The Einstein Intersection
— overseas novel — nomination
The American Book Awards — for books in various categories, including paperback
(1 nomination)
1980:
Tales of Nevèrÿon (Bantam)
— sf paperback — nomination
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