Thomas M. Disch
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 3
Locus Awards: 2
Other Awards: 5
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 63
Times Served as Judge: 1
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(4 nominations; 1 win)
1999:
The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World (The Free Press)
— related book — winner
1981:
“The Brave Little Toaster” (F&SF Aug 1980)
— novella — nomination
1980:
On Wings of Song (F&SF Feb,Mar,Apr 1979; St. Martin's)
— novel — nomination
1979:
“The Man Who Had No Idea ” (F&SF Oct 1978)
— novelette — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(9 nominations)
1989:
“Voices of the Kill ” (Full Spectrum)
— short story — nomination
1983:
“Understanding Human Behavior ” (F&SF Feb 1982)
— novelette — nomination
1981:
“The Brave Little Toaster” (F&SF Aug 1980)
— novella — nomination
1980:
On Wings of Song (F&SF Feb,Mar,Apr 1979; St. Martin's)
— novel — nomination
1975:
334 (Avon)
— novel — nomination
1971:
“The Asian Shore ” (Orbit 6)
— novelette — nomination
1966:
The Genocides (Berkley)
— novel — nomination
1966:
“102 H-Bombs ” (Fantastic Mar 1965)
— novelette — nomination
1966:
“Come to Venus Melancholy ” (F&SF Nov 1965)
— short story — nomination
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(1 nomination)
1992:
The M.D. (Knopf)
— novel — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(3 nominations; 1 win)
1999:
“The First Annual Performance Arts Festival at the Slaughter Rock Battlefield ” (Interzone #131 May 1998)
— short fiction — nomination
1981:
“The Brave Little Toaster” (F&SF Aug 1980)
— short fiction — winner
1980:
On Wings of Song (Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1980:
On Wings of Song (St. Martin's)
— winner
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(23 nominations; 2 wins)
2009:
The Word of God: Or, Holy Writ Rewritten (Tachyon)
— novella — 6th place
2009:
The Wall of America (Tachyon)
— collection — 10th place
2002:
“The Shadow ” (F&SF Dec 2001)
— short story — 14th place
2000:
The Sub (Knopf)
— fantasy novel — 16th place
1999:
The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World (The Free Press)
— nonfiction — winner
1995:
The Priest (Millennium)
— dark fantasy/horror novel — 11th place
1993:
“The Abduction of Bunny Steiner, or A Shameless Lie ” (Asimov's Apr 1992)
— short story — 19th place
1992:
The M.D. (Knopf)
— horror/dark fantasy novel — 4th place
1990:
“The Happy Turnip ” (F&SF Oct 1989)
— short story — 9th place
1989:
“Voices of the Kill ” (Full Spectrum)
— short story — 9th place
1985:
The Businessman (Harper & Row)
— fantasy novel — 9th place
1983:
“Understanding Human Behavior ” (F&SF Feb 1982)
— novelette — 10th place
1983:
The Man Who Had No Idea (Bantam)
— single author collection — 10th place
1982:
“The Grown-Up ” (High Times Jul 1981)
— short story — 20th place
1981:
“The Brave Little Toaster” (F&SF Aug 1980)
— novelette — winner
1981:
Fundamental Disch (Bantam)
— single author collection — 9th place
1980:
On Wings of Song (St. Martin's)
— sf novel — 5th place
1979:
“The Man Who Had No Idea ” (F&SF Oct 1978)
— novelette — 8th place (tie)
1974:
Bad Moon Rising (Harper & Row)
— original anthology — 14th place
1973:
“334 ” (New Worlds Quarterly #4)
— novella — 9th place
1972:
Fun with Your New Head (Doubleday)
— reprint anth/collection — 14th place (tie)
1972:
The Ruins of Earth (Putnam)
— reprint anth/collection — 14th place (tie)
1971:
“The Asian Shore ” (Orbit 6)
— short fiction — 9th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(9 nominations)
2003:
“No More Prisons” (Asimov's May 2002)
— poem — 7th place (tie)
2003:
“A Record High” (Asimov's Jun 2002)
— poem — 9th place (tie)
1997:
“In Memoriam: For a Colleague, Departed” (Asimov's Mar 1996)
— poem — 9th place
1995:
“Endlessness” (Asimov's May 1994)
— poem — 10th place (tie)
1995:
“The Wonders of Interstellar Free Trade” (Asimov's Jun 1994)
— poem — 9th place
1994:
“Some Personal Pronouns” (Asimov's Apr 1993)
— poem — 8th place
1993:
“Not” (Asimov's Feb 1992)
— poem — 10th place (tie)
1992:
“A Child's Garden of Grammar: Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns, If/Then, Maybe” (Asimov's Nov 1991)
— poem — 4th place (tie)
1992:
“Verbs” (Asimov's Nov 1991)
— poem — 8th place
Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(2 nominations)
1981:
On Wings of Song (F&SF Feb,Mar,Apr 1979)
— novel — nomination
1981:
“The Brave Little Toaster” (F&SF Aug 1980)
— short fiction — nomination
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(2 nominations; 1 win)
1982:
“The Labor Day Group” (F&SF Feb 1981)
— William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review — nomination
1969:
Camp Concentration
— international sf — winner
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)
1989:
“The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars”
— foreign short story — winner
Jupiter Awards — for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(1 nomination)
1974:
“Everyday Life in the Later Roman Empire ” (Bad Moon Rising)
— novelette — nomination
Rhysling Awards — for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1981:
“On Science Fiction ” (TriQuarterly #49 Fall 1980)
— long poem — winner
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(1 nomination)
1983:
“Understanding Human Behavior ” (F&SF Feb 1982)
— novelette — 2nd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(3 nominations; 2 wins)
2005:
“The Asian Shore ”
— translated short story — nomination
1982:
“The Brave Little Toaster”
— foreign short fiction — winner
1970:
“The Squirrel Cage ”
— foreign short story — winner
The American Book Awards — for books in various categories, including paperback
(1 nomination)
1980:
On Wings of Song (St. Martin's)
— sf hardcover — nomination
Xatafi-Cyberdark — for SF works published in Spain, juried by critics
(1 nomination)
2008:
The Priest
— foreign book — nomination
— As Judge —
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