Brian W. Aldiss
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 7
Major Awards: 9
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 3
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 81
Times Served as Judge: 4
— Career and Special Awards —
Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors
2004:
— Living Inductee — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
2013:
— special convention award — winner
First Fandom Hall of Fame Award — for fans active at the time of the first World SF Convention
2004:
— winner
IAFA Awards — for scholarship, grad student, and service, presented by IAFA
1986:
— Distinguished Scholarship — winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(8 nominations; 2 wins)
1991:
Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith's (Avernus; Hodder & Stoughton)
— nonfiction book — nomination
1987:
Trillion Year Spree (by BWA with David Wingrove) (Gollancz; Atheneum)
— nonfiction book — winner
1986:
The Pale Shadow of Science (Serconia Press)
— nonfiction book — nomination
1979:
“Enemies of the System ” (F&SF Jun 1978)
— novella — nomination
1969:
“Total Environment ” (Galaxy Feb 1968)
— novelette — nomination
1967:
“Man in His Time ” (Who Can Replace a Man?)
— short story — nomination
1962:
“Hothouse” (F&SF Feb,Apr,Jul,Sep,Dec 1961)
— short fiction — winner
1959:
— new author of 1958 — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(5 nominations; 1 win)
1986:
Helliconia Winter (Atheneum)
— novel — nomination
1983:
Helliconia Spring (Atheneum)
— novel — nomination
1969:
“Total Environment ” (Galaxy Feb 1968)
— novelette — nomination
1967:
“Man in His Time ” (Who Can Replace a Man?)
— short story — nomination
1966:
“The Saliva Tree ” (F&SF Sep 1965)
— novella — winner (tie)
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(3 nominations; 1 win)
1996:
The Secret of This Book (HarperCollins UK; St. Martin's)
— collection — nomination
1995:
“The God Who Slept with Women ” (Asimov's May 1994)
— novella — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(6 nominations; 5 wins)
2008:
Non-Stop (Faber)
— Best Novel of 1958 — winner
1986:
Helliconia Winter (Cape)
— novel — winner
1984:
Helliconia Summer (Cape; Atheneum)
— novel — nomination
1983:
Helliconia Spring (Cape; Atheneum)
— novel — winner
1974:
Billion Year Spree
— special award — winner
1972:
The Moment of Eclipse (Faber & Faber)
— winner
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2008:
HARM (Del Rey)
— finalist
1983:
Helliconia Spring (Atheneum)
— winner
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(40 nominations; 1 win)
2014:
Finches of Mars (The Friday Project)
— sf novel — 13th place
2013:
An Exile on Planet Earth: Articles and Reflections (Bodleian Library)
— non-fiction — 5th place
2009:
A Science Fiction Omnibus (Penguin UK)
— anthology — 19th place
2008:
HARM (Del Rey; Duckworth)
— sf novel — 18th place
2006:
Cultural Breaks (Tachyon)
— collection — 21st place
2004:
“The Hibernators ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2003)
— short story — 9th place (tie)
2001:
“Steppenpferd ” (F&SF Feb 2000)
— short story — 33rd place
2000:
“An Apollo Asteroid ” (Moon Shots)
— short story — 18th place (tie)
2000:
The Twinkling of an Eye or My Life as an Englishman (Little, Brown UK; St. Martin's)
— nonfiction — 2nd place
1996:
“Into the Tunnel! ” (Asimov's Apr 1995)
— short story — 13th place
1996:
The Secret of This Book (HarperCollins UK; St. Martin's)
— collection — 15th place
1996:
The Detached Retina (Liverpool University Press; Syracuse University Press)
— nonfiction — 5th place
1995:
“The Madonna of Futurity ” (Universe 3)
— novella — 16th place
1995:
“The God Who Slept with Women ” (Asimov's May 1994)
— novelette — 16th place
1994:
“Friendship Bridge ” (New Worlds 3)
— novelette — 20th place
1994:
A Tupolev Too Far (HarperCollins UK; St. Martin's)
— collection — 21st place
1993:
“Horse Meat ” (Interzone #65 Nov 1992)
— novelette — 9th place
1991:
Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith's (Avernus)
— nonfiction — 6th place
1989:
Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss (Gollancz)
— collection — 24th place
1988:
The Penguin World Omnibus of Science Fiction (BWA & Sam J. Lundwall, eds.) (Penguin)
— anthology — 23rd place
1987:
…And the Lurid Glare of the Comet (Serconia Press)
— nonfiction — 13th place
1987:
Trillion Year Spree (by BWA with David Wingrove) (Gollancz)
— nonfiction — winner
1986:
Helliconia Winter (Atheneum)
— sf novel — 5th place
1986:
The Pale Shadow of Science (Serconia Press)
— nonfiction/reference — 2nd place
1985:
“The Gods in Flight ” (Interzone #9 Autumn 1984; Asimov's mid-Dec 1984)
— short story — 24th place
1985:
Seasons in Flight (Jonathan Cape)
— collection — 14th place
1984:
Helliconia Summer (Atheneum)
— sf novel — 4th place
1983:
Helliconia Spring (Atheneum)
— sf novel — 6th place
1983:
“A Private Whale ” (Perpetual Light)
— novelette — 20th place
1980:
“Indifference ” (Rooms of Paradise)
— novelette — 17th place
1979:
“A Chinese Perspective ” (Anticipations)
— novella — 10th place
1977:
“Appearance of Life ” (Andromeda 1)
— short story — 10th place
1976:
Hell's Cartographers (BWA & Harry Harrison, eds.) (Harper & Row)
— associational item — 5th place
1976:
SF Art (Crown)
— associational item — 2nd place
1975:
— critic — 12th place
1974:
The Astounding-Analog Reader, Volume Two (Harry Harrison & BWA, eds.) (Doubleday)
— reprint anth/collection — 7th place
1974:
— critic — 5th place
1973:
The Astounding-Analog Reader, Volume One (Harry Harrison & BWA, eds.) (Doubleday)
— reprint anth/collection — 13th place (tie)
1973:
Best SF: 1971 (Harry Harrison & BWA, eds.) (Putnam)
— reprint anth/collection — 11th place
1972:
Best SF: 1970 (Harry Harrison & BWA, eds.) (Putnam)
— reprint anth/collection — 16th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(2 nominations)
2004:
“The Hibernators ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2003)
— short story — 8th place
1995:
“Flight 063 ” (Asimov's Dec 1994)
— poem — 10th place (tie)
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(3 nominations; 1 win)
1975:
Frankenstein Unbound (Cape)
— international sf — nomination
1969:
An Age (Faber; Doubleday)
— international sf — nomination
1969:
— contemporary writer — winner
Eaton Award — for best critical book, to 2001; since 2008, for lifetime achievement, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1986:
Trillion Year Spree (by BWA with David Wingrove) (Gollancz)
— nonfiction — winner
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
1989:
— all-time best sf author — 6th place
Kurd Lasswitz Preis — for SF works published in Germany, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1984:
Helliconia Spring
— foreign novel — winner
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(2 nominations)
1986:
Helliconia Winter (Atheneum)
— novel — 3rd place
1984:
Helliconia Summer (Atheneum)
— novel — 3rd place (tie)
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2001:
“The Saliva Tree ”
— foreign short story — nomination
— As Judge —
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