Frederik Pohl


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Awards Summary

Career and Special Awards: 11

Major Awards: 11

Locus Awards: 3

Other Awards: 3

Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 128

Times Served as Judge: 35

— Career and Special Awards —
Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors
1998:
— Living Inductee — winner

SFWA Grand Master Award — chosen by SF & Fantasy Writers of America officers
1993:
— winner

Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
2013:
— distinguished service — winner

Eaton Award — for best critical book, to 2001; since 2008, for lifetime achievement, juried
2009:
— lifetime achievement in science fiction — winner

First Fandom Hall of Fame Award — for fans active at the time of the first World SF Convention
1989:
— winner

Forry Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
1994:
— winner

I-CON Award — for contributions to SF/F/H, presented by annual convention I-CON
1998:
— Gallun Award — winner

Milford Award — for lifetime achievement in publishing or editing
1995:
— winner

Prix Utopia — for life achievement, given by French Utopiales International Festival
2000:
— winner

Skylark Award — for contribution to SF in the spirit of E.E. "Doc" Smith; presented by NESFA
1966:
— winner

Writers and Illustrators of the Future — for stories and art by contest winners, juried
2000:
— lifetime achievement — winner

— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(23 nominations; 7 wins)

2010:
— fan writer — winner

1993:
Stopping at Slowyear (Pulphouse/Axolotl; Bantam Spectra) — novella — nomination

1986:
“Fermi and Frost ” (Asimov's Jan 1985) — short story — winner

1984:
“Servant of the People ” (Analog Feb 1983) — short story — nomination

1981:
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Ballantine Del Rey) — novel — nomination

1980:
JEM (St. Martin's) — novel — nomination

1978:
Gateway (Galaxy Nov,Dec 1976, Mar 1977; St. Martin's) — novel — winner

1977:
Man Plus (F&SF Apr,May,Jun 1976; Random House) — novel — nomination

1973:
“The Gold at the Starbow's End” (Analog Mar 1972) — novella — nomination

1973:
“The Meeting” (by FP & C. M. Kornbluth) (F&SF Nov 1972) — short story — winner (tie)

1970:
Galaxy (FP & Ejler Jakobsson, eds.) — professional magazine — nomination

1969:
Galaxy — professional magazine — nomination

1969:
If — professional magazine — nomination

1968:
Galaxy — professional magazine — nomination

1968:
If — professional magazine — winner

1967:
Galaxy — professional magazine — nomination

1967:
If — professional magazine — winner

1966:
Galaxy — professional magazine — nomination

1966:
If — professional magazine — winner

1965:
Galaxy — magazine — nomination

1965:
If — magazine — nomination

1964:
Galaxy — professional magazine — nomination

1963:
Galaxy — professional magazine — nomination

Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(10 nominations; 2 wins)

1985:
“The Greening of Bed-Stuy ” (F&SF Jul 1984) — novella — nomination

1981:
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Ballantine Del Rey) — novel — nomination

1980:
JEM (St. Martin's) — novel — nomination

1980:
“Mars Masked” (Asimov's Mar 1979) — novella — nomination

1978:
Gateway (Galaxy Nov,Dec 1976, Mar 1977; St. Martin's) — novel — winner

1977:
Man Plus (F&SF Apr,May,Jun 1976; Random House) — novel — winner

1976:
“Growing Up in Edge City ” (Epoch) — short story — nomination

1973:
“The Gold at the Starbow's End” (Analog Mar 1972) — novella — nomination

1973:
“Shaffery Among the Immortals ” (F&SF Jul 1972) — short story — nomination

1966:
“Under Two Moons ” (If Sep 1965) — novella — nomination

British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(1 nomination)

1981:
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Ballantine Del Rey) — novel — nomination

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

2005:
The Boy Who Would Live Forever (Tor) — finalist

1985:
The Years of the City (Timescape) — winner

1978:
Gateway (St. Martin's) — winner

1977:
Man Plus (Random House) — second place

— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(65 nominations; 3 wins)

2012:
All the Lives He Led (Tor) — sf novel — 19th place

2006:
Platinum Pohl (Tor) — collection — 4th place

2002:
The SFWA Grand Masters: Volume Three (Tor) — anthology — 8th place

2001:
The SFWA Grand Masters: Volume Two (Tor) — anthology — 7th place

2000:
The Far Shore of Time (Tor) — sf novel — 17th place

2000:
“Hatching the Phoenix” (Amazing Stories Fall 1999, Winter 2000) — novella — 17th place

2000:
The SFWA Grand Masters: Volume One (Tor) — anthology — 9th place

1997:
The Other End of Time (Tor) — sf novel — 23rd place

1995:
The Voices of Heaven (Tor) — sf novel — 18th place

1993:
Mining the Oort (Ballantine Del Rey) — sf novel — 18th place

1993:
Stopping at Slowyear (Pulphouse/Axolotl; Bantam Spectra) — novella — 2nd place

1992:
Outnumbering the Dead (Legend; St. Martin's) — novella — 11th place

1991:
The World at the End of Time (Ballantine Del Rey) — sf novel — 18th place

1991:
The Gateway Trip (Ballantine Del Rey) — collection — 8th place

1990:
Homegoing (Ballantine Del Rey) — sf novel — 16th place

1989:
“Waiting for the Olympians ” (Asimov's Aug 1988) — novella — 13th place

1989:
The Day the Martians Came (St. Martin's) — collection — 10th place

1988:
The Annals of the Heechee (Ballantine Del Rey) — sf novel — 6th place

1988:
“Adeste Fideles ” (Omni Dec 1987) — novelette — 21st place

1988:
“My Life as a Born-Again Pig” (Synergy: New Science Fiction, Number 1) — novelette — 26th place

1987:
The Coming of the Quantum Cats (Bantam Spectra) — sf novel — 9th place

1986:
“The Things That Happen ” (Asimov's Oct 1985) — novelette — 12th place

1986:
“Fermi and Frost ” (Asimov's Jan 1985) — short story — 2nd place

1985:
Heechee Rendezvous (Ballantine Del Rey) — sf novel — 3rd place

1985:
“The Blister ” (F&SF Sep 1984) — novella — 4th place

1985:
“The Greening of Bed-Stuy ” (F&SF Jul 1984) — novella — 11th place

1985:
“The Sweet Sad Queen of the Grazing Isles” (Pohlstars) — novella — 9th place

1985:
“The Kindly Isle ” (Asimov's Nov 1984) — novelette — 6th place

1985:
“Criticality ” (Analog Dec 1984) — short story — 7th place

1985:
Pohlstars (Ballantine Del Rey) — collection — 2nd place

1985:
The Years of the City (Timescape) — collection — 6th place

1984:
Wall Around a Star (by Jack Williamson & FP) (Ballantine Del Rey) — sf novel — 21st place

1984:
“The Lord of the Skies ” (Amazing Stories Jul 1983) — novella — 8th place

1984:
“Servant of the People ” (Analog Feb 1983) — short story — 4th place

1984:
“Spending a Day at the Lottery Fair ” (F&SF Oct 1983) — short story — 3rd place

1984:
Midas World (St. Martin's) — collection — 8th place (tie)

1983:
Starburst (Ballantine Del Rey) — sf novel — 8th place

1983:
“Farmer on the Dole ” (Omni Oct 1982) — novelette — 16th place

1983:
Yesterday's Tomorrows (Berkley) — anthology — 16th place

1982:
The Cool War (Ballantine Del Rey) — sf novel — 7th place

1981:
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Ballantine Del Rey) — sf novel — 2nd place

1981:
Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction (FP, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, eds.) (Playboy) — anthology — 8th place

1981:
Nebula Winners Fourteen (Harper & Row) — anthology — 21st place

1980:
JEM (St. Martin's) — sf novel — 2nd place

1980:
“Mars Masked” (Asimov's Mar 1979) — novella — 4th place

1979:
“Swanilda's Song” (Analog Oct 1978) — novelette — 4th place

1979:
The Way the Future Was (Ballantine Del Rey) — reference book — winner

1978:
Gateway (St. Martin's) — sf novel — winner

1977:
Man Plus (F&SF Apr,May,Jun 1976; Random House) — novel — 3rd place

1977:
The Best of C.M. Kornbluth (by C. M. Kornbluth, edited by FP) (Ballantine) — author collection — 11th place

1977:
Science Fiction Discoveries (Carol Pohl & FP, eds.) (Bantam) — anthology — 9th place

1976:
“The Mother Trip ” (F&SF Oct 1975) — short story — 2nd place

1976:
The Best of Frederik Pohl (by FP, edited by Lester del Rey) (Ballantine) — single author collection — 14th place

1975:
“The Gift of Garigolli” (by FP & C. M. Kornbluth) (Galaxy Aug 1974) — novelette — 15th place

1975:
“Enjoy, Enjoy ” (Fellowship of the Stars) — short story — 18th place

1975:
“Mute Inglorious Tam” (by FP & C. M. Kornbluth) (F&SF Oct 1974) — short story — 19th place

1975:
“We Purchased People ” (Final Stage) — short story — 11th place

1974:
“In the Problem Pit ” (F&SF Sep 1973) — novella — 10th place

1974:
Jupiter (Carol Pohl & FP, eds.) (Ballantine) — reprint anth/collection — 5th place

1974:
Science Fiction: The Great Years (Carol Pohl & FP, eds.) (Ace) — reprint anth/collection — 12th place

1973:
“The Gold at the Starbow's End” (Analog Mar 1972) — novella — winner

1973:
“The Merchants of Venus” (If Aug 1972) — novella — 7th place

1973:
“The Meeting” (by FP & C. M. Kornbluth) (F&SF Nov 1972) — short fiction — 9th place

1973:
Best Science Fiction for 1972 (Ace) — reprint anth/collection — 7th place

1973:
The Gold at the Starbow's End (Ballantine) — reprint anth/collection — 6th place

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

1993:
“Outnumbering the Dead ” (Asimov's Nov 1992) — novella — 3rd place

1989:
“Waiting for the Olympians ” (Asimov's Aug 1988) — novella — 7th place

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

1978:
Gateway (St. Martin's) — international fiction — nomination

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

1993:
Mining the Oort (Ballantine Del Rey) — novel — nomination

1993:
Stopping at Slowyear (Pulphouse/Axolotl) — novella — nomination

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

1974:
“In the Problem Pit ” (F&SF Sep 1973) — novella — nomination

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

1979:
Gateway — winner

Retro Hugo Awards — for SF works 50 years past, voted by members of the World SF Convention
(2 nominations)

2016:
— editor, short form — nomination

2004:
— professional editor — nomination

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

1993:
Stopping at Slowyear (Pulphouse/Axolotl) — novella — 2nd place

1986:
“Fermi and Frost ” (Asimov's Jan 1985) — short story — 3rd place

Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)

1997:
“Fermi and Frost ” — overseas short story — nomination

SFRA Awards — for works and contributions to SF
(1 nomination; 1 win)

1996:
— Clareson Award — winner

The American Book Awards — for books in various categories, including paperback
(1 nomination; 1 win)

1980:
JEM (St. Martin's) — sf hardcover — winner


— As Judge —
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
 
2014, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995
Writers and Illustrators of the Future — for stories and art by contest winners, juried
 
2003, 2002, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986



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