Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 5
Major Awards: 13
Locus Awards: 4
Other Awards: 13
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 116
Times Served as Judge: 2
Phoenix Award
for lifetime achievement, presented by DeepSouthCon
winner
Skylark Award
for contribution to SF in the spirit of E.E. "Doc" Smith; presented by NESFA
Hugo Awards
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(8 nominations; 5 wins)
“Four Short Novels” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2003)
short story nomination
Forever Peace (Ace)
novel winner
“None So Blind” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
short story winner
“The Hemingway Hoax” (Asimov's Apr 1990)
novella winner
Mindbridge (St. Martin's)
novel nomination
“Tricentennial” (Analog Jul 1976)
short story winner
The Forever War (St. Martin's)
novel winner
“Hero” (Analog Jun 1972)
novella nomination
Nebula Awards
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(9 nominations; 5 wins)
The Accidental Time Machine (Ace)
novel nomination
Camouflage (Analog Mar,Apr,May 2004; Ace)
novel winner
Forever Peace (Ace)
novel winner
“None So Blind” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
short story nomination
“Graves” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1992)
short story winner
“The Hemingway Hoax” (Asimov's Apr 1990)
novella winner
“More Than the Sum of His Parts” (Playboy May 1985)
short story nomination
“Tricentennial” (Analog Jul 1976)
short story nomination
The Forever War (St. Martin's)
novel winner
(2 nominations; 1 win)
“Graves” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1992)
short story winner (tie)
“The Hemingway Hoax” (Asimov's Apr 1990)
novella nomination
(1 nomination; 1 win)
Camouflage (Ace)
winner (tie)
(1 nomination; 1 win)
Forever Peace (Ace)
winner
Locus Awards
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(46 nominations; 4 wins)
Work Done for Hire (Ace)
sf novel 15th place
The Best of Joe Haldeman (Subterranean)
collection 2nd place
Earthbound (Ace)
sf novel 11th place
Starbound (Ace)
sf novel 11th place
“Sleeping Dogs” (Gateways)
short story 9th place
Marsbound (Ace)
sf novel 5th place
The Accidental Time Machine (Ace)
sf novel 5th place
“The Mars Girl” (Escape from Earth: New Adventures in Space)
novella 2nd place
A Separate War and Other Stories (Ace)
collection 7th place
Old Twentieth (Ace)
sf novel 7th place
“Angel of Light” (Cosmos Dec 2005)
short story 10th place
Camouflage (Ace)
sf novel 6th place
“Faces” (F&SF Jun 2004)
short story 6th place
“Four Short Novels” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2003)
short story 2nd place
Guardian (Ace)
sf novel 13th place
The Coming (Ace)
sf novel 4th place
Forever Free (Ace)
sf novel 6th place
Forever Peace (Ace)
sf novel 3rd place
None So Blind (Morrow AvoNova)
collection winner
“For White Hill” (Far Futures)
novelette 7th place
“None So Blind” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
short story winner
“Feedback” (Playboy Mar 1993)
short story 7th place
Worlds Enough And Time (Morrow)
sf novel 11th place
“Graves” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1992)
short story 3rd place
“Images” (F&SF May 1991)
short story 12th place
The Hemingway Hoax (Morrow)
sf novel 14th place
“The Hemingway Hoax” (Asimov's Apr 1990)
novella 3rd place
Buying Time (Morrow; NEL)
sf novel 15th place
Dealing in Futures (Viking)
collection 9th place
Worlds Apart (Viking)
sf novel 14th place
Nebula Award Stories 17 (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
anthology 16th place
Worlds (Viking)
sf novel 15th place
“Lindsay and the Red City Blues” (Dark Forces)
short story 16th place
“Blood Sisters” (Playboy Jul 1979)
short story 8th place (tie)
Infinite Dreams (St. Martin's)
single author collection 5th place
Study War No More (St. Martin's)
anthology 17th place
All My Sins Remembered (St. Martin's)
sf novel 20th place
Mindbridge (St. Martin's)
novel 2nd place
“Tricentennial” (Analog Jul 1976)
short story winner
The Forever War (St. Martin's)
novel winner
“End Game” (Analog Jan 1975)
novelette 14th place
“Anniversary Project” (Analog Oct 1975)
short story 8th place
The Forever War (St. Martin's)
novel 8th place
Cosmic Laughter (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
reprint anthology 9th place
“Hero” (Analog Jun 1972)
novella 4th place
(2 nominations; 1 win)
“Ectopoiesis”
poetry 2nd place (tie)
“This Space for Rent” (Analog Nov 1978)
science fact winner
(21 nominations; 2 wins)
“Curse of the Clock” (Asimov's Nov/Dec 2022)
poem 5th place
“Future History” (Asimov's)
poem winner
“Gene's Dreams” (Asimov's)
poem 2nd place
“The Dark Man” (Asimov's Feb 2003)
poem 3rd place
“January Fires” (Asimov's Jan 2001)
poem winner
“Dying Live on CNN” (Asimov's Aug 2000)
poem 2nd place
“Fire on Ice” (Asimov's Jul 2000)
poem 5th place (tie)
“Dog Star” (Asimov's Mar 1999)
poem 10th place
“None So Blind” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
short story 10th place
“Big Boom” (Asimov's May 1994)
poem 2nd place (tie)
“waiting to explode” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
poem 3rd place (tie)
“Solo” (Asimov's May 1993)
poem 7th place
“Carbon Star” (Asimov's Oct 1991)
poem 7th place
“The Number of the Man” (Asimov's Jun 1991)
poem 9th place (tie)
“The SF Editor's Lament” (Asimov's Feb 1991)
poem 3rd place
“The Hemingway Hoax” (Asimov's Apr 1990)
novella 5th place (tie)
“Astrology Column” (Asimov's Dec 1990)
poem 4th place (tie)
“The Cepheid Variable” (Asimov's Sep 1990)
poem 10th place (tie)
“Eighteen Years Old, October Eleventh” (Asimov's Aug 1990)
poem 10th place (tie)
“The Star: From and For Arthur C. Clarke” (Asimov's Jul 1990)
poem 6th place (tie)
“The Gift” (Asimov's Feb 1987)
poem 2nd place
Ditmar Awards
for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(1 nomination; 1 win)
The Forever War (St. Martin's)
international sf winner
HOMer Awards
for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(1 nomination; 1 win)
“None So Blind” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
short story winner
Ignotus Awards
for SF works published in Spain, voted by members of Spanish SF Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
Forever Peace
foreign novel winner
(1 nomination)
all-time best sf author 44th place (tie)
Phantastik Preis
for SF/F works published in Germany, polled by readers of Phantastik.de website
(1 nomination)
Forever Free
foreign novel nomination
Rhysling Awards
for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
(5 nominations; 3 wins)
“god is dead short live god”
short poem 2nd place
“Old Twentieth: a century full of years”
long poem 2nd place
“January Fires” (Asimov's Jan 2001)
long poem winner
“Eighteen Years Old, October Eleventh” (Asimov's Aug 1990)
short poem winner
“Saul's Death” (There Will Be War)
long poem winner
(2 nominations; 1 win)
“None So Blind” (Asimov's Nov 1994)
short story winner
“The Hemingway Hoax” (Asimov's Apr 1990)
novella 2nd place
Seiun Awards
for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(3 nominations)
Camouflage
translated long form nomination
“A Separate War”
foreign short story nomination
Forever Peace
overseas long fiction nomination
(1 nomination)
Forever Peace (Ace)
sf/fantasy book 9th place
(5 nominations; 3 wins)
Camouflage (Ace)
novel winner
“Faces” (F&SF Jun 2004)
short fiction winner
lifetime achievement winner
Guardian (Ace)
novel nomination
life achievement nomination