Stephen R. Donaldson
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 2
Other Awards: 5
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 30
Times Served as Judge: 1
— Major Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2005:
The Runes of the Earth (Putnam; Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
2000:
Reave the Just and Other Tales (HarperCollins Voyager; Bantam Spectra)
— collection — winner (tie)
1978:
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
— novel — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(4 nominations; 1 win)
1996:
The Gap Into Madness: Chaos and Order (HarperCollins UK)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
1981:
The Wounded Land (Sidgwick & Jackson)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
1979:
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — winner
1979:
“The Lady in White ” (F&SF Feb 1978)
— short story — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(9 nominations)
2000:
Reave the Just and Other Tales (HarperCollins Voyager; Bantam Spectra)
— collection — 14th place
1994:
Strange Dreams (Bantam Spectra)
— anthology — 16th place
1988:
A Man Rides Through (Ballantine Del Rey)
— fantasy novel — 11th place
1987:
The Mirror of Her Dreams (Ballantine Del Rey)
— fantasy novel — 11th place
1985:
Daughter of Regals and Other Tales (Ballantine Del Rey)
— collection — 7th place
1984:
White Gold Wielder (Ballantine Del Rey)
— fantasy novel — 5th place
1983:
The One Tree (Ballantine Del Rey)
— fantasy novel — 4th place
1981:
The Wounded Land (Ballantine Del Rey)
— fantasy novel — 3rd place
1978:
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
— fantasy novel — 3rd place
— Other Awards —
Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(4 nominations; 3 wins)
1985:
Daughter of Regals and Other Tales (Ballantine Del Rey)
— collection — winner
1983:
The One Tree (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — winner
1981:
The Wounded Land (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — winner
1979:
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
— novel — nomination
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(2 nominations)
1983:
The One Tree
— international fiction — nomination
1981:
The Wounded Land (Ballantine Del Rey)
— international fiction — nomination
Gandalf Awards — for fantasy novels and grand masters, administered in parallel with the Hugos
(1 nomination)
1978:
Lord Foul's Bane (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
— book-length fantasy — nomination
IAFA Awards — for scholarship, grad student, and service, presented by IAFA
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1997:
Stephen R. Donaldson Award — winner
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
1989:
all-time best sf author — 22nd place (tie)
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — for new SF/F writer, voted by members of annual World SF con
(2 nominations; 1 win)
1979:
winner
1978:
finalist
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(2 nominations)
1983:
The One Tree
— fantasy — nomination
1981:
The Wounded Land
— fantasy — nomination
SF Site Readers Poll — for SF/F books, voted by readers of SF Site website
(1 nomination)
2005:
The Runes of the Earth (Gollancz; Putnam)
— sf/fantasy book — 4th place
— As Judge —
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