Awards
Other awards49 won · 43 nominated
- Won2015Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame: Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame · "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman
- Won2011Nebula Award for Best Short Story: Nebula Award for Best Short Story · How Interesting: A Tiny Man
- Won2011Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame: Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame
- Won2006Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
- Nominated2004Nebula Award for Best Short Story: Nebula Award for Best Short Story · Goodbye to All That
- Nominated2003Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story · Slippage
- Nominated2002Locus Award for Best Short Story: Locus Award for Best Short Story · Incognita, Inc.
- Nominated2002World Fantasy Award for Best Collection: World Fantasy Award for Best Collection · The Essential Ellison
- Won2000World Horror Convention Grand Master Award: World Horror Convention Grand Master Award
- Won1998Locus Award for Best Collection: Locus Award for Best Collection · Slippage
- Won1995Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement: Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement
- Won1995Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction: Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction
- Nominated1995Nebula Award for Best Novella: Nebula Award for Best Novella · Mefisto in Onyx
- Nominated1994Hugo Awards: Best Novella · Mefisto in Onyx
- Won1994Locus Award for Best Novella: Locus Award for Best Novella · Mefisto in Onyx
- Nominated1994Nebula Award for Best Short Story: Nebula Award for Best Short Story · The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore
- Nominated1994World Fantasy Award for Best Novella: World Fantasy Award for Best Novella · Mefisto in Onyx
- Nominated1990World Fantasy Award for Best Collection: World Fantasy Award for Best Collection · Harlan Ellison's Watching
- Won1989Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction: Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction
- Nominated1989Hugo Awards: Best Novelette · The Function of Dream Sleep
- Won1989Locus Award for Best Collection: Locus Award for Best Collection · Angry Candy
- Won1989Locus Award for Best Novelette: Locus Award for Best Novelette · The Function of Dream Sleep
- Won1989Locus Award for Best Short Story: Locus Award for Best Short Story · Eidolons
- Won1989World Fantasy Award for Best Collection: World Fantasy Award for Best Collection · Angry Candy
- Nominated1988Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection: Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection · Angry Candy
- Nominated1988Locus Award for Best Collection: Locus Award for Best Collection · The Essential Ellison
- Won1987Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection: Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection · The Essential Ellison
- Won1987Inkpot Award: Inkpot Award
- Won1986Hugo Awards: Best Novelette · Paladin of the Lost Hour
- Won1986Locus Award for Best Anthology: Locus Award for Best Anthology · Medea: Harlan's World
- Won1986Locus Award for Best Novelette: Locus Award for Best Novelette · Paladin of the Lost Hour
- Won1986Locus Award for Best Short Story: Locus Award for Best Short Story · With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole
- Nominated1986Nebula Award for Best Novelette: Nebula Award for Best Novelette · Paladin of the Lost Hour
- Nominated1983Locus Award for Best Collection: Locus Award for Best Collection · Stalking the Nightmare
- Won1983Locus Award for Best Novelette: Locus Award for Best Novelette · Djinn, No Chaser
- Nominated1982Locus Award for Best Short Story: Locus Award for Best Short Story · On the Slab
- Nominated1981Hugo Awards: Best Novella · All the Lies That Are My Life
- Nominated1981Locus Award for Best Collection: Locus Award for Best Collection · Shatterday
- Nominated1981Locus Award for Best Novella: Locus Award for Best Novella · All the Lies That Are My Life
- Nominated1981World Fantasy Award for Best Collection: World Fantasy Award for Best Collection · Shatterday
- Nominated1980Locus Award for Best Short Story: Locus Award for Best Short Story · All the Birds Come Home to Roost
- Won1979British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction: British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction · Jeffty Is Five
- Won1979British Fantasy Awards: British Fantasy Awards · Jeffty Is Five
- Nominated1979Hugo Awards: Best Short Story · Count the Clock That Tells the Time
- Nominated1979Locus Award for Best Collection: Locus Award for Best Collection · Strange Wine
- Won1979Locus Award for Best Short Story: Locus Award for Best Short Story · Count the Clock That Tells the Time
- Won1978Hugo Awards: Best Short Story · Jeffty Is Five
- Won1978Locus Award for Best Short Fiction: Locus Award for Best Short Fiction · Jeffty Is Five
- Won1978Nebula Award for Best Short Story: Nebula Award for Best Short Story · Jeffty Is Five
- Nominated1978World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction: World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction · Jeffty Is Five
- Won1977Jupiter Award: Jupiter Award · Jeffty Is Five
- Nominated1977Locus Award for Best Short Story: Locus Award for Best Short Story · Seeing
- Won1976Hugo Awards: Best Dramatic Presentation · A Boy and His Dog
- Nominated1976Hugo Awards: Best Short Story · Croatoan
- Nominated1976Locus Award for Best Collection: Locus Award for Best Collection · Deathbird Stories
- Won1976Locus Award for Best Short Story: Locus Award for Best Short Story · Croatoan
- Nominated1976Nebula Award for Best Short Story: Nebula Award for Best Short Story · Shatterday
- Nominated1976World Fantasy Award for Best Collection: World Fantasy Award for Best Collection · Deathbird Stories
- Won1975Hugo Awards: Best Novelette · Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54′ N, Longitude 77° 00′ 13″ W
- Nominated1975Locus Award for Best Collection: Locus Award for Best Collection · Approaching Oblivion: Road Signs on the Treadmill Toward Tomorrow
- Won1975Locus Award for Best Novelette: Locus Award for Best Novelette · Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54′ N, Longitude 77° 00′ 13″ W
- Won1974Edgar Awards: Edgar Awards · The Whimper of Whipped Dogs
- Won1974Hugo Awards: Best Novelette · The Deathbird
- Won1974Locus Award for Best Short Fiction: Locus Award for Best Short Fiction · The Deathbird
- Nominated1974Nebula Award for Best Novelette: Nebula Award for Best Novelette · The Deathbird
- Nominated1973Hugo Awards: Best Novelette · Basilisk
- Won1973Jupiter Award: Jupiter Award · The Deathbird
- Won1973Locus Award for Best Anthology: Locus Award for Best Anthology · Again, Dangerous Visions
- Won1973Locus Award for Best Original Anthology: Locus Award for Best Original Anthology · Again, Dangerous Visions
- Won1973Locus Award for Best Short Fiction: Locus Award for Best Short Fiction · Basilisk
- Nominated1973Nebula Award for Best Novelette: Nebula Award for Best Novelette · Basilisk
- Nominated1973Nebula Award for Best Short Story: Nebula Award for Best Short Story · On the Downhill Side
- Won1972Hugo Awards: Hugo Award · Again, Dangerous Visions
- Nominated1972Locus Award for Best Reprint Anthology/Collection: Locus Award for Best Reprint Anthology/Collection · Partners in Wonder
- Nominated1972Locus Award for Best Short Fiction: Locus Award for Best Short Fiction · The Human Operators
- Nominated1971Hugo Awards: Best Novella · The Region Between
- Nominated1971Hugo Awards: Best Short Story · Brillo
- Won1971Locus Award for Best Short Fiction: Locus Award for Best Short Fiction · The Region Between
- Nominated1971Nebula Award for Best Novella: Nebula Award for Best Novella · The Region Between
- Nominated1970Hugo Awards: Best Novella · A Boy and His Dog
- Won1970Nebula Award for Best Novella: Nebula Award for Best Novella · A Boy and His Dog
- Nominated1970Nebula Award for Best Short Story: Nebula Award for Best Short Story · Shattered Like a Glass Goblin
- Won1969Hugo Awards: Best Short Story · The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
- Won1968Hugo Awards: Best Dramatic Presentation · The City on the Edge of Forever
- Won1968Hugo Awards: Best Short Story · I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
- Won1968Hugo Awards: Hugo Award · Dangerous Visions
- Nominated1968Hugo Awards: Best Novelette · Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes
- Nominated1968Nebula Award for Best Novelette: Nebula Award for Best Novelette · Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes
- Nominated1967Hugo Awards: Best Short Story · Delusion for a Dragon Slayer
- Won1967Writers Guild of America Award: Writers Guild of America Award · The City on the Edge of Forever
- Won1966Hugo Awards: Best Short Story · "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman
- Won1966Nebula Award for Best Short Story: Nebula Award for Best Short Story · "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman
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