Jack Vance
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 5
Major Awards: 5
Other Awards: 3
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 65
— Career and Special Awards —
Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors
2001:
Living Inductee — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
1984:
life achievement — winner
Forry Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
1997:
winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(5 nominations; 3 wins)
2010:
This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I") (Subterranean)
— related book — winner
1975:
“Assault on a City ” (Universe 4)
— novella — nomination
1967:
“The Last Castle ” (Galaxy Apr 1966)
— novelette — winner
1963:
“The Dragon Masters ” (Galaxy Aug 1962)
— short fiction — winner
1959:
“The Miracle-Workers ” (Astounding Jul 1958)
— novelette — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(2 nominations; 1 win)
1984:
Lyonesse (Berkley)
— novel — nomination
1967:
“The Last Castle ” (Galaxy Apr 1966)
— novella — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(7 nominations; 2 wins)
1990:
Lyonesse: Madouc (Underwood-Miller)
— novel — winner
1984:
Lyonesse (Berkley)
— novel — nomination
1982:
life achievement — nomination
1981:
life achievement — nomination
1980:
life achievement — nomination
1978:
“The Bagful of Dreams” (Flashing Swords #4: Barbarians and Black Magicians)
— short fiction — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(2 nominations)
1985:
Lyonesse (Panther)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
1975:
“The Seventeen Virgins” (F&SF Oct 1974)
— short story — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(30 nominations)
2014:
Magic Highways: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Three (Subterranean)
— collection — 16th place
2013:
Dream Castles: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Two (Subterranean)
— collection — 11th place
2011:
Hard-Luck Diggings: The Early Jack Vance (Subterranean)
— collection — 19th place
2010:
Wild Thyme, Green Magic (Subterranean)
— collection — 12th place
2010:
This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I") (Subterranean)
— nonfiction/art book — 5th place
2008:
The Jack Vance Treasury (Subterranean)
— collection — 2nd place
1999:
Ports of Call (Underwood Books; Tor)
— sf novel — 9th place
1997:
Night Lamp (Underwood Books; Tor)
— sf novel — 8th place
1992:
Ecce and Old Earth (Underwood-Miller; Tor)
— sf novel — 12th place
1990:
Lyonesse: Madouc (Underwood-Miller)
— fantasy novel — 6th place
1989:
Araminta Station (Tor)
— sf novel — 10th place
1988:
Araminta Station (Underwood-Miller; Tor)
— sf novel — 22nd place
1986:
Lyonesse II: The Green Pearl (Underwood-Miller; Berkley)
— fantasy novel — 5th place
1985:
Rhialto the Marvelous (Underwood-Miller/Brandywyne; Baen)
— collection — 8th place
1984:
Cugel's Saga (Timescape)
— fantasy novel — 13th place (tie)
1984:
Lyonesse (Berkley)
— fantasy novel — 4th place
1982:
The Book of Dreams (DAW)
— sf novel — 12th place
1980:
The Face (DAW)
— sf novel — 10th place
1980:
Green Magic: The Fantasy Realms of Jack Vance (Underwood-Miller)
— single author collection — 8th place
1980:
Morreion (by JV, illustrated by Steve Fabian) (Underwood-Miller)
— art or illustrated book — 11th place
1978:
“The Bagful of Dreams” (Flashing Swords #4: Barbarians and Black Magicians)
— short fiction — 10th place
1977:
Maske: Thaery (Berkley/Putnam)
— novel — 12th place
1977:
The Best of Jack Vance (Pocket)
— author collection — 8th place
1976:
Showboat World (Pyramid)
— novel — 13th place
1975:
The Domains of Koryphon (Amazing Stories Aug,Oct 1974; Bobbs-Merrill)
— novel — 12th place
1975:
“Assault on a City ” (Universe 4)
— novella — 4th place
1975:
“The Seventeen Virgins” (F&SF Oct 1974)
— novelette — 10th place
1974:
Trullion: Alastor 2262 (Amazing Stories Mar,Jun 1973; Ballantine)
— novel — 6th place
1974:
“Rumfuddle ” (Three Trips in Time and Space)
— novella — 8th place
1973:
The Brave Free Men (F&SF Jul,Aug 1972)
— novel — 14th place
— Other Awards —
Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(1 nomination)
1980:
Green Magic: The Fantasy Realms of Jack Vance (Underwood-Miller)
— collection/anthology — nomination
Emperor Norton Award — for extraordinary invention and creativity
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2005:
Lurulu
— winner
Gandalf Awards — for fantasy novels and grand masters, administered in parallel with the Hugos
(2 nominations)
1980:
grand master of fantasy — nomination
1979:
grand master of fantasy — nomination
Geffen Awards — for SF works in Hebrew, voted by members of annual Israeli SF/F convention
(1 nomination)
2006:
Tales of the Dying Earth
— sf book — nomination
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
1989:
all-time best sf author — 28th place (tie)
Jupiter Awards — for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(2 nominations; 1 win)
1975:
“Assault on a City ” (Universe 4)
— novella — nomination
1975:
“The Seventeen Virgins” (F&SF Oct 1974)
— novelette — winner
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(2 nominations)
2021:
Emphyrio (Doubleday)
— hall of fame — nomination
1997:
Emphyrio
— hall of fame — nomination
Retro Hugo Awards — for SF works 50 years past, voted by members of the World SF Convention
(1 nomination)
2001:
The Dying Earth (Hillman)
— novel — nomination
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2018:
Space Opera
— translated novel — nomination
2017:
Jack Vance Treasury 1 (Magnus Ridolph)
— translated novel — nomination
2016:
“Alfred's Ark”
— translated story — nomination
1977:
The Dragon Masters
— foreign novel — winner
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