Robert Bloch
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 5
Major Awards: 4
Other Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 24
Times Served as Judge: 1
— Career and Special Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
1975:
life achievement — winner
Big Heart Award — service award to member of the SF community; presented at World SF Con
1960:
winner
First Fandom Hall of Fame Award — for fans active at the time of the first World SF Convention
1985:
winner
Forry Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
1974:
winner
World Horror Grandmaster — for outstanding contributor to the horror genre; voted by World Horror Con members
1991:
winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(2 nominations; 1 win)
1994:
Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography (Tor)
— nonfiction book — nomination
1959:
“That Hell-Bound Train ” (F&SF Sep 1958)
— short story — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(3 nominations; 1 win)
1995:
The Early Fears (Fedogan & Bremer)
— collection — nomination
1978:
Cold Chills (Doubleday)
— collection/anthology — nomination
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(5 nominations; 3 wins)
1999:
Robert Bloch's Psychos (Pocket)
— anthology — nomination
1995:
“The Scent of Vinegar ” (Dark Destiny)
— novelette — winner
1995:
The Early Fears (Fedogan & Bremer)
— collection — winner
1994:
Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography (Tor)
— nonfiction book — winner
1988:
Midnight Pleasures (Doubleday)
— collection — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination)
1983:
Psycho II
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(4 nominations)
1995:
The Early Fears (Fedogan & Bremer)
— collection — 8th place
1994:
Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography (Tor)
— nonfiction — 2nd place
1989:
The Selected Stories of Robert Bloch (Underwood-Miller)
— collection — 17th place
1977:
The Best of Fredric Brown (by Fredric Brown, edited by RB) (Ballantine)
— author collection — 14th place
— Other Awards —
Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(2 nominations)
1982:
Mysteries of the Worm (Zebra)
— collection/anthology — nomination
1980:
Strange Eons
— novel — nomination
Phantastik Preis — for SF/F works published in Germany, polled by readers of Phantastik.de website
(1 nomination)
2001:
Strange Eons
— foreign novel — nomination
Retro Hugo Awards — for SF works 50 years past, voted by members of the World SF Convention
(1 nomination)
2019:
“Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper ” (Weird Tales Jul 1943)
— short story — nomination
Worldcon Special Convention Award — special honors presented by the committee of the World SF Convention
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1984:
for fifty years as a science fiction professional
— winner
— As Judge —
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