Awards And Recognition
Awards
CAREER AND SPECIAL AWARDS
2011: Eaton Award — for best critical book, to 2001; since 2008, for lifetime achievement, juried – lifetime achievement in science fiction — winner
2011: Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors – winner
2006: SFWA Grand Master Award — chosen by SF & Fantasy Writers of America officers – winner
2000: World Horror Grandmaster — for outstanding contributor to the horror genre; voted by World Horror Con members -winner
1997: 1-CON Award — for contributions to SF/F/H, presented by annual convention I-CON (Julius Schwartz & HE) Gallun Award winner
1996: Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer’s Association professional membership – life achievement — winner
1993: World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members – life achievement — winner
1995: International Horror Guild Awards — for horror works, juried- Living Legend — winner 1986: Milford Award — for lifetime achievement in publishing or editing- winner
1970: Forry Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society – winner
MAJOR AWARDS
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention (26 nominations; 8 wins)
1994: Mefisto In Onyx (Omni Oct 1993; Mark V. Ziesing) — novella — nomination
1990: Harlan Ellison’s Watching (Underwood-Miller) — nonfiction book — nomination
1989: “The Function of Dream Sleep ” (Midnight Graffiti Jun 1988: Asimov’s mid-Dec 1988) — novelette — nomination
1988: The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Nemo Press) — other forms — nomination
1988: “I, Robot: The Movie” (Asimov’s Nov,Dec,mid-Dec 1987) — other forms — nomination 1986: “Paladin of the Lost Hour ” (Universe 15; Twilight Zone Dec 1985) — novelette — winner 1986: An Edge in My Voice (Donning) — nonfiction book — nomination
1985: Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed (Borgo Press) — nonfiction book — nomination 1981:”All the Lies That Are My Life ” (F&SF Nov 1980; Underwood-Miller) — novella — nomination
1979: “Count the Clock That Tells the Time ” (Omni Dec 1978) — short story — nomination 1978: “Jeffty Is Five ” (F&SF Jul 1977) — short story — winner
1976: “Croatoan ” (F&SF May 1975) — short story — nomination
1975: “Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54′ N, Longitude 77° 00′ 13″ W” (F&SF Oct 1974) — novelette —winner
1974: “The Deathbird ” (F&SF Mar 1973) — novelette — winner
1973: “Basilisk ” (F&SF Aug 1972) — novelette — nomination
1971: “The Region Between” (Galaxy Mar 1970) — novella — nomination
1971:”Brillo” (by Ben Bova & HE) (Analog Aug 1970) — short story — nomination
1970: “A Boy and His Dog” (The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World) — novella — nomination
1969: “The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World ” (Galaxy Jun 1968) — short story — winner
1968: “Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes ” (Knight May 1967) — novelette — nomination
1968: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream ” If Mar 1967) — short story — winner
1968: Star Trek: “The City on the Edge of Forever” — dramatic presentation — winner
1968: Fan writer — nomination
1967: “Delusions for a Dragon Slayer” (Knight Sep 1966) — short story — nomination
1966: ‘Repent, Harlequin!’ said the Ticktockman” (Galaxy Dec 1965) — short fiction — winner 1956: Most promising new author — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership (17 nominations; 4 wins)
2011: “How Interesting: A Tiny Man” (Realms of Fantasy Feb 2010) — short story — winner (tie) 2004: “Goodbye to All That ” (McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales) — short story — nomination
1995: Mefisto In Onyx (Omni Oct 1993; Mark V. Ziesing) — novella — nomination
1994: “The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore ” (Omni Jul 1992; World Fantasy Convention Program Book) —short story — nomination
1986:”Paladin of the Lost Hour ” (Universe 15; Twilight Zone Dec 1985) — novelette — nomination
1978: “Jeffty Is Five ” (F&SF Jul 1977) — short story — winner
1977: “Harlan! Harlan Ellison Reads Harlan Ellison” (recording) — dramatic presentation — nomination
1976: “Shatterday” (Gallery Sep 1975) — short story — nomination
1976: A Boy and His Dog (by L. Q. Jones, screenplay ; based on the work by HE) — dramatic writing — nomination
1974: “The Deathbird ” (F&SF Mar 1973) — novelette — nomination
1973: “Basilisk ” (F&SF Aug 1972) — novelette — nomination
1973: “On the Downhill Side ” (Universe 2) — short story — nomination
1971: “The Region Between” (Galaxy Mar 1970) — novella — nomination
1970: “A Boy and His Dog” (The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World) — novella — winner
1970: “Shattered Like a Glass Goblin ” (Orbit 4) — short story — nomination
1968: “Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes ” (Knight May 1967) — novelette — nomination
1966: “Repent, Harlequin!’ said the Ticktockman” (Galaxy Dec 1965) — short story — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members (8 nominations; 2 wins)
2002: The Essential Ellison: A 50-Year Retrospective: Revised and Expanded (HE; Terry Dowling with Richard Delay & Gil Lamont, eds.) (Morpheus International) — collection — nomination
1994: Mefisto In Onyx (Omni Oct 1993; Mark V. Ziesing) — novella — nomination
1990:Harlan Ellison’s Watching (Underwood-Miller) — collection — nomination
1989: Angry Candy (Houghton Mifflin) — collection — winner (tie)
1981: Shatterday (Houghton Mifflin) — anthology/collection — nomination
1978: “Jeffty Is Five ” (F&SF Jul 1977) — short fiction — nomination
1976: Deathbird Stories (Harper & Row) — collection — nomination
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer’s Association professional membership (10 nominations; 6 wins)
2002: “From A to Z, In the Sarsaparilla Alphabet” (F&SF Feb 2001) — long fiction — nomination 2000: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (audio) (Dove) — other media — winner
1996: “Chatting with Anubis ” (Lore #1; Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor) — short story — winner 1994: Mefisto In Onyx (Omni Oct 1993; Mark V. Ziesing) — novella — winner (tie)
1990: Harlan Ellison’s Watching (Underwood-Miller) — nonfiction book — winner (tie)
1989: “The Function of Dream Sleep ” (Midnight Graffiti Jun 1988) — novelette — nomination 1989: “She’s a Young Thing and Cannot Leave Her Mother” (Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue One: Fall 1988) —short story — nomination
1989: Angry Candy (Houghton Mifflin) — collection — nomination
1988: The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Nemo Press) — collection — winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012 (1 nomination; 1 win)
1979: “Jeffty Is Five ” (F&SF Jul 1977) — short story — winner
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members (1 nomination; 1 win)
1979: Deathbird Stories (Harper & Row) — collection — winner
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine (45 nominations; 18 wins)
2002: “Incognita, Inc.” (Hemispheres Jan 2001; Realms of Fantasy Aug 2001) — short story — 3rd place
1998: Slippage (Mark V. Ziesing; Houghton Mifflin) — collection — winner 1998:”Repent Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman (by HE, illustrated by Rick Berry) (Underwood Books) — art book — 4th place
1995: 1, Robot: the Illustrated Screenplay (by HE & Isaac Asimov, illustrated by Mark Zug) (Warner Aspect) — art book — 3rd place
1995: Mind Fields (by HE, text; Jacek Yerka, art) (Morpheus International) — art book — 2nd place
1994: Mefisto In Onyx (Omni Oct 1993; Mark V. Ziesing) — novella — winner
1990: Harlan Ellison’s Watching (Underwood-Miller) — nonfiction — 10th place
1989: “The Function of Dream Sleep ” (Midnight Graffiti Jun 1988; Asimov’s mid-Dec 1988; Angry Candy) — novelette —winner
1989: “Eidolons ” (F&SF Jul 1988) — short story — winner
1989: Angry Candy (Houghton Mifflin) — collection — winner
1988: The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Nemo Press) — collection — 2nd place 1986: “Paladin of the Lost Hour (Universe 15; Twilight Zone Dec 1985) — novelette — winner 1986: “With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole” (Omni Jan 1985; Medea: Harlan’s World) — short story — winner
1986: Medea: Harlan’s World (Phantasia; Bantam) — anthology — winner
1986: An Edge in My Voice (Donning) — nonfiction/reference — 9th place
1985: Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed (Borgo Press) — nonfiction/reference — winner 1983: “Djinn, No Chaser ” (Twilight Zone Apr 1982) — novelette — winner
1983: Stalking the Nightmare (Phantasia) — single author collection — 3rd place
1982: “On the Slab ” (Omni Oct 1981) — short story — 28th place
1981: “All the Lies That Are My Life ” (F&SF Nov 1980) — novella — 9th place
1981: Shatterday (Houghton Mifflin) — single author collection — 2nd place
1980: “All the Birds Come Home to Roost” (Playboy Mar 1979) — short story — 19th place 1979: “Count the Clock That Tells the Time” (Omni Dec 1978) — short story — winner
1979: Strange Wine (Harper & Row) — single author collection — 2nd place
1978: “Jeffty Is Five ” (F&SF Jut 1977) — short fiction — winner
1977: “From A to Z, In the Chocolate Alphabet ” (F&SF Oct 1976) — short story — fifth place 1977: “Seeing ” (Andromeda 1) — short story — 6th place
1976: “Croatoan ” (F&SF May 1975) — short story — winner
1976: “Shatterday ” (Gallery Sep 1975) — short story — 14th place
1976: Deathbird Stories (Harper & Row) — single author collection — 3rd place
1975: “Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54′ N, Longitude 77° 00′ 13″ W” (F&SF Oct 1974) — novelette —winner
1975: “Catman ” (Final Stage) — novelette — 14th place
1975: “I’m Looking for Kadak” (Wandering Stars) — novelette — 4th place
1975: Approaching Oblivion (Walker) — single author collection — 4th place
1975: critic — 7th place 1974:”The Deathbird ” (F&SF Mar 1973) — short fiction — winner
1974: critic — 12th place 1973:”Basilisk ” (F&SF Aug 1972) — short fiction — winner 1973:”On the Downhill Side ” (Universe 2) — short fiction — 13th place
1973: Again, Dangerous Visions (Doubleday) — original anthology — winner
1972: “The Human Operators” by HE & A. E. van Vogt) (F&SF Jan 1971) — short fiction — 12th place
1972: Partners in Wonder (Walker) — reprint anth/collection — 7th place
1971: “Brillo” (by Ben Bova & HE) (Analog Aug 1970) — short fiction — 8th place
1971: “The Region Between” (Galaxy Mar 1970; Five Fates) — short fiction — winner 1971: “Runesmith” by HE & Theodore Sturgeon) (F&SF May 1970) — short fiction — 7th place
OTHER AWARDS
Analog Readers Poll — for stories, articles, and art published by Analog, polled by readers (1 nomination)
1979:”The Man Who Was Heavily into Revenge ” (Analog Aug 1978) — short story — 5th place
Asimov’s Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and are published by Asimov’s, polled by readers (4 nominations; 1 win)
1990: “The Few, the Proud ” (Asimov’s Mar 1989) — short story — 8th place
1989: “The Function of Dream Sleep ” (Asimov’s Jun 1988) — novelette — 4th place
1988: “I, Robot: The Movie” (Asimov’s Nov,Dec,mid-Dec 1987) — special award — winner 1987: “Laugh Track ” (Asimov’s mid-Dec 1986) — short story — 2nd place
Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City (6 nominations)
1983: Stalking the Nightmare (Phantasia) — collection/anthology — nomination
1983: for writing and encouraging new writers — professional achievement — nomination
1982: “Grail ” (Twilight Zone Apr 1981) — short fiction — nomination
1981: for contributions to fantasy literature — professional achievement — nomination
1979: “Jeffty Is Five ” (F&SF Jut 1977) — short fiction — nomination
1979: Strange Wine (Harper & Row) — collection/anthology — nomination
Deathrealm Awards — for horror works, voted by readers of Deathrealm magazine (1 nomination; 1 win)
1996: “Chatting with Anubis ” (Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor Jun 1995) — short fiction — winner
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention (1 nomination) 1971:”The Region Between” (Galaxy Mar 1970) — international sf — nomination
HOMer Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe (1 nomination)
1994: Mefisto In Onyx (Omni Oct 1993) — novella — nomination
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers (1 nomination)
1989: all-time best sf author — 12th place (tie)
Jupiter Awards — for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education (3 nominations; 2 wins)
1978: “Jeffty Is Five ” (F&SF Jul 1977) — short story — winner
1975: “Sleeping Dogs ” (Analog Oct 1984) — short story — nomination
1974: “The Deathbird ” (F&SF Mar 1973) — novelette — winner
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society (6 nominations; 1 win)
2015: ‘Repent, Harlequin!’ said the Ticktockman” — hall of fame — winner
2014: ‘Repent, Harlequin!’ said the Ticktockman” — hall of fame — nomination
2013: ‘Repent, Harlequin!’ said the Ticktockman” — hall of fame — nomination
2012: ‘Repent, Harlequin!’ said the Ticktockman” — hall of fame — nomination
2011: ‘Repent, Harlequin!’ said the Ticktockman” — hall of fame — nomination
2010: ‘Repent, Harlequin!’ said the Ticktockman” — hall of fame — nomination
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine (1 nomination)
1986: “Paladin of the Lost Hour ” (Universe 15; Twilight Zone Dec 1985) — novelette — 3rd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con (1 nomination)
2017: “The Deathbird ” — translated story — nomination
SFWA Awards — for works and contributions to SF, presented by the SFFWA (1 nomination; 1 win)
2001: 2000X (by HE, host and story editor; Yuri Rasovsky, producer and director; Warren Dewey, sound engineer) —Bradbury Award — winner
Worldcon Special Convention Award — special honors presented by the committee of the World SF Convention (3 nominations; 3 wins)
2006: winner
1972: for Again, Dangerous Visions — winner
1968: for Dangerous Visions — winner
AS JUDGE
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members 1977
Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H artworks, juried 2001, 1996