Hugo Awards —
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(4 nominations)
“Immersion ” (Science Fiction Age Mar 1996)
— novella — nomination
“A Snark in the Night” (F&SF Aug 1977)
— novella — nomination
“Doing Lennon ” (Analog Apr 1975)
— short story — nomination
“Deeper Than the Darkness ” (F&SF Apr 1969)
— short story — nomination
Nebula Awards —
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(13 nominations; 2 wins)
“Dark Heaven ” (Alien Crimes)
— novella — nomination
“Soon Comes Night ” (Asimov's Aug 1994)
— novella — nomination
“Matter's End” (Full Spectrum 3)
— novelette — nomination
Great Sky River (Bantam Spectra)
— novel — nomination
“Newton Sleep” (F&SF Jan 1986; Heroes in Hell)
— novella — nomination
Against Infinity (Timescape)
— novel — nomination
“Swarmer, Skimmer” (SF Digest Oct/Nov 1981)
— novella — nomination
Timescape (Simon & Schuster)
— novel — winner
In the Ocean of Night (Dial)
— novel — nomination
“Doing Lennon ” (Analog Apr 1975)
— short story — nomination
“White Creatures ” (New Dimensions 5)
— short story — nomination
“If the Stars Are Gods” (by
Gordon Eklund & GB) (
Universe 4)
— novelette —
winner
“Deeper Than the Darkness ” (F&SF Apr 1969)
— novelette — nomination
Locus Awards —
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(69 nominations)
The Best of Gregory Benford (Subterranean)
— collection — 3rd place
Shipstar (by GB &
Larry Niven) (Tor)
— sf novel — 14th place
Bowl of Heaven (by GB &
Larry Niven) (Tor)
— sf novel — 13th place
“Bow Shock ” (Jim Baen's Universe Jun 2006)
— novelette — 21st place
Microcosms (DAW)
— anthology — 12th place
“The Hydrogen Wall ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2003)
— novelette — 9th place
“The Clear Blue Seas of Luna ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2002)
— novelette — 7th place
“Anomalies ” (Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction)
— short story — 8th place
Eater (Eos)
— sf novel — 2nd place
Worlds Vast and Various (Eos)
— collection — 9th place
Nebula Awards Showcase 2000 (Harcourt)
— anthology — 8th place
Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science (GB &
George Zebrowski, eds.) (Harcourt)
— anthology — 13th place
The Martian Race (Warner Aspect)
— sf novel — 12th place
“A Hunger for the Infinite” (Far Horizons)
— novelette — 3rd place
Cosm (Avon Eos)
— sf novel — 6th place
“A Dance to Strange Musics ” (Science Fiction Age Nov 1998)
— novelette — 9th place
“A Cold Dry Cradle” (by GB &
Elisabeth Malartre) (
Science Fiction Age Nov 1997)
— novella — 9th place
“Galaxia ” (Science Fiction Age Jul 1997)
— novelette — 4th place
The New Hugo Winners Volume IV (GB &
Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (Baen)
— anthology — 13th place
“Immersion ” (Science Fiction Age Mar 1996)
— novella — 7th place
Sailing Bright Eternity (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 6th place
“A Worm in the Well ” (Analog Nov 1995)
— novelette — 10th place
“High Abyss ” (New Legends)
— short story — 3rd place
Far Futures (Tor)
— anthology — 4th place
Furious Gulf (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 12th place
“Soon Comes Night ” (Asimov's Aug 1994)
— novella — 5th place
Matter's End (Bantam Spectra)
— collection — 3rd place
What Might Have Been? Vol. 4: Alternate Americas (GB &
Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (Bantam Spectra)
— anthology — 5th place
“Matter's End” (Full Spectrum 3)
— novelette — 3rd place
What Might Have Been? Vol. 3: Alternate Wars (GB &
Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (Bantam Spectra)
— anthology — 5th place
Tides Of Light (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 4th place
“Alphas ” (Amazing Stories Mar 1989)
— short story — 21st place
“Mozart on Morphine ” (The Microverse; F&SF Oct 1989)
— short story — 13th place
What Might Have Been? Vol. 1: Alternate Empires (GB &
Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (Bantam Spectra)
— anthology — 4th place
What Might Have Been? Vol. 2: Alternate Heroes (GB &
Martin H. Greenberg, eds.) (Bantam Spectra)
— anthology — 7th place
“At the Double Solstice ” (Terry's Universe)
— short story — 7th place
Great Sky River (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 9th place
“Mandikini ” (The Universe)
— novelette — 24th place
Heart of the Comet (by GB &
David Brin) (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 2nd place
“As Big as the Ritz” (Interzone #18 Winter 1986/1987; Under the Wheel)
— novella — 9th place
“Newton Sleep” (F&SF Jan 1986; Heroes in Hell)
— novella — 16th place
“Of Space-Time and the River ” (Asimov's Feb 1986)
— novelette — 6th place
In Alien Flesh (Tor)
— collection — 11th place
Artifact (Tor)
— sf novel — 16th place
“To the Storming Gulf ” (F&SF Apr 1985; Afterwar)
— novella — 8th place
“Time's Rub” (Asimov's Apr 1985)
— short story — 4th place
Across the Sea of Suns (Timescape)
— sf novel — 6th place
Against Infinity (Timescape)
— sf novel — 8th place
“Relativistic Effects ” (Perpetual Light)
— novelette — 19th place
“Swarmer, Skimmer” (SF Digest Nov 1981)
— novella — 11th place
“Exposures ” (Asimov's 6 Jul 1981)
— short story — 7th place
Timescape (Simon & Schuster)
— sf novel — 5th place
“Redeemer ” (Analog Apr 1979)
— short story — 5th place
The Stars in Shroud (Berkley/Putnam)
— novel — 11th place
“In Alien Flesh ” (F&SF Sep 1978)
— novelette — 6th place
“Starswarmer” (Analog Sep 1978)
— novelette — 12th place
“A Hiss of Dragon” (by GB &
Marc Laidlaw) (
Omni Dec 1978)
— short story — 5th place
If the Stars Are Gods (by GB &
Gordon Eklund) (Berkley/Putnam)
— sf novel — 23rd place
In the Ocean of Night (Dial)
— sf novel — 2nd place
“A Snark in the Night” (F&SF Aug 1977)
— novella — 2nd place
“The Anvil of Jove” (by GB &
Gordon Eklund) (
F&SF Jul 1976)
— novella — 4th place
“Cambridge, 1:58 A.M. ” (Epoch)
— novelette — 11th place
“Beyond Grayworld ” (Analog Jul 1975)
— short story — 9th place
“Doing Lennon ” (Analog Apr 1975)
— short story — 5th place
“Threads of Time ” (Threads of Time)
— novella — 12th place
“If the Stars Are Gods” (by
Gordon Eklund & GB) (
Universe 4)
— novelette — 8th place
“In the Ocean of Night ” (If Jun 1972)
— novella — 17th place
fan writer — 14th place