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Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 6
Major Awards: 20
Locus Awards: 25
Other Awards: 16
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 215
Times Served as Judge: 4
— Living Inductee — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
— life achievement — winner
Eaton Award — for best critical book, to 2001; since 2008, for lifetime achievement, juried
— lifetime achievement in science fiction — winner
Forry Award — for lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
— winner
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(26 nominations; 8 wins)
Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing (by UKLG & David Naimon) (Tin House Books) — related work — nomination
The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition (by written by UKLG, illustrated by Charles Vess) (Saga) — art book — winner
No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) — related work — winner
Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer's Week (Small Beer) — related work — winner
“The Wild Girls” (Asimov's Mar 2002) — novelette — nomination
“The Bones of the Earth” (Tales from Earthsea) — short story — nomination
“Mountain Ways” (Asimov's Aug 1996) — novelette — nomination
“A Man of the People” (Asimov's Apr 1995) — novella — nomination
“A Woman's Liberation” (Asimov's Jul 1995) — novella — nomination
“Forgiveness Day” (Asimov's Nov 1994) — novella — nomination
“The Matter of Seggri” (Crank! #3 Spring 1994) — novelette — nomination
“Solitude” (F&SF Dec 1994) — novelette — nomination
Dancing at the Edge of the World (Grove) — nonfiction book — nomination
“Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight” (Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences; F&SF Nov 1987) — novelette — winner
“Sur” (The New Yorker 1 Feb 1982; The Compass Rose (revised)) — short story — nomination
The Language of the Night (by UKLG, edited by Susan Wood) (Putnam) — nonfiction book — nomination
“The Diary of the Rose” (Future Power) — novelette — nomination
“The New Atlantis” (The New Atlantis) — novelette — nomination
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row) — novel — winner
“The Day Before the Revolution” (Galaxy Aug 1974) — short story — nomination
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” (New Dimensions 3) — short story — winner
“The Word for World Is Forest” (Again, Dangerous Visions) — novella — winner
The Lathe of Heaven (Amazing Stories Mar,May 1971; Scribner's) — novel — nomination
“Vaster Than Empires and More Slow” (New Dimensions 1) — short story — nomination
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ace) — novel — winner
“Winter's King” (Orbit 5) — short story — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(18 nominations; 6 wins)
Powers (Harcourt) — novel — winner
The Other Wind (Harcourt) — novel — nomination
“A Woman's Liberation” (Asimov's Jul 1995) — novella — nomination
“Solitude” (F&SF Dec 1994) — novelette — winner
“Forgiveness Day” (Asimov's Nov 1994) — novella — nomination
“The Matter of Seggri” (Crank! #3 Spring 1994) — novelette — nomination
Tehanu (Macmillan Atheneum) — novel — winner
“The Shobies' Story” (Universe 1) — novelette — nomination
“Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight” (Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences; F&SF Nov 1987) — novelette — nomination
“The Pathways of Desire” (New Dimensions 9) — novelette — nomination
“The Diary of the Rose” (Future Power) — novelette — nomination
“The New Atlantis” (The New Atlantis) — novelette — nomination
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row) — novel — winner
“The Day Before the Revolution” (Galaxy Aug 1974) — short story — winner
“The Word for World Is Forest” (Again, Dangerous Visions) — novella — nomination
The Lathe of Heaven (Amazing Stories Mar,May 1971; Scribner's) — novel — nomination
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ace) — novel — winner
“Nine Lives” (Playboy Nov 1969) — novelette — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(7 nominations; 3 wins)
The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories Volume One: Where on Earth (Small Beer) — collection — nomination
The Other Wind (Harcourt) — novel — winner
“The Finder” (Tales from Earthsea) — novella — nomination
“Dragonfly” (Legends) — novella — nomination
“Ether OR” (Asimov's Nov 1995) — novella — nomination
“Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight” (Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences; F&SF Nov 1987) — novella — winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(3 nominations)
No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) — non-fiction — nomination
Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer's Week (Small Beer) — non-fiction — nomination
Tales from Earthsea (Gollancz) — collection — nomination
(1 nomination)
Lavinia (Gollancz) — novel — nomination
(8 nominations; 3 wins)
Lavinia (Harcourt) — honor list
“Dragonfly” (Legends) — long list
“Unchosen Love” (Amazing Stories Fall 1994) — short list
“Mountain Ways” (Asimov's Aug 1996) — winner
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ace) — retrospective Tiptree — winner
“The Matter of Seggri” (Crank! #3 Spring 1994) — winner
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (HarperPrism) — short list
“Forgiveness Day” (Asimov's Nov 1994) — short list
(1 nomination)
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row) — second place
(6 nominations; 1 win)
“The Seasons of the Ansarac” (The Infinite Matrix 3 Jun 2002) — shortlist
“The Wild Girls” (Asimov's Mar 2002) — shortlist
“The Birthday of the World” (F&SF Jun 2000) — shortlist
“Forgiveness Day” (Asimov's Nov 1994) — winner
“Another Story or A Fisherman of the Inland Sea” (Tomorrow Speculative Fiction Aug 1994) — shortlist
“Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight” (Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences; F&SF Nov 1987) — second place (tie)
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(81 nominations; 25 wins)
Space Crone (Silver) — non-fiction — winner
“Firelight” (Paris Review Sum 2018) — short story — 3rd place
Dreams Must Explain Themselves: The Selected Non-Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz) — nonfiction — 4th place
Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing (by UKLG & David Naimon) (Tin House) — nonfiction — winner
The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition (by UKLG, illustrated by Charles Vess) (Saga) — art book — winner
The Hainish Novels & Stories, Volumes I & II (Library of America) — collection — winner
The Complete Orsinia (Library of America) — collection — 3rd place
The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga) — collection — 2nd place
Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer's Week (Small Beer) — non-fiction — 2nd place
“The Jar of Water” (Tin House #62) — novelette — 2nd place
“Elementals” (Tin House Fal 2012) — short story — 5th place
The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories Volume One: Where on Earth (Small Beer) — collection — 4th place
Cheek by Jowl: Essays (Aqueduct) — nonfiction/art book — winner
Lavinia (Harcourt) — fantasy novel — winner
Powers (Harcourt; Gollancz) — young adult book — 2nd place
Voices (Orion Children's; Harcourt) — young adult book — 2nd place
Gifts (Harcourt) — young adult book — 2nd place
The Wave in the Mind (Shambhala) — non-fiction — winner
Changing Planes (Harcourt) — collection — winner
“Paradises Lost” (The Birthday of the World and Other Stories) — novella — 2nd place
“The Wild Girls” (Asimov's Mar 2002) — novelette — winner
“The Seasons of the Ansarac” (The Infinite Matrix 30 Jun 2002) — short story — 13th place
“Social Dreaming of the Frin” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2002) — short story — 9th place
The Birthday of the World and Other Stories (HarperCollins) — collection — 2nd place
The Other Wind (Harcourt) — fantasy novel — 2nd place
“The Finder” (Tales from Earthsea) — novella — winner
“On the High Marsh” (Tales from Earthsea) — novelette — 2nd place
“The Bones of the Earth” (Tales from Earthsea) — short story — winner
“The Building” (Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction) — short story — 13th place
Tales from Earthsea (Harcourt) — collection — winner
The Telling (Harcourt) — sf novel — winner
“The Birthday of the World” (F&SF Jun 2000) — novelette — winner
“The Flyers of Gy: An Interplanetary Tale” (Sci Fiction 8 Nov 2000) — short story — 19th place (tie)
“The Royals of Hegn” (Asimov's Feb 2000) — short story — 4th place
“Old Music and the Slave Women” (Far Horizons) — novella — 4th place
“Darkrose and Diamond” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1999) — novelette — 7th place (tie)
“Dragonfly” (Legends) — novella — 2nd place
“Mountain Ways” (Asimov's Aug 1996) — novelette — winner
Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (HarperCollins) — collection — 2nd place
“A Man of the People” (Asimov's Apr 1995) — novella — 2nd place
“A Woman's Liberation” (Asimov's Jul 1995) — novella — 3rd place
“Coming of Age in Karhide by Sov Thade Tage em Ereb, of Rer, in Karhide, on Gethen” (New Legends) — novelette — 6th place
“Ether OR” (Asimov's Nov 1995) — novelette — 2nd place
“Olders” (Omni Winter 1995) — short story — 10th place
Four Ways to Forgiveness (HarperPrism) — collection — winner
“Forgiveness Day” (Asimov's Nov 1994) — novella — winner
“Another Story or A Fisherman of the Inland Sea” (Tomorrow Speculative Fiction Aug 1994) — novelette — 9th place
“The Matter of Seggri” (Crank! #3 Spring 1994) — novelette — 12th place
“Solitude” (F&SF Dec 1994) — novelette — 3rd place
“Unchosen Love” (Amazing Stories Fall 1994) — short story — 8th place
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (HarperPrism) — collection — 2nd place
The Norton Book Of Science Fiction (UKLG & Brian Attebery, eds.) (Norton) — anthology — 5th place
“The Rock That Changed Things” (Amazing Stories Sep 1992) — short story — 26th place
Tehanu (Macmillan Atheneum) — fantasy novel — winner
“The Shobies' Story” (Universe 1) — novelette — 3rd place
Dancing at the Edge of the World (Grove) — nonfiction — 4th place
“Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight” (F&SF Nov 1987) — novelette — 3rd place
Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences (Capra Press) — collection — 8th place
Always Coming Home (Harper & Row) — sf novel — 10th place
“Sur” (The Compass Rose) — short story — winner
The Compass Rose (Harper & Row) — single author collection — winner
The Beginning Place (Harper & Row) — fantasy novel — 7th place
Interfaces (UKLG & Virginia Kidd, eds.) (Ace) — anthology — 23rd place
Malafrena (Putnam) — fantasy novel — 9th place
“The Pathways of Desire” (New Dimensions 9) — novelette — 7th place
The Language of the Night (by UKLG, edited by Susan Wood) (Putnam) — related nonfiction book — 4th place
The Eye of the Heron (Millennial Women) — novel — 21st place (tie)
“SQ” (Cassandra Rising) — short story — 9th place (tie)
“The Diary of the Rose” (Future Power) — novelette — 2nd place
Nebula Award Stories 11 (Gollancz; Harper & Row) — anthology — 10th place
“The New Atlantis” (The New Atlantis) — novelette — winner
The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Harper & Row) — single author collection — winner
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row) — novel — winner
“'The Author of the Acacia Seeds' and Other Extracts from the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics” (Fellowship of the Stars) — short story — 4th place
“The Day Before the Revolution” (Galaxy Aug 1974) — short story — winner
“The Stars Below” (Orbit 14) — short story — 12th place
“The Field of Vision” (Galaxy Oct 1973) — short fiction — 11th place (tie)
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” (New Dimensions 3) — short fiction — 6th place
“The Word for World Is Forest” (Again, Dangerous Visions) — novella — 2nd place
The Lathe of Heaven (Amazing Stories Mar,May 1971; Scribners) — novel — winner
“Vaster Than Empires and More Slow” (New Dimensions 1) — short fiction — 14th place
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(7 nominations; 3 wins)
“The Wild Girls” (Asimov's Mar 2002) — novelette — winner
“The Royals of Hegn” (Asimov's Feb 2000) — short story — 4th place
“Mountain Ways” (Asimov's Aug 1996) — novelette — 6th place
“A Man of the People” (Asimov's Apr 1995) — novella — 4th place
“A Woman's Liberation” (Asimov's Jul 1995) — novella — winner
“Ether OR” (Asimov's Nov 1995) — novelette — 5th place
“Forgiveness Day” (Asimov's Nov 1994) — novella — winner
Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(2 nominations)
— professional achievement — nomination
— poet — nomination
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(4 nominations; 1 win)
The Compass Rose (Gollancz) — international fiction — winner
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row) — international sf — nomination
The Lathe of Heaven (Amazing Stories Mar,May 1971) — international sf — nomination
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ace) — international sf — nomination
Endeavour Award — for best book by a Pacific Northwest writer, juried
(3 nominations; 2 wins)
Powers — finalist
Tales from Earthsea (Harcourt) — winner
The Telling (Harcourt) — winner (tie)
Gandalf Awards — for fantasy novels and grand masters, administered in parallel with the Hugos
(5 nominations; 1 win)
— grand master of fantasy — winner
— grand master of fantasy — nomination
— grand master of fantasy — nomination
— grand master of fantasy — nomination
— grand master of fantasy — nomination
(2 nominations; 1 win)
The Left Hand of Darkness — hall of fame — winner
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ace) — hall of fame — nomination
(1 nomination; 1 win)
Four Ways to Forgiveness — Translated Short Story or Collection — winner
HOMer Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(2 nominations)
“Another Story or A Fisherman of the Inland Sea” (Tomorrow Speculative Fiction Aug 1994) — novelette — nomination
Tehanu (Macmillan Atheneum) — fantasy novel — nomination
(1 nomination)
— all-time best sf author — 10th place
Italia Awards — for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(3 nominations; 1 win)
Paradises Lost — international novel — winner
Changing Planes — international novel — nomination
The Other Wind — international novel — 2nd place
Jupiter Awards — for SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education
(5 nominations; 3 wins)
“The Diary of the Rose” (Future Power) — novelette — winner
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row) — novel — winner
“The Day Before the Revolution” (Galaxy Aug 1974) — short story — winner
“Direction of the Road” (Orbit 12) — short story — nomination
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” (New Dimensions 3) — short story — nomination
(1 nomination; 1 win)
Paradises Lost — foreign novel — winner
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(11 nominations)
Cheek by Jowl: Essays (Aqueduct) — myth and fantasy studies — nomination
Cheek by Jowl: Essays (Aqueduct) — myth and fantasy studies — nomination
Lavinia (Harcourt) — adult literature — nomination
Changing Planes (Harcourt) — adult literature — nomination
The Other Wind (Harcourt) — adult literature — nomination
Fish Soup — children's fantasy — nomination
Tehanu (Macmillan Atheneum) — fantasy — nomination
Always Coming Home — fantasy — nomination
The Beginning Place — fantasy — nomination
The Farthest Shore (Atheneum) — fantasy — nomination
The Tombs of Atuan (Atheneum) — fantasy — nomination
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(5 nominations; 1 win)
Four Ways to Forgiveness (HarperPrism) — novel — nomination
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row) — hall of fame — winner
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row) — hall of fame — nomination
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row) — hall of fame — nomination
The Dispossessed (Harper & Row) — hall of fame — nomination
Rhysling Awards — for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
“The Well of Baln” (Hard Words and Other Poems) — long poem — winner
(3 nominations)
“Forgiveness Day” (Asimov's Nov 1994) — novella — 2nd place
“The Matter of Seggri” (Crank! #3 Spring 1994) — novelette — 2nd place
“Sur” (The New Yorker 1 Feb 1982) — short story — 2nd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(3 nominations)
The Other Wind — translated novel — nomination
The Telling — translated novel — nomination
“A Fisherman of the Inland Sea” — foreign short fiction — nomination
Carl Brandon Awards — for works by persons of color, and dealing with issues of race and ethnicity; juried