Awards & Honors

cover A Game of Thrones
Ignotius Award, Best Foreign Novel of 2002


A STORM OF SWORDS A Clash of Kings, by George RR Martin A Storm of Swords #1 on SF Site Readers' Choice Best SF and Fantasy Books of 2000

1999 Nebula Award nomination for A Clash of Kings

A Clash of Kings tops Locus Poll for Best Fantasy Novel of 1999

Additional Awards & Honors:
Hugo Award, 1974 Novella: "A Song for Lya"

Nebula Award, 1979 Novelette: "Sandkings"

Hugo Award, 1979 Novelette: "Sandkings"

Hugo Award, 1979 Short Story: "The Way of Cross & Dragon"

Nebula Award, 1985 Novelette: "Portraits of His Children"

Daikon (Japanese Hugo) Award, 1982: Best Short Fiction in Translation, "Nightflyers"

Balrog Award, 1983 Fantasy Novel: The Armageddon Rag

Gigamesh (Spanish) Award, 1987: Best Collection/Anthology: Songs the Dead Men Sing

Daedelus Award for 1987: Wild Cards

Bram Stoker Award, 1987 Novelette: "The Pear-Shaped Man"

World Fantasy Award, 1988 Novella: "The Skin Trade"

Six-time winner of the Locus Award.

Finalist for the 1971 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction.

World Fantasy Award (Howard) finalist for 1982, 1983.

Finalist for the Writers Guild Award, best teleplay, anthology series, for 1986.

Hugo Award, 1997 Novella: "Blood of The Dragon"

Stories translated into German, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Dutch, Japanese, Portugese, Croatian, Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Finnish, and Esperanto.
Hugo, 1974, 'A Song for Lya'

Nebula, 1979, 'Sandkings'

With fellow Hugo-Winner Gardner Dozois in 1997

Accepting 1997 Hugo for 'Blood of the Dragon'