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==Awards== Ellison won eight [[Hugo Award]]s,<ref name="SFAWD Ellison">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Harlan_Ellison_Titles |title=Harlan Ellison |website=Science Fiction Awards Database |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701083617/http://www.sfadb.com/Harlan_Ellison_Titles |url-status=live }}</ref> a shared award for the screenplay of ''A Boy and his Dog'' that he counted as "half a Hugo",<ref name="Harlan Ellison">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPncsoZoEvo | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/XPncsoZoEvo| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Harlan Ellison's Watching 9 |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 25, 2014 |work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://dreamingaboutotherworlds.blogspot.com/2008/01/1976-hugo-award-nominees.html |title=Dreaming About Other Worlds: 1976 Hugo Award Finalists |last=Pound |first=Aaron |date=September 6, 1976 |access-date=June 30, 2018 |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701083602/http://dreamingaboutotherworlds.blogspot.com/2008/01/1976-hugo-award-nominees.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and two special awards from annual [[Worldcon|World SF Conventions]];<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> four [[Nebula Award]]s of the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]] (SFWA);<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> five [[Bram Stoker Award]]s of the [[Horror Writers Association]] (HWA);<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> two [[Edgar Award]]s of the [[Mystery Writers of America]];<ref name="Awards he.com">{{Cite web |url=http://harlanellison.com/awards.htm |title=Harlan Ellison's Awards |last=Wyatt |first=Rick |website=Ellison Webderland |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701001443/http://harlanellison.com/awards.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> two [[World Fantasy Award]]s from annual conventions;<ref name="Awards he.com" /> and two [[Georges Méliès]] fantasy film awards.<ref name="Awards he.com" /><ref name="tv">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/harlan-ellison/person/30560/trivia.html |title=Harlan Ellison Trivia |publisher=tv.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430205354/http://www.tv.com/harlan-ellison/person/30560/trivia.html |archive-date=April 30, 2011}}</ref><!-- does this ref support all? the other does not --> In 1987, Ellison was awarded the [[Inkpot Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot|title=Inkpot Award|date=December 6, 2012|website=Comic-Con International: San Diego|access-date=September 12, 2020|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129155249/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot|url-status=live}}</ref> In his 1981 book about the horror genre, ''[[Danse Macabre (King book)|Danse Macabre]]'', [[Stephen King]] reviewed Ellison's collection ''[[Strange Wine]]'' and considered it one of the best horror books published between 1950 and 1980.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cardin |first=Matt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w4I2DwAAQBAJ |title=Horror Literature through History: An Encyclopedia of the Stories that Speak to Our Deepest Fears |date=2017 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9781440842023 |page=354 |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803022808/https://books.google.com/books?id=w4I2DwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> Ellison won the [[World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement]] in 1993.<ref name=SFAwards /> HWA gave him its [[Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement|Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 1996<ref name=HWA /> and the World Horror Convention named him Grand Master in 2000.<ref name=SFAwards /> He was awarded the Gallun Award for Lifetime Achievement in Science Fiction from I-CON in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon22/award.htm |title=Awards and Honors: The Gallun Award |last=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=iconsf.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312140524/http://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon22/award.htm |archive-date=March 12, 2016 |access-date=April 16, 2019}}</ref> SFWA named him its 23rd [[SFWA Grand Master|Grand Master]] of fantasy and science fiction in 2006<ref name=SFWA /> and the [[EMP Museum#Science Fiction Hall of Fame|Science Fiction Hall of Fame]] inducted him in 2011.<ref name=sfhof2011 /> That year he also received the fourth J. Lloyd Eaton Lifetime Achievement Award in Science Fiction, presented by the UCR Libraries at the 2011 [[Eaton Award|Eaton SF Conference]], "Global Science Fiction".<ref name=eaton /> {{As of|2013}}, Ellison is the only three-time winner of the [[Nebula Award for Best Short Story]]. He won his other Nebula in the novella category.<ref name=SFAwards /> He was awarded the Silver Pen for Journalism by [[International PEN]], the international writers' union, in 1982.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maher |first=John |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/Obituary/article/77396-harlan-ellison-dies-at-84.html |title=Harlan Ellison, Famously Difficult Sci-Fi Pioneer, Dies At 84 |date=June 29, 2018 |work=Publishers Weekly |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701083544/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/Obituary/article/77396-harlan-ellison-dies-at-84.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Awards he.com" /> In 1990, Ellison was honored by International PEN for continuing commitment to artistic freedom and the battle against censorship.<ref name="Awards he.com" /> In 1998, he was awarded the "Defender of Liberty" award by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/215512-Harlan-Ellison-Passes-Away |title=Harlan Ellison Passes Away |work=Previews World |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701083431/https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/215512-Harlan-Ellison-Passes-Away |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 1998, the National Women's Committee of [[Brandeis University]] honored him with their 1998 Words, Wit, Wisdom award.<ref name="SFWA Ellison">{{Cite web |url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/grand-masters/harlan-ellison/ |title=Harlan Ellison Named a Grand Master in 2005 |website=Nebula Awards |publisher=Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701083216/https://nebulas.sfwa.org/grand-masters/harlan-ellison/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Ellison was named 2002's winner of the [[Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal]]'s "Distinguished Skeptic Award", in recognition of his contributions to science and critical thinking. Ellison was presented with the award at the Skeptics Convention in [[Burbank, California]], on June 22, 2002.<ref>"Ellison named Distinguished Skeptic" ''[[Comics Buyer's Guide]]'' #1478; March 15, 2002</ref> In December 2009, Ellison was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] in the category Best Spoken Word Album For Children for his reading of ''[[Through The Looking-Glass|Through the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There]]'' for Blackstone Audio, Inc.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lewiscarroll.org/2010/02/06/harlan-ellisons-reading-of-through-the-looking-glass-nominated-for-grammy/ |title=Harlan Ellison's reading of ''Through the Looking-Glass'' nominated for Grammy |date=February 7, 2010 |publisher=Lewis Caroll Society |access-date=September 15, 2014 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103420/http://www.lewiscarroll.org/2010/02/06/harlan-ellisons-reading-of-through-the-looking-glass-nominated-for-grammy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ;Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films (USA) * Golden Scroll (Best Writing – Career 1976)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#writing |title=Past Saturn Awards |date=February 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209012608/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#writing |archive-date=February 9, 2010}}</ref> ;American Mystery Award * "Soft Monkey" (best short story, 1988)<ref name="Awards he.com" /> ;Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Reader's Poll * ''I, Robot'' screenplay (Special award, 1988)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> ;[[Audie Awards]] * ''[[United States Senate inquiry into the sinking of the Titanic|The Titanic Disaster Hearings: The Official Transcript of the 1912 Senatorial Investigation]]'' (Best Multi-Voiced Presentation, 1999)<ref name="Awards he.com" /> * ''[[City of Darkness (1976 novel)|City of Darkness]]'' (Best Solo Narration, 1999)<ref name="Awards he.com" /> *''[[The Dybbuk]]'' (Audiobook Adapted from Another Medium, 2000)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.audiopub.org/2000-audies-award | title=2000 audie-awards }}</ref> ;Best American Short Stories * "The Man who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore" (included in [[The Best American Short Stories 1993|the 1993 anthology]])<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Harris-Fain |first=Darren |date=December 15, 2014 |title=A Fitting Tribute |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/fitting-tribute/#! |magazine=[[Los Angeles Review of Books]] |access-date=June 30, 2018 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801140706/https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/fitting-tribute/#! |url-status=live }}</ref> ;The Bradbury Award *Given by the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]] in 2000 to Harlan Ellison and [[Yuri Rasovsky]] for the radio series [[2000X]].<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> ;Bram Stoker Award * ''The Essential Ellison'' (best collection, 1987)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * ''[[Harlan Ellison's Watching]]'' (best non-fiction, 1989 – tie)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * ''Mefisto in Onyx'' (best novella, 1993 – tie)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * "Chatting With Anubis" (best short story, 1995)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * Lifetime Achievement Award, 1995<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://horror.org/past-award-nominees-winners/#1995 |title=1995 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners |website=Horror Writers' Association |date=June 15, 2000 |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-date=June 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605010606/https://horror.org/2000/06/past-award-nominees-winners/#1995 |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''[[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream]]'' (best other media – audio, 1999)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://horror.org/past-award-nominees-winners/#1999 |title=1999 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners |website=Horror Writers' Association |date=June 15, 2000 |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-date=June 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605010606/https://horror.org/2000/06/past-award-nominees-winners/#1999 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=SFAwards-drama /> ;British Fantasy Award * "[[Jeffty Is Five]]" (best short story, 1979)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> ;British Science Fiction Award * ''[[Deathbird Stories]]'' (best collection, 1978)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> ;Deathrealm Award * ''Chatting with Anubis'' (best short fiction, 1996)<ref name="Awards he.com" /> ;Edgar Allan Poe Award * "[[The Whimper of Whipped Dogs]]" (best short story, 1974)<ref name="Awards he.com" /> * "Soft Monkey" (best short story, 1988)<ref name="Awards he.com" /> ;Georges Melies Fantasy Film Award * ''[[Demon with a Glass Hand]] / The Outer Limits'' (Achievement in Science Fiction Television, 1972)<ref name="Awards he.com" /> * ''[[The City on the Edge of Forever]] / [[Star Trek]]'' (Achievement in Science Fiction Television, 1973)<ref name="Awards he.com" /> ;Hugo Award * "[["Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman]]" (best short fiction, 1966)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * "[[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream]]" (best short story, 1968)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * ''[[The City on the Edge of Forever (TOS episode)|The City on the Edge of Forever]]'' (best dramatic presentation, 1968)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * ''[[Dangerous Visions]]'' (Worldcon special award, 1968)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * "[[The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (short story)|The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World]]" (best short story, 1969)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * ''[[Again, Dangerous Visions]]'' (Worldcon special award for excellence in anthologizing, 1972)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * "[[The Deathbird]]" (best novelette, 1974)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * "[[Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans|Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W]]" (best novelette, 1975)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * ''[[A Boy and His Dog]]'' (film – best dramatic presentation, 1976. The Hugo was originally given to [[L.Q. Jones]], the film's producer and screenwriter. After the ceremony, Ellison complained that as author of the original story upon which Jones's screenplay was based, he deserved to share in the award. No extra Hugo statuette was available, so to mollify Ellison, he received a Hugo base, which he called his "half Hugo".)<ref name="Harlan Ellison" /><ref name="auto" /> * "[[Jeffty Is Five]]" (best short story, 1978)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * "[[Paladin of the Lost Hour]]" (best novelette, 1986)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> ;International Horror Guild Award * 1994 Living Legend Award<ref name="Awards he.com" /> ;Jupiter Award (Instructors of Science Fiction in Higher Education) * "[[The Deathbird]]" (best short story, 1973)<ref name="Awards he.com" /> * "[[Jeffty Is Five]]" (best short story, 1977)<ref name="Awards he.com" /> ;Locus Poll Award * ''The Region Between'' (best short fiction, 1971)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * ''Basilisk'' (best short fiction, 1973)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * ''[[Again, Dangerous Visions]]'' (best anthology, 1973)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * ''[[The Deathbird]]'' (best short fiction, 1974)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * ''[[Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans|Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W]]'' (best novelette, 1975)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * "[[Croatoan (Ellison)|Croatoan]]" (best short story, 1976)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * "[[Jeffty Is Five]]" (best short story, 1978)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> (best short story of all time, 1999 online poll)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/LocusAT1999.html |title=1999 Locus Poll |website=[[Locus Online]] |via=archive.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519034226/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/LocusAT1999.html |archive-date=May 19, 2009}}</ref> * "Count the Clock that Tells the Time" (best short story, 1979)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * "Djinn, No Chaser" (best novelette, 1983)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * ''Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed'' (introduction) (best related non-fiction, 1985)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?Lc1985 |title=1985 Locus Poll Award |website=ISFDB |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701111704/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?Lc1985 |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''[[Medea: Harlan's World]]'' (best anthology, 1986)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * ''Paladin of the Lost Hour'' (best novelette, 1986)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * "With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole" (best short story, 1986)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * ''[[Angry Candy]]'' (best collection, 1989)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * ''[[The Function of Dream Sleep]]'' (best novelette, 1989)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * "Eidolons" (best short story, 1989)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * ''Mefisto in Onyx'' (best novella, 1994)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * ''[[Slippage (book)|Slippage]]'' (best collection, 1998)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> ;Nebula Award<ref name=SFAwards /> * "[["Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman]]" (best short story, 1966)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * ''[[A Boy and His Dog]]'' (best novella, 1970)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * "[[Jeffty Is Five]]" (best short story, 1978)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * [[Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award|Grand Master Award]] (at [[Tempe, Arizona]], May 6, 2006)<ref name="SFWA Ellison" /> * "[[How Interesting: A Tiny Man]]" (best short story, tied with Kij Johnson/"Ponies" 2011)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> ;Prometheus Award * "[["Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman]]" (2015 Hall of Fame Inductee)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> ;Writers Guild of America * ''[[Demon with a Glass Hand]] / The Outer Limits'' (Best Original Teleplay, 1965)<ref name="Awards he.com" /> * ''[[The City on the Edge of Forever]] / Star Trek'' (Best Original Teleplay, 1967)<ref name="Awards he.com" /> * ''Phoenix Without Ashes / The Starlost'' (Best Written Dramatic Episode, 1974)<ref name="Awards he.com" /> * ''[[Paladin of the Lost Hour]] / The Twilight Zone'' (Best Anthology Episode/Single Program, 1987)<ref name="Awards he.com" /> ;Writers Guild of Canada * ''[[The Human Operators]] / The Outer Limits'' (2000)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000711/2000/1/ |title=IMDb ''Outer Limits'' entry |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818032140/https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000711/2000/1/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ;World Fantasy Award * ''[[Angry Candy]]'' (Best Collection, 1989)<ref name="SFAWD Ellison" /> * Lifetime Achievement Award, 1993<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sfadb.com/World_Fantasy_Awards_1993 |title=World Fantasy Awards 1993 |website=Science Fiction Awards Database |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-date=June 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630112630/http://www.sfadb.com/World_Fantasy_Awards_1993 |url-status=live }}</ref> ;J. Lloyd Eaton Lifetime Achievement Award in Science Fiction * 2011 recipient ([[Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy]], University of California–Riverside Libraries)<ref name=SFAwards /><ref name=eaton />
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