Editing John McPhee (section)

== Awards and honors ==
McPhee has received many literary honors, including the Award in Literature from the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] and the 1999 [[Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction]], awarded for ''[[Annals of the Former World]]''.<ref name=pulitzer/> In 1978 he received a [[LittD]] from [[Bates College]],{{cn|date=July 2024}} in 2009 an honorary Doctorate of Letters from [[Yale University]],{{cn|date=July 2024}} in 2010 an honorary Doctor of Letters from Lehigh University,{{cn|date=July 2024}} and in 2012 an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from [[Amherst College]].{{cn|date=July 2024}}

* Pulitzer Prize (1999) for ''Annals of the Former World''<ref name=pulitzer>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/General-Nonfiction |title=General Nonfiction: Past winners & finalists by category|publisher= The Pulitzer Prizes|access-date=2012-04-11}}</ref>
* Award in Literature from the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] (1977)
* Elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993)<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Angus McPhee|url=https://www.amacad.org/person/john-angus-mcphee|access-date=2021-03-23|website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences|language=en}}</ref>
* Finalist, [[National Book Award]] (science) for ''The Curve of Binding Energy''<ref name=nba1975>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalbook.org/nba1975.html |title=National Book Awards&nbsp;– 1975| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909065656/http://www.nationalbook.org/nba1975.html |archive-date=September 9, 2011|publisher= [[National Book Foundation]]|access-date=  2012-04-11}}</ref>
* Nominated, [[National Book Award]] (science), for ''[[Encounters with the Archdruid]]''
* [[Wallace Stegner|Wallace Stegner Award]] (2011) for "sustained contribution to the cultural identity of the West through literature, art, history, lore, or an understanding of the West".
* [[National Book Critics Circle Award]] Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award (2017)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/75882-2017-nbcc-awards-finalists-announced.html |title=2017 NBCC Awards Finalists Announced |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |author=John Maher |date=January 22, 2018 |access-date=January 23, 2018}}</ref>