Works

Balrog Winner

• "The Last Defender of Camelot" ("Short Fiction") (1980)
• Unicorn Variations ("Collection/Anthology") (1984)

Ditmar Nominee

• The Hand of Oberon ("Best International Long Fiction") (1977)

Finley Foster Poetry Prize

• 1957
• 1959

Gandalf Award Nominee

• The Courts of Chaos ("Book-Length Fantasy") (1979)

Hugo Winner

• "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" ("Novella") (1986)
• "Home Is the Hangman" ("Novella") (1976)
• Lord of Light ("Novel") (1968)
• "Permafrost" ("Novelette") (1987)
• This Immortal or ...And Call Me Conrad ("Novel") (1966)
• "Unicorn Variation" ("Novelette") (1982)

Hugo Nominee

• "Comes Now the Power" ("Short Story") (1967)
• "Damnation Alley" ("Novella") (1968)
• "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" ("Short Story") (1966)
• Doorways in the Sand ("Novel") (1976)
• "For a Breath I Tarry" ("Novelette") (1967)
• Jack of Shadows ("Novel") (1972)
• "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" ("Short Fiction") (1964)
• "This Moment of the Storm" ("Novelette") (1967)

Locus Winner

• Trumps of Doom ("Fantasy Novel") (1986)
• Unicorn Variations ("Collection") (1984)

Locus Nominee

• "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" ("Novella") (5th place) (1986)
• Blood of Amber ("Fantasy Novel") (2nd place) (1987)
• Changeling ("Fantasy Novel") (4th place) (1981)
• The Changing Land ("Fantasy Novel") (3rd place) (1982)
• Coils ("SF Novel") (20th place) (1983)
• "Come Back to the Kiling Ground, Alice, My Love" ("Short Story") (7th place) (1993)
• The Courts of Chaos ("SF Novel") (9th place) (1979)
• Dilvish, the Damned ("Collection") (5th place) (1983)
• Doorways in the Sand ("SF Novel") (8th place) (1976)
• "The Engine at Heartspring's Center" ("Short Story") (5th place) (1975)
• Eye of Cat ("SF Novel") (15th place) (1983)
• Frost and Fire ("Collection") (7th place) (1990)
• The Guns of Avalon ("SF Novel") (9th place) (1973)
• The Hand of Oberon ("SF Novel") (9th place) (1977)
• "Home is the Hangman" ("Novella") (2nd place) (1976)
• The Illustrated Roger Zelazny ("Art or Illustrated Book") (5th place) (1979)
• Jack of Shadows ("SF Novel") (4th place) (1972)
• "Kjwalll'kje'k'koothai'lll'kje'k" ("Novella") (13th place) (1974)
• The Last Defender of Camelot ("Collection") (3rd place) (1981)
• Lord of Light ("Best All-Time SF Novel") (10th place) (1975)
• Lord of Light ("Best All-Time SF Novel") (11th place) (1987)
• Lord of Light ("SF Novel (Before 1990)") (14th place) (1998)
• Madwand ("Fantasy Novel") (18th place) (1982)
• A Night in the Lonesome October ("Novel") (99th place) (1994)
• Nine Princes in Amber ("SF Novel") (15th place) (1971)
• Nine Princes in Amber ("Best All-Time Fantasy Novel") (7th place) (1987)
• "Permafrost" ("Novelette") (5th place) (1987)
• Roadmarks ("SF Novel") (13th place) (1980)
• Sign of Chaos ("Fantasy Novel") (3rd place) (1988)
• Sign of the Unicorn ("SF Novel") (11th place) (1976)
• "The Three Descents of Jeremy Baker" ("Short Story") (5th place) (1996)
• Today We Choose Faces ("SF Novel") (9th place) (1974)
• To Die in Italbar ("SF Novel") (8th place) (1974)
• "Unicorn Variation" ("Novelette") (1982)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee

• Nine Princes in Amber (1971)
• The Guns of Avalon (1973)

Nebula Winner

• "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" ("Novelette") (1965)
• "He Who Shapes" ("Novella") (1965)
• "Home is the Hangman" ("Novella") (1975)

Nebula Nominee

• "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" ("Novella") (1985)
• "Devil Car" ("Short Story") (1965)
• Doorways in the Sand ("Novel") (1975)
• "The Engine at Heartspring's Center" ("Short Story") (1974)
• "For a Breath I Tarry" (Made first ballot for Nebula "Novelette") (1966)
• Isle of the Dead ("Novel") (1969)
• "The Keys to December" ("Novelette") (1967)
• Lord of Light ("Novel") (1967)
• "Permafrost" ("Novelette") (1986)
• This Immortal or ...And Call Me Conrad (Made first ballot for Nebula "Novel") (1966)
• "This Moment of the Storm" ("Novelette") (1966)
• "This Mortal Mountain" ("Novelette") (1967)
• A Night in the Lonesome October ("Novel") (1994)

Prix Apollo Winner

• Isle of the Dead (1972)

Science Fiction Book Club Nominee

• Blood of Amber ("Book of the Year") (1987)

Seiun Winner

• This Immortal (1976)
• "Unicorn Variation" (1984)

Zelazny Favorite

• Doorways in the Sand
• "For a Breath I Tarry"
• Lord of Light
• A Night in the Lonesome October

Recognitions

Balrog Nominee

• Poet (1983)

Ditmar Nominee

• Best Contemporary Writer of Science Fiction (1969)

Forry Award

• Forry Award Recipient (1993)

Galaxy Bookshelf Award

Algis Budrys' annual statements about writers and works that had impressed him considerably. The prize was "a heartfelt oath of envy, collectible at the earliest opportunity"

• February 1967: "The most interesting 'new' writer is Roger Zelazny. There are stretches of time when I wish I were he. Or maybe that he were me."

Gandalf Award Nominee

• Grand Master of Fantasy (1978)
• Grand Master of Fantasy (1979)
• Grand Master of Fantasy (1980)

Interzone Poll Nominee

• All-Time Best SF Author (20th place tie with C.J. Cherryh) (1989)

Locus Nominee

• All-Time Favorite Author (8th place tie with Clifford Simak) (1973)
• Best 80's Author (35th place) (1988)
• Best All-Time Author (8th place) (1974)
• Best All-Time Author (8th place) (1977)
• Best All-Time Author (9th place) (1988)
• Best All-Time Fantasy Novelist (6th place) (1987)
• Best All-Time Novelist (SF & Fantasy combined) (7th place) (1987)
• Best All-Time SF Novelist (10th place) (1987)