Honors for John E. Stith
The general format of the following entries is: Year -- Award/Honor -- Status -- Title (if applicable).
2019 -- Daphne du Maurier Award for Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense -- Finalist in the Mainstream Mystery/Suspense category -- Pushback (Winners to be announced July 2019)
2019 -- Book Excellence Award -- Finalist, thriller -- Pushback
2019 -- Colorado Author's League CAL Award -- Finalist, mystery -- Pushback
2018 -- MileHiCon Convention, Denver, Colorado, USA -- Guest of Honor (one of the GOHs)
2003 -- XIV-Khan Convention, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA -- Guest of Honor
2000 -- Peanut Press Top-25 Bestseller Award -- Redshift Rendezvous and Manhattan Transfer
1998 -- Nebula Award -- Preliminary ballot, novel -- Reckoning Infinity
1998 -- Bubonicon 30 Convention, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA -- Toastmaster
1997 -- Colorado Author's League Top Hand Award -- Winner, best genre novel -- Reckoning Infinity
1997 -- New York Public Library -- List of Best Books for Young Adults -- Reckoning Infinity
1997 -- Science Fiction Chronicle -- List of 1997's Best Novels -- Reckoning Infinity
1997 -- La Tour Eiffel/Eiffel Tower Science Fiction Book Prize -- Finalist-- Manhattan Transfer (translated by Maryvonne Ssossé)
1994 -- Seiun Award -- Finalist, best foreign novel -- Manhattan Transfer (translated by Takumi Shibano, who writes under the name Rei Kozumi)
1994 -- HOMer Award, CompuServe SF&F Forum -- Finalist, novel -- Reunion on Neverend
1994 -- Science Fiction Chronicle -- List of 1994's Best Novels -- Reunion on Neverend
1993 -- Science Fiction Chronicle -- List of 1993's Best Novels -- Manhattan Transfer
1993 -- Rockies Award -- Winner, best SF novel of 1993 -- Manhattan Transfer
1993 -- Nebula Award -- Preliminary ballot, novel -- Manhattan Transfer
1993 -- Karval Kon Convention, Limon, Colorado, USA -- Guest of Honor
1993 -- IV-Khan Convention, Colorado Springs., Colorado, USA -- Guest of Honor
1993 -- Hugo Award -- Honorable Mention, Novel (highest-ranked eligible novel) --Manhattan Transfer
1993 -- HOMer Award, CompuServe SF&F Forum -- Finalist, novel --Manhattan Transfer
1992 -- HOMer Award, CompuServe SF&F Forum -- Finalist, novelette -- "Naught Again"
1990 -- Science Fiction Chronicle -- List of 1990's Best Novels -- Redshift Rendezvous
1990 -- Rave Reviews -- Recommended Reading List, June/July 1990 -- Redshift Rendezvous
1990 -- Nebula Award -- Finalist, novel -- Redshift Rendezvous
1990 -- Nebula Award -- Preliminary ballot, novella -- "Naught for Hire"
1990 -- MileHiCon Convention, Denver, Colorado, USA -- Toastmaster
1990 -- Locus -- Recommended Reading List --Redshift Rendezvous
1990 --Locus -- Recommended Reading List -- "Naught for Hire"
1990 -- HOMer Award, CompuServe SF&F Forum -- Winner, SF novel --Redshift Rendezvous
1990 -- HOMer Award, CompuServe SF&F Forum -- Winner, novella -- "Naught for Hire"
1990 -- Analog Analytical Laboratory -- 3rd Place, novella -- "Naught for Hire"
1989 -- Nebula Award -- Preliminary ballot, novel -- Deep Quarry
1989 -- Colorado Author's League Top Hand Award -- Winner, best adult fiction original paperback -- Deep Quarry
1988 -- CompuServe Literary Forum -- Writer of the Month, March
1988 -- Colorado Author's League Top Hand Award -- Winner, best adult fiction original paperback -- Death Tolls
1988 -- Bubonicon 20 Convention, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA -- Guest of Honor
1986 -- Nebula Award -- Preliminary ballot, novel -- Memory Blank