The Jupiter Awards (also known as the Jupiters) were annual literary awards presented to science fiction writing for the preceding year, active between 1974 and 1978. They were administered by the Instructors of Science Fiction in Higher Education, a scholarly organization founded by Marshall B. Tymn. The awards recognized works in four categories corresponding to the principal Hugo Award categories: best novel, best novella, best novelette, and best short story. Awards were presented in 1974, 1975, 1977, and 1978, with no ceremony held in 1976.
Winners by Year
| Year | Novel | Novella | Novelette | Short Story |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke | The Feast of St. Dionysus by Robert Silverberg | The Deathbird by Harlan Ellison | A Supplicant in Space by Robert Sheckley |
| 1975 | The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin | Riding the Torch by Norman Spinrad | The Seventeen Virgins by Jack Vance | The Day Before the Revolution by Ursula K. Le Guin |
| 1977 | Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm | Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree, Jr. | The Diary of the Rose by Ursula K. Le Guin | I See You by Damon Knight |
| 1978 | A Heritage of Stars by Clifford D. Simak | In the Hall of the Martian Kings by John Varley | Time Storm by Gordon R. Dickson | Jeffty Is Five by Harlan Ellison |
The Jupiter Awards were relatively short-lived, lasting only a few years in the mid-1970s, but they recognized several works that are now considered classics of the genre, including Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama and Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed, both of which also won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in their respective years.
