Awards
- "A Song for Lya" 1975 Hugo Award for Best Novella
- "Sandkings" 1980 Hugo Award for Best Novelette and Nebula Award for Best Novelette (the only one among Martin's stories to achieve that double)
- "The Way of Cross and Dragon" 1980 Hugo Award for Best Short Story
- "Portraits of His Children" 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novelette
- "The Pear-Shaped Man" 1988 Bram Stoker Award for Long Fiction
- "The Skin Trade" 1989 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella
- "Blood of the Dragon" 1997 Hugo Award for Best Novella
- A Game of Thrones 2003 Premio Ignotus for Best Foreign Novel
- A Clash of Kings 2004 Premio Ignotus for Best Foreign Novel
- A Feast for Crows 2006 Quill Award; British Fantasy Award (nomination)
- A Storm of Swords 2003 Locus Poll Award for Best Fantasy Novel; 2006 Premio Ignotus for Best Foreign Novel
- Warriors (co-edited with Gardner Dozois) 2011 Locus Poll Award for Best Original Anthology
- Declared by Time Magazine "One of the Most Influential People of 2011"
- A Dance With Dragons 2012 Locus Poll Award for Best Fantasy Novel
- 2012 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement
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