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| Year | Award | Title | Category | Place | |
| 1959 | Hugo Award | The Miracle-Workers | Best Novelette | Nomination | |
| 1963 | Hugo Award | The Dragon Masters | Short Fiction | Win | |
| 1967 | Hugo Award | The Last Castle | Best Novelette | Win | |
| 1967 | Nebula Award | The Blue World | Novel | Made First Ballot | |
| 1967 | Nebula Award | The Last Castle | Novel | Made First Ballot | |
| 1967 | Nebula Award | The Last Castle | Novella | Win | |
| 1967 | Nebula Award | The Manse of Iucounu | Novelette | Made First Ballot | |
| 1973 | Locus Poll Award | The Brave Free Men | Best SF Novel | 14 | |
| 1974 | Locus Poll Award | Trullion: Alastor 2262 | Best SF Novel | 6 | |
| 1974 | Locus Poll Award | Rumfuddle | Best Novella | 8 | |
| 1975 | British Fantasy Award | The Seventeen Virgins | Best Short Story | Nomination | |
| 1975 | Hugo Award | Assault on a City | Best Novella | Nomination | |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Award | The Gray Prince | Best SF Novel | 12 | |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Award | Assault on a City | Best Novella | 4 | |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Award | The Seventeen Virgins | Best Novelette | 10 | |
| 1976 | Locus Poll Award | Showboat World | Best SF Novel | 13 | |
| 1977 | Locus Poll Award | Maske: Thaery | Best SF Novel | 12 | |
| 1977 | Locus Poll Award | The Best of Jack Vance | Best Author Collection | 8 | |
| 1977 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best Author | 13 | ||
| 1978 | Locus Poll Award | The Bagful of Dreams | Best Short Fiction | 10 | |
| 1978 | World Fantasy Award | The Bagful of Dreams | Best Short Fiction | Nomination | |
| 1979 | Gandalf Award | Grandmaster of Fantasy (Gandalf) | Nomination | ||
| 1980 | Balrog Award | Green Magic | Collection/Anthology | Nomination | |
| 1980 | Gandalf Award | Grandmaster of Fantasy (Gandalf) | Nomination | ||
| 1980 | Locus Poll Award | The Face | Best SF Novel | 10 | |
| 1980 | Locus Poll Award | Green Magic | Best Single Author Collection | 8 | |
| 1980 | Locus Poll Award | Best Art or Illustrated Book | 11 | ||
| 1980 | World Fantasy Award | Life Achievement | Nomination | ||
| 1981 | World Fantasy Award | Life Achievement | Nomination | ||
| 1982 | Locus Poll Award | The Book of Dreams | Best SF Novel | 12 | |
| 1982 | World Fantasy Award | Life Achievement | Nomination | ||
| 1984 | Locus Poll Award | Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden | Best Fantasy Novel | 4 | |
| 1984 | Locus Poll Award | Cugel's Saga | Best Fantasy Novel | 13 | |
| 1984 | Nebula Award | Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden | Novel | Nomination | |
| 1984 | Prometheus Award | Emphyrio | Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel | Preliminary Nominee | |
| 1984 | Prometheus Award | Wyst: Alastor 1716 | Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel | Preliminary Nominee | |
| 1984 | World Fantasy Award | Life Achievement | Win | ||
| 1984 | World Fantasy Award | Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden | Best Novel | Nomination | |
| 1985 | Locus Poll Award | Best Collection | 8 | ||
| 1986 | Locus Poll Award | Lyonesse: The Green Pearl | Best Fantasy Novel | 5 | |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Award | The Dying Earth | All-Time Best Fantasy Novel | 16 | |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best SF Novelist | 27 | ||
| 1987 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best Fantasy Novelist | 14 | ||
| 1987 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best Novelist (combined) | 19 | ||
| 1988 | Locus Poll Award | Araminta Station | Best SF Novel | 22 | |
| 1988 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best Author | 16 | ||
| 1988 | Prometheus Award | The Blue World | Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel | Preliminary Nominee | |
| 1989 | Locus Poll Award | Araminta Station | Best SF Novel | 10 | |
| 1989 | Prometheus Award | Emphyrio | Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel | Preliminary Nominee | |
| 1990 | Locus Poll Award | Lyonesse: Madouc | Best Fantasy Novel | 6 | |
| 1990 | World Fantasy Award | Lyonesse: Madouc | Best Novel | Win | |
| 1991 | Prometheus Award | Emphyrio | Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel | Preliminary Nominee | |
| 1992 | Hugo Award | Ecce and Old Earth | Best Novel | Preliminary Nominee | |
| 1992 | Locus Poll Award | Ecce and Old Earth | Best SF Novel | 12 | |
| 1994 | Prometheus Award | The Blue World | Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel | Preliminary Nominee | |
| 1994 | Prometheus Award | Emphyrio | Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel | Preliminary Nominee | |
| 1995 | Prometheus Award | The Blue World | Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel | Preliminary Nominee | |
| 1995 | Prometheus Award | Emphyrio | Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel | Preliminary Nominee | |
| 1996 | Prometheus Award | The Blue World | Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel | Preliminary Nominee | |
| 1996 | Prometheus Award | Emphyrio | Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel | Preliminary Nominee | |
| 1996 | Retro Hugo Award | The World-Thinker | Short Story | Nomination Below Cutoff | |
| 1997 | Locus Poll Award | Night Lamp | Best SF Novel | 8 | |
| 1997 | Nebula Award | Grand Master Award | Win | ||
| 1997 | Prometheus Award | Emphyrio | Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel | Nomination | |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best Fantasy Novel before 1990 | 15 | ||
| 1998 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best Fantasy Novelist | 11 | ||
| 1998 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best Novelist (combined) | 24 | ||
| 1999 | Locus Poll Award | Ports of Call | Best SF Novel | 9 | |
| 1999 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best Author | 11 | ||
| 1999 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best Fantasy Author | 14 | ||
| 2001 | Retro Hugo Award | The Dying Earth | Novel | Nomination | |
| 2010 | Hugo Award | This is Me, Jack Vance! (or, More Properly, This is "I") | Related Book | Win | |
| 2010 | Locus Poll Award | Wild Thyme, Green Magic | Collection | 12 | |
| 2010 | Locus Poll Award | This is Me, Jack Vance! (or, More Properly, This is "I") | Nonfiction/Art Book | 5 |