Honors and Awards
- Liberty Award (1937) for "A Very Nice Family", first published in the January 2, 1937 issue of Liberty Magazine.
- Hugo Award (1956) for Best Novelette for "Exploration Team".
- Retro-Hugo (1996) for Best Novelette for "First Contact".
- Guest of Honor at Discon I, the 21st Worldcon in 1963.
- The Sidewise Award for Alternate History (established in 1995) is named after Leinster's story "Sidewise in Time."
- In the 1979 Italian film Starcrash, the spaceship in the opening sequence is called the Murray Leinster.
- In Virginia, 27 June 2009 was designated Will F. Jenkins Day in honor of his achievements in science fiction.
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“My heart’s subdued
Even to the very quality of my lord.
I saw Othello’s visage in his mind,
And to his honors and his valiant parts
Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)