# List of awards and nominations received by Neil Simon

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Neil Simon.
Neil Simon was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He has received numerous accolades including a Pulitzer Prize, four Tony Awards and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for four Academy Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. He has received several honorary awards such as the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1983, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1995 and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2006.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1968 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Odd Couple | Nominated |
| 1975 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Sunshine Boys | Nominated |
| 1977 | Best Original Screenplay | The Goodbye Girl | Nominated |
| 1978 | Best Adapted Screenplay | California Suite | Nominated |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1957 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special | Caesar's Hour | Nominated |
| 1958 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special | Caesar's Hour | Nominated |
| 1992 | Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Special | Broadway Bound | Nominated |
| 2001 | Outstanding Television Movie | Laughter on the 23rd Floor | Nominated |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1963 | Best Musical | Little Me | Nominated |
| 1964 | Best Play | Barefoot in the Park | Nominated |
| 1965 | Best Play | The Odd Couple | Nominated |
| 1965 | Best Author | The Odd Couple | Won |
| 1968 | Best Play | Plaza Suite | Nominated |
| 1970 | Best Play | Last of the Red Hot Lovers | Nominated |
| 1972 | Best Play | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Nominated |
| 1973 | Best Play | The Sunshine Boys | Nominated |
| 1975 | Special Tony | — | Won |
| 1978 | Best Play | Chapter Two | Nominated |
| 1979 | Best Book of a Musical | They're Playing Our Song | Nominated |
| 1985 | Best Play | Biloxi Blues | Won |
| 1987 | Best Play | Broadway Bound | Nominated |
| 1991 | Best Play | Lost in Yonkers | Won |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1972 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | The Heartbreak Kid | Nominated |
| 1975 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | The Sunshine Boys | Nominated |
| 1977 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | The Goodbye Girl | Won |

## Miscellaneous awards
### American Comedy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1989 | Lifetime Achievement | Lifetime Achievement | Received | |

### Drama Desk Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1991 | Outstanding New Play | Lost in Yonkers | Won | |

### Evening Standard Theatre Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1967 | Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Sweet Charity | Won | |

### New York Drama Critics' Circle

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1965 | Best Play | The Odd Couple | Nominated |
| 1983 | Best Play | Brighton Beach Memoirs | Won |
| 1985 | Best Play | Biloxi Blues | Nominated |

### Outer Critics Circle Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1983 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Brighton Beach Memoirs | Won | |

### Writers Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1968 | Best Written Comedy | Barefoot in the Park | Nominated |
| 1969 | Best Written Comedy | The Odd Couple | Won |
| 1970 | Best Original Screenplay | The Out-of-Towners | Won |
| 1972 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Heartbreak Kid | Nominated |
| 1975 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Nominated |
| 1975 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Sunshine Boys | Won |
| 1976 | Best Original Screenplay | Murder by Death | Nominated |
| 1977 | Best Original Screenplay | The Goodbye Girl | Nominated |
| 1978 | Best Adapted Screenplay | California Suite | Nominated |
| 1979 | Screen Laurel Award | — | Won |

## Honorary accolades

* 1968 Sam S. Shubert Award
* 1972 Cue Entertainer of the Year Award
* 1981 Doctor of Humane Letters from Hofstra University
* 1983 American Theater Hall of Fame
* 1986 New York State Governor's Award
* 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama – Lost in Yonkers
* 1995 Kennedy Center Honoree
* 2006 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor