The Diary of the Rose
Le Guin refused a Nebula Award for "The Diary of the Rose." She protested the Science Fiction Writers of America's canceling Stanisław Lem's membership. Le Guin thought the SFWA disliked Lem's criticism of American science fiction and that he lived in the Eastern Bloc. She did not want to receive an award "for a story about political intolerance from a group that had just displayed political intolerance" toward communism. She withdrew the novelette shortly before the announcement of the winners. The SFWA asked her not to do that since she had in fact won, but Le Guin insisted on the withdrawal. The award was instead given to Isaac Asmiov's "The Bicentennial Man."