Editing Eric Flint (section)

== Awards and honors ==

Flint was awarded the 2008 [[Darrell Awards|Dal Coger Memorial Hall of Fame Award]] primarily for his ''River of War'' series.<ref name=cogeraward>{{cite web |url=https://darrellawards.wordpress.com/hall-of-fame/ |title=Coger Memorial Hall of Fame |website=Darrell Awards |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=February 27, 2022 |access-date=August 9, 2015 |archive-date=October 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001050535/https://darrellawards.wordpress.com/hall-of-fame/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2018, he received a Special [[Sidewise Award for Alternate History]] for his encouragement of the genre of alternate history through his support of the community and writers developed around his 1632 series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/complete.html#pagebox |title=Past Winners and Finalists |website=Sidewise Awards |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |access-date=July 17, 2022 |archive-date=November 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113060105/http://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/complete.html#pagebox |url-status=live }}</ref>

Several months after his death, Flint received the 2023 Best Alt-History award for ''1812: The Rivers of War'' and the 2023 Frank Herbert Lifetime Achievement Award from The Helicon Society.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://heliconawards.com/2023-helicon-awards/ |title=2023 Helicon Awards |work=The Helicon Society |date=January 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205003358/https://heliconawards.com/2023-helicon-awards/ |archive-date=2023-02-05}}</ref>