 In 1989 Tuttle received the BSFA Award for Short Fiction for "In Translation".Her short story, "Replacements" was adapted for an episode of the Canadian horror TV series, "The Hunger" in 1999, and another story of hers, "Community Property" was the subject of a 2005 French short film, "Propriété commune".In 1982, Tuttle became the first and only person to refuse a Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Award.