Love Is Never Silent was nominated for five Emmy awards in 1986, and won two, including Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special and Outstanding Direction in a Miniseries or Special. As a co-executive producer of the movie, Fjeld shared in the former award.

Besides the Emmys, Love Is Never Silent won many other awards, including the following:

three Media Access Awards a Golden Eagle Award from the Southern California Motion Picture Council Awards of Excellence from the Christophers and the Film Advisory Board Best Film and Best Director Awards at the Monte Carlo Television Festival a Leopard’s Eye (Bronze) award at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland (the only American film to receive an award) a Woman of the Year Award to Fjeld from Gallaudet’s Phi Kappa Zeta an Artios Award from the Casting Society of America for best casting

It was also nominated for, but did not win, a Humanitas Award.

The bulk of this series is clippings of news articles about Love Is Never Silent’s various nominations and awards, along with ads taken out in Hollywood trade publications urging consideration of the movie for an Emmy and congratulating Fjeld and the other winners. Also included is correspondence from Fjeld’s co-executive producer, Marian Rees, and the various award-granting institutions; letters of congratulation from Fjeld’s friends; and programs from award ceremonies. See series 6 for photographs from the Emmy ceremony as well as candid photographs of Fjeld with her Emmy statue. Series 7 includes the three Media Access Awards Fjeld won.