2016 Results
science fiction awards database
Hugo Awards
- novel : The Fifth Season, N. K. Jemisin
- novella : Binti, Nnedi Okorafor
- novelette : “Folding Beijing”, Hao Jingfang
- short story : “Cat Pictures Please”, Naomi Kritzer
- related work : no award
- graphic story : The Sandman: Overture, written by Neil Gaiman, art by J. H. Williams III
- dramatic presentation: long form : The Martian
- dramatic presentation: short form : Jessica Jones: “AKA Smile”
- editor, short form : Ellen Datlow
- editor, long form : Sheila Gilbert
- professional artist : Abigail Larson
- semiprozine : Uncanny Magazine, Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky, eds.
- fanzine : File 770, Mike Glyer, ed.
- fan writer : Mike Glyer
- fan artist : Steve Stiles
- fancast : no award
Nebula Awards
- novel : Uprooted, Naomi Novik
- novella : Binti, Nnedi Okorafor
- novelette : “Our Lady of the Open Road”, Sarah Pinsker
- short story : “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers”, Alyssa Wong
World Fantasy Awards
- life achievement : Andrzej Sapkowski
- life achievement : David G. Hartwell
- novel : The Chimes, Anna Smaill
- long fiction : The Unlicensed Magician, Kelly Barnhill
- short fiction : “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers”, Alyssa Wong
- anthology : She Walks in Shadows, Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, eds.
- collection : Bone Swans, C. S. E. Cooney
- artist : Galen Dara
- special award, professional : The Art of Horror, Stephen Jones
- special award, non-professional : Black Gate, John O'Neill
Andre Norton Award
- Updraft, Fran Wilde
British Fantasy Awards
- fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) : Uprooted, Naomi Novik
- horror novel (August Derleth Award) : Rawblood, Catriona Ward
- anthology : The Doll Collection, Ellen Datlow, ed.
- collection : Ghost Summer: Stories, Tananarive Due
- novella : The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn, Usman T. Malik
- short fiction : “Fabulous Beasts”, Priya Sharma
- non-fiction : Letters to Tiptree, Alexandra Pierce & Alisa Krasnostein, eds.
- independent press : Angry Robot, Marc Gascoigne
- magazine/periodical : Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- artist : Julie Dillon
- comic/graphic novel : Bitch Planet, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Robert IV Wilson & Cris Peter
- film/television production : Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer : Zen Cho
British SF Association Awards
- novel : The House of Shattered Wings, Aliette de Bodard
- short story : “Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight”, Aliette de Bodard
- artwork : Pelquin's Comet, Jim Burns
- nonfiction : Rave and Let Die: The SF and Fantasy of 2014, Adam Roberts
Chesley Awards
- cover illustration, hardcover : Voyage of the Basilisk, Todd Lockwood
- cover illustration, paperback : Beyond the Pool of Stars, Tyler Jacobson
- cover illustration, magazine : Tran Nguyen
- interior illustration : Angelarium: Book of Emanations, Peter Mohrbacher
- color work, unpublished : “Beren and Luthien in the Court of Thingal and Melian”, Donato Giancola
- monochrome work, unpublished : “Symbiosis”, Travis Lewis
- three-dimensional : “The Morrigan”, Forest Rogers
- lifetime artistic achievement : Kinuko Y. Craft
- art director : Neil Clarke
- gaming-related illustration : “Fruit of the First Tree”, Ryan Yee
- product illustration : “El Arbol”, John Picacio
Arthur C. Clarke Award
- Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky
Ray Bradbury Award
- Mad Max: Fury Road
Shirley Jackson Awards
- novel : Experimental Film, Gemma Files
- novella : Wylding Hall, Elizabeth Hand
- novelette : “Even Clean Hands Can Do Damage”, Steve Duffy
- short fiction : “The Dying Season”, Lynda E. Rucker
- collection : The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Stephen King
- anthology : Aickman's Heirs, Simon Strantzas, ed.
Bram Stoker Awards
- lifetime achievement : Alan Moore & George A. Romero
- novel : A Head Full of Ghosts, Paul Tremblay
- first novel : Mr. Suicide, Nicole Cushing
- young-adult novel : Devil's Pocket, John Dixon
- long fiction : “Little Dead Red”, Mercedes M. Yardley
- short fiction : “Happy Joe's Rest Stop”, John Palisano
- collection : While the Black Stars Burn, Lucy A. Snyder
- anthology : The Library of the Dead, Michael Bailey, ed.
- nonfiction : The Art of Horror, Stephen Jones
- graphic novel : Shadow Show: Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury, Sam Weller & Mort Castle, eds.
- screenplay : It Follows, David Robert Mitchell
- poetry collection : Eden Underground, Alessandro Manzetti
- specialty press award : Borderlands Press
- Richard Laymon (president's award) : Patrick Freivald & Andrew Wolter
- Silver Hammer Award : Michael Knost
- Mentor Award : Tim Waggoner
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
- “The Game of Smash and Recovery”, Kelly Link
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award
- “The New Mother”, Eugene Fischer
- Lizard Radio, Pat Schmatz
Locus Awards
- sf novel : Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie
- fantasy novel : Uprooted, Naomi Novik
- young adult book : The Shepherd's Crown, Terry Pratchett
- first novel : The Grace of Kings, Ken Liu
- novella : Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds
- novelette : “Black Dog”, Neil Gaiman
- short story : “Cat Pictures Please”, Naomi Kritzer
- collection : Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances, Neil Gaiman
- anthology : Old Venus, George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds.
- non-fiction : Letters to Tiptree, Alisa Krasnostein & Alexandra Pierce, eds.
- art book : Julie Dillon's Imagined Realms, Book 2: Earth and Sky, Julie Dillon
- editor : David G. Hartwell
- magazine : Asimov's
- publisher : Tor
- artist : Michael Whelan
Analog Readers Poll
- novella : “Builders of Leaf Houses”, Catherine Wells
- novelette : “Racing to Mars”, Martin L. Shoemaker
- short story : “The Museum of Modern Warfare”, Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- fact article : “Challenges of Manned Interstellar Travel: An Overview”, Nick Kanas
- poetry : “The Impending Apocalypse Helps Me Maintain Perspective”, Steven Dondlinger
- cover : Donato Giancola
Asimov's Reader Poll
- novella : “Inhuman Garbage”, Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- novelette : “Lock Up Your Chickens and Daughters--H'ard and Andy Are Come to Town!”, Michael Swanwick & Gregory Frost
- short story : “Tuesdays”, Suzanne Palmer
- poem : “1,230 Grams of Einstein”, Robert Frazier
- cover : Maurizio Manzieri
Aurealis Awards
- sf novel : Illuminae, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
- sf novella : “By Frogsled and Lizardback to Outcast Venusian Lepers”, Garth Nix
- sf short story : “All the Wrong Places”, Sean Williams
- fantasy novel : Day Boy, Trent Jamieson
- fantasy novella : “Defy the Grey Kings”, Jason Fischer
- fantasy short story : “The Giant's Lady”, Rowena Cory Daniells
- horror novel : Day Boy, Trent Jamieson
- horror novella : “The Miseducation of Mara Lys”, Deborah Kalin
- horror short story : “Bullets”, Joanne Anderton
- anthology : Bloodlines, Amanda Pillar, ed.
- collection : To Hold the Bridge, Garth Nix
- graphic novel/illustrated work : The Singing Bones, Shaun Tan
- young adult novel : In the Skin of a Monster, Kathryn Barker
- young adult short story : “The Miseducation of Mara Lys”, Deborah Kalin
- children's fiction : A Single Stone, Meg McKinlay
- Sara Douglass Book Series : The Watergivers: The Last Stormlord (2009), Stormlord Rising (2010), Stormlord’s Exile (2011), Glenda Larke
Aurora Awards
- novel : A Daughter of No Nation, A. M. Dellamonica
- YA novel : An Inheritance of Ashes, Leah Bobet
- short fiction : “Waters of Versailles”, Kelly Robson
- related work : Second Contacts, Michael Rimar & Hayden Trenholm, eds.
- graphic novel : The Lady ParaNorma, Vincent Marcone
- poem/song : “Origami Crane / Light Defying Spaceship”, Naru Dames Sundar
- artist : Erik Mohr
- visual presentation : Orphan Black
- fan publication : Speculating Canada, Derek Newman-Stille, ed.
- fan organizational : Randy McCharles
- fan related work : Derek Newman-Stille
Copper Cylinder Awards
- adult award : Signal to Noise, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- young adult award : An Inheritance of Ashes, Leah Bobet
William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award
- The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, Kai Ashante Wilson
Ditmar Awards
- novel : Lament for the Afterlife, Lisa L. Hannett
- novella or novelette : “Of Sorrow and Such”, Angela Slatter
- short story : “A Hedge of Yellow Roses”, Kathleen Jennings
- collected work : Cranky Ladies of History, Tansy Rayner Roberts & Tehani Wessely, eds.
- fan publication in any medium : Galactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce & Tansy Rayner Roberts
- fan writer : Grant Watson
- fan artist : Kathleen Jennings
- artwork : Cranky Ladies of History, Kathleen Jennings
- new talent : Rivqa Rafael
- William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review : Letters to Tiptree, Alexandra Pierce & Alisa Krasnostein
Dwarf Stars Award
- “We Begin This Way”, Stacey Balkun
Elgin Awards
- Full-Length Collection : Crowned: The Sign of the Dragon Book 1, Mary Soon Lee
- Chapbook : Undoing Winter, Shannon Connor Winward
Endeavour Award
- Edge of Dark, Brenda Cooper
First Fandom Hall of Fame Award
- Ben Bova
- Roy V. Hunt
- Joseph Wrzos
- Olon F. Wiggins
- Lew Martin
- Moskowitz Archive Award : Stephen D. Korshak
- Moskowitz Archive Award : Ned Brooks
Robert A. Heinlein Award
- lifetime achievement : Kim Stanley Robinson
IAFA Awards
- Distinguished Scholarship : Christina Bacchilega
- David G. Hartwell Emerging Scholar : Jordan S. Carroll
- Robert A. Collins Service Award : Sydney Duncan
- Jamie Bishop Memorial Award for an Essay Not in English : Natacha Vas-Deyres & Patrick Bergeron
Ignotus Awards
- foreign novel : The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (Las primeras quince vidas de Harry August), Claire North
- foreign short story : “The Algorithms for Love” (“Algoritmos para el amor“), Ken Liu
James White Award
- “Rock, Paper, Incisors”, David Cleden
The Kitschies
- Red Tentacle (novel) : The Heart Goes Last, Margaret Atwood
- Golden Tentacle (debut novel) : Making Wolf, Tade Thompson
- Inky Tentacle (cover art) : The Door that Led to Where, Jet Purdie
- Invisible Tentacle (natively digital fiction) : LIFE IS STRANGE
- Black Tentacle (judges' discretion) : Patrick Ness
Lambda Award
- sf/fantasy/horror : The Gracekeepers, Kirsty Logan
David Gemmel Legend Awards
- Legend Award for Best Novel : The Liar's Key, Mark Lawrence
- Ravenheart Award for Best Fantasy Cover Art : The Liar's Key, Jason Chan
- Morningstar Award for Best Debut : The Vagrant, Peter Newman
Mythopoeic Awards
- adult literature : Uprooted, Naomi Novik
- children's literature : Castle Hangnail, Ursula Vernon
- Inklings studies : Charles Williams: The Third Inkling, Grevel Lindop
- myth and fantasy studies : The Evolution of Modern Fantasy: From Antiquarianism to the Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series, Jamie Williamson
Prometheus Awards
- novel : Seveneves, Neal Stephenson
- hall of fame : Courtship Rite, Donald Kingsbury
- special award : Alex + Ada, Jonathan Luna & Sarah Vaughn
- lifetime achievement : L. Neil Smith
Retro Hugo Awards
- novel : “Slan”, A. E. van Vogt
- novella : “If This Goes On...”, Robert A. Heinlein
- novelette : “The Roads Must Roll”, Robert A. Heinlein
- short story : “Robbie”, Isaac Asimov
- graphic story : Batman #1
- dramatic presentation, short form : Pinocchio
- dramatic presentation, long form : Fantasia
- editor, short form : John W. Campbell
- professional artist : Virgil Finlay
- fanzine : Futuria Fantasia, Ray Bradbury
- fan writer : Ray Bradbury
Rhysling Awards
- short poem : “Time Travel Vocabulary Problems”, Ruth Berman
- long poem : “It Begins with a Haunting”, Krysada Panusith Phounsiri
- long poem : “Keziah”, Ann K. Schwader
Lord Ruthven Awards
- fiction : Jacob, David Gerrold
- nonfiction : The Vampire in Folklore, History, Literature, Film and Television: A Comprehensive Bibliography, J. Gordon Melton & Alysa Hornick
- media : What We Do in the Shadows
Seiun Awards
- translated novel : Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie
- translated story : “Good Hunting”, Ken Liu
SFRA Awards
- Pioneer Award : “‘Shutter-Stop Flash-Bulb Strange’: GMOs and the Aesthetics of Scale in Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl”, Scott Selisker
- Clareson Award : Farah Mendlesohn
- Graduate Student Paper : Dagmar Van Engen
- Mary Kay Bray Award : Amy Ransom
SFWA Awards
- Kevin O'Donnell Jr. Service to SFWA : Lawrence M. Schoen
- Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award : Terry Pratchett
Sidewise Awards
- long form : The Big Lie, Julie Mayhew
- short form : “It Doesn't Matter Anymore”, Bill Crider
Spectrum Awards
- grandmaster : Mike Mignola
- advertising : “The Blessing of Athena”, Nico Delort
- book : “Tom, Thom”, Rovina Cai
- comics : Tribes of Kai, Daren Bader
- concept art : “King Louie's Court”, Vance Kovacs
- dimensional : “The Morrigan”, Forest Rogers
- editorial : “Traveling to a Distant Day”, Tran Nguyen
- institutional : “Exalted Angel”, Tyler Jacobson
- unpublished : “Bioluminescence”, Rob Rey
- rising star : Victor Maury
Sunburst Award
- Adult : Experimental Film, Gemma Files
- Young Adult : An Inheritance of Ashes, Leah Bobet
- Short Story : “Hide and Seek”, Catherine A. MacLeod
Dell Magazines Award
- “Lullabies in Arabic”, Rani Banjarian
Writers and Illustrators of the Future
- Golden Pen Award : “Squalor and Sympathy”, Matt Dovey
- Golden Brush Award : Adrian Massaro
WSFA Small Press Award
- “Today I Am Paul”, Martin L. Shoemaker
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