Adrian Tchaikovsky
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 8
Other Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 39
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(7 nominations; 1 win)
2025:
Alien Clay (Orbit US; Tor UK)
novel — nomination
2025:
Service Model (Tordotcom; Tor UK)
novel — nomination
2025:
The Tyrant Philosophers (Head of Zeus)
series — nomination
2024:
The Final Architecture (Tor UK; Orbit US)
series — nomination
2023:
Ogres (Solaris)
novella — nomination
2023:
Children of Time (Tor UK; Orbit US)
series — winner
2022:
Elder Race (Tordotcom)
novella — nomination
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2025:
Service Model (Tor UK)
shortlist
2020:
Cage of Souls (Head of Zeus)
shortlist
2016:
Children of Time (Tor)
winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2023:
Ogres (Solaris)
novella — nomination
2017:
The Tiger and the Wolf (Pan Macmillan)
fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) — winner
2016:
Guns of the Dawn (Tor)
fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) — nomination
2014:
“Family Business” (The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic)
short story — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(8 nominations; 5 wins)
2025:
Alien Clay (Orbit)
novel — nomination
2025:
Saturation Point (Solaris)
shorter fiction (novelette or novella) — winner
2024:
And Put Away Childish Things (Rebellion)
shorter fiction (novelette or novella) — winner
2023:
City of Last Chances (Head of Zeus)
novel — winner
2023:
Ogres (Solaris)
short fiction — nomination
2022:
Shards of Earth (Tor)
novel — winner
2021:
The Doors of Eden (Luna)
novel — nomination
2020:
Children of Ruin (Tor)
novel — winner
Dragon Awards — for SF/F works, voted on by members of the annual Dragon Con
(3 nominations)
2024:
House of Open Wounds (Ad Astra)
fantasy novel (including paranormal) — nomination
2023:
Children of Memory (Orbit)
sf novel — nomination
2022:
Shards of Earth (Orbit)
sf novel — nomination
Le Guin Prize — for single book-length work of imaginative fiction; juried
(1 nomination)
2022:
Elder Race (Tordotcom)
shortlist
Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
(2 nominations)
2025:
Alien Clay (Orbit US)
special citation
2021:
The Doors of Eden (Orbit)
finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(7 nominations)
2025:
Alien Clay (Tor UK; Orbit US)
sf novel — 4th place
2025:
Service Model (Tordotcom; Tor UK)
sf novel — 8th place
2024:
Lords of Uncreation (Orbit US; Tor UK)
sf novel — 6th place
2024:
City of Last Chances (Ad Astra)
fantasy novel — 7th place
2023:
Eyes of the Void (Tor UK; Orbit US)
sf novel — 7th place
2023:
Ogres (Solaris)
novella — 10th place
2022:
Shards of Earth (Tor UK; Orbit US)
sf novel — 9th place
— Other Awards —
David Gemmel Legend Awards — for fantasy novels and art, nominated by publishsers and editors, voted by fans
(1 nomination)
2014:
War Master's Gate (Tor UK)
Legend Award for Best Novel — nomination
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2022:
Children of Time
translated novel — nomination
Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2021:
The Doors of Eden (Orbit US; Tor UK)
long form — winner
The Kitschies — for speculative/fantastic works that elevate the tone of genre literature, juried
(1 nomination)
2022:
Bear Head (Head of Zeus)
Red Tentacle (novel) — nomination
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