Brandon Sanderson


science fiction awards database

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2023
Tress of the Emerald Sea • novel • Tor
awards:
• Dragon Awards 2023 — fantasy novel (including paranormal) — nomination

2020
Rhythm of War • novel • Tor
awards:
• Dragon Awards 2021 — fantasy novel (including paranormal) — nomination

2017
The Stormlight Archive • Tor US
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2018 — series — nomination
Oathbringer • novel • Tor
awards:
• Dragon Awards 2018 — fantasy novel (including paranormal) — winner
• David Gemmel Legend Awards 2018 — Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel — nomination
Brandon Sanderson's White Sand: Volume 1 (by BS, Rik Hoskin & Julius M. Gopez) • Dynamite Entertainement
awards:
• Dragon Awards 2018 — graphic novel — winner

2016
The Bands of Mourning • novel • Tor
awards:
• David Gemmel Legend Awards 2017 — Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel — nomination

2015
Perfect State • short fiction • Dragonsteel Entertainment
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2016 — novella — nomination
Calamity • novel • Random House/Delacorte
awards:
• Dragon Awards 2016 — YA/middle grade novel — nomination

2014
Words of Radiance • novel • Tor
awards:
• Locus Awards 2015 — fantasy novel — 21st place
• David Gemmel Legend Awards 2015 — Legend Award for Best Novel — winner
“Dreamer”
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2015 Edition, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2015

2013
Writing Excuses Season 8 (by BS, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler & Jordan Sanderson) • http://www.writingexcuses.com/
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2014 — related work — nomination
The Wheel of Time (by Robert Jordan & BS) • Tor; Orbit UK
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2014 — novel — nomination
A Memory of Light (by Robert Jordan & BS) • novel • Tor
awards:
• David Gemmel Legend Awards 2014 — Legend Award for Best Novel — nomination
“Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell”
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2014 Edition, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2014
• Dangerous Women, ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Tor 2013

2012
Writing Excuses, Season Seven (by BS, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler & Jordan Sanderson)
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2013 — related work — winner
The Emperor's Soul • novel • Tachyon Publications
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2013 — novella — winner
• World Fantasy Awards 2013 — novella — nomination

2011
Writing Excuses, Season 6 (by BS, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler & Jordan Sanderson)
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2012 — related work — nomination
The Alloy of Law • novel • Tor
awards:
• David Gemmel Legend Awards 2012 — Legend Award for Best Novel — nomination
• Geffen Awards 2019 — fantasy book — winner

2010
Writing Excuses, Season 4 (by BS, Jordan Sanderson, Howard Tayler & Dan Wells) • http://www.writingexcuses.com/
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2011 — related work — nomination
Towers of Midnight (by Robert Jordan & BS) • novel • Tor
awards:
• David Gemmel Legend Awards 2011 — Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel — nomination
citations:
• 2011: Best SFF Novels of the Decade, Tor.com
The Way of Kings • novel • Tor
awards:
• Locus Awards 2011 — fantasy novel — 23rd place
• David Gemmel Legend Awards 2011 — Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel — winner
• Phantastik Preis 2012 — foreign novel — 3rd place
citations:
• 2015: 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime, Amazon Editors
• 2011: Best SFF Novels of the Decade, Tor.com
• 2011: Your Picks: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books, NPR

2009
Warbreaker • novel • Tor
awards:
• David Gemmel Legend Awards 2010 — fantasy novel — nomination
The Gathering Storm (by Robert Jordan & BS) • novel • Tor
awards:
• David Gemmel Legend Awards 2010 — fantasy novel — nomination
• SF Site Readers Poll 2010 — sf/fantasy book — 8th place
citations:
• 2011: Best SFF Novels of the Decade, Tor.com

2008
The Hero of Ages • novel • Tor
awards:
• David Gemmel Legend Awards 2009 — fantasy novel — nomination
citations:
• 2011: Best SFF Novels of the Decade, Tor.com
Mistborn Trilogy • series, 2008
citations:
• 2011: Your Picks: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books, NPR

2007
The Well of Ascension • novel • Tor, 2007
citations:
• 2011: Best SFF Novels of the Decade, Tor.com
“Defending Elysium” • short fiction
awards:
• UPC Award 2007 — winner (tie)

2006
Mistborn • novel • Tor, 2006
citations:
• 2020: The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, Time Magazine
• 2012: 21st Century Fantasy Novel, Locus Online
• 2011: Best SFF Novels of the Decade, Tor.com
• 2009: 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer 2007 — finalist

2005
“Firstborn” • The Leading Edge #50 2005
anthologies:
• Galactic Empires, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2017
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer 2006 — finalist
“Rysn”
anthologies:
• Epic: Legends of Fantasy, ed. John Joseph Adams, Tachyon Publications 2012



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