Bruce Sterling
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 4
Locus Awards: 3
Other Awards: 4
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 117
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(13 nominations; 2 wins)
1999:
Distraction (Bantam Spectra)
— novel — nomination
1999:
“Taklamakan” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
— novelette — winner
1999:
“Maneki Neko ” (F&SF May 1998)
— short story — nomination
1997:
Holy Fire (Orion; Bantam Spectra)
— novel — nomination
1997:
“Bicycle Repairman” (Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology; Asimov's Oct/Nov 1996)
— novelette — winner
1994:
“Deep Eddy” (Asimov's Aug 1993)
— novelette — nomination
1990:
“Dori Bangs ” (Asimov's Sep 1989)
— short story — nomination
1989:
Islands in the Net (Morrow/Arbor House; 1988)
— novel — nomination
1989:
“Our Neural Chernobyl ” (F&SF Jun 1988)
— short story — nomination
1988:
“Flowers of Edo ” (Asimov's May 1987)
— novelette — nomination
1986:
“Dinner in Audoghast ” (Asimov's May 1985)
— short story — nomination
1983:
“Swarm” (F&SF Apr 1982)
— novelette — nomination
1983:
“Spider Rose” (F&SF Aug 1982)
— short story — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(10 nominations)
2008:
“Kiosk ” (F&SF Jan 2007)
— novella — nomination
2000:
“Taklamakan” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
— novelette — nomination
1992:
The Difference Engine (by William Gibson & BS) (Bantam Spectra)
— novel — nomination
1990:
“Dori Bangs ” (Asimov's Sep 1989)
— short story — nomination
1988:
“Flowers of Edo ” (Asimov's May 1987)
— novelette — nomination
1986:
Schismatrix (Arbor House)
— novel — nomination
1986:
“Green Days in Brunei ” (Asimov's Oct 1985)
— novella — nomination
1985:
“Sunken Gardens” (Omni Jun 1984)
— short story — nomination
1984:
“Cicada Queen” (Universe 13)
— novelette — nomination
1983:
“Swarm” (F&SF Apr 1982)
— novelette — nomination
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2000:
Distraction (Millennium)
— winner
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(3 nominations)
1997:
Holy Fire (Orion)
— novel — nomination
1991:
The Difference Engine (by William Gibson & BS) (Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
1987:
Schismatrix (Penguin)
— novel — nomination
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(2 nominations)
1997:
“Bicycle Repairman” (Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology)
— long list
1997:
Holy Fire (Bantam Spectra)
— long list
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2010:
The Caryatids (Del Rey)
— finalist
1999:
Distraction (Bantam Spectra)
— third place
1992:
The Difference Engine (by William Gibson & BS) (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
— second place
1989:
Islands in the Net (Morrow/Arbor House)
— winner
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(5 nominations)
2013:
“The Peak of Eternal Light” (Edge of Infinity)
— finalist
2006:
“The Blemmye's Strategem” (F&SF Jan 2005)
— shortlist
2003:
“In Paradise ” (F&SF Sep 2002)
— shortlist
1999:
“Maneki Neko ” (F&SF May 1998)
— shortlist
1990:
“Dori Bangs ” (Asimov's Sep 1989)
— third place
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(57 nominations; 3 wins)
2017:
Pirate Utopia (Tachyon)
— novella — 10th place
2013:
“Goddess of Mercy” (The Future Is Japanese)
— novelette — 22nd place
2013:
“The Peak of Eternal Light” (Edge of Infinity)
— novelette — 15th place
2012:
Gothic High-Tech (Subterranean)
— collection — 9th place
2011:
“The Exterminator's Want-Ad” (Shareable 22 Jun 2010)
— short story — 17th place
2010:
“Black Swan ” (Interzone Mar/Apr 2009)
— novelette — 30th place
2010:
“Colliding Branes” (by Rudy Rucker & BS) (Asimov's Feb 2009)
— short story — 14th place
2008:
“Hormiga Canyon” (by Rudy Rucker & BS) (Asimov's Aug 2007)
— novella — 12th place
2008:
“Kiosk ” (F&SF Jan 2007)
— novelette — 11th place
2008:
“The Lustration ” (Eclipse One: New Fantasy and Science Fiction)
— short story — 35th place
2008:
“A Plain Tale from Our Hills ” (Subterranean Oct 2007)
— short story — 37th place
2008:
Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling (Subterranean)
— collection — 8th place
2007:
Visionary in Residence (Thunder's Mouth)
— collection — 11th place
2006:
“The Blemmye's Strategem” (F&SF Jan 2005)
— novelette — 15th place
2006:
“The Denial ” (F&SF Sep 2005)
— short story — 16th place
2005:
The Zenith Angle (Del Rey)
— sf novel — 19th place (tie)
2005:
“Luciferase ” (Sci Fiction 22 Dec 2004)
— short story — 15th place
2004:
“Junk DNA” (by Rudy Rucker & BS) (Asimov's Jan 2003)
— novelette — 20th place
2003:
“In Paradise ” (F&SF Sep 2002)
— short story — 5th place (tie)
2003:
Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next Fifty Years (Random House)
— non-fiction — winner
2001:
Zeitgeist (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 3rd place
2000:
A Good Old-Fashioned Future (Bantam Spectra)
— collection — 2nd place
1999:
Distraction (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 4th place
1999:
“Taklamakan” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
— novelette — winner (tie)
1999:
“Maneki Neko ” (F&SF May 1998)
— short story — winner
1997:
Holy Fire (Orion; Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 5th place
1997:
“The Littlest Jackal” (F&SF Mar 1996)
— novella — 12th place
1997:
“Bicycle Repairman” (Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology; Asimov's Oct/Nov 1996)
— novelette — 4th place
1997:
Schismatrix Plus (Ace)
— collection — 15th place
1995:
Heavy Weather (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 6th place
1994:
“Deep Eddy” (Asimov's Aug 1993)
— novelette — 4th place
1994:
“Sacred Cow ” (Omni Jan 1993)
— short story — 11th place
1993:
Globalhead (Mark V. Ziesing)
— collection — 4th place
1993:
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier (Bantam)
— nonfiction — 9th place
1992:
The Difference Engine (by William Gibson & BS) (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 20th place
1991:
The Difference Engine (by William Gibson & BS) (Gollancz)
— sf novel — 8th place
1991:
“The Shores of Bohemia ” (Universe 1)
— novelette — 11th place
1991:
“We See Things Differently ” (Semiotext(e) SF)
— short story — 9th place
1990:
“Dori Bangs ” (Asimov's Sep 1989)
— short story — 6th place
1990:
Crystal Express (Arkham House)
— collection — 2nd place
1989:
Islands in the Net (Morrow/Arbor House)
— sf novel — 3rd place
1989:
“Our Neural Chernobyl ” (F&SF Jun 1988)
— short story — 10th place
1988:
“Flowers of Edo ” (Asimov's May 1987)
— novelette — 4th place
1988:
“The Little Magic Shop ” (Asimov's Oct 1987)
— short story — 14th place
1987:
“The Beautiful and the Sublime ” (Asimov's Jun 1986)
— novelette — 19th place
1987:
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (Arbor House)
— anthology — 4th place
1986:
Schismatrix (Arbor House)
— sf novel — 18th place
1986:
“Green Days in Brunei ” (Asimov's Oct 1985)
— novella — 9th place
1986:
“Storming the Cosmos” (by Rudy Rucker & BS) (Asimov's mid-Dec 1985)
— novelette — 10th place
1986:
“Dinner in Audoghast ” (Asimov's May 1985)
— short story — 5th place
1986:
“Mozart in Mirrorshades” (by BS & Lewis Shiner) (Omni Sep 1985)
— short story — 17th place
1985:
“Sunken Gardens” (Omni Jun 1984)
— short story — 14th place
1984:
“Cicada Queen” (Universe 13)
— novelette — 16th place
1984:
“Red Star, Winter Orbit” (by BS & William Gibson) (Omni Jul 1983)
— novelette — 19th place
1984:
“Spook ” (F&SF Apr 1983)
— short story — 6th place
1983:
“Swarm” (F&SF Apr 1982)
— novelette — 6th place
1983:
“Spider Rose” (F&SF Aug 1982)
— short story — 3rd place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(4 nominations)
1999:
“Taklamakan” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
— novelette — 2nd place
1995:
“Big Jelly” (by Rudy Rucker & BS) (Asimov's Nov 1994)
— novelette — 7th place
1994:
“Deep Eddy” (Asimov's Aug 1993)
— novelette — 4th place
1988:
“The Little Magic Shop ” (Asimov's Oct 1987)
— short story — 3rd place
Aurora Awards — for Canadian SF/F in English and in French, voted by members of annual convention
(1 nomination)
1992:
The Difference Engine (by William Gibson & BS) (Bantam Spectra)
— long-form, English — nomination
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(1 nomination)
1989:
Islands in the Net (Century)
— international fiction — nomination
Hayakawa's SF Magazine Reader's Award — for short fiction published in Japan's Hayakawa's SF Magazine, voted by readers
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1999:
“Taklamakan”
— foreign short story — winner
HOMer Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(1 nomination)
1994:
“Deep Eddy” (Asimov's Aug 1993)
— novelette — nomination
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
2010:
“Black Swan ” (Interzone #221 Mar/Apr 2009)
— story — 7th place (tie)
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — (renamed the Astounding Award in 2020)
(1 nomination)
1978:
finalist
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(5 nominations; 3 wins)
1997:
Holy Fire (Orion; Bantam Spectra)
— novel — winner
1997:
“Bicycle Repairman” (Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology; Asimov's Oct 1996)
— novelette — winner
1990:
“Dori Bangs ” (Asimov's Sep 1989)
— short story — winner
1989:
Islands in the Net (Morrow/Arbor House)
— novel — 2nd place
1989:
“Our Neural Chernobyl ” (F&SF Jun 1988)
— short story — 3rd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(2 nominations)
2001:
“The Little Magic Shop ”
— foreign short story — nomination
2000:
“Taklamakan”
— overseas short fiction — nomination
SF Site Readers Poll — for SF/F books, voted by readers of SF Site website
(1 nomination)
2000:
A Good Old-Fashioned Future (Bantam Spectra)
— sf/fantasy book — 9th place
Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(2 nominations)
2017:
“Pirate Utopia” (Tachyon)
— short form — nomination
2010:
“Black Swan ” (Interzone #221)
— short form — nomination
Xatafi-Cyberdark — for SF works published in Spain, juried by critics
(2 nominations)
2006:
Schismatrix
— foreign book — nomination
2006:
“We See Things Differently ”
— foreign story — nomination
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