Catherynne M. Valente
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 6
Locus Awards: 5
Other Awards: 4
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 81
Times Served as Judge: 1
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(12 nominations; 2 wins)
2023:
“The Difference Between Love and Time” (Someone in Time)
novelette — nomination
2022:
The Past Is Red (Tordotcom)
novella — nomination
2022:
“L'Esprit de L'Escalier” (Tor.com 25 Aug 2021)
novelette — nomination
2022:
“The Sin of America” (Uncanny Mar/Apr 2021)
short story — nomination
2019:
Space Opera (Saga)
novel — nomination
2014:
Six-Gun Snow White (Subterranean Press)
novella — nomination
2013:
“Fade to White” (Clarkesworld Aug 2012)
novelette — nomination
2013:
SF Squeecast (by Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas & CMV presenters; -6-, technical producer)
fancast — winner
2012:
Silently and Very Fast (WSFA)
novella — nomination
2012:
Apex Magazine (CMV, Lynne M. Thomas & Jason Sizemore, eds.)
semiprozine — nomination
2012:
SF Squeecast (by Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, Elizabeth Bear & CMV)
fancast — winner
2010:
Palimpsest (Bantam Spectra)
novel — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(3 nominations)
2014:
Six-Gun Snow White (Subterranean)
novella — nomination
2013:
“Fade to White” (Clarkesworld Aug 2012)
novelette — nomination
2012:
Silently and Very Fast (WSFA)
novella — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(4 nominations)
2014:
Six-Gun Snow White (Subterranean)
novella — nomination
2012:
Silently and Very Fast (WSFA Press; Clarkesworld)
novella — nomination
2009:
“A Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antarctica” (Clarkesworld Magazine May 2008)
short story — nomination
2007:
The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden (Bantam Spectra)
novel — nomination
Andre Norton Award — for YA SF/F works, presented by SFWA in parallel with the Nebula Awards
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2010:
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (www.catherynnemvalente.com)
winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination)
2019:
The Future Is Blue (Subterranean)
collection — nomination
Eugie Awards — for short fiction that inspires, enlightens, and entertains, juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2022:
“L'Esprit de L'Escalier” (Tor.com 25 Aug 2021)
finalist
2017:
“The Limitless Perspective of Master Peek, or, the Luminescence of Debauchery” (Beneath Ceaseless Skies May 2016)
finalist
2016:
“The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild” (Clarkesworld Jan,Mar 2015)
winner
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2016:
Radiance (Tor)
honor list
2007:
The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden (Bantam Spectra)
winner (tie)
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(1 nomination)
2019:
Space Opera (Saga)
finalist
Le Guin Prize — for single book-length work of imaginative fiction; juried
(1 nomination)
2022:
The Past Is Red (Tordotcom)
shortlist
Lodestar Award — for YA SF/F works, presented by Worldcon in parallel with the Hugo Awards
(1 nomination)
2023:
Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods (McElderry)
finalist
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(1 nomination)
2022:
Comfort Me with Apples (Tordotcom)
novella — nomination
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2017:
“The Future is Blue” (Drowned Worlds)
winner
2012:
Silently and Very Fast (WSFA; Clarkesworld Oct 2011)
finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(34 nominations; 5 wins)
2025:
Space Oddity (Saga; Corsair UK)
sf novel — 7th place
2024:
The Best of Catherynne M. Valente, Volume One (Subterranean)
collection — 7th place
2023:
“The Difference Between Love and Time” (Someone in Time)
novelette — 4th place
2022:
Comfort Me with Apples (Tordotcom)
novella — 7th place
2022:
The Past Is Red (Tordotcom)
novella — 6th place
2022:
“L'Esprit de L'Escalier” (Tor.com 25 Aug 2021)
novelette — 2nd place
2022:
“The Sin of America” (Uncanny Mar/Apr 2021)
short story — 5th place
2021:
“Color, Heat, and the Wreck of the Argo” (Strange Horizons 7 Sep 2020)
novelette — 7th place
2019:
Space Opera (Saga)
sf novel — 2nd place
2019:
The Future Is Blue (Subterranean)
collection — 3rd place
2018:
The Refrigerator Monologues (Saga)
collection — 5th place
2017:
“The Future is Blue” (Drowned Worlds)
novelette — 5th place
2014:
The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two (Feiwel and Friends)
young adult book — winner
2014:
Six-Gun Snow White (Subterranean)
novella — winner
2014:
The Bread We Eat in Dreams (Subterranean)
collection — 3rd place
2013:
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (Feiwel and Friends; Much-in-Little 2013)
young adult book — 3rd place
2013:
“Coming of Age on Barsoom” (Under the Moons of Mars)
short story — 7th place
2013:
“One Breath, One Stroke” (The Future Is Japanese)
short story — 16th place
2012:
Deathless (Tor)
fantasy novel — 5th place
2012:
The Folded World (Night Shade)
fantasy novel — 9th place
2012:
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Feiwel and Friends)
young adult book — winner
2012:
Silently and Very Fast (WSFA)
novella — winner
2012:
“White Lines on a Green Field” (Subterranean Fal 2011)
novelette — winner
2012:
“The Bread We Eat in Dreams” (Apex Nov 2011)
short story — 4th place
2012:
— editor — 9th place
2011:
The Habitation of the Blessed (Night Shade)
fantasy novel — 7th place
2011:
“How to Become a Mars Overlord” (Lightspeed Aug 2010)
short story — 7th place
2011:
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time” (Clarkesworld Aug 2010)
short story — 3rd place
2010:
Palimpsest (Bantam Spectra)
fantasy novel — 4th place
2010:
“A Delicate Architecture” (Troll's Eye View)
short story — 12th place
2010:
“The Radiant Car Thy Sparrows Drew” (Clarkesworld Magazine Aug 2009)
short story — 11th place
2009:
“A Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antarctica” (Clarkesworld Magazine May 2008)
short story — 11th place
2008:
The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice (Bantam Spectra)
fantasy novel — 9th place
2005:
The Labyrinth (Prime Books)
first novel — 14th place
— Other Awards —
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network
(3 nominations)
2010:
Palimpsest (Bantam Spectra)
novel — nomination
2007:
“Bones Like Black Sugar” (Fantasy #1)
short fiction — nomination
2007:
“The Dance of Uzume-no-Ama” (Apocrypha)
other work — nomination
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — for SF works published in France, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2017:
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
foreign YA novel — winner
Lambda Award — for gay and lesbian literature, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2010:
Palimpsest (Bantam Spectra)
sf/fantasy/horror — winner
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2012:
Deathless (Tor)
adult literature — nomination
2012:
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Feiwel and Friends)
children's literature — nomination
2010:
Palimpsest (Bantam Spectra)
adult literature — nomination
2008:
The Orphan's Tales (Bantam Spectra)
adult literature — winner
Rhysling Awards — for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2009:
“Damascus Divides the Lovers by Zero, or the City is Never Finished” (by Amal El-Mohtar & CMV) (Lone Star Stories #30, Dec 2008)
long poem — 3rd place
2008:
“The Seven Devils of Central California” (Farrago's Wainscot Summer 2007)
long poem — winner
2007:
“The Eight Legs of Grandmother Spider”
long poem — 2nd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2025:
Space Opera
translated novel — nomination
Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(1 nomination)
2013:
“Fade to White” (Clarkesworld #71 Aug 2012)
short form — nomination
WSFA Small Press Award — for short fiction from small press publications, voted by member of Washington SF Assn
(1 nomination)
2011:
“The Days of Flaming Motorcycles” (Dark Faith)
shortlist — nomination
— As Judge —
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