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science fiction awards database

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2022
“Grandmother Troll” • short fiction • Asimov's Sep/Oct 2022
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2023 — novelette — 4th place

2020
“Tunnels” • short fiction • Asimov's May/Jun 2020
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2021 — novelette — 5th place
anthologies:
• The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 6, ed. Neil Clarke, Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 2022

2018
“Loft the Sorcerer”
anthologies:
• The Book of Magic, ed. Gardner Dozois, Bantam 2018

2017
“Mines” • Infinity Wars
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-fifth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2018
• Infinity Wars, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2017

2016
Hwarhath Stories: Transgressive Tales by Aliens • collection • Aqueduct Press
awards:
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 2017 — honor list
• Philip K. Dick Award 2017 — finalist
• Locus Awards 2017 — collection — 8th place
“Checkerboard Planet” • Clarkesworld Dec 2016
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-fourth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2017

2015
“Ruins” • Old Venus
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-third Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2016
• Old Venus, ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam 2015

2014
“The Scrivener” • short fiction • Subterranean Win 2014
awards:
• Locus Awards 2015 — short story — 23rd place
anthologies:
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Nine, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2015
• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2015 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2015

2013
Big Mama Stories • collection • Aqueduct
awards:
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 2014 — honor list
“Kormak the Lucky” • short fiction • F&SF Jul/Aug 2013
awards:
• Locus Awards 2014 — novelette — 11th place
anthologies:
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Eight, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2014
• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2014 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2014

2012
“The Woman Who Fooled Death Five Times” • short fiction • F&SF Jul/Aug 2012
awards:
• Locus Awards 2013 — short story — 17th place
anthologies:
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Seven, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2013
“Holmes Sherlock: A Hwarhath Mystery” • short fiction • Eclipse Online 12 Nov 2012
awards:
• Locus Awards 2013 — novelette — 11th place
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2013
• Year's Best SF 18, ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor 2013

2011
“My Husband Steinn” • short fiction • Asimov's Oct/Nov 2011
awards:
• Locus Awards 2012 — novelette — 20th place
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2012 — novelette — 3rd place

2010
Mammoths of the Great Plains • collection • PM
awards:
• Sidewise Awards 2011 — short form — nomination
“Mammoths of the Great Plains” • short fiction • Mammoths of the Great Plains
awards:
• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2011 — finalist
• Locus Awards 2011 — novella — 12th place
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-eighth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2011

2006
“Big Green Mama Falls in Love” • Eidolon I
anthologies:
• Eidolon 1, ed. Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G. Byrne, Prime 2006

2004
“The Garden: A Hwarhath Science Fictional Romance” • short fiction • Synergy SF: New Science Fiction
awards:
• Locus Awards 2005 — novelette — 22nd place
anthologies:
• Best Short Novels: 2005, ed. Jonathan Strahan, SFBC 2005
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2005
• Synergy SF: New Science Fiction, ed. George Zebrowski, Gale Group/Five Star 2004

2003
“Big Ugly Mama and the ZK” • short fiction • Asimov's Sep 2003
awards:
• Locus Awards 2004 — short story — 25th place (tie)
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2004 — short story — 5th place (tie)

2002
“The Potter of Bones” • short fiction • Asimov's Sep 2002
awards:
• Nebula Awards 2004 — novella — nomination
• Locus Awards 2003 — novella — 10th place
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2003 — novella — 4th place
anthologies:
• The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2019
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2003
“Knapsack Poems” • short fiction • Asimov's May 2002
awards:
• Nebula Awards 2004 — short story — nomination
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 2003 — short list
• Locus Awards 2003 — short story — 23rd place
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2003 — short story — 4th place
anthologies:
• The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3, ed. Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin & Jeffrey D. Smith, Tachyon Publications 2007
• Nebula Awards Showcase 2005, ed. Jack Dann, Penguin/Roc 2005
• Year’s Best SF 8, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Eos 2003

2001
“Moby Quilt” • short fiction • Asimov's May 2001
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2002 — novella — 6th place
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 2002

2000
“The Cloud Man” • short fiction • Asimov's Oct/Nov 2000
awards:
• Locus Awards 2001 — novelette — 17th place
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2001 — novelette — 2nd place

1999
“The Grammarian's Five Daughters” • short fiction • Realms of Fantasy Jun 1999
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 2000 — short fiction — nomination
anthologies:
• Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology, ed. Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer, PM Press 2015
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s Griffin 2000
“The Actors” • short fiction • F&SF Dec 1999
awards:
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 2000 — long list
• Locus Awards 2000 — novella — 7th place
“Stellar Harvest” • short fiction • Asimov's Apr 1999
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2000 — novelette — nomination
• Nebula Awards 2001 — novelette — nomination
• Locus Awards 2000 — novelette — 13th place
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2000 — novelette — 7th place
• HOMer Awards 2000 — novelette — winner
anthologies:
• Nebula Awards Showcase 2002, ed. Kim Stanley Robinson, Roc 2002
“Dapple: A Hwarhath Historical Romance” • short fiction • Asimov's Sep 1999
awards:
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 2000 — long list
• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2000 — second place
• Locus Awards 2000 — novelette — 12th place
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2000 — novella — 9th place
• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2000 — short fiction — winner
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2000

1998
“The Gauze Banner” • short fiction • More Amazing Stories
awards:
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1999 — short list

1996
“The Dog's Story” • short fiction • Asimov's May 1996
awards:
• Nebula Awards 1998 — novelette — nomination
• Locus Awards 1997 — novelette — 6th place

1994
“The Lovers” • short fiction • Asimov's Jul 1994
awards:
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1995 — short list
• Locus Awards 1995 — novelette — 8th place
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1995 — novelette — 2nd place

1993
Ring of Swords • novel • Tor
awards:
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1994 — short list
• Locus Awards 1994 — sf novel — 12th place
citations:
• 2009: The Science Fiction Handbook, M. Keith Booker & Anne-Marie Thomas
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
• 2003: The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
“The Hound of Merin” • short fiction • Xanadu
awards:
• Locus Awards 1994 — novelette — 17th place
As Judge — James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1993

1991
A Woman Of The Iron People • novel • Morrow
awards:
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1992 — winner
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 1992 — third place (tie)
• Locus Awards 1992 — sf novel — 13th place
• Mythopoeic Awards 1992 — adult fantasy — winner
citations:
• 2009: The Science Fiction Handbook, M. Keith Booker & Anne-Marie Thomas
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron

1989
As Judge — Philip K. Dick Award 1989

1987
Daughter of the Bear King • novel • Avon, 1987
citations:
• 2012: The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn

1978
The Sword Smith • novel • Condor, 1978
citations:
• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, Neil Barron

1977
“Going Down” • Orbit 19
anthologies:
• Orbit 19, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row 1977

1975
“The House by the Sea” • Orbit 16
anthologies:
• Orbit 16, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row 1975

1974
“The Warlord of Saturn's Moons” • short fiction • New Worlds 6
awards:
• Nebula Awards 1976 — novelette — nomination
anthologies:
• Women of Wonder: The Classic Years, ed. Pamela Sargent, Harcourt Brace 1995
• The Norton Book of Science Fiction, ed. Ursula K. Le Guin & Brian Attebery, Norton 1993
• The New Women of Wonder, ed. Pamela Sargent, Vintage 1978
“Ace 167” • Orbit 15
anthologies:
• Orbit 15, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row 1974



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