Elizabeth Bear


science fiction awards database

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2023
As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2023

2021
A Blessing of Unicorns • short fiction • Audible Originals
awards:
• Locus Awards 2022 — novella — 9th place
“The Red Mother” • short fiction • Tor.com 23 Jun 2021
awards:
• Locus Awards 2022 — novelette — 6th place
“A Blessing of Unicorns” • short fiction • Asimov's Sep/Oct 2021
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2022 — novella — winner
As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2021

2020
The Best of Elizabeth Bear • Subterranean
awards:
• Locus Awards 2021 — collection — 2nd place
Machine • novel • Saga Press
awards:
• Dragon Awards 2021 — sf novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 2021 — sf novel — 7th place
As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2020

2019
Ancestral Night • novel • Saga
awards:
• Locus Awards 2020 — sf novel — 2nd place
“Soft Edges”
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction, Volume 1, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 2020
“Lest We Forget” • short fiction • Uncanny May/Jun 2019
awards:
• Locus Awards 2020 — short story — 4th place
“Erase, Erase, Erase” • short fiction • F&SF Sep/Oct 2019
awards:
• Locus Awards 2020 — novelette — 4th place
anthologies:
• The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020, ed. Diana Gabaldon & John Joseph Adams, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner 2020
“Deriving Life”
anthologies:
• The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 5, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2020
“Bullet Point”
anthologies:
• The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020, ed. Diana Gabaldon & John Joseph Adams, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner 2020
“A Time to Reap” • short fiction • Uncanny Dec 2019
awards:
• Locus Awards 2020 — novella — 7th place
As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2019

2018
Stone Mad • novella • Tor.com Publishing
awards:
• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2019 — novel — winner
“Okay, Glory” • short fiction • Twelve Tomorrows
awards:
• Locus Awards 2019 — novelette — 3rd place
anthologies:
• The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume Thirteen, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2019
• The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 4, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2019
“No Work of Mine”
anthologies:
• The Book of Magic, ed. Gardner Dozois, Bantam 2018
As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2018
As Judge — Endeavour Award 2018

2017
The Stone in the Skull • novel • Tor
awards:
• Locus Awards 2018 — fantasy novel — 2nd place
“The King's Evil”
anthologies:
• The Book of Swords, ed. Gardner Dozois, Bantam 2017
“Perfect Gun”
anthologies:
• Infinity Wars, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2017
As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2017

2016
As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2016

2015
Karen Memory • novel • Tor
awards:
• Locus Awards 2016 — fantasy novel — 3rd place
“The Heart's Filthy Lesson” • short fiction • Old Venus
awards:
• Locus Awards 2016 — novelette — 5th place
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2016 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2016
• The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume Ten, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Rebellion/Solaris 2016
• Old Venus, ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam 2015
“In Libres”
anthologies:
• Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2017
As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2015

2014
Steles of the Sky • novel • Tor
awards:
• Locus Awards 2015 — fantasy novel — 4th place
“This Chance Planet” • short fiction • Tor.com 22 Oct 2014
awards:
• Locus Awards 2015 — short story — 6th place
“The Hand is Quicker” • short fiction • The Book of Silverberg
awards:
• Locus Awards 2015 — novelette — 3rd 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: Thirty-Second Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2015
• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2015 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2015
• The Book of Silverberg, ed. Gardner Dozois & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 2014
“Madam Damnable's Sewing Circle”
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2015 Edition, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2015
“Covenant” • short fiction • Hieroglyph
awards:
• Locus Awards 2015 — short story — 2nd place
anthologies:
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Nine, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2015
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2015
As Judge — Philip K. Dick Award 2014
As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2014

2013
“The Governess”
anthologies:
• Queen Victoria's Book of Spells, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Tor 2013
“The Ghost Makers”
anthologies:
• Swords Against Darkness, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2017
• The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2014 Edition, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2014
• Fearsome Journeys, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2013
As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2013

2012
SF Squeecast (by EB, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente presenters; David McHone-Chase, technical producer)
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2013 — fancast — winner
Shoggoths in Bloom • collection • Prime Books
awards:
• Locus Awards 2013 — collection — winner
Range of Ghosts • novel • Tor
awards:
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 2013 — honor list
• Locus Awards 2013 — fantasy novel — 18th place
“The Wreck of the Charles Dexter Ward” (by Sarah Monette & EB) • short fiction • Drabblecast 31 Aug - 6 Sep 2012
awards:
• Locus Awards 2013 — novelette — 12th place
“The Wreck of the "Charles Dexter Ward"” (by Sarah Monette & EB) • Drabblecast 2012
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2013
“The Slaughtered Lamb”
anthologies:
• Magic City: Recent Spells, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2014
“The Deeps of the Sky” • short fiction • Edge of Infinity
awards:
• Locus Awards 2013 — short story — 3rd place
anthologies:
• The Final Frontier, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2018
• Edge of Infinity, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2012
“No Decent Patrimony” • short fiction • Rip-Off!
awards:
• Locus Awards 2013 — novelette — 30th place
“In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns” • short fiction • Asimov's Jan 2012
awards:
• Locus Awards 2013 — novella — 4th place
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2013 — novella — 4th place
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2013 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2013
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2013
“Faster Gun” • short fiction • Tor.com Aug 2012
awards:
• Locus Awards 2013 — novelette — 2nd place

2011
SF Squeecast (by Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, EB & Catherynne M. Valente)
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2012 — fancast — winner
Grail • novel • Ballantine Spectra
awards:
• Locus Awards 2012 — sf novel — 7th place
• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2012 — novel — nomination
“The Romance”
anthologies:
• Supernatural Noir, ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse 2011
“Needles”
anthologies:
• Blood and Other Cravings, ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor 2011
“King Pole, Gallows Pole, Bottle Tree”
anthologies:
• Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy, ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's Griffin 2011
“Dolly” • short fiction • Asimov's Jan 2011
awards:
• Locus Awards 2012 — short story — 12th place
anthologies:
• More Human than Human, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2017
• Year's Best SF 17, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Harper Voyager US 2012
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-ninth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2012

2010
Chill • novel • Ballantine Spectra
awards:
• Philip K. Dick Award 2011 — finalist
• Locus Awards 2011 — sf novel — 10th place
Bone and Jewel Creatures • novella • Subterranean Press
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 2011 — novella — nomination
• Locus Awards 2011 — novella — 2nd place

2009
Seven for a Secret • novella • Subterranean Press
awards:
• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2010 — novel — nomination
By the Mountain Bound • novel • Tor
awards:
• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2010 — novel — nomination
“The Horrid Glory of Its Wings”
anthologies:
• New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City That Never Sleeps, ed. Paula Guran, Night Shade Books 2017
• The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2010 Edition, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2010
“Swell”
anthologies:
• Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep by Paula Guran, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2015
• Eclipse Three, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2009
“Mongoose” (by Sarah Monette & EB) • short fiction • Lovecraft Unbound
awards:
• Locus Awards 2010 — novelette — 11th 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
• In Space No One Can Hear You Scream, ed. Hank Davis, Baen 2013
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2010
• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2010
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2010
• Lovecraft Unbound, ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books 2009
“Cuckoo” (by Emma Bull, EB & Leah Bobet) • short fiction • Shadow Unit 2 Aug 2009
awards:
• Locus Awards 2010 — novella — 6th place

2008
The Stratford Man (Hell and Earth/Ink and Steel) • novel • Roc
awards:
• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2009 — novel — winner
Dust • novel • Bantam Spectra
awards:
• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2008 — novel — nomination
All the Windwracked Stars • novel • Tor
awards:
• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2009 — nomination
“Sonny Liston Takes the Fall” • The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy
anthologies:
• The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Ellen Datlow, Ballantine Del Rey 2008
“Shoggoths in Bloom” • short fiction • Asimov's Mar 2008
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2009 — novelette — winner
• Locus Awards 2009 — novelette — 2nd place
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2010
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2009
• Year's Best Fantasy 9, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Tor 2009
“Hobnoblin Blues” • Realms of Fantasy Feb 2008
anthologies:
• Rock On: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2012
“Boojum” (by EB & Sarah Monette) • short fiction • Fast Ships, Black Sails
awards:
• Locus Awards 2009 — short story — 3rd place
anthologies:
• Space Opera, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2014
• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2010
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-sixth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's 2009
• Year's Best SF 14, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Eos 2009

2007
Whiskey and Water • novel • Roc
awards:
• Locus Awards 2008 — fantasy novel — 10th place
• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2008 — novel — nomination
Undertow • novel • Bantam Spectra
awards:
• Philip K. Dick Award 2008 — finalist
• Locus Awards 2008 — sf novel — 11th place
New Amsterdam • novel • Subterranean Press
awards:
• Locus Awards 2008 — collection — 6th place
• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2008 — novel — nomination
A Companion to Wolves (by Sarah Monette & EB) • novel • Tor
awards:
• Lambda Award 2008 — sf/fantasy/horror — nomination
“Tideline” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 2007
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2008 — short story — winner
• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2008 — winner (tie)
• Locus Awards 2008 — short story — 4th place
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2008 — short story — winner
anthologies:
• Twenty-First Century Science Fiction, ed. David G. Hartwell & Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor 2013
• Robots: The Recent A.I., ed. Rich Horton & Sean Wallace, Prime Books 2012
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-fifth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 2008
“Orm the Beautiful” • short fiction • Clarkesworld Magazine Jan 2007
awards:
• Locus Awards 2008 — short story — 18th place
• WSFA Small Press Award 2008 — shortlist — nomination
anthologies:
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Two, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2008
“Les Innocents/Lumiere” • short fiction • New Amsterdam
awards:
• Sidewise Awards 2008 — short form — nomination
“Inelastic Collisions” • Inferno
anthologies:
• Inferno, ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor 2007
“Cryptic Coloration” • short fiction • Jim Baen's Universe Jun 2007
awards:
• Locus Awards 2008 — novelette — 9th place
anthologies:
• New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City That Never Sleeps, ed. Paula Guran, Night Shade Books 2017
• Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2013

2006
Carnival • novel • Bantam Spectra
awards:
• Philip K. Dick Award 2007 — special citation
• Locus Awards 2007 — sf novel — 4th place
• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2007 — novel — nomination
• Lambda Award 2007 — sf/fantasy/horror — nomination
“Wane” • short fiction • Interzone #203 Apr 2006
awards:
• Locus Awards 2007 — novelette — 13th place
“The Inevitable Heat Death of the Universe” • Subterranean #4 2006
anthologies:
• Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology, ed. James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel, Tachyon Publications 2012
“The Ile of Dogges” (by EB & Sarah Monette) • Aeon Aug 2006
anthologies:
• Time Travel: Recent Trips, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2014
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-fourth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 2007
“The Cold Blacksmith” • Jim Baen's Universe (online) Jun 2006
anthologies:
• Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2012
“Sounding” • short fiction • Strange Horizons
awards:
• British SF Association Awards 2007 — short fiction — nomination
“Love Among the Talus” • Strange Horizons (online) Dec 11 2006
anthologies:
• Warrior Women, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2015
“Gone to Flowers” • Eidolon I
anthologies:
• Eidolon 1, ed. Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G. Byrne, Prime 2006

2005
Hammered/Scardown/Worldwired • Bantam Spectra
awards:
• Locus Awards 2006 — first novel — winner
“Wax” • short fiction • Interzone #201 Dec 2005
awards:
• Locus Awards 2006 — novelette — 7th place
• Interzone Readers Poll 2007 — story — 8th place
anthologies:
• Fantasy: The Best of the Year: 2006 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Wildside Press/Prime Books 2006
“Two Dreams on Trains” • short fiction • Strange Horizons 3 Jan 2005
awards:
• British SF Association Awards 2006 — short fiction — nomination
anthologies:
• Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology, ed. James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel, Tachyon Publications 2007
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2006
“The House of the Rising Sun” • The Third Alternative #42 2005
anthologies:
• By Blood We Live, ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books 2009
“Follow Me Light” • Sci Fiction website Jan 12 2005
anthologies:
• Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold, ed. Paula Guran, Night Shade Books 2016
• The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror 2006: Nineteenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, St. Martin’s Griffin 2006
“And the Deep Blue Sea” • Sci Fiction website May 4 2005
anthologies:
• The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2010
• Wastelands, ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books 2007

2004
“This Tragic Glass” • short fiction • Sci Fiction 7 Apr 2004
awards:
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 2005 — long list
anthologies:
• The Time Traveler's Almanac, ed. Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer, Tor 2014
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer 2005 — winner



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