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science fiction awards database

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55
“Read It in the Headlines!”
anthologies:
• Year’s Best Fantasy 6, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Tachyon Publications 2006

2023
The Sinister Booksellers of Bath • novel • Orion UK/Gollancz
awards:
• Lodestar Award 2024 — finalist
• Locus Awards 2024 — young adult novel — 2nd place
• Aurealis Awards 2024 — fantasy novel — nomination
• Ditmar Awards 2024 — novel — winner
“The Unexpected Excursion of the Murder Mystery Writing Witches” • short fiction • The Book of Witches
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2024 — fantasy short story — nomination
“Showdown on Planetoid Pencrux” • short fiction • Asimov's Jul/Aug 2023
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2024 — sf novella — nomination

2022
“The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch” • short fiction • Tor.com 13 Jul 2022
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2023 — sf novella — nomination

2021
Terciel & Elinor • novel • Katherine Tegan
awards:
• Locus Awards 2022 — young adult novel — 6th place
• Aurealis Awards 2022 — young adult novel — nomination
• Mythopoeic Awards 2022 — adult literature — nomination

2020
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London • novel • HarperCollins/Tegen Books
awards:
• Locus Awards 2021 — fantasy novel — 7th place
• Aurealis Awards 2021 — fantasy novel — winner
• Aurealis Awards 2021 — young adult novel — nomination
• Ditmar Awards 2021 — novel — winner
• Mythopoeic Awards 2021 — adult literature — nomination
“The Case of the Somewhat Mythic Sword” • short fiction • Tor.com 29 Jan 2020
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2021 — fantasy short story — nomination
“Many Mouths to Make a Meal” • short fiction • Final Cuts
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2021 — horror short story — nomination

2019
Angel Mage • novel • Katherine Tegen Books
awards:
• Locus Awards 2020 — young adult book — 7th place
• Aurealis Awards 2020 — fantasy novel — winner
“Mee-Ow”
anthologies:
• Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, ed. Ellen Datlow, Saga Press 2019

2018
“The Staff in the Stone” • short fiction • The Book of Magic
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2019 — fantasy novella — winner
anthologies:
• The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume Thirteen, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2019
• The Book of Magic, ed. Gardner Dozois, Bantam 2018

2017
Frogkisser! • novel • Scholastic Press
awards:
• Locus Awards 2018 — young adult book — 10th place
• Aurealis Awards 2018 — young adult novel — nomination
• Mythopoeic Awards 2018 — children's literature — winner
“The Seventeen-Year Itch”
anthologies:
• Haunted Nights, ed. Ellen Datlow & Lisa Morton, Penguin Random House/Blumhouse Books/Anchor 2017
“Conversations with an Armory” • short fiction • Infinity Wars
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2018 — sf short story — winner
anthologies:
• Infinity Wars, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2017
“A Long, Cold Trail”
anthologies:
• The Book of Swords, ed. Gardner Dozois, Bantam 2017

2016
Goldenhand • novel • HarperCollins
awards:
• Locus Awards 2017 — young adult book — 5th place
• Aurealis Awards 2017 — young adult novel — nomination
“Penny for a Match, Mister?” • short fiction • The Starlit Wood
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2017 — fantasy short story — nomination
• Aurealis Awards 2017 — horror short story — nomination

2015
To Hold the Bridge • collection • HarperCollins
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2016 — collection — winner
“By Frogsled and Lizardback to Outcast Venusian Lepers” • short fiction • Old Venus
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2016 — sf novella — winner
anthologies:
• Old Venus, ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam 2015

2014
Clariel • novel • Allen & Unwin
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2015 — young adult novel — nomination
Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen • novel • HarperCollins
awards:
• Locus Awards 2015 — young adult book — 4th place
• Ditmar Awards 2015 — novel — nomination
“Shay Corsham Worsted” • short fiction • Fearful Symmetries
awards:
• Shirley Jackson Awards 2015 — short fiction — nomination
• Locus Awards 2015 — short story — 27th place
• Aurealis Awards 2015 — horror short story — nomination
anthologies:
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Nine, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2015
• The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven, ed. Ellen Datlow, Night Shade Books 2015
• Fearful Symmetries, ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications 2014
“Home is the Haunter” • short fiction • Fearsome Magics
awards:
• Locus Awards 2015 — novelette — 32nd place
anthologies:
• Fearsome Magics: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy 2, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2014
“Happy Go Lucky” • short fiction • Kaleidoscope
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2015 — sf short story — nomination
“A Cargo of Ivories”
anthologies:
• Rogues, ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam 2014

2013
Newt's Emerald • novel • Jill Grinberg Literary Management
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2014 — fantasy novel — nomination
“Fire Above, Fire Below” • short fiction • Tor.com 8 May 2013
awards:
• Locus Awards 2014 — short story — 24th place
Peter McNamara Award 2014 — winner

2012
A Confusion of Princes • novel • Allen & Unwin
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2013 — sf novel — nomination
“You Won't Feel a Thing”
anthologies:
• After, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Hyperion Books for Children 2012
“A Handful of Ashes”
anthologies:
• Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Random House 2012

2011
“Vampire Weather”
anthologies:
• Teeth: Vampire Tales, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Harper 2011
“Peace in our Time”
anthologies:
• Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution, ed. Ann VanderMeer, Tachyon Publications 2012

2010
The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 7: Lord Sunday • novel • HarperCollins Children's Books UK
awards:
• Locus Awards 2011 — young adult book — 10th place
“To Hold the Bridge” • short fiction • Legends of Australian Fantasy
awards:
• Locus Awards 2011 — novelette — 29th place
“A Suitable Present for a Sorcerous Puppet” • short fiction • Swords & Dark Magic
awards:
• Locus Awards 2011 — short story — 25th place
anthologies:
• Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery, ed. Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders, Eos 2010

2009
“Stop!”
anthologies:
• The Dragon Book, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley 2009
“Punctuality”
anthologies:
• The New Space Opera 2, ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos 2009
“An Unwelcome Guest”
anthologies:
• Troll's Eye View, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking 2009

2008
“Old Friends”
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-sixth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's 2009
“Infestation” • The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2010
• By Blood We Live, ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books 2009
• The Starry Rift, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking 2008
“Beyond the Sea Gate of the Scholar-Pirates of Sarsköe” • short fiction • Fast Ships, Black Sails
awards:
• Locus Awards 2009 — novelette — 28th place
anthologies:
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2009

2007
“Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go to War Again” • short fiction • Jim Baen's Universe Apr 2007
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2008 — fantasy short story — winner
• Ditmar Awards 2008 — novella — nomination
“Ser Hereward and Mister Fitz Go to War” • Jim Baen's Universe (online) Apr 2007
anthologies:
• Fantasy: The Best of the Year: 2008 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Wildside Press/Prime Books 2008
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: Twenty-first Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, St. Martin’s 2008
• Year’s Best Fantasy 8, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Tachyon Publications 2008
“Holly and Iron” • short fiction • Wizards
awards:
• Locus Awards 2008 — novelette — 24th place
• Aurealis Awards 2008 — young adult short story — nomination
anthologies:
• Wizards, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley 2007
“Bad Luck, Trouble, Death, and Vampire Sex” • short fiction • Eclipse
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2008 — young adult short story — nomination
• Ditmar Awards 2008 — short story — nomination
anthologies:
• Eclipse One: New Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2007
Ditmar Awards 2008 — professional achievement — nomination

2006
The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 4: Sir Thursday • novel • Scholastic
awards:
• Locus Awards 2007 — young adult book — 5th place

2005
The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 3: Drowned Wednesday • novel • Allen & Unwin
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2006 — children's long fiction — winner
• Ditmar Awards 2006 — novel — nomination
Across the Wall • collection • HarperCollins/Eos
awards:
• Locus Awards 2006 — collection — 18th place
“Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case” • short fiction • Across the Wall
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2006 — Golden Aurealis short story — winner
• Aurealis Awards 2006 — young adult short story — winner

2004
The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 2: Grim Tuesday • novel • Scholastic
awards:
• Locus Awards 2005 — young adult book — 9th place
The Abhorsen Trilogy • novel • HarperCollins
awards:
• Mythopoeic Awards 2005 — children's literature — nomination

2003
The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 1: Mister Monday • novel • Scholastic
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2004 — children's long fiction — winner
Abhorsen • novel • HarperCollins/Eos
awards:
• Locus Awards 2004 — young adult book — 2nd place
• Aurealis Awards 2004 — young adult novel — winner (tie)
• Aurealis Awards 2004 — fantasy novel — winner
• Ditmar Awards 2004 — novel — nomination
“Hope Chest” • short fiction • Firebirds
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2004 — fantasy short story — nomination

2001
Lirael • novel • Allen & Unwin
awards:
• Locus Awards 2002 — fantasy novel — 15th place
• Aurealis Awards 2002 — young adult novel — nomination
• Aurealis Awards 2002 — fantasy novel — nomination
• Ditmar Awards 2002 — novel — winner
“Lightning Bringer” • short fiction • Love & Sex: Ten Stories of Truth
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 2002 — young adult short story — nomination

2000
“Hansel's Eyes” • A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales
anthologies:
• A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster 2000

1998
Golden Duck Awards 1999 — special award — winner

1997
Shade's Children • novel • Allen & Unwin
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 1998 — young adult novel — nomination

1995
Sabriel • novel • Moonstone/HarperCollins
awards:
• Aurealis Awards 1996 — young adult novel — winner (tie)
• Aurealis Awards 1996 — fantasy novel — winner
• Ditmar Awards 1996 — long fiction — nomination
citations:
• 2015: 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime, Amazon Editors
• 2009: 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison



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