Geoff Ryman
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 11
Other Awards: 5
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 73
Times Served as Judge: 2
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(2 nominations)
2012:
“What We Found” (F&SF Sep/Oct 2011)
— novelette — nomination
2007:
“Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2006)
— novelette — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(5 nominations; 1 win)
2012:
“What We Found” (F&SF Sep/Oct 2011)
— novelette — winner
2008:
“Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2006)
— novelette — nomination
2006:
Air (Or, Have Not Have) (St. Martin's)
— novel — nomination
1995:
“Fan” (Unconquered Countries)
— novella — nomination
1988:
The Unconquered Country (Bantam Spectra)
— novella — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2007:
“Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2006)
— short fiction — nomination
1993:
"Was…" (HarperCollins UK; Knopf)
— novel — nomination
1985:
“The Unconquered Country” (Interzone #7 Spring 1984)
— novella — winner
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2006:
Air (Or, Have Not Have) (Gollancz)
— winner
1990:
The Child Garden (Unwin Hyman)
— winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(2 nominations)
1998:
“Family” (Interzone #127 Jan 1998)
— short story — nomination
1985:
The Unconquered Country (Interzone #7 Spr)
— short story — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(11 nominations; 4 wins)
2024:
HIM (Angry Robot)
— novel — nomination
2017:
“100 African Writers of SFF” (Tor.com 6 Jul, 1 Nov 2016)
— nonfiction — winner
2006:
Air (Or, Have Not Have) (Gollancz)
— novel — winner
2004:
“Birth Days” (Interzone #188 Apr 2003)
— short fiction — nomination
2002:
Lust (Flamingo)
— novel — nomination
1996:
“Warmth”
— short fiction — nomination
1990:
The Child Garden (Unwin Hyman)
— novel — nomination
1988:
“Love Sickness” (Interzone #20 Summer 1987, #21 Autumn 1987)
— short fiction — winner
1986:
The Warrior Who Carried Life (Allen & Unwin)
— novel — nomination
1986:
“O Happy Day!” (Interzone: The 1st Anthology)
— short fiction — nomination
1985:
“The Unconquered Country” (Interzone #7 Spring 1984)
— short fiction — winner
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2006:
Air (Or, Have Not Have) (St. Martin's)
— winner
2006:
Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Speculative Fiction (Nalo Hopkinson & GR, eds.)
— long list
2004:
“Birth Days” (Interzone #188 Apr 2003)
— short list
1995:
Unconquered Countries (St. Martin's)
— short list
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2005:
Air (Or, Have Not Have) (St. Martin's Griffin)
— second place
1990:
The Child Garden (Unwin Hyman)
— winner
1988:
The Unconquered Country (Bantam Spectra)
— third place
Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2005:
Air (Or, Have Not Have) (St. Martin's Griffin)
— finalist
1999:
253: The Print Remix (St. Martin's Griffin)
— winner
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(2 nominations)
2002:
“Have Not Have” (F&SF Apr 2001)
— shortlist
2000:
“Everywhere” (Interzone #140 Feb 1999)
— shortlist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(26 nominations)
2017:
“Those Shadows Laugh” (F&SF Sep/Oct 2016)
— novelette — 8th place
2014:
“Rosary and Goldenstar” (F&SF Sep/Oct 2013)
— short story — 11th place
2012:
“What We Found” (F&SF Sep/Oct 2011)
— novelette — 3rd place
2012:
Paradise Tales (Small Beer)
— collection — 6th place
2010:
“Blocked” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2009)
— short story — 10th place
2009:
“Days of Wonder” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2008)
— novelette — 16th place
2009:
“The Film-makers of Mars” (Tor.com Dec 2008)
— short story — 19th place
2007:
“Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2006)
— novelette — 2nd place
2006:
“The Last Ten Years in the Life of Hero Kai” (F&SF Dec 2005)
— novelette — 8th place
2006:
Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Speculative Fiction (Nalo Hopkinson & GR, eds.) (Edge Publishing)
— anthology — 12th place
2005:
Air (Or, Have Not Have) (St. Martin's)
— sf novel — 14th place
2004:
“Birth Days” (Interzone #188 Apr 2003)
— short story — 33rd place
2003:
V.A.O. (PS Publishing)
— novelette — 20th place
2002:
“Have Not Have” (F&SF Apr 2001)
— novelette — 12th place
2000:
“Everywhere” (Interzone #140 Feb 1999)
— short story — 12th place (tie)
1996:
“Home” (Interzone #93 Mar 1995)
— short story — 14th place
1995:
“A Fall of Angels, or On the Possibility of Life Under Extreme Conditions” (Unconquered Countries)
— novella — 12th place
1995:
“Fan” (Unconquered Countries; Interzone #81 Mar 1994)
— novella — 14th place
1995:
Unconquered Countries (St. Martin's)
— collection — 5th place
1993:
"Was…" (HarperCollins UK; Knopf)
— fantasy novel — 5th place
1990:
The Child Garden (Unwin Hyman)
— sf novel — 21st place
1988:
“Love Sickness” (Interzone #20 Summer 1987, #21 Autumn 1987)
— novella — 8th place
1987:
The Unconquered Country (Allen & Unwin)
— fantasy novel — 22nd place
1986:
The Warrior Who Carried Life (Allen & Unwin)
— first novel — 15th place
1986:
“O Happy Day!” (Interzone: The 1st Anthology)
— novelette — 22nd place
1985:
“The Unconquered Country” (Interzone #7 Spring 1984)
— novella — 12th place
— Other Awards —
Aurora Awards — for Canadian SF/F in English and in French, voted by members of annual convention
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2006:
Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Speculative Fiction (Nalo Hopkinson & GR, eds.) (Edge Publishing)
— other work in English — winner
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2004:
Lust (St. Martin's)
— novel — nomination
2002:
"Was…"
— hall of fame — winner
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(4 nominations; 1 win)
1996:
“Warmth” (Interzone #100 Oct 1995)
— fiction — 3rd place (tie)
1995:
“Dead Space for the Unexpected” (Interzone #88 Oct 1994)
— fiction — 10th place (tie)
1995:
“Fan” (Interzone #81 Mar 1994)
— fiction — 6th place (tie)
1985:
“The Unconquered Country” (Interzone #7 Spring 1984)
— fiction — winner
Lambda Award — for gay and lesbian literature, juried
(1 nomination)
2012:
Paradise Tales (Small Beer Press)
— sf/fantasy/horror — nomination
Sunburst Award — for novel or book-length collection by a Canadian, juried
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2012:
Paradise Tales (Small Beer)
— Adult — winner
2005:
Air (Or, Have Not Have) (St. Martin's)
— winner
William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award — for first fantasy book, juried
(1 nomination)
1988:
The Warrior Who Carried Life
— finalist
— As Judge —
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