Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 6
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 43
Times Served as Judge: 2
Hugo Awards —
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(1 nomination)
Joanna Russ (University of Illinois Press)
— related work — nomination
Nebula Awards —
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(1 nomination)
“The Tomb Wife ” (F&SF Aug 2007)
— short story — nomination
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
“The Grass Princess ” (Seven Tales and a Fable)
— short fiction — winner
Seven Tales and a Fable (Edgewood Press)
— collection — winner
(7 nominations; 1 win)
Spirit: The Princess of Bois Dormant (Gollancz)
— shortlist
Midnight Lamp (Gollancz)
— shortlist
Bold as Love (Gollancz)
— winner
North Wind (Gollancz)
— shortlist
White Queen (Gollancz)
— shortlist
Kairos (Unwin Hyman)
— shortlist
Escape Plans (Allen & Unwin)
— shortlist
British Fantasy Awards —
for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(2 nominations)
Joanna Russ (University of Illinois Press)
— non-fiction — nomination
Bold as Love (Gollancz)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
(5 nominations; 1 win)
Midnight Lamp (Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
Castles Made of Sand (Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
Bold as Love (Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
“La Cenerentola ” (Interzone #136 Oct 1998)
— short fiction — winner
North Wind (Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
(7 nominations; 1 win)
The Universe of Things (Aqueduct Press)
— honor list
Life (Aqueduct Press)
— short list
“La Cenerentola ” (Interzone #136 Oct 1998)
— short list
“Balinese Dancer ” (Asimov's Sep 1997)
— short list
“Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland ” (Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex)
— long list
North Wind (Gollancz)
— short list
White Queen (Gollancz)
— winner
(1 nomination; 1 win)
Life (Aqueduct Press)
— winner
(2 nominations)
“Emergence” (Meeting Infinity)
— finalist
“The Tomb Wife ” (F&SF Aug 2007)
— shortlist
Locus Awards —
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(14 nominations)
Joanna Russ (University of Illinois Press)
— nonfiction — 4th place
The Grasshopper's Child (Tjoy Books)
— young adult book — 15th place (tie)
“Bricks, Sticks, Straw” (Edge of Infinity)
— short story — 27th place
“The Ki-Anna” (Engineering Infinity)
— novelette — 26th place
“The Vicar of Mars” (Eclipse Four)
— novelette — 25th place
The Universe of Things (Aqueduct)
— collection — 18th place
Grazing the Long Acre (PW)
— collection — 19th place
Imagination/Space: Essays and Talks on Fiction, Feminism, Technology and Politics (Aqueduct)
— nonfiction/art book — 15th place
Life (Aqueduct Press)
— sf novel — 27th place
Midnight Lamp (Gollancz)
— fantasy novel — 16th place
Castles Made of Sand (Gollancz)
— fantasy novel — 18th place
Bold as Love (Gollancz)
— fantasy novel — 19th place
Deconstructing the Starships: Science, Fiction and Reality (Liverpool University Press)
— nonfiction — 4th place
Divine Endurance (Allen & Unwin)
— first novel — 14th place