Helen Marshall
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 3
Other Awards: 4
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 27
— Major Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2015:
Gifts for the One Who Comes After (ChiZine)
collection — winner (tie)
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(2 nominations)
2015:
Gifts for the One Who Comes After (ChiZine)
collection — nomination
2014:
The Sex Lives of Monsters (Kelp Queen)
poetry collection — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2020:
The Migration (Titan)
fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) — nomination
2020:
The Migration (Titan)
horror novel (August Derleth Award) — nomination
2015:
Gifts for the One Who Comes After (ChiZine)
collection — nomination
2013:
for Hair Side, Flesh Side (ChiZine)
— Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer — winner
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(1 nomination)
2025:
Torchwood: The Hollow Choir (by Malcolm Devlin & HM) (Big Finish)
audio fiction — nomination
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2015:
Gifts for the One Who Comes After (ChiZine)
collection — winner
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(1 nomination)
2015:
Gifts for the One Who Comes After (ChiZine)
collection — 10th place
— Other Awards —
Aurealis Awards — for SF/F/H works published in Australia; juried
(3 nominations; 2 wins)
2026:
Story Thinking and the Real-world Applications of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writing (by Lisa Bennett, HM & Kim Wilkins) (Bloomsbury)
Convenors' Award — winner
2024:
The Gold Leaf Executions (Unsung Stories)
collection — nomination
2024:
“Science fiction for hire? Notes towards an emerging practice of creative futurism” (by HM, Kathleen Jennings & Joanne Anderton) (Text Journal of Writing and Writing Courses 27 (2))
Convenors' Award — winner
Aurora Awards — for Canadian SF/F in English and in French, voted by members of annual convention
(10 nominations; 1 win)
2015:
Gifts for the One Who Comes After (ChiZine)
related work — nomination
2015:
“Aversions” (Goblin Fruit Oct 2014)
poem/song — nomination
2014:
“The Collected Post Cards of Billy the Kid” (Postscripts to Darkness Nov 2013)
poem/song in English — nomination
2013:
Hair Side, Flesh Side (ChiZine Publications)
related work in English — nomination
2013:
“The Ghost of Birds” (Phantom Drift 2: Valuable Estrangements Wordcraft of Oregon)
poem/song in English — nomination
2013:
(Sandra Kasturi, HM & James Bambury)
— fan organizational — nomination
2013:
— fan related work — nomination
2012:
“Skeleton Leaves” (Kelp Queen Press)
poem or song — winner
2012:
(HM & Sandra Kasturi)
— fan organizational — nomination
2011:
“Waiting for the Harrowing” (ChiZine #45)
poem/song in English — nomination
Elgin Awards — for poetry chapbooks and books, presented by the SF Poetry Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2014:
The Sex Lives of Monsters (Kelp Queen Press)
Chapbook — winner
Sunburst Award — for novel or book-length collection by a Canadian, juried
(3 nominations)
2026:
The Lady, the Tiger, and the Girl Who Loved Death (Titan)
shortlist (pending)
2020:
The Migration (Random House Canada)
adult
2017:
“Caro in Carno” (The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu)
Short Story
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