Ian McDonald


science fiction awards database

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2019
Luna • Tor
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2020 — series — nomination
Luna: Moon Rising • novel • Tor
awards:
• Locus Awards 2020 — sf novel — 9th place
• Prometheus Awards 2020 — novel — nomination
“Twelve Letters to My Daughter on the Moon”
anthologies:
• The Unquiet Dreamer: A Tribute to Harlan Ellison, ed. Preston Grassmann, PS Publishing 2019

2018
Time Was • novella • Tor.com
awards:
• British SF Association Awards 2019 — shorter fiction — winner
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2019 — finalist
• Philip K. Dick Award 2019 — finalist
• Locus Awards 2019 — novella — 6th place
“Ten Landscapes of Nili Fossae”
anthologies:
• The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 4, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2019

2017
Luna: New Moon • novel • Orion/Gollancz
awards:
• Locus Awards 2018 — sf novel — 10th place

2016
The Best of Ian McDonald • collection • PS Publishing
awards:
• Locus Awards 2017 — collection — 7th place
“Women's Christmas” • Now We Are Ten
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-fourth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2017

2015
Luna: New Moon • novel • Orion/Gollancz
awards:
• British SF Association Awards 2016 — novel — nomination
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2016 — finalist
• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2016 — novel — winner
“The Falls: A Luna Story” • Meeting Infinity
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-third Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2016
• Meeting Infinity, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2015
“Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan” • short fiction • Old Venus
awards:
• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2016 — finalist
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-third Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2016
• The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume Ten, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Rebellion/Solaris 2016
• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2016 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2016
• The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume One, ed. Neil Clarke, Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 2016
• Old Venus, ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam 2015

2014
Empress of the Sun • novel • Quercus/Jo Fletcher
awards:
• Locus Awards 2015 — young adult book — 3rd place
“The Queen of Night's Aria” • Old Mars
anthologies:
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Eight, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2014
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-first Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2014
“The Fifth Dragon” • short fiction • Reach for Infinity
awards:
• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2015 — finalist
• Locus Awards 2015 — novelette — 7th place
anthologies:
• The Eagle Has Landed: 50 Years of Lunar Science Fiction, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2019
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2015
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Nine, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2015
• Reach for Infinity, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2014

2013
“The Queen of the Night's Aria” • short fiction • Old Mars
awards:
• Locus Awards 2014 — novelette — 14th place
anthologies:
• Old Mars, ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam 2013

2012
Be My Enemy • novel • Pyr
awards:
• Locus Awards 2013 — young adult book — 6th place

2011
Planesrunner • novel • Prometheus/Pyr
awards:
• Locus Awards 2012 — young adult book — 2nd place
• Golden Duck Awards 2012 — Hal Clement Award (young adult) — nomination
• Sidewise Awards 2012 — long form — nomination
“Digging” • Life on Mars: Tales from the New Frontier
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-ninth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2012
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2012
• Life on Mars: Tales of the New Frontier, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking 2011

2010
The Dervish House • novel • Pyr
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2011 — novel — nomination
• Arthur C. Clarke Award 2011 — shortlist
• British SF Association Awards 2011 — novel — winner
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2011 — winner
• Locus Awards 2011 — sf novel — 3rd place
• Seiun Awards 2015 — translated novel — nomination
• SF Site Readers Poll 2011 — sf/fantasy book — winner
citations:
• 2012: 21st Century SF Novel, Locus Online
• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn
“Tonight We Fly” • short fiction • Masked
awards:
• Locus Awards 2011 — short story — 13th place
anthologies:
• Superheroes, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2013

2009
Cyberabad Days • collection • Pyr
awards:
• British Fantasy Awards 2010 — collection — nomination
• Philip K. Dick Award 2010 — special citation
• Locus Awards 2010 — collection — 3rd place
• Phantastik Preis 2013 — foreign novel — 6th place
“Vishnu at the Cat Circus” • short fiction • Cyberabad Days
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2010 — novella — nomination
• British SF Association Awards 2010 — short fiction — nomination
• Locus Awards 2010 — novella — 3rd place
• Seiun Awards 2013 — translated story — nomination
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2010

2008
“The Tear” • short fiction • Galactic Empires
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2009 — novella — nomination
• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2009 — third place
• Locus Awards 2009 — novella — 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
• Galactic Empires, ed. Gardner Dozois, SFBC 2008
“The Dust Assassin” • short fiction • The Starry Rift
awards:
• Locus Awards 2009 — novelette — 25th place
anthologies:
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2009
• The Starry Rift, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking 2008
“An Eligible Boy” • short fiction • Fast Forward 2
awards:
• Locus Awards 2009 — novelette — 26th place
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-sixth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's 2009
“[A Ghost Samba]” • Postscripts Sum 2008
anthologies:
• Other Worlds Than These, ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books 2012

2007
Brasyl • novel • Pyr
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2008 — novel — nomination
• Nebula Awards 2009 — novel — nomination
• British SF Association Awards 2008 — novel — winner
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2008 — finalist
• Locus Awards 2008 — sf novel — 4th place
• Quill Award 2007 — sf/fantasy/horror — nomination
• SF Site Readers Poll 2008 — sf/fantasy book — 3rd place
citations:
• 2017: Critical Survey of Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature, Third Edition, Paul Di Filippo
• 2009: The Science Fiction Handbook, M. Keith Booker & Anne-Marie Thomas
“Verthandi's Ring” • short fiction • The New Space Opera
awards:
• Locus Awards 2008 — short story — 20th place
anthologies:
• Galactic Empires, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2017
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-fifth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 2008
• The New Space Opera, ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos 2007
“Sanjeev and Robotwallah” • short fiction • Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge
awards:
• Locus Awards 2008 — short story — 25th place
anthologies:
• Year’s Best SF 13, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Eos 2008
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-fifth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 2008

2006
“The Djinn's Wife” • short fiction • Asimov's Jul 2006
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2007 — novelette — winner
• British Fantasy Awards 2007 — novella — nomination
• British SF Association Awards 2007 — short fiction — winner
• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2007 — shortlist
• Locus Awards 2007 — novelette — 8th place
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2007 — novelette — 2nd place
• Seiun Awards 2008 — translated short form — nomination
anthologies:
• More Human than Human, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2017
• Robots: The Recent A.I., ed. Rich Horton & Sean Wallace, Prime Books 2012
• The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume One, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2007
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-fourth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 2007
“Kyle Meets the River” • short fiction • Forbidden Planets (Crowther)
awards:
• Locus Awards 2007 — short story — 23rd place

2005
The Little Goddess • short fiction
awards:
• Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2013 — Foreign Short Fiction — winner
• Seiun Awards 2012 — translated story — nomination
“The Little Goddess” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 2005
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2006 — novella — nomination
• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2006 — second place
• Locus Awards 2006 — novella — 6th place
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2006 — novella — 2nd place (tie)
• Xatafi-Cyberdark 2006 — foreign story — nomination
anthologies:
• The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2019
• Science Fiction: The Very Best of 2005, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Locus Press 2006
• Best Short Novels: 2006, ed. Jonathan Strahan, SFBC 2006
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2006

2004
River of Gods • novel • Simon & Schuster
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2005 — novel — nomination
• Arthur C. Clarke Award 2005 — shortlist
• British SF Association Awards 2005 — novel — winner
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 2005 — long list
• Locus Awards 2005 — sf novel — 9th place
• Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2011 — Translated Novel — winner
• SF Site Readers Poll 2006 — sf/fantasy book — 9th place (tie)
citations:
• 2012: Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985 - 2010, Damien Broderick & Paul Di Filippo
• 2012: 21st Century SF Novel, Locus Online
• 2009: The Science Fiction Handbook, M. Keith Booker & Anne-Marie Thomas
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn

2002
“The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars” • short fiction • Mars Probes
awards:
• Locus Awards 2003 — novelette — 24th place
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2003
“The Hidden Place” • short fiction • Asimov's Oct/Nov 2002
awards:
• Locus Awards 2003 — novelette — 21st place

2001
Ares Express • novel • Simon & Schuster/Earthlight
awards:
• Italia Awards 2019 — international novel — winner
As Judge — James White Award 2001

2000
Tendeléo's Story • novella • PS Publishing
awards:
• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2001 — winner
• Locus Awards 2001 — novella — 19th place
“Tendeléo's Story”
anthologies:
• Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2018
• The Best of the Best, Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2007
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2001

1998
Kirinya • novel • Gollancz
awards:
• Locus Awards 1999 — sf novel — 28th place
citations:
• 2009: The Science Fiction Handbook, M. Keith Booker & Anne-Marie Thomas
“The Days of Solomon Gursky” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1998
awards:
• Locus Awards 1999 — novella — 18th place
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1999 — novella — 5th place (tie)
anthologies:
• The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006
• The Furthest Horizon, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2000
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 1999

1997
“After Kerry” • short fiction • Asimov's Mar 1997
awards:
• Locus Awards 1998 — novelette — 19th place
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 1998

1996
Sacrifice of Fools • novel • Gollancz
awards:
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1998 — short list
• Kurd Lasswitz Preis 1999 — foreign novel — winner
citations:
• 2009: The Science Fiction Handbook, M. Keith Booker & Anne-Marie Thomas
“Recording Angel” • Interzone Feb 1996
anthologies:
• Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts, ed. Heather Masari, St. Martin's/Bedford 2009
• The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year’s Best Science Fiction, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2005
• Nanotech, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1998
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 1997

1995
Evolution's Shore • novel • Bantam Spectra, 1995
citations:
• 2009: The Science Fiction Handbook, M. Keith Booker & Anne-Marie Thomas
Chaga • novel • Gollancz
awards:
• British SF Association Awards 1996 — novel — nomination
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 1996 — third place
• Locus Awards 1996 — sf novel — 7th place
citations:
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
“Frooks” • short fiction
awards:
• British SF Association Awards 1996 — short fiction — nomination
• Interzone Readers Poll 1996 — fiction — 6th place

1994
Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone • novella • Bantam Spectra
awards:
• Philip K. Dick Award 1995 — finalist
• Locus Awards 1995 — novella — 7th place
• Kurd Lasswitz Preis 1995 — foreign novel — winner
Necroville • novel • Gollancz
awards:
• British SF Association Awards 1995 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 1995 — sf novel — 16th place
citations:
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
• 1996: Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, T. A. Shippey & A. J. Sobczak
• 1995: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute
“Legitimate Targets” • short fiction • New Worlds 4
awards:
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1995 — long list
“Blue Motel” • Blue Motel
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1995

1993
“The Undifferentiated Object of Desire” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1993
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1994 — novelette — 7th place (tie)
“Some Strange Desire” • short fiction • Omni Best Science Fiction Three
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 1994 — short story — nomination
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1994 — short list
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1994
• Omni Best Science Fiction Three, ed. Ellen Datlow, Omni Books 1993

1992
The Broken Land • novel • Bantam Spectra, 1992
citations:
• 1996: Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, T. A. Shippey & A. J. Sobczak
Speaking in Tongues • collection • Gollancz
awards:
• Locus Awards 1993 — collection — 2nd place
citations:
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
Hearts, Hands And Voices • novel • Gollancz
awards:
• Arthur C. Clarke Award 1993 — third place (tie)
• British SF Association Awards 1993 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 1993 — sf novel — 20th place
citations:
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
“The Best and the Rest of James Joyce” • short fiction • Interzone #58 Apr 1992
awards:
• Locus Awards 1993 — novelette — 21st place
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 1993
“Innocents” • short fiction • New Worlds 2
awards:
• British SF Association Awards 1993 — short fiction — winner
• Locus Awards 1993 — novelette — 23rd place
• Seiun Awards 2002 — translated short story — nomination

1991
King of Morning, Queen of Day • novel • Bantam Spectra
awards:
• Philip K. Dick Award 1992 — winner
• Locus Awards 1992 — fantasy novel — 4th place
• Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2009 — Translated Novel — winner
citations:
• 2012: The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn
“Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria” • Tales of the Wandering Jew
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 1992
“Floating Dogs” • short fiction • New Worlds 1
awards:
• British SF Association Awards 1992 — short fiction — nomination
anthologies:
• Future War, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1999

1990
“Winning” • short fiction • Zenith 2
awards:
• British SF Association Awards 1991 — short fiction — nomination
anthologies:
• Future Sports, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2002
“Toward Kilimanjaro” • short fiction • Asimov's Aug 1990
awards:
• Locus Awards 1991 — novelette — 13th place
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1991 — novelette — 6th place

1989
Out on Blue Six • novel • Bantam Spectra
awards:
• Locus Awards 1990 — sf novel — 19th place
citations:
• 1994: Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, Edward James
“Rainmaker Cometh” • Other Edens III
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, St. Martin’s 1991
“Listen” • short fiction • Interzone #32 Nov/Dec 1989
awards:
• Locus Awards 1990 — novelette — 21st place
• Interzone Readers Poll 1990 — fiction — 10th place
anthologies:
• Interzone: The 5th Anthology, ed. John Clute, Lee Montgomerie & David Pringle, NEL 1991
“Gardenias” • short fiction • Zenith
awards:
• British SF Association Awards 1990 — short fiction — nomination

1988
Empire Dreams • collection • Bantam Spectra
awards:
• Locus Awards 1989 — collection — 6th place
citations:
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
Desolation Road • novel • Bantam Spectra
awards:
• Arthur C. Clarke Award 1990 — third place (tie)
• Locus Awards 1989 — first novel — winner
• Seiun Awards 1998 — foreign novel — nomination
citations:
• 2006: 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
• 1994: Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, Edward James
• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn
“Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh” • short fiction • Empire Dreams
awards:
• Nebula Awards 1989 — novelette — nomination
• Locus Awards 1989 — novelette — 26th place
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1989

1985
“Empire Dreams” • IASFM Dec 1985
anthologies:
• Space-Fighters, ed. Joe Haldeman, Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Ace 1988

1984
“The Catharine Wheel” • short fiction
awards:
• Seiun Awards 1998 — foreign short fiction — nomination
anthologies:
• Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2001
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer 1985 — finalist



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