Jay Lake
Awards Summary
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 3
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 49
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(2 nominations)
2013:
“The Stars Do Not Lie” (Asimov's Nov/Dec 2012)
— novella — nomination
2004:
“Into the Gardens of Sweet Night ” (L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XIX)
— novelette — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(1 nomination)
2013:
“The Stars Do Not Lie” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2012)
— novella — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(3 nominations)
2006:
Polyphony, Volume 5 (Deborah Layne & JL, eds.) (Wheatland Press)
— anthology — nomination
2005:
Polyphony, Volume 4 (Deborah Layne & JL, eds.) (Wheatland Press)
— anthology — nomination
2004:
(Deborah Layne & JL) for Wheatland Press
— special award, non-professional — nomination
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(1 nomination)
2008:
Mainspring (Tor)
— finalist
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(1 nomination)
2013:
“The Weight of History, the Lightness of the Future” (Subterranean Spr 2012)
— finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(31 nominations; 1 win)
2015:
“West to East” (Subterranean Sum 2014)
— short story — 7th place
2015:
Last Plane to Heaven (Tor)
— collection — winner
2014:
“Rock of Ages” (METAropolis: Green Space)
— novella — 6th place
2013:
“The Stars Do Not Lie” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2012)
— novella — 2nd place
2013:
“The Weight of History, the Lightness of the Future” (Subterranean Spr 2012)
— novella — 12th place
2012:
“A Long Walk Home” (Subterranean Win 2011)
— novelette — 11th place
2011:
The Sky that Wraps (Subterranean)
— collection — 22nd place
2010:
Green (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 6th place
2010:
Madness of Flowers (Night Shade)
— fantasy novel — 14th place
2010:
Other Earths (Nick Gevers & JL, eds.) (DAW)
— anthology — 18th place
2009:
Escapement (Tor)
— sf novel — 13th place
2009:
“The Sky that Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue and Into the Black ” (Clarkesworld Magazine Mar 2008)
— short story — 15th place
2008:
Mainspring (Tor)
— sf novel — 12th place
2008:
“Crossing the Seven ” (Logorrhea)
— novelette — 32nd place
2008:
“C-Rock City” (by JL & Greg Van Eekhout) (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction)
— short story — 42nd place
2008:
(Deborah Layne & JL)
editor — 28th place
2007:
Trial of Flowers (Night Shade)
— fantasy novel — 15th place
2007:
“The American Dead ” (Interzone #203 Apr 2006)
— short story — 8th place
2007:
Polyphony, Volume 6 (Deborah Layne & JL, eds.) (Wheatland)
— anthology — 11th place
2007:
(Deborah Layne & JL)
editor — 22nd place
2006:
Rocket Science (Fairwood Press)
— first novel — 6th place
2006:
“The Canadian Who Came Almost All the Way Home from the Stars” (by JL & Ruth Nestvold) (Sci Fiction 28 Sep 2005)
— novelette — 18th place
2006:
Polyphony, Volume 5 (Deborah Layne & JL, eds.) (Wheatland Press)
— anthology — 6th place
2006:
(Deborah Layne & JL)
editor — 15th place (tie)
2005:
American Sorrows (Wheatland Press)
— collection — 22nd place
2005:
All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories (David Moles & JL, eds.) (Wheatland Press)
— anthology — 6th place
2005:
Polyphony, Volume 4 (Deborah Layne & JL, eds.) (Wheatland Press)
— anthology — 9th place
2005:
(Deborah Layne & JL)
editor — 21st place
2004:
Greetings from Lake Wu (Wheatland Press)
— collection — 25th place
2004:
Polyphony, Volume 2 (Deborah Layne & JL, eds.) (Wheatland Press)
— anthology — 15th place
2003:
Polyphony, Volume 1 (Deborah Layne & JL, eds.) (Wheatland Press)
— anthology — 11th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
2006:
“Dark Flowers, Inverse Moon ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2005)
— novelette — 4th place (tie)
Endeavour Award — for best book by a Pacific Northwest writer, juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2015:
Last Plane to Heaven (Tor)
— winner
2015:
METAtropolis: The Wings We Dare Aspire (by JL & Ken Scholes) (WordFire)
— finalist
2015:
Our Lady of the Islands (by Shannon Page & JL) (Per Aspera)
— finalist
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
2011:
“Human Error ” (Interzone #226)
— story — 9th place
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — for new SF/F writer, voted by members of annual World SF con
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2004:
winner
Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(2 nominations)
2011:
Pinion (Tor)
— long form — nomination
2008:
Mainspring (Tor)
— long form — nomination
Worldcon Special Convention Award — special honors presented by the committee of the World SF Convention
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2015:
winner
Writers and Illustrators of the Future — for stories and art by contest winners, juried
(1 nomination)
2003:
“Into the Gardens of Sweet Night ”
— Writers of the Future 4th quarter — First Place
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