Karen Joy Fowler
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 6
Other Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 56
Times Served as Judge: 3
— Career and Special Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
2020:
— life achievement — winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(2 nominations)
1998:
“Standing Room Only” (Asimov's Aug 1997)
— short story — nomination
1988:
“The Faithful Companion at Forty” (Asimov's Jul 1987)
— short story — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(10 nominations; 2 wins)
2014:
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Marian Wood)
— novel — nomination
2008:
“Always” (Asimov's Apr/May 2007)
— short story — winner
2004:
“What I Didn't See” (Sci Fiction 10 Jul 2002)
— short story — winner
1999:
“Standing Room Only” (Asimov's Aug 1997)
— short story — nomination
1998:
“The Elizabeth Complex” (Crank! #6 Winter 1996)
— short story — nomination
1993:
Sarah Canary (Henry Holt)
— novel — nomination
1992:
“Black Glass” (Full Spectrum 3)
— novelette — nomination
1992:
“The Dark” (F&SF Jun 1991)
— short story — nomination
1991:
“Lieserl” (Author's Choice Monthly Issue 6: Peripheral Vision; Asimov's Jul 1990)
— short story — nomination
1988:
“The Faithful Companion at Forty” (Asimov's Jul 1987)
— short story — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(7 nominations; 4 wins)
2017:
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 (KJF & John Joseph Adams, eds.) (Mariner)
— anthology — nomination
2012:
“Younger Women” (Subterranean Sum 2011)
— short story — nomination
2011:
“Booth's Ghost” (What I Didn't See and Other Stories)
— short fiction — nomination
2011:
What I Didn't See and Other Stories (Small Beer)
— collection — winner
2010:
“The Pelican Bar” (Eclipse Three)
— short story — winner
1999:
Black Glass (Henry Holt)
— collection — winner
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(3 nominations)
2003:
“What I Didn't See” (Sci Fiction 10 Jul 2002)
— short list
1999:
Black Glass (Henry Holt)
— short list
1992:
Sarah Canary (Henry Holt)
— short list
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(1 nomination)
2014:
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Marian Wood/Penguin)
— finalist
Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
(1 nomination)
1987:
Artificial Things (Bantam Spectra)
— finalist
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2011:
“Booth's Ghost” (What I Didn't See and Other Stories)
— short story — nomination
2011:
What I Didn't See and Other Stories (Small Beer)
— collection — nomination
2010:
“The Pelican Bar” (Eclipse Three)
— short story — winner
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(2 nominations)
2008:
“Always” (Asimov's Apr/May 2007)
— shortlist
1997:
“The Elizabeth Complex” (Crank! #6 Winter 1996)
— shortlist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(24 nominations)
2018:
“Persephone of the Crows” (Asimov's May/Jun 2017)
— short story — 7th place
2015:
“Nanny Anne and the Christmas Story” (Subterranean Win 2014)
— short story — 28th place
2014:
The Science of Herself (The Science of Herself)
— short story — 4th place
2012:
“Younger Women” (Subterranean Sum 2011)
— short story — 19th place
2011:
“Booth's Ghost” (What I Didn't See and Other Stories)
— short story — 4th place
2011:
What I Didn't See and Other Stories (Small Beer)
— collection — 5th place
2011:
80! Memories & Reflections on Ursula K. Le Guin (KJF & Debbie Notkin, eds.) (Aqueduct)
— non-fiction — 2nd place
2010:
“The Pelican Bar” (Eclipse Three)
— short story — 4th place
2008:
“Always” (Asimov's Apr/May 2007)
— short story — 14th place
2003:
“What I Didn't See” (Sci Fiction 10 Jul 2002)
— short story — 11th place
1999:
Black Glass (Henry Holt)
— collection — 12th place
1998:
“Standing Room Only” (Asimov's Aug 1997)
— short story — 10th place
1992:
Sarah Canary (Henry Holt)
— first novel — 14th place
1992:
“Black Glass” (Full Spectrum 3)
— novelette — 5th place
1992:
“The Dark” (F&SF Jun 1991)
— short story — 9th place
1991:
“Lieserl” (Author's Choice Monthly Issue 6: Peripheral Vision; Asimov's Jul 1990)
— short story — 14th place
1990:
“Game Night at the Fox & Goose” (Interzone #29 May/Jun 1989; What Might Have Been? Vol. 1: Alternate Empires)
— short story — 14th place
1989:
“Lily Red” (Asimov's Jul 1988)
— short story — 18th place
1988:
“The Faithful Companion at Forty” (Asimov's Jul 1987)
— short story — 2nd place
1987:
“The Gate of Ghosts” (Artificial Things)
— novelette — 26th place
1987:
“Face Value” (F&SF Nov 1986)
— short story — 7th place
1987:
Artificial Things (Bantam Spectra)
— collection — 9th place
1986:
“The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things” (Asimov's Oct 1985)
— short story — 23rd place
1986:
“The Poplar Street Study” (F&SF Jun 1985)
— short story — 19th place
— Other Awards —
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — (renamed the Astounding Award in 2020)
(2 nominations; 1 win)
1987:
— winner
1986:
— finalist
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2012:
“The Pelican Bar”
— translated story — nomination
— As Judge —
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