Ken Liu
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 5
Locus Awards: 3
Other Awards: 12
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 73
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(5 nominations; 3 wins)
2017:
Death's End (by Cixin Liu, translated by KL) (Tor; Head of Zeus)
— novel — nomination
2015:
The Three-Body Problem (by Cixin Liu, translated by KL) (Tor)
— novel — winner
2013:
“Mono no Aware” (The Future is Japanese)
— short story — winner
2012:
“The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary” (Panverse Three)
— novella — nomination
2012:
“The Paper Menagerie” (F&SF Mar/Apr 2011)
— short story — winner
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(9 nominations; 1 win)
2016:
The Grace of Kings (Saga)
— novel — nomination
2015:
The Three-Body Problem (by Cixin Liu, translated by KL) (Tor)
— novel — nomination
2015:
“The Regular” (Upgraded)
— novella — nomination
2014:
“The Litagation Master and the Monkey King” (Lightspeed Aug 2013)
— novelette — nomination
2013:
“All the Flavors” (GigaNotoSaurus Feb 2012)
— novella — nomination
2013:
“The Waves” (Asimov's Dec 2012)
— novelette — nomination
2013:
“The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species” (Lightspeed Aug 2012)
— short story — nomination
2012:
“The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary” (Panverse Three)
— novella — nomination
2012:
“The Paper Menagerie” (F&SF Mar/Apr 2011)
— short story — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2017:
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories (Saga; Head of Zeus)
— collection — nomination
2012:
“The Paper Menagerie” (F&SF Mar/Apr 2011)
— short story — winner
Ignyte Awards — for SF/F/H that celebrates vibrancy and diversity; committee and popular vote
(2 nominations)
2021:
Vagabonds (by Hao Jingfang, translated by KL) (Saga)
— adult novel — nomination
2020:
Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation (Tor)
— anthology/collected works — nomination
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(1 nomination)
2015:
The Three-Body Problem (by Cixin Liu, translated by KL) (Tor)
— finalist
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(6 nominations)
2021:
“50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know” (Uncanny Nov 2020)
— finalist
2015:
“The Regular” (Upgraded)
— finalist
2013:
“The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species” (Lightspeed Aug 2012)
— finalist
2013:
“Mono no Aware” (The Future Is Japanese)
— finalist
2012:
“The Paper Menagerie” (F&SF Mar/Apr 2011)
— third place
2012:
“The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary” (Panverse Three)
— finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(23 nominations; 3 wins)
2025:
Laozi's Dao De Jing (Scribner; Apollo 2025)
— non-fiction — 6th place
2021:
“A Whisper of Blue” (The Book of Dragons)
— novelette — 4th place
2021:
“50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know” (Uncanny Nov/Dec 2020)
— short story — 3rd place
2021:
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories (Saga; Head of Zeus)
— collection — winner
2020:
“Thoughts and Prayers” (Future Tense 26 Jan 2019)
— short story — 8th place
2020:
Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation (Tor)
— anthology — 6th place
2019:
“Quality Time” (Robots vs Fairies)
— novelette — 5th place
2018:
“The Hidden Girl” (The Book of Swords)
— novelette — 8th place
2017:
The Wall of Storms (Saga; Head of Zeus)
— fantasy novel — 3rd place
2017:
“Seven Birthdays” (Bridging Infinity)
— short story — 7th place
2017:
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories (Saga; Head of Zeus)
— collection — winner
2017:
Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation (Tor; Head of Zeus)
— anthology — 2nd place
2016:
The Grace of Kings (Saga)
— first novel — winner
2015:
“The Regular” (Upgraded)
— novella — 4th place
2015:
“The Long Haul: From the ANNALS OF TRANSPORTATION, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009” (Clarkesworld Nov 2014)
— short story — 16th place
2014:
“The Litigation Master and the Monkey King” (Lightspeed Aug 2013)
— novelette — 7th place
2014:
“A Brief History of the Trans-Pacific Tunnel” (F&SF Jan/Feb 2013)
— short story — 3rd place
2013:
“A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight” (by Xia Jia, translated by KL) (Clarkesworld Feb 2012)
— short story — 31st place
2013:
“Mono no Aware” (The Future Is Japanese)
— short story — 2nd place
2012:
“The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary” (Panverse Three)
— novella — 7th place
2012:
“The Paper Menagerie” (F&SF Mar/Apr 2011)
— short story — 2nd place
2012:
“Tying Knots” (Clarkesworld Jan 2011)
— short story — 30th place
2011:
“The Literomancer” (F&SF Sep/Oct 2010)
— novelette — 16th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2015:
“The Plantimal” (by KL & Mike Resnick) (Asimov's Mar 2014)
— short story — winner
2014:
“The Oracle” (Asimov's Apr/May 2013)
— short story — 4th place
2013:
“The Waves” (Asimov's)
— novelette — 3rd place
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — for SF works published in France, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2016:
“The Paper Menagerie”
— foreign short fiction — winner
Ignotus Awards — for SF works published in Spain, voted by members of Spanish SF Association
(4 nominations; 4 wins)
2017:
“The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species”
— foreign short story — winner
2016:
“The Algorithms for Love”
— foreign short story — winner
2014:
“The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary”
— foreign short story — winner
2013:
“The Paper Menagerie”
— foreign short story — winner
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
2013:
“The Message” (Interzone #242)
— story — 8th place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(8 nominations; 3 wins)
2022:
“The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary”
— translated story — nomination
2020:
“The Caretaker”
— translated story — nomination
2018:
“An Advanced Readers' Picture Book of Comparative Cognition”
— translated story — nomination
2018:
“Knotting Grass, Holding Ring”
— translated story — nomination
2017:
The Grace of Kings
— translated novel — nomination
2017:
“Simulacrum”
— translated story — winner (tie)
2016:
“Good Hunting”
— translated story — winner
2014:
“The Paper Menagerie”
— translated short form — winner
SF&F Translation Awards — for authors and translators of sf/f works translated from other languages into English
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2013:
“The Flower of Shazui” (by Chen Qiufan, translated from the Chinese by KL) (Interzone #243)
— short form — nomination
2013:
“A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight” (by Xia Jia, translated from the Chinese by KL) (Clarkesworld #65)
— short form — nomination
2012:
“The Fish of Lijiang” (by Chen Qiufan, translated from the Chinese by KL) (Clarkesworld #59, Aug 2011)
— short form — winner
Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2015:
“The Long Haul: From the ANNALS OF TRANSPORTATION, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009” (Clarkesworld Nov 2014)
— short form — winner
2014:
“A Brief History of the Trans-Pacific Tunnel” (F&SF Jan/Feb 2013)
— short form — nomination
William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award — for first fantasy book, juried
(1 nomination)
2016:
The Grace of Kings (Saga)
— shortlist
WSFA Small Press Award — for short fiction from small press publications, voted by member of Washington SF Assn
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2013:
“Good Hunting” (Strange Horizons Oct 2012)
— winner
2013:
“The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species” (Lightspeed Aug 2012)
— shortlist — nomination
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