M. John Harrison
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 3
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 44
— Career and Special Awards —
Richard Evans Award — for genre writers who are worthy but insufficiently recognized; juried
1999:
winner
— Major Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(3 nominations)
2024:
for Wish I Was Here: An Anti-Memoir (Serpent's Tail)
— special award, professional — nomination
2001:
Travel Arrangements (Gollancz)
— collection — nomination
1985:
Viriconium Nights (Ace)
— collection/anthology — nomination
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2007:
Nova Swing (Gollancz)
— winner
2003:
Light (Gollancz)
— shortlist
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(6 nominations)
2007:
Nova Swing (Gollancz)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
2005:
Things that Never Happen (Gollancz)
— collection — nomination
2004:
Things that Never Happen (Night Shade Books)
— collection — nomination
1998:
Signs of Life (St. Martin's)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
1983:
In Viriconium
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
1981:
A Storm of Wings (Sphere)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(7 nominations)
2021:
The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again (Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
2013:
Empty Space (Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
2007:
Nova Swing (Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
2003:
Light (Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
1998:
Signs of Life (Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
1997:
“The East” (Interzone #114 Dec 1996)
— short fiction — nomination
1986:
“A Young Man's Journey to Viriconium” (Interzone #12 Summer 1985)
— short fiction — nomination
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2003:
Light (Gollancz)
— winner (tie)
1998:
Signs of Life (St. Martin's)
— short list
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(2 nominations)
2013:
Empty Space (Gollancz; Night Shade 2013)
— third place (tie)
2007:
Nova Swing (Gollancz)
— finalist
Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2008:
Nova Swing (Bantam Spectra)
— winner
1984:
The Floating Gods (Timescape)
— finalist
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(1 nomination)
2021:
Settling the World (Comma)
— collection — nomination
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(1 nomination)
2000:
“Suicide Coast” (F&SF Jul 1999)
— shortlist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(14 nominations)
2024:
Wish I Was Here (Serpent's Tail; Saga 2024)
— non-fiction — 7th place
2013:
Empty Space (Gollancz; Night Shade '13)
— sf novel — 11th place
2013:
“In Autotelia” (Arc 1.1)
— short story — 30th place
2007:
Nova Swing (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 12th place
2005:
“Tourism” (Amazon.com Aug 2004)
— short story — 24th place
2004:
Things that Never Happen (Night Shade Books)
— collection — 12th place
2003:
Light (Gollancz)
— sf novel — 6th place
2001:
“The Neon Heart Murders” (F&SF Apr 2000)
— short story — 24th place
2001:
Travel Arrangements (Gollancz)
— collection — 25th place
2000:
“Suicide Coast” (F&SF Jul 1999)
— short story — 20th place
1986:
Viriconium Nights (Gollancz)
— collection — 16th place
1985:
Viriconium Nights (Ace)
— collection — 15th place
1983:
In Viriconium (Gollancz)
— fantasy novel — 16th place
1981:
A Storm of Wings (Doubleday)
— fantasy novel — 16th place
— Other Awards —
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2009:
Light
— translated long form — nomination
SF Site Readers Poll — for SF/F books, voted by readers of SF Site website
(2 nominations)
2005:
Light (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
— sf/fantasy book — 9th place (tie)
2003:
Light (Gollancz)
— sf/fantasy book — 4th place
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