Melissa Scott
Awards Summary
Awards Won: 10
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 32
Times Served as Judge: 1
— Major Awards —
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — for SF/F that explores and expands the roles of women and men, juried
(3 nominations)
1996:
Shadow Man (Tor)
— long list
1995:
Trouble and Her Friends (Tor)
— short list
1994:
Burning Bright (Tor)
— long list
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(7 nominations)
2001:
The Jazz (Tor)
— sf novel — 23rd place (tie)
1999:
The Shapes of their Hearts (Tor)
— sf novel — 30th place
1998:
Dreaming Metal (Tor)
— sf novel — 23rd place (tie)
1997:
Night Sky Mine (Tor)
— sf novel — 22nd place
1996:
Shadow Man (Tor)
— sf novel — 20th place
1986:
Five-Twelfths of Heaven (Baen)
— sf novel — 29th place
1985:
The Game Beyond (Baen)
— first novel — 13th place
— Other Awards —
Compton Crook Stephen Tall Memorial Award — for best first novel, voted by members of annual Balticon
(1 nomination)
1985:
The Game Beyond
— finalist
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network
(13 nominations; 5 wins)
2019:
Finders (Candlemark & Gleam)
— novel — nomination
2019:
Five Planes: The Rule of Five Season 1 (by MS & Don Sakers) (Speed-of-C)
— novel — nomination
2019:
Point of Sighs (Lethe)
— novel — nomination
2015:
Fairs' Point (Lethe)
— novel — winner
2014:
Death by Silver (by MS & Amy Griswold) (Lethe)
— novel — winner
2013:
Point of Knives (Lethe)
— novel — nomination
2010:
“One Horse Town” (Haunted Hearths and Sapphic Shades Lethe)
— short fiction — nomination
2010:
“The Rocky Side of the Sky ” (Periphery Lethe)
— short fiction — winner (tie)
2003:
Shadow Man
— hall of fame — winner
2002:
Point of Dreams (by MS & Lisa A. Barnett) (Tor)
— novel — nomination
2001:
The Jazz (Tor)
— novel — nomination
1999:
Shadow Man (Tor)
— hall of fame — nomination
1999:
Shadow Man (Tor)
— People's Choice Award — winner
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — for new SF/F writer, voted by members of annual World SF con
(2 nominations; 1 win)
1986:
winner
1985:
finalist
Lambda Award — for gay and lesbian literature, juried
(6 nominations; 4 wins)
2014:
Death by Silver (by MS & Amy Griswold) (Lethe)
— sf/fantasy/horror — winner
2002:
Point of Dreams (by MS & Lisa A. Barnett) (Tor)
— sf/fantasy/horror — winner
1996:
Shadow Man (Tor)
— sf/fantasy — winner (tie)
1995:
Trouble and Her Friends (Tor)
— sf/fantasy — winner
1994:
Burning Bright (Tor)
— sf/fantasy — nomination
1991:
Mighty Good Road (Baen)
— lesbian sf/fantasy — nomination
— As Judge —
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