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science fiction awards database

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2023
“Reckless Eyeballing” • short fiction • Out There Screaming
awards:
• Locus Awards 2024 — short story — 5th place

2022
The World We Make • novel • Orbit US/Redhook
awards:
• Locus Awards 2023 — fantasy novel — 4th place
Science Fiction Hall of Fame 2023 — creator — winner

2021
Far Sector (by NKJ, art by Jamal Campbell) • DC
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2022 — graphic story or comic — winner

2020
The City We Became • novel • Orbit
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2021 — novel — nomination
• Nebula Awards 2021 — novel — nomination
• British Fantasy Awards 2021 — fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) — nomination
• British SF Association Awards 2021 — novel — winner
• Ignyte Awards 2021 — adult novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 2021 — fantasy novel — winner
• The Kitschies 2021 — Red Tentacle (novel) — nomination
Far Sector (by NKJ & Jamal Campbell) • DC
awards:
• Ignyte Awards 2021 — comics team — nomination

2019
“Emergency Skin” • short fiction • Forward
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2020 — novelette — winner
• Ignyte Awards 2020 — novelette — winner
• Locus Awards 2020 — novelette — 2nd place
anthologies:
• The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 5, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2020
• The Year's Best Science Fiction, Volume 1, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 2020

2018
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 (NKJ & John Joseph Adams, eds.) • anthology • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner
awards:
• Locus Awards 2019 — anthology — 7th place
How Long 'til Black Future Month? • collection • Orbit
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 2019 — collection — nomination
• British Fantasy Awards 2019 — collection — nomination
• Locus Awards 2019 — collection — winner
“The Storyteller's Replacement” • short fiction • How Long 'til Black Future Month?
awards:
• Locus Awards 2019 — short story — 4th place
anthologies:
• The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019, ed. Carmen María Machado & John Joseph Adams, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner 2019
• The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume Thirteen, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2019
“Cuisine des Mémoires” • short fiction • How Long 'til Black Future Month?
awards:
• Locus Awards 2019 — short story — 5th place

2017
The Stone Sky • novel • Orbit
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2018 — novel — winner
• Nebula Awards 2018 — novel — winner
• Locus Awards 2018 — fantasy novel — winner
citations:
• 2020: The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, Time Magazine
British Fantasy Awards 2018 — Karl Edward Wagner Award for Special Achievement — winner

2016
The Obelisk Gate • novel • Orbit
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2017 — novel — winner
• Nebula Awards 2017 — novel — nomination
• World Fantasy Awards 2017 — novel — nomination
• Dragon Awards 2017 — apocalyptic novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 2017 — fantasy novel — 2nd place
“The City Born Great” • short fiction • Tor.com 28 Sep 2016
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2017 — short story — nomination
• Eugie Awards 2017 — winner
• Locus Awards 2017 — short story — 3rd place
anthologies:
• The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017, ed. Charles Yu & John Joseph Adams, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner 2017
• New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City That Never Sleeps, ed. Paula Guran, Night Shade Books 2017
“Red Dirt Witch”
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2017 Edition, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2017
• The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume Eleven, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2017

2015
The Fifth Season • novel • Orbit
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2016 — novel — winner
• Nebula Awards 2016 — novel — nomination
• World Fantasy Awards 2016 — novel — nomination
• Dragon Awards 2016 — apocalyptic novel — nomination
• Dragon Awards 2016 — fantasy novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 2016 — fantasy novel — 2nd place
• Seiun Awards 2021 — translated novel — nomination
• The Kitschies 2016 — Red Tentacle (novel) — nomination
citations:
• 2021: NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade Of Great Sci-Fi And Fantasy, NPR
• 2020: The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, Time Magazine
• 2020: 15 recent sci-fi books that forever shaped the genre, Andrew Liptak

2012
The Killing Moon • novel • Orbit
awards:
• Nebula Awards 2013 — novel — nomination
• World Fantasy Awards 2013 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 2013 — fantasy novel — 4th place
“Valedictorian” • short fiction • After
awards:
• Locus Awards 2013 — short story — 9th place
anthologies:
• After, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Hyperion Books for Children 2012

2011
The Kingdom of Gods • novel • Orbit
awards:
• Nebula Awards 2012 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 2012 — fantasy novel — 6th place
“The Effluent Engine”
anthologies:
• Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution, ed. Ann VanderMeer, Tachyon Publications 2012
• Heiresses of Russ 2011: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction, ed. JoSelle Vanderhooft & Steve Berman, Lethe Press 2011

2010
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms • novel • Orbit
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2011 — novel — nomination
• Nebula Awards 2011 — novel — nomination
• World Fantasy Awards 2011 — novel — nomination
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 2011 — honor list
• Locus Awards 2011 — first novel — winner
• Carl Brandon Awards 2012 — Honors
• David Gemmel Legend Awards 2011 — Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer — nomination
• William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award 2011 — finalist
citations:
• 2020: The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, Time Magazine
• 2012: The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn
• 2012: 21st Century Fantasy Novel, Locus Online

2009
“Non-Zero Probabilities” • short fiction • Clarkesworld Magazine Sep 2009
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2010 — short story — nomination
• Nebula Awards 2010 — short story — nomination
anthologies:
• The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011, ed. Kevin J. Anderson, Tor 2011

2007
“The Narcomancer” • Helix (online) Win 2007
anthologies:
• Epic: Legends of Fantasy, ed. John Joseph Adams, Tachyon Publications 2012

2005
“Cloud Dragon Skies” • short fiction • Strange Horizons 1 Aug 2005
awards:
• Carl Brandon Awards 2006 — Parallax Award shortlist



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