Seanan McGuire
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 7
Locus Awards: 2
Other Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 51
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(25 nominations; 6 wins)
2025:
InCryptid (DAW; Tor)
series — nomination
2024:
October Daye (DAW)
series — nomination
2023:
Where the Drowned Girls Go (Tordotcom)
novella — winner
2023:
October Daye (DAW)
series — nomination
2022:
Across the Green Grass Fields (Tordotcom)
novella — nomination
2022:
“Tangles” (Magicthegathering.com: Magic Story Sep 2021)
short story — nomination
2022:
Wayward Children (Tordotcom)
series — winner
2022:
Small Gods (by Lee Moyer & SM)
fanzine — winner
2021:
Come Tumbling Down (Tordotcom)
novella — nomination
2021:
October Daye (DAW)
series — nomination
2021:
Ghost-Spider, Volume 1: Dog Days Are Over (by SM, illustrated by Takeshi Miyazawa, Rosi Kämpe, and Ig Guara) (Marvel)
graphic story or comic — nomination
2020:
Middlegame (Tor.com)
novel — nomination
2020:
In an Absent Dream (Tor.com)
novella — nomination
2020:
InCryptid (DAW)
series — nomination
2019:
Beneath the Sugar Sky (Tor.com)
novella — nomination
2019:
October Daye (DAW)
series — nomination
2018:
Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Tor.com)
novella — nomination
2018:
InCryptid (DAW)
series — nomination
2017:
Every Heart a Doorway (Tor.com)
novella — winner
2017:
The October Daye Books (DAW; Corsair)
series — nomination
2013:
“In Sea-Salt Tears” (self-published)
novelette — nomination
2013:
“Rat-Catcher” (A Fantasy Medley 2 Subterranean)
novelette — nomination
2013:
SF Squeecast (by Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, SM, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente presenters; David McHone-Chase, technical producer)
fancast — winner
2012:
Wicked Girls
related work — nomination
2012:
SF Squeecast (by Lynne M. Thomas, SM, Paul Cornell, Elizabeth Bear & Catherynne M. Valente)
fancast — winner
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2017:
Every Heart a Doorway (Tor.com)
novella — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(3 nominations)
2020:
In an Absent Dream (Tor.com)
novella — nomination
2019:
Beneath the Sugar Sky (Tor.com)
novella — nomination
2017:
Every Heart a Doorway (Tor.com)
long fiction — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination)
2017:
Every Heart a Doorway (Tor.com)
novella — nomination
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(2 nominations)
2017:
Every Heart a Doorway (Tor.com)
honor list
2016:
“Each to Each” (Lightspeed Jun 2014)
honor list
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(10 nominations; 2 wins)
2025:
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Tordotcom)
novella — 4th place
2024:
Lost in the Moment and Found (Tor)
novella — 8th place
2023:
“In Mercy, Rain” (Tor.com 18 Jul 2022)
novelette — 6th place
2021:
Come Tumbling Down (Tordotcom)
novella — 5th place
2020:
Middlegame (Tor.com)
fantasy novel — winner
2020:
“Phantoms of the Midway” (The Mythic Dream)
novelette — 5th place
2018:
Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Tor.com)
novella — 3rd place
2018:
“The Mathematical Inevitability of Corvids” (Black Feathers)
novelette — 10th place
2017:
Every Heart a Doorway (Tor.com)
novella — winner
2010:
Rosemary and Rue (DAW)
first novel — 7th place
— Other Awards —
Endeavour Award — for best book by a Pacific Northwest writer, juried
(7 nominations)
2025:
Tidal Creatures (Tor)
finalist (pending)
2024:
Sleep No More (DAW)
finalist
2023:
Be the Serpent (DAW)
finalist
2023:
Spelunking Through Hell (DAW)
finalist
2022:
Calculated Risks (DAW)
finalist
2020:
Middlegame (Tor.com)
finalist
2019:
The Girl in the Green Silk Gown (DAW)
finalist
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — (renamed the Astounding Award in 2020)
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2010:
— winner
Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(1 nomination)
2020:
“Any Way the Wind Blows” (Tor.com Jun 2019)
short form — nomination
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