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Wil McCarthy

science fiction awards database

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2024

Beggar's Sky • novel • Baen

awards:

• Prometheus Awards 2025 — novel — nomination

2021

Rich Man's Sky • novel • Baen

awards:

• Prometheus Awards 2022 — novel — winner

2018

“The Last Biker Gang” • short fiction • Analog May/Jun 2018

awards:

• Analog Readers Poll 2019 — novella — winner

2016

“Wyatt Earp 2.0” • short fiction

awards:

• Analog Readers Poll 2017 — novella — 2nd place

2006

“Heisenberg Elementary” • Asimov's Apr/May 2006

anthologies:

• Year’s Best SF 12, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Eos 2007

2005

To Crush the Moon • novel • Bantam Spectra

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2007 — novel — nomination

• Philip K. Dick Award 2006 — finalist

• Locus Awards 2006 — sf novel — 20th place

“They Will Raise You in a Box” • Asimov's Apr/May 2005

anthologies:

• Science Fiction: The Very Best of 2005, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Locus Press 2006

“The Policeman's Daughter” • Analog Jun 2005

anthologies:

• Science Fiction: The Best of the Year: 2006 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Wildside Press/Prime Books 2006

• Best Short Novels: 2006, ed. Jonathan Strahan, SFBC 2006

“Mission to Utah: A Science Fiction Writer's Adventures at the Mars Society Desert Research Station” • short fiction • Analog Jul/Aug 2005

awards:

• Analog Readers Poll 2006 — fact article — winner

2004

Lost in Transmission • novel • Bantam Spectra

awards:

• Locus Awards 2005 — sf novel — 19th place (tie)

2002

“Beyond the Periodic Table: Artificial Atoms and Programmable Matter” • short fiction • Analog Jan 2002

awards:

• Analog Readers Poll 2003 — fact article — 3rd place

2000

The Collapsium • novel • Ballantine Del Rey

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2002 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 2001 — sf novel — 12th place

• Seiun Awards 2007 — translated long form — nomination

citations:

• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron

1999

“Once Upon a Matter Crushed” • short fiction • Science Fiction Age Jul 1999

awards:

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2000 — shortlist

• Locus Awards 2000 — novella — 21st place

1998

Bloom • novel • Ballantine Del Rey

awards:

• Locus Awards 1999 — sf novel — 24th place

citations:

• 2012: Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985 - 2010, Damien Broderick & Paul Di Filippo

• 2003: The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn

1995

“The Dream of Houses” • short fiction • Analog Nov 1995

awards:

• Analog Readers Poll 1996 — short story — 4th place

1994

Aggressor Six • novel • Penguin/Roc

awards:

• Locus Awards 1995 — first novel — 14th place

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