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Awards Summary

 

Major Awards: 8

Locus Awards: 9

Other Awards: 12

Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 94

— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(6 nominations; 1 win)

This Census-Taker (Del Rey; Picador) novella — nomination

Embassytown (Del Rey; Macmillan) novel — nomination

The City & the City (Del Rey; Macmillan UK) novel — winner (tie)

Iron Council (Del Rey; Macmillan UK) novel — nomination

The Scar (Macmillan; Del Rey) novel — nomination

Perdido Street Station (Macmillan; Del Rey 2001) novel — nomination

Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(3 nominations)

Embassytown (Del Rey) novel — nomination

The City & the City (Del Rey; Macmillan UK) novel — nomination

Perdido Street Station (Del Rey) novel — nomination

World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(5 nominations; 1 win)

The City & the City (Macmillan UK; Del Rey) novel — winner

Iron Council (Del Rey; Macmillan UK) novel — nomination

“Reports of Certain Events in London” (McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories) short fiction — nomination

The Scar (Macmillan; Del Rey) novel — nomination

Perdido Street Station (Macmillan; Ballantine Del Rey 2001) novel — nomination

Andre Norton Award — for YA SF/F works, presented by SFWA in parallel with the Nebula Awards
(1 nomination)

Railsea (Del Rey) finalist

Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(5 nominations; 3 wins)

Embassytown (Macmillan) shortlist

The City & the City (Macmillan) winner

Iron Council (Macmillan) winner

The Scar (Macmillan) shortlist

Perdido Street Station (Macmillan) winner

Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(3 nominations)

Looking for Jake (Del Rey) fiction collection — nomination

“Details” (Children of Cthulhu) short fiction — nomination

King Rat (Macmillan UK; Tor) first novel — nomination

British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(5 nominations; 2 wins)

Railsea (Macmillan) fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) — nomination

Dial H (by CM, Mateus Santolouco, David Lapham & Riccardo Burchielli) (DC) comic/graphic novel — nomination

The Scar (Macmillan) August Derleth Award (novel) — winner

The Tain (PS Publishing) short fiction — nomination

Perdido Street Station (Macmillan) August Derleth Award (novel) — winner

British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(7 nominations; 1 win)

“Three Moments of an Explosion” (Rejectamentalist Manifesto) short fiction — nomination

Embassytown (Macmillan) novel — nomination

“Covehithe” (The Guardian) short fiction — nomination

The City & the City (Macmillan) novel — winner

The Scar (Macmillan) novel — nomination

Perdido Street Station (Macmillan) novel — nomination

“Physiognomies of Flight” (Vector #213) artwork — nomination

Dragon Awards — for SF/F works, voted on by members of the annual Dragon Con
(1 nomination)

The Last Days of New Paris (Del Rey) alternate history novel — nomination

Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
(1 nomination)

The Scar (Del Rey) special citation

— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(18 nominations; 9 wins)

The Last Days of New Paris (Del Rey; Picador) fantasy novel — 8th place

This Census-Taker (Del Rey; Picador) novella — 4th place

“The Dowager of Bees” (Three Moments of an Explosion) short story — 2nd place

Three Moments of an Explosion (Macmillan UK; Del Rey) collection — 2nd place

Railsea (Del Rey; Macmillan) young adult book — winner

Embassytown (Del Rey; Macmillan) sf novel — winner

Kraken (Macmillan UK; Del Rey) fantasy novel — winner

The City & the City (Del Rey; Macmillan UK) fantasy novel — winner

Un Lun Dun (Ballantine Del Rey; Macmillan UK) young adult book — winner

Looking for Jake and Other Stories (Macmillan UK; Del Rey) collection — 2nd place

Iron Council (Del Rey) fantasy novel — winner

“Reports of Certain Events in London” (McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories) novelette — winner (tie)

“'Tis the Season” (Socialist Review Dec 2004) short story — 3rd place

The Scar (Macmillan; Del Rey) fantasy novel — winner

The Tain (PS Publishing) novella — winner

“Familiar” (Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists) short story — 3rd place

Perdido Street Station (Macmillan; Ballantine Del Rey 2001) fantasy novel — 4th place

King Rat (Macmillan UK; Tor) first novel — 6th place

— Other Awards —
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — for SF works published in France, juried
(2 nominations; 2 wins)

The City & the City Foreign Novel — winner

Perdido Street Station Translated Novel — winner

Ignotus Awards — for SF works published in Spain, voted by members of Spanish SF Association
(3 nominations; 3 wins)

Embassytown foreign novel — winner

The City & the City foreign novel — winner

Perdido Street Station foreign novel — winner

International Horror Guild Awards — for horror works, juried
(3 nominations)

“Go Between” (Looking for Jake) short fiction — nomination

“Details” (Children of Cthulhu) short form — nomination

King Rat (Tor) first novel — nomination

Italia Awards — for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(1 nomination; 1 win)

This Census-Taker international novel — winner

(1 nomination)

Perdido Street Station (Macmillan) short list

John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(3 nominations)

Railsea (Del Rey) finalist

Embassytown (Del Rey) third place

The City & the City (Del Rey) third place

Kurd Lasswitz Preis — for SF works published in Germany, juried
(4 nominations; 4 wins)

The City & the City foreign novel — winner

Iron Council foreign novel — winner

The Scar foreign novel — winner

Perdido Street Station foreign novel — winner

Phantastik Preis — for SF/F works published in Germany, polled by readers of Phantastik.de website
(4 nominations)

Iron Council foreign novel — nomination

King Rat foreign novel — nomination

— international writer — nomination

— international writer — nomination

Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(7 nominations)

The Book of Elsewhere (by CM & Keanu Reeves) translated novel — nomination

Embassytown translated long form — nomination

Kraken translated long form — nomination

The City & the City translated novel — nomination

Un Lun Dun translated novel — nomination

Perdido Street Station translated novel — nomination

“Reports of Certain Events in London” translated short form — nomination

SF Site Readers Poll — for SF/F books, voted by readers of SF Site website
(7 nominations; 1 win)

Embassytown (Del Rey) sf/fantasy book — 2nd place

Kraken (Macmillan; Del Rey) sf/fantasy book — 2nd place

The City & the City (Macmillan; Del Rey) sf/fantasy book — winner

Looking for Jake (Macmillan; Del Rey) sf/fantasy book — 8th place

Iron Council (Del Rey; Macmillan) sf/fantasy book — 3rd place

The Scar (Macmillan; Del Rey) sf/fantasy book — 2nd place

Perdido Street Station (Del Rey; Macmillan) sf/fantasy book — 2nd place

The Kitschies — for speculative/fantastic works that elevate the tone of genre literature, juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)

Embassytown (Tor UK) Red Tentacle (novel) — nomination

Kraken (Tor UK) Red Tentacle (novel) — nomination

The City & the City (Tor UK) Red Tentacle (novel) — winner

William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award — for first fantasy book, juried
(1 nomination)

King Rat (Tor) finalist







































































































































































































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