Dan Simmons
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 10
Locus Awards: 12
Other Awards: 12
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 87
— Career and Special Awards —
World Horror Grandmaster — for outstanding contributor to the horror genre; voted by World Horror Con members
2013:
— winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2004:
Ilium (Eos)
— novel — nomination
1998:
The Rise of Endymion (Bantam Spectra)
— novel — nomination
1991:
The Fall of Hyperion (Doubleday Foundation)
— novel — nomination
1990:
Hyperion (Doubleday Foundation)
— novel — winner
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(1 nomination)
1991:
The Fall of Hyperion (Doubleday Foundation)
— novel — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(6 nominations; 2 wins)
1994:
“Death in Bangkok ” (Playboy Jun 1993)
— short story — nomination
1993:
“This Year's Class Picture” (Still Dead)
— short story — winner (tie)
1991:
Prayers to Broken Stones (Dark Harvest)
— collection — nomination
1990:
Carrion Comfort (Dark Harvest)
— novel — nomination
1989:
“Metastasis ” (Night Visions 5)
— short fiction — nomination
1986:
Song of Kali (Bluejay)
— novel — winner
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(1 nomination)
1992:
Hyperion Cantos (Headline)
— shortlist
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(11 nominations; 4 wins)
2008:
The Terror (Little, Brown)
— novel — nomination
1994:
“Flashback ” (Lovedeath)
— novella — nomination
1994:
“Death in Bangkok ” (Playboy Jun 1993)
— novelette — winner
1994:
Lovedeath (Warner)
— collection — nomination
1993:
Children of the Night (Putnam)
— novel — nomination
1993:
“This Year's Class Picture” (Still Dead)
— short story — winner
1992:
Summer of Night (Putnam)
— novel — nomination
1992:
Prayers to Broken Stones (Dark Harvest)
— collection — winner
1991:
Entropy's Bed at Midnight (Lord John Press)
— novella/novelette — nomination
1991:
Prayers to Broken Stones (Dark Harvest)
— collection — nomination
1990:
Carrion Comfort (Dark Harvest)
— novel — winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2008:
The Terror (Little, Brown)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
1992:
Summer of Night (Putnam)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
1990:
Carrion Comfort (Dark Harvest)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — winner
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(2 nominations; 1 win)
1992:
The Fall of Hyperion (Headline)
— novel — winner
1991:
Hyperion (Headline)
— novel — nomination
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(1 nomination)
2008:
The Terror (Little, Brown)
— novel — nomination
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1993:
“This Year's Class Picture” (Still Dead)
— winner
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(29 nominations; 12 wins)
2010:
Drood (Little, Brown)
— fantasy novel — 3rd place
2008:
“Muse of Fire ” (The New Space Opera)
— novella — 5th place
2006:
Olympos (Eos; Gollancz)
— sf novel — 2nd place
2004:
Ilium (Eos)
— sf novel — winner
2003:
A Winter Haunting (Morrow)
— fantasy novel — 3rd place
2003:
Worlds Enough & Time (Subterranean Press)
— collection — 3rd place
2002:
“On K2 with Kanakaredes ” (Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction)
— novelette — 3rd place
2001:
“Madame Bovary, C'est Moi” (Nature 14 Sep 2000)
— short story — 23rd place
2000:
“Orphans of the Helix” (Far Horizons)
— novella — winner
1998:
The Rise of Endymion (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — winner
1997:
Endymion (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 2nd place
1996:
“Looking for Kelly Dahl ” (Omni Online Sep 1995; High Fantastic)
— novella — 15th place
1995:
Fires of Eden (Putnam)
— dark fantasy/horror novel — winner
1994:
“Flashback ” (Lovedeath)
— novella — 4th place
1994:
“Death in Bangkok ” (Playboy Jun 1993; Lovedeath)
— novelette — winner
1994:
Lovedeath (Warner)
— collection — 2nd place
1993:
The Hollow Man (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 3rd place
1993:
Children of the Night (Putnam)
— horror/dark fantasy novel — winner
1992:
Summer of Night (Putnam)
— horror/dark fantasy novel — winner
1992:
“All Dracula's Children” (The Ultimate Dracula)
— novelette — winner
1991:
The Fall of Hyperion (Doubleday Foundation)
— sf novel — winner
1991:
Entropy's Bed at Midnight (Lord John Press)
— novelette — winner
1991:
Prayers to Broken Stones (Dark Harvest)
— collection — 3rd place
1990:
Hyperion (Doubleday Foundation)
— sf novel — winner
1990:
Phases of Gravity (Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 9th place
1990:
Carrion Comfort (Dark Harvest)
— horror novel — winner
1986:
Song of Kali (Bluejay)
— first novel — 16th place
1984:
“Remembering Siri ” (Asimov's Dec 1983)
— novelette — 15th place
1983:
“The River Styx Flows Upstream” (Twilight Zone Apr 1982)
— short story — 26th place
— Other Awards —
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — for SF works published in France, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1996:
“The Great Lover ”
— Translated Short Story — winner
Ignotus Awards — for SF works published in Spain, voted by members of Spanish SF Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1991:
Hyperion
— novel — winner
International Horror Guild Awards — for horror works, juried
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2008:
The Terror (Little, Brown)
— novel — winner
2003:
A Winter Haunting (Morrow)
— novel — winner
Italia Awards — for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(2 nominations)
2006:
Ilium
— international novel — nomination
2000:
The Rise of Endymion
— international novel — 2nd place
Phantastik Preis — for SF/F works published in Germany, polled by readers of Phantastik.de website
(1 nomination)
2010:
Drood
— foreign novel — 4th place
Prix Ozone — for SF/F/H works published in France
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1999:
The Rise of Endymion
— SF novel, foreign — winner
Readercon Awards — for small press books and magazines, voted by members of Readercon
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1991:
Entropy's Bed at Midnight (Lord John Press)
— short work — winner
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(3 nominations; 2 wins)
1998:
The Rise of Endymion (Bantam Spectra)
— novel — winner
1991:
The Fall of Hyperion (Doubleday Foundation)
— novel — winner
1990:
Hyperion (Doubleday Foundation)
— novel — 3rd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(9 nominations; 3 wins)
2017:
“The Guiding Nose of Ulfänt Banderoz”
— translated story — nomination
2008:
Olympos
— translated long form — nomination
2007:
Ilium
— translated long form — nomination
2001:
“Orphans of the Helix”
— foreign short story — nomination
2000:
Endymion
— overseas long fiction — nomination
2000:
The Rise of Endymion
— overseas long fiction — nomination
1999:
“This Year's Class Picture”
— foreign short story — winner
1996:
The Fall of Hyperion
— novel — winner (tie)
1995:
Hyperion
— foreign novel — winner
SF Site Readers Poll — for SF/F books, voted by readers of SF Site website
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2008:
The Terror (Little, Brown; Bantam UK)
— sf/fantasy book — 4th place
2006:
Olympos (Gollancz; Eos)
— sf/fantasy book — 9th place (tie)
2004:
Ilium (Eos; Gollancz)
— sf/fantasy book — winner
1999:
The Rise of Endymion (Bantam Spectra)
— sf/fantasy book — 6th place
William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award — for first fantasy book, juried
(1 nomination)
1987:
Song of Kali (Bluejay)
— finalist
Xatafi-Cyberdark — for SF works published in Spain, juried by critics
(1 nomination)
2009:
The Terror
— foreign book — nomination
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