Elizabeth Bear
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 5
Locus Awards: 2
Other Awards: 5
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 78
Times Served as Judge: 12
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(5 nominations; 4 wins)
2026:
White Space (Saga; Gollancz)
series — nomination
2013:
SF Squeecast (by EB, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente presenters; David McHone-Chase, technical producer)
fancast — winner
2012:
SF Squeecast (by Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, EB & Catherynne M. Valente)
fancast — winner
2009:
“Shoggoths in Bloom” (Asimov's Mar 2008)
novelette — winner
2008:
“Tideline” (Asimov's Jun 2007)
short story — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(1 nomination)
2011:
Bone and Jewel Creatures (Subterranean)
novella — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(2 nominations)
2007:
“Sounding” (Strange Horizons)
short fiction — nomination
2006:
“Two Dreams on Trains” (Strange Horizons 3 Jan 2005)
short fiction — nomination
Dragon Awards — for SF/F works, voted on by members of the annual Dragon Con
(2 nominations)
2025:
The Folded Sky (Saga)
sf novel — nomination
2021:
Machine (Saga)
sf novel — nomination
Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
(3 nominations)
2011:
Chill (Ballantine Spectra)
finalist
2008:
Undertow (Bantam Spectra)
finalist
2007:
Carnival (Bantam Spectra)
special citation
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2008:
“Tideline” (Asimov's Mar 2007)
winner (tie)
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(43 nominations; 2 wins)
2026:
The Folded Sky (Saga; Gollancz)
sf novel — 4th place
2026:
“The Witch and the Wyrm” (Reactor 26 Feb 2025)
novelette — 4th place
2022:
A Blessing of Unicorns (Audible Originals Oct 2020; Asimov's Sep/Oct 2021)
novella — 9th place
2022:
“The Red Mother” (Tor.com 23 Jun 2021)
novelette — 6th place
2021:
Machine (Saga; Gollancz)
sf novel — 7th place
2021:
The Best of Elizabeth Bear (Subterranean)
collection — 2nd place
2020:
Ancestral Night (Saga; Gollancz)
sf novel — 2nd place
2020:
“A Time to Reap” (Uncanny Dec 2019)
novella — 7th place
2020:
“Erase, Erase, Erase” (F&SF Sep/Oct 2019)
novelette — 4th place
2020:
“Lest We Forget” (Uncanny May/Jun 2019)
short story — 4th place
2019:
“Okay, Glory” (Twelve Tomorrows)
novelette — 3rd place
2018:
The Stone in the Skull (Tor)
fantasy novel — 2nd place
2016:
Karen Memory (Tor)
fantasy novel — 3rd place
2016:
“The Heart's Filthy Lesson” (Old Venus)
novelette — 5th place
2015:
Steles of the Sky (Tor)
fantasy novel — 4th place
2015:
“The Hand is Quicker” (The Book of Silverberg)
novelette — 3rd place
2015:
“Covenant” (Hieroglyph)
short story — 2nd place
2015:
“This Chance Planet” (Tor.com 22 Oct 2014)
short story — 6th place
2013:
Range of Ghosts (Tor)
fantasy novel — 18th place
2013:
“In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns” (Asimov's Jan 2012)
novella — 4th place
2013:
“Faster Gun” (Tor.com Aug 2012)
novelette — 2nd place
2013:
“No Decent Patrimony” (Rip-Off!)
novelette — 30th place
2013:
“The Wreck of the Charles Dexter Ward” (by Sarah Monette & EB) (Drabblecast 31 Aug - 6 Sep 2012)
novelette — 12th place
2013:
“The Deeps of the Sky” (Edge of Infinity)
short story — 3rd place
2013:
Shoggoths in Bloom (Prime)
collection — winner
2012:
Grail (Spectra)
sf novel — 7th place
2012:
“Dolly” (Asimov's Jan 2011)
short story — 12th place
2011:
Chill (Spectra)
sf novel — 10th place
2011:
Bone and Jewel Creatures (Subterranean)
novella — 2nd place
2010:
“Cuckoo” (by Emma Bull, EB & Leah Bobet) (Shadow Unit 2 Aug 2009)
novella — 6th place
2010:
“Mongoose” (by Sarah Monette & EB) (Lovecraft Unbound)
novelette — 11th place
2009:
“Shoggoths in Bloom” (Asimov's Mar 2008)
novelette — 2nd place
2009:
“Boojum” (by EB & Sarah Monette) (Fast Ships, Black Sails)
short story — 3rd place
2008:
Undertow (Bantam Spectra)
sf novel — 11th place
2008:
Whiskey and Water (Roc)
fantasy novel — 10th place
2008:
“Cryptic Coloration” (Jim Baen's Universe Jun 2007)
novelette — 9th place
2008:
“Orm the Beautiful” (Clarkesworld Magazine Jan 2007)
short story — 18th place
2008:
“Tideline” (Asimov's Apr/May 2007)
short story — 4th place
2008:
New Amsterdam (Subterranean)
collection — 6th place
2007:
Carnival (Bantam Spectra)
sf novel — 4th place
2007:
“Wane” (Interzone #203 Apr 2006)
novelette — 13th place
2006:
Hammered/Scardown/Worldwired (Bantam Spectra)
first novel — winner
2006:
“Wax” (Interzone #201 Dec 2005)
novelette — 7th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(3 nominations; 2 wins)
2022:
“A Blessing of Unicorns” (Asimov's Sep/Oct 2021)
novella — winner
2013:
“In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns” (Asimov's)
novella — 4th place
2008:
“Tideline” (Asimov's Jun 2007)
short story — winner
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network
(10 nominations; 2 wins)
2019:
Stone Mad (Tor.com)
novel — winner
2012:
Grail (Spectra)
novel — nomination
2010:
By the Mountain Bound (Tor)
novel — nomination
2010:
Seven for a Secret (Subterranean Press)
novel — nomination
2009:
The Stratford Man (Hell and Earth/Ink and Steel) (Roc)
novel — winner
2009:
All the Windwracked Stars (Tor)
nomination
2008:
Dust (Bantam Spectra)
novel — nomination
2008:
New Amsterdam (Subterranean)
novel — nomination
2008:
Whiskey and Water (Roc)
novel — nomination
2007:
Carnival (Bantam)
novel — nomination
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
2007:
“Wax” (Interzone #201 Dec 2005)
story — 8th place
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(2 nominations)
2013:
Range of Ghosts (Tor)
honor list
2005:
“This Tragic Glass” (Sci Fiction 7 Apr 2004)
long list
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — (renamed the Astounding Award in 2020)
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2005:
— winner
Lambda Award — for gay and lesbian literature, juried
(2 nominations)
2008:
A Companion to Wolves (by Sarah Monette & EB) (Tor)
sf/fantasy/horror — nomination
2007:
Carnival (Bantam Spectra)
sf/fantasy/horror — nomination
Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(1 nomination)
2008:
“Les Innocents/Lumiere” (New Amsterdam)
short form — nomination
WSFA Small Press Award — for short fiction from small press publications, voted by member of Washington SF Assn
(1 nomination)
2008:
“Orm the Beautiful” (Clarkesworld Magazine Jan 2007)
shortlist — nomination
— As Judge —
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
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