James Morrow
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 5
Other Awards: 2
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 54
— Career and Special Awards —
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(2 nominations)
2010:
Shambling Towards Hiroshima (Tachyon)
novella — nomination
1995:
Towing Jehovah (Harcourt Brace)
novel — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(7 nominations; 2 wins)
2010:
Shambling Towards Hiroshima (Tachyon)
novella — nomination
2002:
“Auspicious Eggs” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2000)
novelette — nomination
1995:
Towing Jehovah (Harcourt Brace)
novel — nomination
1993:
City of Truth (St. Martin's)
novella — winner
1991:
Only Begotten Daughter (Morrow)
novel — nomination
1989:
“Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge” (Full Spectrum)
short story — winner
1987:
This Is the Way the World Ends (Henry Holt)
novel — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(4 nominations; 2 wins)
2016:
Reality by Other Means: The Best Short Fiction of James Morrow (Wesleyan)
collection — nomination
1997:
Bible Stories for Adults (Harcourt Brace)
collection — nomination
1995:
Towing Jehovah (Harcourt Brace)
novel — winner
1991:
Only Begotten Daughter (Morrow)
novel — winner (tie)
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(1 nomination)
1995:
Towing Jehovah (Arrow)
shortlist
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(1 nomination)
2007:
The Last Witchfinder (Weidenfield & Nicholson)
novel — nomination
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(1 nomination)
2018:
The Asylum of Dr. Caligari (Tachyon)
novella — nomination
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2010:
Shambling Towards Hiroshima (Tachyon Publications)
winner
2002:
“The Cat's Pajamas” (F&SF Oct 2001)
shortlist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(24 nominations)
2015:
The Madonna and the Starship (Tachyon)
novella — 9th place
2010:
Shambling Towards Hiroshima (Tachyon)
novella — 5th place
2008:
SFWA European Hall of Fame: Sixteen Contemporary Masterpieces of Science Fiction from the Continent (JM & Kathryn Morrow, eds.) (Tor)
anthology — 17th place
2007:
The Last Witchfinder (Morrow)
fantasy novel — 5th place
2006:
“The Second Coming of Charles Darwin” (Amazon Shorts 19 Aug 2005)
short story — 21st place
2005:
“Martyrs of the Upshot Knothole” (Conqueror Fantastic)
novelette — 32nd place
2005:
The Cat's Pajamas and Other Stories (Tachyon Publications)
collection — 14th place
2003:
“The War of the Worldviews” (Mars Probes)
short story — 25th place (tie)
2002:
“The Cat's Pajamas” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2001)
novelette — 33rd place
2001:
“Auspicious Eggs” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2000)
novelette — 15th place
2000:
The Eternal Footman (Harcourt Brace)
fantasy novel — 6th place
1997:
Blameless in Abaddon (Harcourt Brace)
fantasy novel — 4th place
1997:
Bible Stories for Adults (Harcourt Brace)
collection — 4th place
1995:
Towing Jehovah (Harcourt Brace)
fantasy novel — 2nd place
1995:
“Bible Stories for Adults, No. 20: The Tower” (F&SF Jun 1994)
short story — 6th place
1995:
Nebula Awards 28 (Harcourt Brace)
anthology — 11th place
1994:
Nebula Awards 27 (Harcourt Brace)
anthology — 8th place
1993:
Nebula Awards 26 (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
anthology — 9th place
1992:
City of Truth (Legend; St. Martin's)
novella — 10th place
1992:
“Daughter Earth” (Full Spectrum 3)
short story — 2nd place
1991:
Only Begotten Daughter (Morrow)
fantasy novel — 4th place
1990:
“Abe Lincoln in McDonald's” (F&SF May 1989)
short story — 8th place
1990:
“Bible Stories for Adults, No. 31: The Covenant” (What Might Have Been? Vol. 1: Alternate Empires; Aboriginal SF Nov/Dec 1989)
short story — 11th place
1987:
This Is the Way the World Ends (Henry Holt)
sf novel — 22nd place
— Other Awards —
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — for SF works published in France, juried
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2018:
Galápagos Regained
foreign novel — winner
1996:
Towing Jehovah
Translated Novel — winner
Italia Awards — for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(1 nomination)
1998:
City of Truth
international novel — nomination
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(1 nomination)
2007:
The Last Witchfinder (Morrow)
honor list
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(5 nominations)
2016:
Galápagos Regained (St. Martin's)
finalist
2009:
The Philosopher's Apprentice (Morrow)
third place
2007:
The Last Witchfinder (Morrow)
second place
1991:
Only Begotten Daughter (Morrow)
third place
1987:
This Is the Way the World Ends (Henry Holt)
second place
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(1 nomination)
1991:
Only Begotten Daughter (Morrow)
fantasy — nomination
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2026:
Shambling Towards Hiroshima
translated novel — nomination (pending)
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