John Clute
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 4
Major Awards: 7
Locus Awards: 4
Other Awards: 4
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 43
Times Served as Judge: 12
— Career and Special Awards —
Eaton Award — for best critical book, to 2001; since 2008, for lifetime achievement, juried
1995:
(JC & Peter Nicholls)
Grand Master Award — winner
First Fandom Hall of Fame Award — for fans active at the time of the first World SF Convention
2014:
winner
IAFA Awards — for scholarship, grad student, and service, presented by IAFA
1999:
Distinguished Scholarship — winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(7 nominations; 4 wins)
2012:
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition (JC, David Langford, Peter Nicholls & Graham Sleight, eds.) (Gollancz)
— related work — winner
2010:
Canary Fever: Reviews (Beccon)
— related book — nomination
2004:
Scores: Reviews 1993-2003 (Beccon Publications)
— related book — nomination
1998:
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (JC & John Grant, eds.) (Orbit; St. Martin's)
— related book — winner
1997:
Look at the Evidence (Serconia Press)
— nonfiction book — nomination
1996:
Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia (Dorling Kindersley)
— nonfiction book — winner
1994:
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (JC & Peter Nicholls, eds.) (Orbit; St. Martin's)
— nonfiction book — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(3 nominations; 1 win)
1998:
(by JC & John Grant) for The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
— special award, professional — winner
1995:
for reviewing
— special award, professional — nomination
1994:
for reviewing
— special award, professional — nomination
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(1 nomination)
1998:
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (JC & John Grant, eds.) (Orbit; St. Martin's)
— nonfiction — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination)
1996:
for Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia
— special award — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(5 nominations; 2 wins)
2025:
The Book Blinders (Norstrilia)
— nonfiction (long) — nomination
2012:
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition (JC, Peter Nicholls & David Langford, eds.) (SF Gateway)
— nonfiction — winner
2010:
Canary Fever: Reviews (Beccon)
— nonfiction — nomination
2009:
“Physics for Amnesia”
— nonfiction — nomination
1994:
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (JC & Peter Nicholls, eds.) (Orbit)
— special award — winner
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(1 nomination)
2003:
Appleseed (Tor)
— short list
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(16 nominations; 4 wins)
2025:
The Book Blinders (Norstrilia)
— non-fiction — 8th place
2015:
Stay (Beccon)
— non-fiction — 7th place
2012:
Pardon This Intrusion: Fantastika in the World Storm (Beccon)
— non-fiction — 6th place
2010:
Canary Fever: Reviews (Beccon)
— nonfiction/art book — 8th place
2007:
The Darkening Garden: A Short Lexicon of Horror (Payseur & Schmidt)
— non-fiction — 5th place
2004:
Scores: Reviews 1993-2003 (Beccon Publications)
— non-fiction/art — 4th place
2002:
Appleseed (Orbit; Tor 2002)
— sf novel — 14th place
1998:
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (JC & John Grant, eds.) (Orbit; St. Martin's)
— nonfiction — winner
1997:
Look at the Evidence (Serconia Press)
— nonfiction — winner
1996:
Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia (Dorling Kindersley)
— nonfiction — winner
1994:
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (JC & Peter Nicholls, eds.) (Orbit; St. Martin's)
— nonfiction — winner
1990:
Interzone: The 4th Anthology (JC, David Pringle & Simon Ounsley, eds.) (Simon & Schuster UK)
— anthology — 15th place (tie)
1989:
Interzone: The 3rd Anthology (JC, David Pringle & Simon Ounsley, eds.) (Simon & Schuster UK)
— anthology — 20th place
1989:
Strokes: Essays and Reviews 1966-1986 (Serconia Press)
— related nonfiction — 6th place
1988:
Interzone: The 2nd Anthology (JC, David Pringle & Simon Ounsley, eds.) (Simon & Schuster UK)
— anthology — 15th place
1986:
Interzone: The 1st Anthology (JC, Colin Greenland & David Pringle, eds.) (Dent)
— anthology — 9th place
— Other Awards —
Eaton Award — for best critical book, to 2001; since 2008, for lifetime achievement, juried
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
1999:
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (JC & John Grant, eds.) (Orbit)
— nonfiction — winner
International Horror Guild Awards — for horror works, juried
(1 nomination)
2007:
The Darkening Garden: A Short Lexicon of Horror (Payseur & Schmidt)
— nonfiction — nomination
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1998:
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (JC & John Grant, eds.) (St. Martin's)
— scholarship/myth — winner
Readercon Awards — for small press books and magazines, voted by members of Readercon
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1989:
Strokes: Essays and Reviews 1966-1986 (Serconia Press)
— nonfiction/criticism — winner
SFWA Awards — for works and contributions to SF, presented by the SFFWA
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2012:
Solstice Award — winner
— As Judge —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award — for writers deserving renewed attention; juried
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