Lavie Tidhar
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 3
Other Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 50
— Major Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2012:
Osama (PS Publishing)
novel — winner
2011:
for The World SF Blog
— special award, non-professional — nomination
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(1 nomination)
2017:
Central Station (PS Publishing)
shortlist
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2021:
By Force Alone (Tor)
fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) — nomination
2015:
A Man Lies Dreaming (Hodder & Stoughton)
fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) — nomination
2015:
Black Gods Kiss (PS Publishing)
collection — nomination
2012:
Gorel and the Pot Bellied God (PS Publishing)
novella — winner
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2024:
Best of World SF: Volume 3 (Bloomsbury)
collection or anthology — nomination
2013:
The World SF Blog
nonfiction — winner
2012:
Osama (PS Publishing)
novel — nomination
Dragon Awards — for SF/F works, voted on by members of the annual Dragon Con
(2 nominations)
2023:
Neom (Tachyon)
sf novel — nomination
2019:
Unholy Land (Tachyon)
alternate history novel — nomination
Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
(1 nomination)
2022:
The Escapement (Tachyon)
special citation
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(2 nominations)
2020:
“New Atlantis” (F&SF May/Jun 2019)
finalist
2011:
“The Night Train” (Strange Horizons 14 Jun 2010)
finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(17 nominations)
2024:
The Best of World SF: Volume 3 (Ad Astra)
anthology — 9th place
2023:
Neom (Tachyon)
sf novel — 9th place
2023:
The Best of World SF: Volume 2 (Head of Zeus)
anthology — 5th place
2022:
The Best of World SF: Volume 1 (Head of Zeus)
anthology — 7th place
2019:
Unholy Land (Tachyon)
sf novel — 9th place
2017:
Central Station (Tachyon)
sf novel — 4th place
2015:
A Man Lies Dreaming (Hodder & Stoughton)
fantasy novel — 12th place
2015:
“Kur-A-Len” (Black Gods Kiss)
novella — 13th place
2015:
“Vladimir Chong Chooses to Die” (Analog Sep 2014)
short story — 35th place
2014:
The Violent Century (Hodder; PS Publishing)
fantasy novel — 18th place
2014:
“The Book Seller” (Interzone Jan/Feb 2013)
novelette — 21st place
2013:
“The Memcordist” (Eclipse Online 24 Dec 2012)
short story — 32nd place
2012:
“The Projected Girl” (Naked City)
novelette — 24th place
2011:
The Bookman (Angry Robot)
first novel — 6th place
2011:
Cloud Permutations (PS Publishing)
novella — 15th place
2011:
“Butterfly and the Blight at the Heart of the World” (Daily Science Fiction 3 Sep 2010)
novelette — 31st place
2011:
“The Night Train” (Strange Horizons 14 Jun 2010)
short story — 36th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
2025:
“Sunsets” (Asimov's Mar/Apr 2024)
short story — 5th place
Eugie Awards — for short fiction that inspires, enlightens, and entertains, juried
(1 nomination)
2021:
“Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law” (Tor.com 11 Nov 2020)
finalist
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(5 nominations)
2014:
“The Book Seller” (Interzone #244)
story — 6th place
2013:
“Strigoi” (Interzone #242)
story — 7th place
2012:
“In the Season of the Mango Rains” (Interzone #234)
story — 7th place (tie)
2012:
“The Last Osama” (Interzone #237)
story — 5th place (tie)
2010:
“Funny Pages” (Interzone #225 Dec 2009)
story — 6th place (tie)
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2019:
Unholy Land (Tachyon)
finalist
2017:
Central Station (Tachyon)
winner
2012:
Osama (PS Publishing)
honorable mention
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(3 nominations)
2025:
Neom
translated novel — nomination
2020:
A Man Lies Dreaming
translated novel — nomination
2016:
The Violent Century
translated novel — nomination
Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(2 nominations)
2019:
Unholy Land (Tachyon)
long form — nomination
2012:
Camera Obscura (Angry Robot)
long form — nomination
The Kitschies — for speculative/fantastic works that elevate the tone of genre literature, juried
(2 nominations)
2019:
Unholy Land (Tachyon)
Red Tentacle (novel) — nomination
2012:
Osama (PS Publishng)
Red Tentacle (novel) — nomination
WSFA Small Press Award — for short fiction from small press publications, voted by member of Washington SF Assn
(1 nomination)
2009:
“Hard Rain at the Fortean Café” (Aeon Speculative Fiction Magazine #14)
shortlist — nomination
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