Michael H. Payne
Awards Summary
Awards Won: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 7
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(2 nominations)
1998:
“The Language of Ghosts” (Asimov's Aug 1997)
short story — 6th place (tie)
1994:
“River Man” (Asimov's Aug 1993)
short story — 3rd place (tie)
Rhysling Awards — for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
(1 nomination)
2020:
“Ode to the Artistic Temperament” (Silver Blade Spr 2019)
long poem — 3rd place (tie)
SFWA Awards — for works and contributions to SF, presented by the SFFWA
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2013:
— SFWA Service Award — winner
William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award — for first fantasy book, juried
(1 nomination)
1999:
The Blood Jaguar (Tor)
finalist
Writers and Illustrators of the Future — for stories and art by contest winners, juried
(1 nomination)
1991:
“Crow's Curse”
Writers of the Future finalist
WSFA Small Press Award — for short fiction from small press publications, voted by member of Washington SF Assn
(1 nomination)
2025:
“Collaborators” (Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores Dec 2024)
shortlist — nomination (pending)
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