Robert J. Sawyer
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 3
Major Awards: 2
Other Awards: 35
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 111
Times Served as Judge: 10
— Career and Special Awards —
Aurora Awards — for Canadian SF/F in English and in French, voted by members of annual convention
2013:
— lifetime achievement — winner
Robert A. Heinlein Award — for hard SF inspiring space exploration, presented by the Heinlein Society
2017:
— winner
Skylark Award — for contribution to SF in the spirit of E.E. "Doc" Smith; presented by NESFA
2014:
— winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(12 nominations; 1 win)
2010:
WWW: Wake (Ace; Gollancz)
novel — nomination
2008:
Rollback (Analog Oct 2006 - Jan/Feb 2007; Tor)
novel — nomination
2006:
“Identity Theft” (Down These Dark Spaceways SFBC)
novella — nomination
2005:
“Shed Skin” (Analog Jan/Feb 2004)
short story — nomination
2004:
Humans (Tor)
novel — nomination
2003:
Hominids (Analog Jan,Feb,MarApr 2002; Tor)
novel — winner
2001:
Calculating God (Tor)
novel — nomination
1999:
Factoring Humanity (Tor)
novel — nomination
1998:
Frameshift (Tor)
novel — nomination
1998:
“The Hand You're Dealt” (Free Space)
short story — nomination
1997:
Starplex (Ace; Analog Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct 1996)
novel — nomination
1996:
The Terminal Experiment (HarperPrism; Analog mid-Dec 1994,Jan,Feb,Mar 1995)
novel — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2006:
“Identity Theft” (Down These Dark Spaceways)
novella — nomination
1997:
Starplex (Analog Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct 1996; Ace)
novel — nomination
1996:
The Terminal Experiment (HarperPrism; Analog mid-Dec 1994,Jan,Feb,Mar 1995)
novel — winner
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(1 nomination)
2001:
“Fallen Angel” (Strange Attraction)
short fiction — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(5 nominations)
1999:
Tesseracts6 (RJS & Carolyn Clink, eds.) (Tesseract Books)
anthology — 20th place
1998:
“The Hand You're Dealt” (Free Space)
short story — 11th place
1996:
The Terminal Experiment (HarperPrism)
sf novel — 21st place
1995:
End of an Era (Ace)
sf novel — 27th place
1991:
Golden Fleece (Popular Library Questar)
first novel — 4th place
— Other Awards —
Analog Readers Poll — for stories, articles, and art published by Analog, polled by readers
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2005:
“Shed Skin” (Analog Jan/Feb 2004)
short story — winner
Aurora Awards — for Canadian SF/F in English and in French, voted by members of annual convention
(48 nominations; 16 wins)
2026:
The Downloaded 2: Ghost in the Machine (Shadowpaw)
novel — nomination (pending)
2021:
The Oppenheimer Alternative (Red Deer)
novel — nomination
2017:
Quantum Night (Penguin Canada)
novel — winner
2017:
The Neanderthal Parallax (Tor)
best of the decade — winner
2016:
“Looking for Gordo” (Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft)
short fiction — nomination
2014:
Red Planet Blues (Penguin Canada)
novel in English — nomination
2013:
Triggers (Penguin Canada)
novel in English — nomination
2012:
WWW: Wonder (Penguin Canada)
novel — winner
2011:
WWW: Watch (Penguing Canada)
long-form work in English — winner
2011:
“The Transformed Man” (Tesseracts Fourteen)
poem/song in English — nomination
2010:
WWW: Wake (Penguin Canada)
novel in English — winner
2010:
Distant Early Warnings: Canada's Best Science Fiction (Robert J. Sawyer Books)
other work in English — nomination
2009:
Identity Theft and Other Stories (Red Deer)
long-form work in English — nomination
2008:
Rollback (Tor; Analog)
long-form work in English — nomination
2007:
“Biding Time” (Slipstreams)
short-form work in English — winner
2006:
Mindscan (Tor)
long-form work in English — nomination
2006:
“Identity Theft” (Down These Dark Spaceways)
short-form work in English — nomination
2006:
Birth (by Michael Lennick & RJS, writers; Joe Mahoney, producer)
other work in English — nomination
2005:
“Mikeys” (Space Stations)
short-form work in English — nomination
2005:
Relativity: Essays and Stories (ISFiC Press)
other work in English — winner
2004:
Humans (Tor)
long-form work in English — nomination
2004:
“Come All Ye Faithful” (Space Inc.)
short-form work in English — nomination
2004:
— other work in English — nomination
2003:
Hominids (Tor)
long-form work in English — nomination
2003:
“Ineluctable” (Analog Nov 2002)
short-form work in English — winner
2003:
“Faster than Light” (by Joe Mahoney, RJS & Barbara Worthy) (CBC Radio)
work in English (other) — nomination
2001:
Calculating God (Tor)
long-form work in English — nomination
2001:
“The Shoulders of Giants” (Star Colonies)
short-form work in English — nomination
2000:
Flashforward (Tor)
long-form work in English — winner
2000:
“Stream of Consciousness” (Packing Fraction & Other Tales of Science & Imagination)
short-form work in English — winner
1999:
Factoring Humanity (Tor)
long-form work in English — nomination
1998:
Frameshift (Tor)
long-form work in English — nomination
1998:
Illegal Alien (Ace)
long-form work in English — nomination
1998:
“The Hand You're Dealt” (Free Space)
short-form work in English — nomination
1998:
Tesseracts6 (RJS & Carolyn Clink, eds.) (Tesseract Books)
other work in English — nomination
1997:
Starplex (Ace)
long-form work in English — winner
1997:
“Peking Man” (Dark Destiny III: Children of Dracula)
short-form work in English — winner
1996:
The Terminal Experiment (HarperPrism; Analog mid-Dec 1994,Jan,Feb,Mar 1995)
long-form, English — winner
1996:
“Lost in the Mail” (TransVersions #3)
short-form, English — nomination
1995:
End of an Era (Ace)
long-form, English — nomination
1995:
(Random Musings)
— other fan achievement — nomination
1994:
Far-Seer (Ace)
long-form, English — nomination
1994:
“Just Like Old Times” (On Spec Summer 1993)
short-form, English — winner
1993:
Far-Seer (Ace)
long-form, English — nomination
1992:
Golden Fleece (Popular Library Questar)
long-form, English — winner
1991:
Golden Fleece (Popular Library Questar)
long-form, English — nomination
1989:
“Golden Fleece” (Amazing Stories Sep 1988)
short-form, English — nomination
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network
(2 nominations)
2004:
Hybrids (Tor)
novel — nomination
2003:
Hominids (Tor)
novel — nomination
Golden Duck Awards — for children's and YA SF books, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2011:
WWW: Watch (Ace)
Hal Clement Award (young adult) — winner
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — for SF works published in France, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1997:
“You See But You Do Not Observe”
Translated Short Story — winner
HOMer Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(12 nominations; 9 wins)
2001:
Calculating God (Tor)
novel — winner
1999:
Factoring Humanity (Tor)
novel — nomination
1998:
Frameshift (Tor)
novel — nomination
1998:
Illegal Alien (Ace)
novel — nomination
1997:
Starplex (Ace)
novel — winner
1997:
“Above It All” (Dante's Disciples)
short story — winner
1996:
The Terminal Experiment (HarperPrism; Analog mid-Dec 1994,Jan,Feb,Mar 1995)
novel — winner
1996:
“You See But You Do Not Observe” (Sherlock Holmes in Orbit)
short story — winner
1995:
End of an Era (Ace)
novel — winner
1994:
Fossil Hunter (Ace)
novel — winner
1993:
Far-Seer (Ace)
novel — winner
1991:
Golden Fleece (Popular Library Questar)
first novel — winner
Italia Awards — for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(1 nomination)
2002:
Calculating God
international novel — 3rd place
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(5 nominations; 1 win)
2010:
WWW: Wake (Ace; Gollancz)
finalist
2008:
Rollback (Tor)
finalist
2006:
Mindscan (Tor)
winner
2003:
Hominids (Tor)
third place
2001:
Calculating God (Tor)
second place (tie)
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(3 nominations; 1 win)
1998:
“The Hand You're Dealt” (Free Space)
short story — winner
1997:
Starplex (Ace)
novel — 3rd place
1996:
The Terminal Experiment (HarperPrism)
novel — 3rd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(9 nominations; 3 wins)
2006:
Neanderthal Parallax Trilogy
translated long form — nomination
2003:
Illegal Alien
translated novel — winner
2002:
Flashforward
translated novel — nomination
2001:
Frameshift
foreign novel — winner
2000:
Starplex
overseas long fiction — nomination
1998:
The Terminal Experiment
foreign novel — nomination
1998:
“Just Like Old Times”
foreign short fiction — nomination
1997:
End of an Era
overseas novel — winner
1995:
Far-Seer
foreign novel — nomination
Sunburst Award — for novel or book-length collection by a Canadian, juried
(1 nomination)
2011:
WWW: Watch (Penguin Canada)
Adult
UPC Award — for unpublished novella, open internationally, juried via blind competition; no longer compiled
(4 nominations; 3 wins)
2004:
“Identity Theft”
winner
1998:
“Block Universe”
winner (tie)
1997:
“Psychospace”
winner (tie)
1996:
“Helix”
special mention — nomination
— As Judge —
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