Robert J. Sawyer
2025
The Downloaded 2: Ghost in the Machine • novel • Shadowpaw
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2026 — novel — nomination (pending)
2020
The Oppenheimer Alternative • novel • Arc Manor/Caezik SF & Fantasy
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2021 — novel — nomination
2018
As Judge — Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award 2018
2017
As Judge — Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award 2017
2016
The Neanderthal Parallax • Tor
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2017 — best of the decade — winner
Quantum Night • novel • Ace
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2017 — novel — winner
Robert A. Heinlein Award 2017 — winner
As Judge — Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award 2016
2015
“Looking for Gordo” • short fiction • Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2016 — short fiction — nomination
2013
Red Planet Blues • novel • Ace
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2014 — novel in English — nomination
Skylark Award 2014 — winner
As Judge — Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award 2013
2012
Triggers • novel • Ace
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2013 — novel in English — nomination
Aurora Awards 2013 — lifetime achievement — winner
As Judge — Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award 2012
2011
WWW: Wonder • novel • Ace
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2012 — novel — winner
As Judge — Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award 2011
2010
WWW: Watch • novel • Ace
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2011 — long-form work in English — winner
• Golden Duck Awards 2011 — Hal Clement Award (young adult) — winner
• Sunburst Award 2011 — Adult
“The Transformed Man” • short fiction • Tesseracts Fourteen
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2011 — poem/song in English — nomination
As Judge — Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award 2010
2009
WWW: Wake • novel • Ace
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2010 — novel — nomination
• Aurora Awards 2010 — novel in English — winner
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2010 — finalist
Distant Early Warnings: Canada's Best Science Fiction • anthology • Robert J. Sawyer Books
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2010 — other work in English — nomination
As Judge — Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award 2009
2008
Identity Theft and Other Stories • collection • Fitzhenry & Whiteside
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2009 — long-form work in English — nomination
As Judge — Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award 2008
2007
Rollback • novel • Tor
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2008 — novel — nomination
• Aurora Awards 2008 — long-form work in English — nomination
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2008 — finalist
2006
“Flashes” • FutureShocks
anthologies:
“Biding Time” • short fiction • Slipstreams
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2007 — short-form work in English — winner
2005
Birth (by Michael Lennick & RJS, writers; Joe Mahoney, producer)
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2006 — other work in English — nomination
Mindscan • novel • Tor
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2006 — long-form work in English — nomination
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2006 — winner
citations:
“Identity Theft” • short fiction • Down These Dark Spaceways SFBC
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2006 — novella — nomination
• Nebula Awards 2006 — novella — nomination
• Aurora Awards 2006 — short-form work in English — nomination
• UPC Award 2004 — winner
anthologies:
2004
Relativity: Essays and Stories • collection • Isfic Press
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2005 — other work in English — winner
“Shed Skin” • short fiction • Analog Jan/Feb 2004
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2005 — short story — nomination
• Analog Readers Poll 2005 — short story — winner
“Mikeys” • short fiction • Space Stations
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2005 — short-form work in English — nomination
2003
Neanderthal Parallax Trilogy
awards:
• Seiun Awards 2006 — translated long form — nomination
Hybrids • novel • Tor
awards:
• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2004 — novel — nomination
Humans • novel • Tor
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2004 — novel — nomination
• Aurora Awards 2004 — long-form work in English — nomination
“Come All Ye Faithful” • short fiction • Space Inc.
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2004 — short-form work in English — nomination
Aurora Awards 2004 — other work in English — nomination
2002
Hominids • novel • Tor
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2003 — novel — winner
• Aurora Awards 2003 — long-form work in English — nomination
• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2003 — novel — nomination
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2003 — third place
citations:
“Shed Skin” • The Bakka Anthology
anthologies:
“Ineluctable” • short fiction • Analog Nov 2002
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2003 — short-form work in English — winner
“Faster than Light” (by Joe Mahoney, RJS & Barbara Worthy) • short fiction • CBC Radio
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2003 — work in English (other) — nomination
2000
Calculating God • novel • Tor
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2001 — novel — nomination
• Aurora Awards 2001 — long-form work in English — nomination
• HOMer Awards 2001 — novel — winner
• Italia Awards 2002 — international novel — 3rd place
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2001 — second place (tie)
citations:
“The Shoulders of Giants” • short fiction • Star Colonies
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2001 — short-form work in English — nomination
anthologies:
“The Abdication of Pope Mary III” • Nature Jul 6 2000
anthologies:
“Fallen Angel” • short fiction • Strange Attraction
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2001 — short fiction — nomination
1999
Flashforward • novel • Tor
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2000 — long-form work in English — winner
• Seiun Awards 2002 — translated novel — nomination
“The Blue Planet” • Toronto Globe and Mail Dec 11 1999
anthologies:
1998
Factoring Humanity • novel • Tor
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1999 — novel — nomination
• Aurora Awards 1999 — long-form work in English — nomination
• HOMer Awards 1999 — novel — nomination
citations:
“Stream of Consciousness” • short fiction • Packing Fraction & Other Tales of Science & Imagination
awards:
• Aurora Awards 2000 — short-form work in English — winner
“Block Universe” • short fiction
awards:
• UPC Award 1998 — winner (tie)
1997
Tesseracts6 (RJS & Carolyn Clink, eds.) • anthology • Tessearct Books
awards:
• Locus Awards 1999 — anthology — 20th place
• Aurora Awards 1998 — other work in English — nomination
Illegal Alien • novel • Ace
awards:
• Aurora Awards 1998 — long-form work in English — nomination
• HOMer Awards 1998 — novel — nomination
• Seiun Awards 2003 — translated novel — winner
Frameshift • novel • Tor
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1998 — novel — nomination
• Aurora Awards 1998 — long-form work in English — nomination
• HOMer Awards 1998 — novel — nomination
• Seiun Awards 2001 — foreign novel — winner
“The Hand You're Dealt” • short fiction • Free Space
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1998 — short story — nomination
• Locus Awards 1998 — short story — 11th place
• Aurora Awards 1998 — short-form work in English — nomination
• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1998 — short story — winner
“Psychospace” • short fiction
awards:
• UPC Award 1997 — winner (tie)
1996
Starplex • novel • Ace
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1997 — novel — nomination
• Nebula Awards 1997 — novel — nomination
• Aurora Awards 1997 — long-form work in English — winner
• HOMer Awards 1997 — novel — winner
• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1997 — novel — 3rd place
• Seiun Awards 2000 — overseas long fiction — nomination
citations:
“Peking Man” • short fiction • Dark Destiny III: Children of Dracula
awards:
• Aurora Awards 1997 — short-form work in English — winner
anthologies:
“Helix” • short fiction
awards:
• UPC Award 1996 — special mention — nomination
“Above It All” • short fiction • Dante's Disciples
awards:
• HOMer Awards 1997 — short story — winner
1995
The Terminal Experiment • novel • HarperPrism
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1996 — novel — nomination
• Nebula Awards 1996 — novel — winner
• Locus Awards 1996 — sf novel — 21st place
• Aurora Awards 1996 — long-form, English — winner
• HOMer Awards 1996 — novel — winner
• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1996 — novel — 3rd place
• Seiun Awards 1998 — foreign novel — nomination
citations:
“You See But You Do Not Observe” • short fiction
awards:
• Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 1997 — Translated Short Story — winner
• HOMer Awards 1996 — short story — winner
anthologies:
“Lost in the Mail” • short fiction • TransVersions #3
awards:
• Aurora Awards 1996 — short-form, English — nomination
As Judge — Philip K. Dick Award 1995
1994
End of an Era • novel • Ace
awards:
• Locus Awards 1995 — sf novel — 27th place
• Aurora Awards 1995 — long-form, English — nomination
• HOMer Awards 1995 — novel — winner
• Seiun Awards 1997 — overseas novel — winner
Aurora Awards 1995 — other fan achievement — nomination
1993
Fossil Hunter • novel • Ace
awards:
• HOMer Awards 1994 — novel — winner
“Just Like Old Times” • short fiction • On Spec Summer 1993
awards:
• Aurora Awards 1994 — short-form, English — winner
• Seiun Awards 1998 — foreign short fiction — nomination
anthologies:
1992
Far-Seer • novel • Ace
awards:
• Aurora Awards 1994 — long-form, English — nomination
• Aurora Awards 1993 — long-form, English — nomination
• HOMer Awards 1993 — novel — winner
• Seiun Awards 1995 — foreign novel — nomination
1990
Golden Fleece • novel • Popular Library Questar
awards:
• Locus Awards 1991 — first novel — 4th place
• Aurora Awards 1992 — long-form, English — winner
• Aurora Awards 1991 — long-form, English — nomination
• HOMer Awards 1991 — first novel — winner
1988
“Golden Fleece” • short fiction • Amazing Stories Sep 1988
awards:
• Aurora Awards 1989 — short-form, English — nomination
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