T. Kingfisher
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 10
Locus Awards: 6
Other Awards: 5
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 49
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(9 nominations; 3 wins)
2026:
What Stalks the Deep (Nightfire; Titan UK)
novella — nomination
2025:
A Sorceress Comes to Call (Tor; Titan UK)
novel — nomination
2025:
What Feasts at Night (Nightfire)
novella — nomination
2024:
Thornhedge (Tor; Titan UK)
novella — winner
2023:
Nettle & Bone (Tor; Titan UK)
novel — winner
2023:
What Moves the Dead (Nightfire; Titan UK)
novella — nomination
2022:
The World of the White Rat (Argyll)
series — nomination
2021:
“Metal Like Blood in the Dark”
short story — winner
2019:
“The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society” (Uncanny Nov/Dec 2018)
short story — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(3 nominations)
2025:
A Sorceress Comes to Call (Tor; Titan UK)
novel — nomination
2024:
Thornhedge (Tor; Titan UK)
novella — nomination
2023:
Nettle & Bone (Tor; Titan UK)
novel — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(1 nomination)
2024:
Thornhedge (Tor; Titan UK)
novella — nomination
Andre Norton Award — for YA SF/F works, presented by SFWA in parallel with the Nebula Awards
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2021:
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking (Argyll)
winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(5 nominations)
2025:
What Feasts at Night (Titan)
novella — nomination
2024:
A House With Good Bones (Titan)
horror novel (August Derleth Award) — nomination
2024:
Thornhedge (Titan)
novella — nomination
2021:
The Hollow Places (Saga)
horror novel (August Derleth Award) — nomination
2020:
The Twisted Ones (Titan)
horror novel (August Derleth Award) — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(1 nomination)
2023:
Illuminations (Argyll)
book for younger readers — nomination
Dragon Awards — for SF/F works, voted on by members of the annual Dragon Con
(6 nominations; 5 wins)
2026:
Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher (Tor; Tor UK)
illustrative cover — winner
2023:
A House With Good Bones (Nightfire)
horror novel — winner
2022:
Nettle & Bone (Tor)
fantasy novel (including paranormal) — nomination
2021:
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking (Argyll)
YA/middle grade novel — winner
2021:
The Hollow Places (Saga)
horror novel — winner
2020:
The Twisted Ones (Saga)
horror novel — winner
Lodestar Award — for YA SF/F works, presented by Worldcon in parallel with the Hugo Awards
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2021:
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking (Argyll)
winner
2020:
Minor Mage (Argyll)
finalist
2018:
Summer in Orcus (Sofawolf)
finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(15 nominations; 6 wins)
2026:
Hemlock & Silver (Tor; Tor UK)
fantasy novel — 3rd place (tie)
2026:
What Stalks the Deep (Nightfire; Titan UK)
novella — 3rd place
2025:
A Sorceress Comes to Call (Tor; Titan UK)
fantasy novel — winner
2025:
What Feasts at Night (Nightfire)
novella — winner
2024:
Paladin's Faith (Argyll)
fantasy novel — 2nd place
2024:
A House With Good Bones (Nightfire; Titan UK)
horror novel — winner
2024:
Thornhedge (Tor; Titan UK)
novella — winner
2023:
Nettle & Bone (Tor; Titan UK)
fantasy novel — 2nd place
2023:
What Moves the Dead (Nightfire; Titan UK)
horror novel — winner
2022:
Paladin's Strength (Argyll)
fantasy novel — 5th place
2021:
The Hollow Places (Saga)
horror novel — 4th place
2021:
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking (Argyll)
young adult book — winner
2020:
The Twisted Ones (Saga)
horror novel — 2nd place
2020:
“Fisher-Bird” (The Mythic Dream)
short story — 3rd place
2019:
The Wonder Engine (Argyll Productions)
fantasy novel — 7th place
— Other Awards —
Ignotus Awards — for SF works published in Spain, voted by members of Spanish SF Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2025:
What Moves the Dead
foreign novel — winner
Lord Ruthven Awards — for fiction and nonfiction about vampires, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2025:
What Feasts at Night
fiction — winner
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2026:
Snake-Eater (47North)
adult literature — winner
2021:
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking (Argyll)
children's literature — winner
WSFA Small Press Award — for short fiction from small press publications, voted by member of Washington SF Assn
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2021:
“Metal Like Blood in the Dark” (Uncanny Sep/Oct 2020)
winner
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