Vajra Chandrasekera
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 2
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 12
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(3 nominations)
2024:
The Saint of Bright Doors (Tordotcom)
— novel — nomination
2019:
Strange Horizons (with 5 other nominees)
— semiprozine — nomination
2017:
Strange Horizons (with 7 other nominees)
— semiprozine — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2024:
The Saint of Bright Doors (Tordotcom)
— novel — winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination)
2024:
Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer — nomination
Dragon Awards — for SF/F works, voted on by members of the annual Dragon Con
(1 nomination)
2024:
The Saint of Bright Doors (Tordotcom)
— sf novel — nomination
Ignyte Awards — for SF/F/H that celebrates vibrancy and diversity; committee and popular vote
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2024:
The Saint of Bright Doors (Tordotcom)
— adult novel — winner
Le Guin Prize — for single book-length work of imaginative fiction; juried
(1 nomination)
2024:
The Saint of Bright Doors (Tordotcom)
— shortlist
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(1 nomination)
2021:
“The Translator, at Low Tide” (Clarkesworld May 2020)
— finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2024:
The Saint of Bright Doors (Tordotcom)
— first novel — winner
— Other Awards —
Lambda Award — for gay and lesbian literature, juried
(1 nomination)
2024:
The Saint of Bright Doors (Tordotcom)
— LGBTQ+ speculative fiction — nomination
William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award — for first fantasy book, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2024:
The Saint of Bright Doors (Tor)
— winner
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