C. J. Cherryh


science fiction awards database

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2020
Robert A. Heinlein Award 2021 — winner

2019
Alliance Rising (by CJC & Jane S. Fancher) • novel • DAW
awards:
• Prometheus Awards 2020 — novel — winner

2017
“Hrunting”
anthologies:
• The Book of Swords, ed. Gardner Dozois, Bantam 2017

2016
Visitor • novel • DAW
awards:
• Locus Awards 2017 — sf novel — 6th place

2015
SFWA Grand Master Award 2016 — winner
Tracker • novel • DAW
awards:
• Endeavour Award 2016 — finalist

2014
“Dancing on the Edge of the Dark”
anthologies:
• Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds, ed. Greg Bear & Gardner Dozois, Subterranean Press 2014

2013
Protector • novel • DAW
awards:
• Locus Awards 2014 — sf novel — 6th place
• Endeavour Award 2014 — finalist

2012
Intruder • novel • DAW
awards:
• Locus Awards 2013 — sf novel — 10th place

2010
“A Wizard of Wiscezan”
anthologies:
• Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery, ed. Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders, Eos 2010

2006
Fortress of Ice • novel • Eos
awards:
• Endeavour Award 2007 — finalist

2005
Destroyer • novel • DAW
awards:
• Endeavour Award 2006 — finalist

2004
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh • collection • DAW
awards:
• Locus Awards 2005 — collection — 2nd place
“The Threads of Time”
anthologies:
• The Time Traveler's Almanac, ed. Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer, Tor 2014

2002
“The Sandman, the Tinman, and the Betty B. ” • 30th Anniversary DAW: Science Fiction
anthologies:
• Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction, ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman, Wildside 2011

2001
Defender • novel • DAW
awards:
• Locus Awards 2002 — sf novel — 5th place
Hammerfall • novel • HarperCollins/Eos
awards:
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2002 — finalist

2000
Fortress of Dragons • novel • HarperCollins/Eos
awards:
• Locus Awards 2001 — fantasy novel — 10th place

1999
Fortress of Owls • novel • HarperPrism
awards:
• Locus Awards 2000 — fantasy novel — 3rd place
Precursor • novel • DAW
awards:
• Locus Awards 2000 — sf novel — 7th place
• HOMer Awards 2000 — novel — nomination

1998
Fortress of Eagles • novel • HarperPrism
awards:
• Locus Awards 1999 — fantasy novel — 5th place

1997
Finity's End • novel • Warner Aspect
awards:
• Locus Awards 1998 — sf novel — 5th place
• Prometheus Awards 1998 — novel — nomination

1996
Inheritor • novel • DAW
awards:
• Locus Awards 1997 — sf novel — 7th place

1995
Fortress in the Eye of Time • novel • HarperPrism
awards:
• Locus Awards 1996 — fantasy novel — 3rd place
citations:
• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, Neil Barron
Invader • novel • DAW
awards:
• Locus Awards 1996 — sf novel — 3rd place
• HOMer Awards 1996 — novel — nomination

1994
Foreigner • novel • DAW
awards:
• Locus Awards 1995 — sf novel — 3rd place
citations:
• 2015: 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime, Amazon Editors
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
Tripoint • novel • Warner Aspect
awards:
• Locus Awards 1995 — sf novel — 17th place

1993
Faery in Shadow • novel • Legend
awards:
• Locus Awards 1994 — fantasy novel — 11th place
citations:
• 2009: 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison

1992
Chanur's Legacy • novel • DAW
awards:
• Locus Awards 1993 — sf novel — 7th place
Hellburner • novel • Warner
awards:
• Locus Awards 1993 — sf novel — 14th place
citations:
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

1991
“Gwydion and the Dragon ” • short fiction • Once Upon a Time: A Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 1992 — novella — nomination
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1992
Heavy Time • novel • Warner
awards:
• Locus Awards 1992 — sf novel — 7th place
citations:
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

1989
Rimrunners • novel • Warner
awards:
• Locus Awards 1990 — sf novel — 2nd place
citations:
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
Rusalka • novel • Ballantine Del Rey
awards:
• Locus Awards 1990 — fantasy novel — 4th place
citations:
• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, Neil Barron
• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn

1988
Interzone Readers Poll 1989 — all-time best sf author — 20th place (tie)
Cyteen • novel • Warner
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1989 — novel — winner
• British SF Association Awards 1990 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 1989 — sf novel — winner
• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1989 — novel — winner
citations:
• 2017: Open Syllabus Explorer, Open Syllabus Project
• 2012: Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985 - 2010, Damien Broderick & Paul Di Filippo
• 2012: 20th Century SF Novel, Locus Online
• 2006: 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
• 1998: Best All-Time SF Novel, Locus Magazine
• 1996: Age of Wonders, David G. Hartwell
• 1996: Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, T. A. Shippey & A. J. Sobczak
• 1995: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
The Paladin • novel • Baen
awards:
• Locus Awards 1989 — fantasy novel — 2nd place
citations:
• 2009: 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison

1987
Skylark Award 1988 — winner

1986
Chanur's Homecoming • novel • Phantasia
awards:
• Locus Awards 1987 — sf novel — 6th place
Visible Light • collection • Phantasia
awards:
• Locus Awards 1987 — collection — 4th place

1985
Cuckoo's Egg • novel • Phantasia
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1986 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 1986 — sf novel — 9th place
citations:
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
• 2003: The 100 science fiction books you just have to read!, Keith Olexa
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
The Kif Strike Back • novel • Phantasia
awards:
• Locus Awards 1986 — sf novel — 14th place
“Pots ” • Afterwar
anthologies:
• The Big Book of Science Fiction, ed. Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer, Random House/Vintage 2016
• Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century, ed. Orson Scott Card, Ace 2001
• Future on Ice, ed. Orson Scott Card, Tor 1998
• The 1986 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1986
“The Scapegoat ” • short fiction • Alien Stars
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1986 — novella — nomination
• Locus Awards 1985 — novella — 2nd place
• Locus Awards 1986 — novella — 6th place
anthologies:
• The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century, ed. Harry Turtledove & Martin H. Greenberg, Ballantine Del Rey 2001
• Body Armor: 2000, ed. Joe W. Haldeman, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Ace 1986

1984
Chanur's Venture • novel • Phantasia
awards:
• Locus Awards 1985 — sf novel — 5th place
Voyager in Night • novel • DAW
awards:
• Philip K. Dick Award 1985 — finalist
citations:
• 1994: Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, Edward James

1983
The Dreamstone • novel • DAW
awards:
• Locus Awards 1984 — fantasy novel — 8th place
Forty Thousand in Gehenna • novel • Phantasia
awards:
• Locus Awards 1984 — sf novel — 18th place
citations:
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
The Tree of Swords and Jewels • novel • DAW
awards:
• Locus Awards 1984 — fantasy novel — 17th place
citations:
• 1984: The Science Fiction Sourcebook, David Wingrove

1982
Merchanter's Luck • novel • DAW
awards:
• Locus Awards 1983 — sf novel — 9th place
The Pride of Chanur • novel • DAW
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1983 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 1983 — sf novel — 4th place
• Locus Awards 1982 — sf novel — 21st place
citations:
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
• 1995: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
“Willow ” • short fiction • Hecate's Cauldron
awards:
• Locus Awards 1983 — novelette — 2nd place

1981
Downbelow Station • novel • DAW
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1982 — novel — winner
• Locus Awards 1982 — sf novel — 3rd place
citations:
• 2016: How Great Science Fiction Works, Gary K. Wolfe
• 2009: The Science Fiction Handbook, M. Keith Booker & Anne-Marie Thomas
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
• 2003: The 100 science fiction books you just have to read!, Keith Olexa
• 2003: The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn
• 1998: Best All-Time SF Novel, Locus Magazine
• 1996: Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, T. A. Shippey & A. J. Sobczak
• 1995: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
• 1994: Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, Edward James
• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn
• 1987: Best All-Time SF Novels, Locus Magazine
Ealdwood • short fiction • Donald M. Grant
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 1982 — novella — nomination
• Locus Awards 1982 — novella — 7th place
citations:
• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, Neil Barron
“The Haunted Tower” • short fiction • Sunfall
awards:
• Locus Awards 1982 — novelette — 4th place
anthologies:
• Fantasy Annual V, ed. Terry Carr, Pocket 1982
“Highliner (New York) ” • Sunfall
anthologies:
• The 1982 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1982
“The Only Death in the City” • short fiction • Sunfall
awards:
• Locus Awards 1982 — short story — 4th place
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 8, ed. Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1982
Sunfall • novel • DAW
awards:
• Locus Awards 1982 — single author collection — 3rd place
citations:
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
“A Thief in Korianth ” • short fiction • Flashing Swords #5: Demons and Daggers
awards:
• Balrog Awards 1982 — short fiction — winner
anthologies:
• Swords Against Darkness, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2017
Wave without a Shore • novel • daw
awards:
• Locus Awards 1982 — sf novel — 30th place (tie)
As Judge — World Fantasy Awards 1981

1980
Serpent's Reach • novel • Nelson Doubleday/SFBC
awards:
• Locus Awards 1981 — sf novel — 7th place
citations:
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester
• 1994: Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, Edward James

1979
Balrog Awards 1980 — professional achievement — nomination
“The Dreamstone ” • short fiction • Amazons!
awards:
• Balrog Awards 1980 — short fiction — nomination
The Faded Sun: Kutath • novel • sfbc
awards:
• Locus Awards 1980 — sf novel — 6th place
Fires of Azeroth • novel • daw
awards:
• Locus Awards 1980 — fantasy novel — 6th place
• Balrog Awards 1980 — novel — nomination

1978
Balrog Awards 1979 — professional achievement — nomination
“Cassandra ” • short fiction • F&SF Oct 1978
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1979 — short story — winner
• Nebula Awards 1979 — short story — nomination
• Locus Awards 1979 — short story — 6th place
anthologies:
• Women of Futures Past: Classic Stories, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Baen 2016
• Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts, ed. Heather Masari, St. Martin's/Bedford 2009
• Women of Wonder: The Contemporary Years, ed. Pamela Sargent, Harcourt Brace 1995
• The Hugo Winners, Volume 4: 1976-1979, ed. Isaac Asimov, Doubleday 1985
• Nebula Winners 14, ed. Frederik Pohl, Harper & Row 1980
• The 1979 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1979
The Faded Sun: Kesrith • novel • Nelson Doubleday
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1979 — novel — nomination
• Nebula Awards 1979 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 1979 — novel — 4th place
citations:
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
The Faded Sun: Shon'jir • novel • sfbc
awards:
• Locus Awards 1979 — novel — 19th place

1977
Hunter of Worlds • novel • Nelson Doubleday/SFBC
awards:
• Locus Awards 1978 — sf novel — 12th place

1976
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer 1977 — winner
Brothers of Earth • novel • Nelson Doubleday/SFBC
awards:
• Locus Awards 1977 — novel — 10th place
citations:
• 1976: The World of Science Fiction: 1925-1976, Lester del Rey
Gate of Ivrel • novel • DAW, 1976
citations:
• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, Neil Barron



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