Carol Emshwiller
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 3
Major Awards: 4
Other Awards: 2
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 37
Times Served as Judge: 1
— Career and Special Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
2005:
— life achievement — winner
I-CON Award — for contributions to SF/F/H, presented by annual convention I-CON
1999:
— Gallun Award — winner
— Major Awards —
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(4 nominations; 2 wins)
2006:
“I Live with You” (F&SF Mar 2005)
short story — winner
2004:
The Mount (Small Beer Press)
novel — nomination
2004:
“Grandma” (F&SF Mar 2002)
short story — nomination
2003:
“Creature” (F&SF Nov 2001)
short story — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
1991:
The Start of the End of It All and Other Stories (The Women's Press; Mercury House 1991)
collection — winner
Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2003:
The Mount (Small Beer Press)
winner
2003:
Report to the Men's Club and Other Stories (Small Beer Press)
finalist
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(1 nomination)
2026:
Moon Songs (Third Man)
single-author collection — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(16 nominations)
2026:
Moon Songs (Third Man)
collection — 6th place
2012:
The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller, Volume 1 (Nonstop)
collection — 4th place
2007:
“Killers” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2006)
short story — 12th place
2007:
“World of No Return” (Asimov's Jan 2006)
short story — 16th place
2006:
Mister Boots (Viking)
young adult book — 2nd place
2006:
“I Live with You” (F&SF Mar 2005)
short story — 3rd place
2006:
I Live with You (Tachyon)
collection — 11th place
2005:
“All of Us Can Almost...” (Sci Fiction 17 Nov 2004)
short story — 12th place
2005:
“Gliders Though They Be” (Sci Fiction 2 Jun 2004)
short story — 16th place
2004:
“Boys” (Sci Fiction 28 Jan 2003)
short story — 17th place
2003:
The Mount (Small Beer Press)
sf novel — 11th place
2003:
Report to the Men's Club and Other Stories (Small Beer Press)
collection — 11th place
2002:
“Creature” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2001)
short story — 9th place
1992:
The Start of the End of It All (Mercury House)
collection — 14th place
1991:
The Start of the End of It All and Other Stories (The Women's Press)
collection — 17th place
1988:
“The Circular Library of Stones” (Omni Feb 1987)
short story — 18th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2011:
“The Lovely Ugly” (Asimov's Aug 2010)
short story — winner (tie)
2010:
“The Bird Painter in Time of War” (Asimov's Feb 2009)
short story — 3rd place (tie)
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(5 nominations)
2006:
Mister Boots
long list
2005:
“All of Us Can Almost...” (Sci Fiction 17 Nov 2004)
short list
2004:
“Boys” (Sci Fiction 28 Jan 2003)
short list
1996:
Carmen Dog (Mercury Press)
retrospective Tiptree short list
1993:
Venus Rising (Edgewood Press)
short list
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1988:
“The Circular Library of Stones” (Omni Feb 1987)
short story — winner
SF Site Readers Poll — for SF/F books, voted by readers of SF Site website
(1 nomination)
2003:
The Mount (Small Beer Press)
sf/fantasy book — 10th place
Xatafi-Cyberdark — for SF works published in Spain, juried by critics
(1 nomination)
2010:
The Mount
foreign book — nomination
— As Judge —
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