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Elizabeth Bear

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2023

As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2023

2021

A Blessing of Unicorns • short fiction • Audible Originals

awards:

• Locus Awards 2022 — novella — 9th place

“The Red Mother” • short fiction • Tor.com 23 Jun 2021

awards:

• Locus Awards 2022 — novelette — 6th place

“A Blessing of Unicorns” • short fiction • Asimov's Sep/Oct 2021

awards:

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2022 — novella — winner

As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2021

2020

The Best of Elizabeth Bear • Subterranean

awards:

• Locus Awards 2021 — collection — 2nd place

Machine • novel • Saga Press

awards:

• Dragon Awards 2021 — sf novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 2021 — sf novel — 7th place

As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2020

2019

Ancestral Night • novel • Saga

awards:

• Locus Awards 2020 — sf novel — 2nd place

“Soft Edges”

anthologies:

• The Year's Best Science Fiction, Volume 1, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 2020

“Lest We Forget” • short fiction • Uncanny May/Jun 2019

awards:

• Locus Awards 2020 — short story — 4th place

“Erase, Erase, Erase” • short fiction • F&SF Sep/Oct 2019

awards:

• Locus Awards 2020 — novelette — 4th place

anthologies:

• The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020, ed. Diana Gabaldon & John Joseph Adams, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner 2020

“Deriving Life”

anthologies:

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 5, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2020

“Bullet Point”

anthologies:

• The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020, ed. Diana Gabaldon & John Joseph Adams, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner 2020

“A Time to Reap” • short fiction • Uncanny Dec 2019

awards:

• Locus Awards 2020 — novella — 7th place

As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2019

2018

Stone Mad • novella • Tor.com Publishing

awards:

• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2019 — novel — winner

“Okay, Glory” • short fiction • Twelve Tomorrows

awards:

• Locus Awards 2019 — novelette — 3rd place

anthologies:

• The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume Thirteen, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2019

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 4, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2019

“No Work of Mine”

anthologies:

• The Book of Magic, ed. Gardner Dozois, Bantam 2018

As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2018

As Judge — Endeavour Award 2018

2017

The Stone in the Skull • novel • Tor

awards:

• Locus Awards 2018 — fantasy novel — 2nd place

“The King's Evil”

anthologies:

• The Book of Swords, ed. Gardner Dozois, Bantam 2017

“Perfect Gun”

anthologies:

• Infinity Wars, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2017

As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2017

2016

As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2016

2015

Karen Memory • novel • Tor

awards:

• Locus Awards 2016 — fantasy novel — 3rd place

“The Heart's Filthy Lesson” • short fiction • Old Venus

awards:

• Locus Awards 2016 — novelette — 5th place

anthologies:

• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2016 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2016

• The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume Ten, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Rebellion/Solaris 2016

• Old Venus, ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam 2015

“In Libres”

anthologies:

• Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2017

As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2015

2014

Steles of the Sky • novel • Tor

awards:

• Locus Awards 2015 — fantasy novel — 4th place

“This Chance Planet” • short fiction • Tor.com 22 Oct 2014

awards:

• Locus Awards 2015 — short story — 6th place

“The Hand is Quicker” • short fiction • The Book of Silverberg

awards:

• Locus Awards 2015 — novelette — 3rd place

anthologies:

• The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2019

• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2015

• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2015 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2015

• The Book of Silverberg, ed. Gardner Dozois & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 2014

“Madam Damnable's Sewing Circle”

anthologies:

• The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2015 Edition, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2015

“Covenant” • short fiction • Hieroglyph

awards:

• Locus Awards 2015 — short story — 2nd place

anthologies:

• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Nine, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2015

• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2015

As Judge — Philip K. Dick Award 2014

As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2014

2013

“The Governess”

anthologies:

• Queen Victoria's Book of Spells, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Tor 2013

“The Ghost Makers”

anthologies:

• Swords Against Darkness, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2017

• The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2014 Edition, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2014

• Fearsome Journeys, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2013

As Judge — Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2013

2012

SF Squeecast (by EB, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente presenters; David McHone-Chase, technical producer)

awards:

• Hugo Awards 2013 — fancast — winner

Shoggoths in Bloom • collection • Prime Books

awards:

• Locus Awards 2013 — collection — winner

Range of Ghosts • novel • Tor

awards:

• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 2013 — honor list

• Locus Awards 2013 — fantasy novel — 18th place

“The Wreck of the Charles Dexter Ward” (by Sarah Monette & EB) • short fiction • Drabblecast 31 Aug - 6 Sep 2012

awards:

• Locus Awards 2013 — novelette — 12th place

“The Wreck of the "Charles Dexter Ward"” (by Sarah Monette & EB) • Drabblecast 2012

anthologies:

• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2013

“The Slaughtered Lamb”

anthologies:

• Magic City: Recent Spells, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2014

“The Deeps of the Sky” • short fiction • Edge of Infinity

awards:

• Locus Awards 2013 — short story — 3rd place

anthologies:

• The Final Frontier, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2018

• Edge of Infinity, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2012

“No Decent Patrimony” • short fiction • Rip-Off!

awards:

• Locus Awards 2013 — novelette — 30th place

“In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns” • short fiction • Asimov's Jan 2012

awards:

• Locus Awards 2013 — novella — 4th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2013 — novella — 4th place

anthologies:

• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2013 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2013

• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2013

“Faster Gun” • short fiction • Tor.com Aug 2012

awards:

• Locus Awards 2013 — novelette — 2nd place

2011

SF Squeecast (by Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, EB & Catherynne M. Valente)

awards:

• Hugo Awards 2012 — fancast — winner

Grail • novel • Ballantine Spectra

awards:

• Locus Awards 2012 — sf novel — 7th place

• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2012 — novel — nomination

“The Romance”

anthologies:

• Supernatural Noir, ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse 2011

“Needles”

anthologies:

• Blood and Other Cravings, ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor 2011

“King Pole, Gallows Pole, Bottle Tree”

anthologies:

• Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy, ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's Griffin 2011

“Dolly” • short fiction • Asimov's Jan 2011

awards:

• Locus Awards 2012 — short story — 12th place

anthologies:

• More Human than Human, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2017

• Year's Best SF 17, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Harper Voyager US 2012

• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-ninth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2012

2010

Chill • novel • Ballantine Spectra

awards:

• Philip K. Dick Award 2011 — finalist

• Locus Awards 2011 — sf novel — 10th place

Bone and Jewel Creatures • novella • Subterranean Press

awards:

• World Fantasy Awards 2011 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 2011 — novella — 2nd place

2009

Seven for a Secret • novella • Subterranean Press

awards:

• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2010 — novel — nomination

By the Mountain Bound • novel • Tor

awards:

• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2010 — novel — nomination

“The Horrid Glory of Its Wings”

anthologies:

• New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City That Never Sleeps, ed. Paula Guran, Night Shade Books 2017

• The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2010 Edition, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2010

“Swell”

anthologies:

• Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep by Paula Guran, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2015

• Eclipse Three, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2009

“Mongoose” (by Sarah Monette & EB) • short fiction • Lovecraft Unbound

awards:

• Locus Awards 2010 — novelette — 11th place

anthologies:

• The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2019

• In Space No One Can Hear You Scream, ed. Hank Davis, Baen 2013

• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2010

• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2010

• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2010

• Lovecraft Unbound, ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books 2009

“Cuckoo” (by Emma Bull, EB & Leah Bobet) • short fiction • Shadow Unit 2 Aug 2009

awards:

• Locus Awards 2010 — novella — 6th place

2008

The Stratford Man (Hell and Earth/Ink and Steel) • novel • Roc

awards:

• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2009 — novel — winner

Dust • novel • Bantam Spectra

awards:

• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2008 — novel — nomination

All the Windwracked Stars • novel • Tor

awards:

• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2009 — nomination

“Sonny Liston Takes the Fall” • The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy

anthologies:

• The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Ellen Datlow, Ballantine Del Rey 2008

“Shoggoths in Bloom” • short fiction • Asimov's Mar 2008

awards:

• Hugo Awards 2009 — novelette — winner

• Locus Awards 2009 — novelette — 2nd place

anthologies:

• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2010

• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2009

• Year's Best Fantasy 9, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Tor 2009

“Hobnoblin Blues” • Realms of Fantasy Feb 2008

anthologies:

• Rock On: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2012

“Boojum” (by EB & Sarah Monette) • short fiction • Fast Ships, Black Sails

awards:

• Locus Awards 2009 — short story — 3rd place

anthologies:

• Space Opera, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2014

• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2010

• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-sixth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's 2009

• Year's Best SF 14, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Eos 2009

2007

Whiskey and Water • novel • Roc

awards:

• Locus Awards 2008 — fantasy novel — 10th place

• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2008 — novel — nomination

Undertow • novel • Bantam Spectra

awards:

• Philip K. Dick Award 2008 — finalist

• Locus Awards 2008 — sf novel — 11th place

New Amsterdam • novel • Subterranean Press

awards:

• Locus Awards 2008 — collection — 6th place

• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2008 — novel — nomination

A Companion to Wolves (by Sarah Monette & EB) • novel • Tor

awards:

• Lambda Award 2008 — sf/fantasy/horror — nomination

“Tideline” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 2007

awards:

• Hugo Awards 2008 — short story — winner

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2008 — winner (tie)

• Locus Awards 2008 — short story — 4th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2008 — short story — winner

anthologies:

• Twenty-First Century Science Fiction, ed. David G. Hartwell & Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor 2013

• Robots: The Recent A.I., ed. Rich Horton & Sean Wallace, Prime Books 2012

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-fifth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 2008

“Orm the Beautiful” • short fiction • Clarkesworld Magazine Jan 2007

awards:

• Locus Awards 2008 — short story — 18th place

• WSFA Small Press Award 2008 — shortlist — nomination

anthologies:

• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Two, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2008

“Les Innocents/Lumiere” • short fiction • New Amsterdam

awards:

• Sidewise Awards 2008 — short form — nomination

“Inelastic Collisions” • Inferno

anthologies:

• Inferno, ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor 2007

“Cryptic Coloration” • short fiction • Jim Baen's Universe Jun 2007

awards:

• Locus Awards 2008 — novelette — 9th place

anthologies:

• New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City That Never Sleeps, ed. Paula Guran, Night Shade Books 2017

• Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2013

2006

Carnival • novel • Bantam Spectra

awards:

• Philip K. Dick Award 2007 — special citation

• Locus Awards 2007 — sf novel — 4th place

• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2007 — novel — nomination

• Lambda Award 2007 — sf/fantasy/horror — nomination

“Wane” • short fiction • Interzone #203 Apr 2006

awards:

• Locus Awards 2007 — novelette — 13th place

“The Inevitable Heat Death of the Universe” • Subterranean #4 2006

anthologies:

• Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology, ed. James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel, Tachyon Publications 2012

“The Ile of Dogges” (by EB & Sarah Monette) • Aeon Aug 2006

anthologies:

• Time Travel: Recent Trips, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2014

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-fourth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 2007

“The Cold Blacksmith” • Jim Baen's Universe (online) Jun 2006

anthologies:

• Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2012

“Sounding” • short fiction • Strange Horizons

awards:

• British SF Association Awards 2007 — short fiction — nomination

“Love Among the Talus” • Strange Horizons (online) Dec 11 2006

anthologies:

• Warrior Women, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2015

“Gone to Flowers” • Eidolon I

anthologies:

• Eidolon 1, ed. Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G. Byrne, Prime 2006

2005

Hammered/Scardown/Worldwired • Bantam Spectra

awards:

• Locus Awards 2006 — first novel — winner

“Wax” • short fiction • Interzone #201 Dec 2005

awards:

• Locus Awards 2006 — novelette — 7th place

• Interzone Readers Poll 2007 — story — 8th place

anthologies:

• Fantasy: The Best of the Year: 2006 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Wildside Press/Prime Books 2006

“Two Dreams on Trains” • short fiction • Strange Horizons 3 Jan 2005

awards:

• British SF Association Awards 2006 — short fiction — nomination

anthologies:

• Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology, ed. James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel, Tachyon Publications 2007

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2006

“The House of the Rising Sun” • The Third Alternative #42 2005

anthologies:

• By Blood We Live, ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books 2009

“Follow Me Light” • Sci Fiction website Jan 12 2005

anthologies:

• Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold, ed. Paula Guran, Night Shade Books 2016

• The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror 2006: Nineteenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, St. Martin’s Griffin 2006

“And the Deep Blue Sea” • Sci Fiction website May 4 2005

anthologies:

• The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2010

• Wastelands, ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books 2007

2004

“This Tragic Glass” • short fiction • Sci Fiction 7 Apr 2004

awards:

• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 2005 — long list

anthologies:

• The Time Traveler's Almanac, ed. Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer, Tor 2014

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer 2005 — winner

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