Emily Tesh
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 3
Other Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 14
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(3 nominations; 2 wins)
2026:
The Incandescent (Tor US; Orbit UK)
novel — nomination (pending)
2025:
Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones (by ET & Rebecca Fraimow)
fancast — winner
2024:
Some Desperate Glory (Tordotcom; Orbit UK)
novel — winner
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(1 nomination)
2026:
The Incandescent (Tor; Orbit UK)
novel — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2020:
Silver in the Wood (Tor.com)
novella — winner
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(1 nomination)
2024:
Some Desperate Glory (Orbit)
shortlist
Le Guin Prize — for single book-length work of imaginative fiction; juried
(1 nomination)
2024:
Some Desperate Glory (Tordotcom)
shortlist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(2 nominations)
2026:
The Incandescent (Tor; Orbit UK)
fantasy novel — nomination
2024:
Some Desperate Glory (Tordotcom; Orbit UK)
first novel — 2nd place
— Other Awards —
Astounding Award for Best New Writer. — for new SF/F writer, voted by members of annual World SF con
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2021:
— winner
2020:
— finalist
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(1 nomination)
2026:
The Incandescent (Tor)
adult literature — nomination (pending)
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2026:
Some Desperate Glory
translated novel — nomination
William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award — for first fantasy book, juried
(1 nomination)
2020:
Silver in the Wood (Tor.com)
shortlist
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