John Kessel
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 5
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 67
Times Served as Judge: 3
— Career and Special Awards —
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(4 nominations)
2009:
“Pride and Prometheus” (F&SF Jan 2008)
— novelette — nomination
1994:
“The Franchise” (Asimov's Aug 1993)
— novelette — nomination
1992:
“Buffalo” (Fires of the Past: Thirteen Contemporary Fantasies About Hometowns; F&SF Jan 1991)
— short story — nomination
1983:
“Another Orphan” (F&SF Sep 1982)
— novella — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(9 nominations; 2 wins)
2009:
“Pride and Prometheus” (F&SF Jan 2008)
— novelette — winner
2004:
“Stories for Men” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2002)
— novella — nomination
2001:
“Ninety Percent of Everything” (by Jonathan Lethem, James Patrick Kelly & JK) (F&SF Sep 1999)
— novella — nomination
1998:
“The Miracle of Ivar Avenue” (Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology; Asimov's Sep 1996)
— novelette — nomination
1994:
“The Franchise” (Asimov's Aug 1993)
— novelette — nomination
1992:
“Buffalo” (Fires of the Past: Thirteen Contemporary Fantasies About Hometowns; F&SF Jan 1991)
— short story — nomination
1990:
Good News From Outer Space (Tor)
— novel — nomination
1989:
“Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner” (Asimov's Jun 1988)
— short story — nomination
1983:
“Another Orphan” (F&SF Sep 1982)
— novella — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(3 nominations)
2009:
“Pride and Prometheus” (F&SF Jan 2008)
— short story — nomination
1999:
“Every Angel Is Terrifying” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1998)
— short story — nomination
1993:
Meeting In Infinity (Arkham House)
— collection — nomination
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2009:
“Pride and Prometheus” (F&SF Jan 2008)
— honor list
2003:
“Stories for Men” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2002)
— winner (tie)
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(2 nominations)
2018:
The Moon and the Other (Saga)
— finalist
1990:
Good News From Outer Space (Tor)
— third place
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2009:
“Pride and Prometheus” (F&SF Jan 2008)
— novelette — winner
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(8 nominations; 1 win)
2022:
“The Dark Ride” (F&SF Jan/Feb 2021)
— finalist
2008:
“The Last American” (Foundation #100, Aug 2007)
— shortlist
2005:
“The Baum Plan for Financial Independence” (Sci Fiction 24 Mar 2004)
— shortlist
2004:
“It's All True” (Sci Fiction 5 Nov 2003)
— third place
2003:
“Stories for Men” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2002)
— shortlist
2001:
“The Juniper Tree” (Science Fiction Age Jan 2000)
— shortlist
1992:
“Buffalo” (Fires of the Past: Thirteen Contemporary Fantasies About Hometowns; F&SF Jan 1991)
— winner
1989:
“Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner” (Asimov's Jun 1988)
— honorable mention
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(29 nominations; 1 win)
2013:
Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology (James Patrick Kelly & JK, eds.) (Tachyon)
— anthology — 15th place
2012:
“Clean” (Asimov's Mar 2011)
— novelette — 13th place
2010:
“Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance” (The New Space Opera 2)
— novelette — 12th place
2010:
“The Motorman's Coat” (F&SF Jun/Jul 2009)
— short story — 16th place
2010:
The Secret History of Science Fiction (James Patrick Kelly & JK, eds.) (Tachyon)
— anthology — 8th place
2009:
“Pride and Prometheus” (F&SF Jan 2008)
— novelette — 5th place
2009:
The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories (Small Beer)
— collection — 11th place
2008:
Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology (James Patrick Kelly & JK, eds.) (Tachyon)
— anthology — 13th place
2007:
“Sunlight or Rock” (Asimov's Sep 2006)
— novelette — 34th place
2007:
Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology (James Patrick Kelly & JK, eds.) (Tachyon)
— anthology — 9th place
2005:
“The Baum Plan for Financial Independence” (Sci Fiction 24 Mar 2004)
— short story — 21st place
2004:
“Of New Arrivals, Many Johns, and the Music of the Spheres” (F&SF Jun 2003)
— short story — 25th place (tie)
2003:
“Stories for Men” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2002)
— novella — 5th place
2003:
“The Invisible Empire” (Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists)
— short story — 24th place
2001:
“The Juniper Tree” (Science Fiction Age Jan 2000)
— novelette — 19th place
1999:
“Every Angel Is Terrifying” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1998)
— short story — 7th place
1998:
Corrupting Dr. Nice (Tor)
— sf novel — 13th place
1998:
“Gulliver at Home” (The Pure Product)
— short story — 14th place
1998:
The Pure Product (Tor)
— collection — 10th place
1997:
Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology (JK, Mark L. Van Name & Richard Butner, eds.) (Tor)
— anthology — 9th place
1994:
“The Franchise” (Asimov's Aug 1993)
— novelette — 9th place
1993:
Meeting In Infinity (Arkham House)
— collection — 3rd place
1992:
“Buffalo” (Fires of the Past: Thirteen Contemporary Fantasies About Hometowns; F&SF Jan 1991)
— short story — winner
1991:
“Invaders” (F&SF Oct 1990)
— novelette — 7th place
1990:
Good News From Outer Space (Tor)
— sf novel — 13th place
1989:
“Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner” (Asimov's Jun 1988)
— short story — 17th place
1987:
“The Pure Product” (Asimov's Mar 1986)
— novelette — 23rd place (tie)
1985:
“Freedom Beach” (by JK & James Patrick Kelly) (F&SF Aug 1984)
— novelette — 12th place
1983:
“Another Orphan” (F&SF Sep 1982)
— novella — 6th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(4 nominations)
2004:
“Under the Lunchbox Tree” (Asimov's Jul 2003)
— short story — 6th place
2003:
“Stories for Men” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2002)
— novella — 5th place
1997:
“The Miracle of Ivar Avenue” (Asimov's Sep 1996)
— novelette — 10th place
1991:
“Reading Lesson” (Asimov's mid-Dec 1990)
— poem — 6th place (tie)
Ignotus Awards — for SF works published in Spain, voted by members of Spanish SF Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2010:
“The Invisible Empire”
— foreign short story — winner
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(1 nomination)
1983:
“Another Orphan” (F&SF Sep 1982)
— novella — 3rd place
Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(2 nominations)
2003:
“The Invisible Empire” (Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists)
— short form — nomination
1997:
“The Miracle of Ivar Avenue” (Asimov's Sep 1996)
— short form — nomination
— As Judge —
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