Kaaron Warren
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 1
Other Awards: 21
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 65
Times Served as Judge: 2
— Career and Special Awards —
— Major Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(2 nominations)
2015:
“Death's Door Café” (Shadows & Tall Trees 2014)
— short fiction — nomination
2013:
“Sky” (Through Splintered Walls)
— novella — nomination
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(2 nominations)
2020:
Into Bones Like Oil (Meerkat)
— long fiction — nomination
2012:
“All You Can Do Is Breathe” (Blood and Other Cravings)
— short fiction — nomination
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2020:
Into Bones Like Oil (Meerkat)
— novella — nomination
2013:
“Sky” (Through Splintered Walls)
— novella — winner
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(4 nominations)
2019:
Tide of Stone (Omnium Gatherum)
— horror novel — 6th place
2014:
“The Unwanted Women of Surrey” (Queen Victoria's Book of Spells)
— novelette — 12th place
2013:
“Sky” (Through Splintered Walls)
— novella — 15th place
2012:
Mistification (Angry Robot UK; Angry Robot US)
— fantasy novel — 22nd place
— Other Awards —
Aurealis Awards — for SF/F/H works published in Australia; juried
(28 nominations; 7 wins)
2024:
Bitters (Cemetery Dance)
— sf novella — nomination
2024:
Bitters (Cemetery Dance)
— horror novella — nomination
2020:
Into Bones Like Oil (Meerkat)
— horror novella — winner
2019:
Tide of Stone (Omnium Gatherum)
— horror novel — winner
2019:
“Crisis Apparition” (Exploring Dark Short Fiction #2)
— horror novella — winner
2019:
Exploring Dark Short Fiction #2: A Primer to Kaaron Warren (Dark Moon)
— collection — nomination
2018:
“Furtherest” (Dark Screams Volume 7)
— horror novella — nomination
2017:
“68 Days” (Tomorrow's Cthulhu)
— sf short story — nomination
2017:
The Grief Hole (IFWG Publishing Australia)
— horror novel — winner
2017:
“68 Days” (Tomorrow's Cthulhu)
— horror short story — nomination
2016:
“Witnessing” (The Canary Press #6)
— sf short story — nomination
2014:
“Air, Water and the Grove” (The Lowest Heaven)
— sf short story — winner
2014:
“The Human Moth” (The Grimscribe's Puppets)
— horror short story — nomination
2013:
“The Lighthouse Keepers' Club” (Exotic Gothic 4 PS Publishing)
— sf short story — nomination
2013:
“Sky” (Through Splintered Walls Twelfth Planet Press)
— horror short story — winner
2013:
Through Splintered Walls (Twelfth Planet Press)
— collection — nomination
2011:
Dead Sea Fruit (Ticonderoga)
— collection — nomination
2010:
Slights (Angry Robot Books)
— horror novel — nomination
2007:
“Dead Sea Fruit” (Fantasy #4)
— horror short story — nomination
2007:
“Woman Train” (The Outcast: An Anthology of Strangers and Exiles)
— horror short story — nomination
2004:
“State of Oblivion” (Elsewhere)
— sf short story — nomination
2002:
“The Speaker of Heaven” (Orb #2)
— fantasy short story — nomination
2001:
“The Left Behind” (Orb #1)
— fantasy short story — nomination
1999:
“The Glass Woman” (Aurealis #22 1998)
— horror short story — nomination
1999:
“A Positive” (Bloodsongs #10)
— horror short story — winner
1997:
“The Hanging People” (Bloodsongs #7)
— horror short story — nomination
1996:
“The Blue Stream” (Aurealis #15 1995)
— fantasy short story — nomination
1996:
“Skin Holes” (Strange Fruit)
— horror short story — nomination
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(26 nominations; 14 wins)
2024:
Bitters (Cemetery Dance)
— novella or novelette — winner
2024:
“The Deathplace Set” (Vandal: Stories of Damage)
— novella or novelette — nomination
2024:
Vandal: Stories of Damage (by KW, Aaron Dries & J. S. Breukelaar) (Crystal Lake)
— collected work — nomination
2024:
Let the Cat In Podcast (by Aaron Dries, KW & J. Ashley-Smith)
— fan publication in any medium — winner
2023:
“Remnants and Bad Water” (Damnation Games)
— novella or novelette — winner (tie)
2023:
“The Smell of Waiting” (Screams from the Dark)
— novella or novelette — winner (tie)
2023:
“Everything so slow and quiet” (The Art of Being Human)
— short story — winner
2023:
“Songs We Sing at Sea are the Lies We Tell Ourselves” (Looming Low 2)
— short story — nomination
2022:
“The King in Yella” (Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign)
— short story — winner
2022:
Tool Tales (Ellen Datlow & KW, eds.) (IFWG Australia)
— collected work — winner
2021:
“The Calenture” (Of Gods and Globes 2)
— short story — winner
2020:
Into Bones Like Oil (Meerkat Shorts)
— short fiction — nomination
2019:
Tide of Stone (Omnium Gatherum)
— novel — nomination
2017:
The Grief Hole (IFWG Australia)
— novel — winner
2014:
“Air, Water and the Grove” (The Lowest Heaven)
— short story — nomination
2013:
“Sky” (Through Splintered Walls)
— novella or novelette — winner
2013:
Through Splintered Walls (Twelfth Planet)
— collected work — winner
2012:
Mistification (Angry Robot)
— novel — nomination
2012:
“All You Can Do Is Breathe” (Blood and Other Cravings)
— short story — nomination
2011:
Walking the Tree (Angry Robot)
— novel — nomination
2010:
Slights (Angry Robot)
— novel — winner
2010:
“Tontine Mary” (New Ceres Nights)
— short story — nomination
2008:
“His Lipstick Minx” (The Workers' Paradise)
— short story — nomination
2006:
“The Grinding House” (The Grinding House)
— novella or novelette — winner
2006:
“Fresh Young Widow” (The Grinding House)
— short story — winner
2006:
The Grinding House (by KW, edited by Donna Maree Hanson) (CSFG Publishing)
— collected work — nomination
— As Judge —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
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