Kelly Link
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 12
Locus Awards: 6
Other Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 101
Times Served as Judge: 5
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2007:
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (Gavin Grant & KL, eds.)
semiprozine — nomination
2006:
“Magic for Beginners” (Magic for Beginners Small Beer Press; F&SF Sep 2005)
novella — nomination
2005:
“The Faery Handbag” (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm)
novelette — winner
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(4 nominations; 3 wins)
2025:
The Book of Love (Random House; Ad Astra UK)
novel — nomination
2006:
“Magic for Beginners” (Magic for Beginners; F&SF Sep 2005)
novella — winner
2006:
“The Faery Handbag” (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm)
novelette — winner
2002:
“Louise's Ghost” (Stranger Things Happen)
novelette — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(23 nominations; 3 wins)
2025:
(Gavin J. Grant & KL) for Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet
— special award, non-professional — nomination
2024:
“Prince Hat Underground” (White Cat, Black Dog)
novella — nomination
2024:
White Cat, Black Dog (Random House; Ad Astra)
collection — nomination
2023:
(Gavin J. Grant & KL) for Small Beer Press
— special award, professional — nomination
2017:
for contributions to the genre
— special award, professional — nomination
2016:
Get in Trouble (Random House)
collection — nomination
2015:
“I Can See Right Through You” (McSweeney's #48)
short fiction — nomination
2015:
Monstrous Affections (KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (Candlewick)
anthology — winner
2009:
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: Twenty-first Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (St. Martin's)
anthology — nomination
2009:
Pretty Monsters (Viking)
collection — nomination
2009:
(KL & Gavin J. Grant) for Small Beer Press and Big Mouth House
— special award, professional — winner
2006:
“Magic for Beginners” (Magic for Beginners Small Beer Press; F&SF Sep 2005)
novella — nomination
2006:
Magic for Beginners (Small Beer Press)
collection — nomination
2005:
“The Faery Handbag” (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm)
short fiction — nomination
2005:
(Gavin Grant & KL) for Small Beer Press
— special award, professional — nomination
2004:
“The Hortlak” (The Dark: New Ghost Stories)
novella — nomination
2004:
Trampoline: An Anthology (Small Beer Press)
anthology — nomination
2004:
(KL & Gavin Grant) for Small Beer Press
— special award, professional — nomination
2003:
(Gavin Grant & KL) for Small Beer Press
— special award, non-professional — nomination
2002:
Stranger Things Happen (Small Beer Press)
collection — nomination
2001:
“Shoe and Marriage” (4 Stories)
short fiction — nomination
1999:
“The Specialist's Hat” (Event Horizon 15 Nov 1998)
short story — winner
1999:
“Travels with the Snow Queen” (Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #1 Winter 1997/1998)
short story — nomination
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2006:
“Some Zombie Contingency Plans” (Magic for Beginners)
long fiction — nomination
2006:
Magic for Beginners (Small Beer Press)
fiction collection — nomination
2005:
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (St. Martin's)
anthology — winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(2 nominations)
2007:
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006: Nineteenth Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, Gavin J. Grant & KL, eds.) (St. Martin's)
anthology — nomination
2005:
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (St. Martin's)
anthology — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2006:
“Magic for Beginners” (F&SF Sep 2005; Magic for Beginners)
short fiction — winner
2005:
“The Faery Handbag” (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm)
short fiction — nomination
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1998:
“Travels with the Snow Queen” (Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #1 Winter 1997/1998)
winner
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2016:
Get in Trouble (Random House)
collection — nomination
2013:
“Two Houses” (Shadow Show: All New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury)
short fiction — nomination
2012:
“The Summer People” (Tin House 49; Steampunk!)
novelette — winner
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2016:
“The Game of Smash and Recovery” (Strange Horizons 17 Oct 2015)
winner
2006:
“Magic for Beginners” (Magic for Beginners)
third place
2005:
“Stone Animals” (Conjunctions 43: Beyond Arcadia)
shortlist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(51 nominations; 6 wins)
2025:
The Book of Love (Random House; Ad Astra UK)
first novel — 2nd place
2024:
“Prince Hat Underground” (White Cat, Black Dog)
novelette — 5th place
2024:
White Cat, Black Dog (Random House; Ad Astra)
collection — winner
2022:
“Skinder's Veil” (When Things Get Dark)
novelette — 8th place
2020:
“The Girl Who Did Not Know Fear” (Tin House 2019)
short story — 7th place
2015:
“I Can See Right Through You” (McSweeney's #48)
novelette — 17th place (tie)
2015:
“The New Boyfriend” (Monstrous Affections)
novelette — 11th place
2015:
“The Lady and the Fox” (My True Love Gave to Me)
short story — 18th place
2015:
Monstrous Affections (KL & Gavin Grant, eds.) (Candlewick)
anthology — 6th place
2015:
(Gavin Grant & KL)
— editor — 7th place
2014:
(Gavin Grant & KL)
— editor — 9th place
2013:
“Two Houses” (Shadow Show)
short story — 11th place
2013:
(Gavin Grant & KL)
— editor — 13th place
2012:
“The Summer People” (Tin House: The Ecstatic; Steampunk!)
novelette — 2nd place
2012:
“Valley of the Girls” (Subterranean Sum 2011)
short story — 10th place
2012:
Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories (KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (Candlewick; Walker UK)
anthology — 4th place
2012:
(Gavin Grant/ KL)
— editor — 14th place
2011:
(Gavin Grant & KL)
— editor — 18th place
2010:
“Secret Identity” (Geektastic)
novelette — 10th place
2010:
“The Cinderella Game” (Troll's Eye View)
short story — 9th place
2010:
(Gavin Grant & KL)
— editor — 12th place
2009:
“Pretty Monsters” (Pretty Monsters)
novella — winner
2009:
“The Surfer” (The Starry Rift)
novella — 10th place
2009:
Pretty Monsters (Viking)
collection — 3rd place
2009:
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: Twenty-first Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (St. Martin's Griffin)
anthology — 2nd place
2009:
(Gavin Grant & KL)
— editor — 12th place
2008:
“The Constable of Abal” (The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales)
novelette — 19th place
2008:
“Light” (Tin House Fall 2007)
novelette — 15th place
2008:
The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (Ballantine Del Rey)
anthology — 5th place
2008:
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2007: Twentieth Annual Collection (by Ellen Datlow, KL & Gavin J. Grant, ed.) (St. Martin's)
anthology — 4th place
2008:
(Gavin Grant & KL)
— editor — 8th place
2007:
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006: Nineteenth Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (St. Martin's)
anthology — 2nd place
2007:
(Gavin Grant & KL)
— editor — 9th place
2006:
“Magic for Beginners” (Magic for Beginners)
novella — winner
2006:
“The Great Divorce” (One Story 7 Oct 2005)
short story — 11th place
2006:
“Monster” (Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things that Aren't as Scary...)
short story — 8th place
2006:
“Some Zombie Contingency Plans” (Magic for Beginners)
short story — 2nd place
2006:
Magic for Beginners (Small Beer)
collection — winner
2006:
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (St. Martin's)
anthology — winner
2006:
(Gavin Grant & KL)
— editor — 6th place
2005:
“The Faery Handbag” (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm)
novelette — winner (tie)
2005:
“Stone Animals” (Conjunctions 43: Beyond Arcadia)
novelette — 29th place
2005:
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (St. Martin's)
anthology — 2nd place
2005:
(Gavin Grant & KL)
— editor — 6th place
2004:
“Catskin” (McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales)
novelette — 25th place (tie)
2004:
“The Hortlak” (The Dark: New Ghost Stories)
novelette — 22nd place
2004:
Trampoline: An Anthology (Small Beer Press)
anthology — 10th place
2004:
(Gavin Grant & KL)
— editor — 9th place
2003:
“Lull” (Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists)
novelette — 6th place
2003:
(Gavin Grant & KL)
— editor — 10th place
2002:
Stranger Things Happen (Small Beer Press)
collection — 7th place
— Other Awards —
Compton Crook Stephen Tall Memorial Award — for best first novel, voted by members of annual Balticon
(1 nomination)
2025:
The Book of Love (Random House)
finalist
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — for SF works published in France, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2008:
Stranger Things Happen / Magic for Beginners
Translated Short Story or Collection — winner
International Horror Guild Awards — for horror works, juried
(1 nomination)
2006:
Magic for Beginners (Small Beer Press)
collection — nomination
SF Site Readers Poll — for SF/F books, voted by readers of SF Site website
(2 nominations)
2006:
Magic for Beginners (Small Beer Press)
sf/fantasy book — 5th place
2002:
Stranger Things Happen (Small Beer Press)
sf/fantasy book — 5th place
SLF Fountain Award — for speculative fiction short story, juried
(1 nomination)
2005:
“The Faery Handbag” (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm)
honorable mention
— As Judge —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
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