Kirstyn McDermott
Awards Summary
Awards Won: 13
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 42
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(1 nomination)
2014:
The Writer and the Critic (by KM & Ian Mond)
fancast — nomination
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(1 nomination)
2011:
“Monsters Among Us” (Macabre: A Journey Through Australia's Darkest Fears)
long fiction — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(2 nominations)
2014:
“The Home for Broken Dolls” (Caution: Contains Small Parts)
novella — 12th place
2014:
Caution: Contains Small Parts (Twelve Planets)
collection — 26th place
— Other Awards —
Aurealis Awards — for SF/F/H works published in Australia; juried
(18 nominations; 7 wins)
2026:
“It Will Only Hurt If I Want It To” (Midnight Echo Oct 2025)
horror short story — winner
2025:
“These Pale Shadows” (Nosferatu Unbound)
horror short story — nomination
2023:
Winterbloom (Brain Jar)
fantasy novella — winner
2023:
The New Wife (Brain Jar Press)
horror novella — nomination
2023:
Hard Places (Trepidatio)
collection — nomination
2021:
Never Afters: Female Friendship and Collaboration in Contemporary Re-visioned Fairy Tales by Women
Convenors' Award — winner
2019:
Triquetra (Tor.com)
horror novella — nomination
2018:
“Braid” (Review of Australian Fiction #161)
fantasy novella — nomination
2017:
“Burnt Sugar” (Dreaming in the Dark)
fantasy novella — nomination
2017:
“Burnt Sugar” (Dreaming in the Dark)
horror novella — winner
2016:
“Self, Contained” (The Dark Feb 2015)
horror short story — nomination
2015:
“By the Moon's Good Grace” (Review of Australian Fiction Volume 12, Issue 3)
horror short story — nomination
2014:
“The Home for Broken Dolls” (Caution: Contains Small Parts)
horror short story — nomination
2014:
Caution: Contains Small Parts (Twelfth Planet)
collection — nomination
2013:
Perfections (Xoum)
horror novel — winner
2011:
Madigan Mine (Pan Macmillan)
horror novel — winner
2009:
“Painlessness” (Greatest Uncommon Denominator (GUD( #2)
horror short story — winner
2002:
“Smile for Me” (Redsine)
horror short story — Honorable Mention
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(20 nominations; 6 wins)
2024:
The Writer and the Critic (by KM & Ian Mond)
fan publication in any medium — nomination
2019:
Triquetra (Tor.com)
novella or novelette — nomination
2018:
The Writer and the Critic (by KM & Ian Mond)
fan publication in any medium — nomination
2017:
The Writer and the Critic (by KM & Ian Mond)
fan publication in any medium — nomination
2016:
The Writer and the Critic (by KM & Ian Mond)
fan publication in any medium — nomination
2015:
The Writer and the Critic (by KM & Ian Mond)
fan publication in any medium — winner
2014:
“The Home for Broken Dolls” (Caution: Contains Small Parts)
novella or novelette — winner
2014:
“What Amanda Wants” (Caution: Contains Small Parts)
novella or novelette — nomination
2014:
Caution: Contains Small Parts (Twelfth Planet)
collected work — nomination
2014:
The Writer and the Critic (by KM & Ian Mond)
fan publication — nomination
2013:
Perfections (Xoum)
novel — nomination
2013:
The Writer and the Critic (by KM & Ian Mond)
fan publication — winner
2012:
The Writer and the Critic (by KM & Ian Mond)
fan publication — winner
2011:
Madigan Mine (Pan Macmillan)
novel — nomination
2011:
“She Said” (Scenes from the Second Storey)
short story — winner (tie)
2011:
The Writer and the Critic (by KM & Ian Mond)
fan publication — nomination
2009:
“Painlessness” (Greatest Uncommon Denominator #2)
novella or novelette — winner
2009:
Midnight Echo (KM & Ian Mond, eds.) (AHWA)
collected work — nomination
2007:
“Cold” (Shadowed Realms #9)
short story — nomination
2004:
“The Truth About Pug Roberts” (Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural)
short story — nomination
Copyright 2012 - 2026 by Mark R. Kelly and the Locus Science Fiction Foundation. All rights reserved.