Laird Barron
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 5
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 48
Times Served as Judge: 2
— Major Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(3 nominations)
2014:
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories (Night Shade)
— collection — nomination
2013:
“Hand of Glory” (The Book of Cthulhu II)
— novella — nomination
2006:
“The Imago Sequence” (F&SF May 2005)
— novella — nomination
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(7 nominations; 2 wins)
2025:
“Versus Versus” (Long Division: Stories of Social Decay, Societal Collapse, and Bad Manners)
— short fiction — winner
2025:
Not a Speck of Light (Bad Hand)
— fiction collection — nomination
2017:
Swift to Chase (JournalStone)
— collection — nomination
2014:
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories (Night Shade)
— collection — winner
2011:
Occultation (Night Shade Books)
— collection — nomination
2008:
The Imago Sequence and Other Stories (Night Shade Books)
— collection — nomination
2007:
“Hallucigenia” (F&SF Jun 2006)
— long fiction — nomination
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(13 nominations; 3 wins)
2017:
“Andy Kaufman Creeping Through the Trees” (Autumn Cthulhu)
— novelette — nomination
2011:
“Mysterium Tremendum” (Occultation)
— novella — winner
2011:
“--30--” (Occultation)
— novelette — nomination
2011:
“The Broadsword” (Black Wings)
— novelette — nomination
2011:
“The Redfield Girls” (Haunted Legends)
— novelette — nomination
2011:
“six six six” (Occultation)
— short story — nomination
2011:
Occultation (Night Shade)
— collection — winner
2010:
“Catch Hell” (Lovecraft Unbound)
— novelette — nomination
2010:
“Strappado” (Poe)
— short story — nomination
2009:
“The Lagerstatte” (The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy)
— novelette — nomination
2008:
“Procession of the Black Sloth” (The Imago Sequence and Other Stories)
— novella — nomination
2008:
“The Forest” (Inferno)
— novelette — nomination
2008:
The Imago Sequence and Other Stories (Night Shade Books)
— collection — winner
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(1 nomination)
2008:
“The Forest” (Inferno)
— shortlist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(16 nominations)
2025:
Not a Speck of Light (Bad Hand)
— collection — 6th place
2015:
The Year's Best Weird Fiction Volume One (LB & Michael Kelly, eds.) (Undertow)
— anthology — 20th place
2014:
“Jaws of Saturn” (The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All)
— novelette — 8th place
2014:
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories (Night Shade)
— collection — 8th place
2013:
“Hand of Glory” (The Book of Cthulhu II)
— novella — 7th place
2013:
“Frontier Death Song” (Nightmare Oct 2012)
— novelette — 16th place
2012:
“The Men from Porlock” (The Book of Cthulhu)
— novella — 10th place
2012:
“Blackwood's Baby” (Ghosts by Gaslight)
— novelette — 22nd place
2011:
“--30--” (Occultation)
— novelette — 21st place
2011:
Occultation (Night Shade)
— collection — 18th place
2010:
“Strappado” (Poe)
— short story — 22nd place
2008:
“The Forest” (Inferno)
— novelette — 28th place
2008:
The Imago Sequence and Other Stories (Night Shade Books)
— collection — 15th place
2007:
“Hallucigenia” (F&SF Jun 2006)
— novella — 18th place
2006:
“The Imago Sequence” (F&SF May 2005)
— novella — 13th place
2004:
“Old Virginia” (F&SF Feb 2003)
— novelette — 27th place
— Other Awards —
International Horror Guild Awards — for horror works, juried
(7 nominations)
2008:
“Procession of the Black Sloth” (The Imago Sequence and Other Stories)
— long fiction — nomination
2008:
The Imago Sequence and Other Stories (Night Shade Books)
— collection — nomination
2007:
“Hallucigenia” (F&SF Jun 2006)
— long fiction — nomination
2006:
“The Imago Sequence” (F&SF May 2005)
— long fiction — nomination
2006:
“Proboscis” (F&SF Feb 2005)
— mid-length fiction — nomination
2005:
“Bulldozer” (Sci Fiction 25 Aug 2004)
— mid-length fiction — nomination
2004:
“Old Virginia” (F&SF Feb 2003)
— short fiction — nomination
William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award — for first fantasy book, juried
(1 nomination)
2008:
The Imago Sequence and Other Stories (Night Shade Books)
— finalist
— As Judge —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
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