Rachel Swirsky
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 2
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 26
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(4 nominations)
2014:
“If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love” (Apex Magazine Mar 2013)
— short story — nomination
2012:
“Fields of Gold” (Eclipse Four)
— novelette — nomination
2011:
“The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window” (Subterranean Sum 2010)
— novella — nomination
2010:
“Eros, Philia, Agape” (Tor.com Mar 2009)
— novelette — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(6 nominations; 2 wins)
2015:
“Grand Jeté (The Great Leap)” (Subterranean Sum 2014)
— novella — nomination
2014:
“If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love” (Apex Mar 2013)
— short story — winner
2013:
“Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia” (Tor.com 22 Aug 2012)
— novelette — nomination
2012:
“Fields of Gold” (Eclipse 4)
— novelette — nomination
2011:
“The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window” (Subterranean Sum 2010)
— novella — winner
2010:
“A Memory of Wind” (Tor.com Nov 2009)
— novelette — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(4 nominations)
2015:
“Grand Jeté (The Great Leap)” (Subterranean Sum 2014)
— novella — nomination
2014:
“If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love” (Apex Mar 2013)
— short fiction — nomination
2014:
How the World Became Quiet: Myths of the Past, Present, and Future (Subterranean)
— collection — nomination
2011:
“The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window” (Subterranean Sum 2010)
— novella — nomination
Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
(1 nomination)
2023:
January Fifteenth (Tordotcom)
— finalist
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(1 nomination)
2010:
“Eros, Philia, Agape” (Tor.com)
— finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(8 nominations)
2015:
“Grand Jeté (The Great Leap)” (Subterranean Sum 2014)
— novella — 7th place
2014:
“If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love” (Apex Mar 2013)
— short story — 9th place
2014:
How the World Became Quiet: Myths of the Past, Present, and Future (Subterranean)
— collection — 14th place
2013:
“The Sea of Trees” (The Future Is Japanese)
— novelette — 9th place
2012:
“Fields of Gold” (Eclipse Four)
— novelette — 7th place
2011:
“The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window” (Subterranean Sum 2010)
— novella — 4th place
2011:
“The Monster's Million Faces” (Tor.com 8 Sep 2010)
— short story — 29th place
2010:
“Eros, Philia, Agape” (Tor.com 3 Aug 2009)
— novelette — 5th place
— Other Awards —
Rhysling Awards — for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
(1 nomination)
2008:
“The Oracle on River Street” (Goblin Fruit Summer 2007)
— short poem — 3rd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2013:
“The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window”
— translated story — nomination
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