Sean Williams
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Other Awards: 17
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 57
— Career and Special Awards —
— Major Awards —
Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
(1 nomination)
2008:
Saturn Returns (Ace)
— finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(2 nominations)
2011:
“A Glimpse of the Marvellous Structure (And the Threat it Entails)” (Godlike Machines)
— novella — 14th place
2003:
The Storm Weaver and the Sand (Voyager Australia)
— young adult novel — 9th place
— Other Awards —
Aurealis Awards — for SF/F/H works published in Australia; juried
(31 nominations; 9 wins)
2023:
Honour Among Ghosts (Allen & Unwin)
— fantasy novel — nomination
2022:
Little Labyrinths: Collection Microfictions (Brain Jar)
— collection — nomination
2021:
Her Perilous Mansion (Allen & Unwin)
— children's fiction — nomination
2016:
Twinmaker: Fall (Allen & Unwin)
— sf novel — nomination
2016:
“All the Wrong Places” (Meeting Infinity)
— sf short story — winner
2010:
Astropolis: The Grand Conjunction (Orbit)
— sf novel — nomination
2010:
Scarecrow (HarperCollins Australia)
— young adult novel — nomination
2009:
Earth Ascendant (Orbit)
— sf novel — nomination
2009:
Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams (by SW, edited by Russell B. Farr) (Ticonderoga Publications)
— collection — winner
2009:
The Changeling (Angus & Robertson)
— young adult novel — nomination
2009:
The Changeling [and] The Dust Devils (Angus & Robertson)
— children's novel — nomination
2008:
Saturn Returns (Orbit)
— sf novel — nomination
2007:
Geodesica: Descent (by SW & Shane Dix) (HarperCollins)
— sf novel — nomination
2007:
“The Seventh Letter” (Bulletin Summer Reading Edition)
— sf short story — winner
2006:
Geodesica: Ascent (by SW & Shane Dix) (HarperCollins)
— sf novel — nomination
2005:
Heirs of Earth (by SW & Shane Dix) (HarperCollins)
— sf novel — nomination
2005:
The Crooked Letter (HarperCollins)
— fantasy novel — winner
2004:
Orphans of Earth (by SW & Shane Dix) (HarperCollins)
— sf novel — nomination
2003:
Echoes of Earth (by SW & Shane Dix) (HarperCollins)
— sf novel — nomination
2003:
The Storm Weaver and the Sand (HarperCollins)
— fantasy novel — winner
2002:
The Dark Imbalance (by SW & Shane Dix) (HarperCollins Voyager)
— sf novel — winner
2002:
The Stone Mage and the Sea (HarperCollins Australia/Voyager)
— fantasy novel — nomination
2001:
Evergence 2: The Dying Light (by SW & Shane Dix) (HarperCollins Australia)
— sf novel — nomination
2001:
“The Land Itself” (Eidolon #29/30 Autumn 2000)
— sf short story — nomination
2000:
“Atrax” (by SW & Simon Brown) (New Adventures in Sci-Fi)
— horror short story — winner
1999:
The Resurrected Man (HarperCollins Australia/Voyager)
— sf novel — nomination
1998:
“The Freezing of Sarah” (Bloodsongs #9)
— horror short story — nomination
1997:
Metal Fatigue (HarperCollins Australia)
— sf novel — winner
1997:
“Passing the Bone” (Eidolon #20 Summer 1996)
— horror short story — winner
1996:
The Unknown Soldier (by SW & Shane Dix) (Aphelion)
— sf novel — nomination
1996:
“A Map of the Mines of Barnath” (Eidolon #16 Summer 1995)
— sf short story — nomination
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(20 nominations; 8 wins)
2015:
“The Legend Trap” (Kaleidoscope)
— novella or novelette — winner
2009:
Earth Ascendant (Orbit)
— novel — nomination
2008:
Saturn Returns (Orbit)
— novel — winner
2008:
Cenotaxis (MonkeyBrain Books)
— novella — nomination
2006:
Geodesica: Ascent (by SW & Shane Dix) (Ace)
— novel — winner
2005:
The Crooked Letter (HarperCollins Voyager Australia)
— novel — winner
2005:
for The Crooked Letter and efforts in teaching
— professional achievement — nomination
2004:
Orphans of Earth (by SW & Shane Dix) (HarperCollins)
— novel — nomination
2003:
Echoes of Earth (by SW & Shane Dix)
— Australian novel — winner
2003:
The Sky Warden and the Sun
— Australian novel — nomination
2003:
The Storm Weaver and the Sand
— Australian novel — nomination
2001:
Evergence 2: The Dying Light (by SW & Shane Dix) (HarperCollins Australia)
— novel — winner
2000:
New Adventures in Sci-Fi (Ticonderoga)
— collected work — winner
1999:
The Resurrected Man (HarperCollins Australia/Voyager)
— Australian long fiction — winner
1999:
“No Axis No Boundary” (by SW & Simon Brown) (Altair #1 Feb 1998)
— William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review — nomination
1997:
Metal Fatigue (HarperCollins Australia)
— Australian long fiction — nomination
1996:
The Unknown Soldier (by SW & Shane Dix) (Aphelion)
— long fiction — nomination
1996:
“A Map of the Mines of Barnath” (Eidolon #16 Summer 1995)
— short fiction — nomination
1996:
“The Perfect Gun” (Eidolon #17/18 Winter 1995)
— short fiction — nomination
1994:
“Ghosts of the Fall” (L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume IX)
— short fiction — nomination
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2003:
“A Map of the Mines of Barnath”
— translated short story — nomination
Writers and Illustrators of the Future — for stories and art by contest winners, juried
(1 nomination)
1993:
“Ghosts of the Fall”
— Writers of the Future 1st quarter — Third Place
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