Yoon Ha Lee
Awards Summary
Locus Awards: 4
Other Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 49
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(6 nominations)
2021:
“The Mermaid Astronaut”
short story — nomination
2019:
Revenant Gun (Solaris)
novel — nomination
2019:
Machineries of Empire (Solaris)
series — nomination
2018:
Raven Stratagem (Solaris)
novel — nomination
2018:
“Extracurricular Activities” (Tor.com 15 Feb 2017)
novelette — nomination
2017:
Ninefox Gambit (Solaris)
novel — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(3 nominations)
2024:
Ninefox Gambit (by YHL & Marie Brennan) (Android)
game writing — nomination
2021:
Scents & Semiosis (by Sam Kabo Ashwell, Cat Manning, Caleb Wilson & YHL) (Self)
game writing — nomination
2017:
Ninefox Gambit (Solaris)
novel — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(1 nomination)
2014:
“Effigy Nights” (Clarkesworld Jan 2013)
short fiction — nomination
Andre Norton Award — for YA SF/F works, presented by SFWA in parallel with the Nebula Awards
(2 nominations)
2025:
Moonstorm (Delacorte; Solaris UK)
finalist
2020:
Dragon Pearl (Disney Hyperion)
finalist
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(2 nominations)
2019:
Revenant Gun (Solaris)
shortlist
2017:
Ninefox Gambit (Solaris)
shortlist
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(1 nomination)
2019:
Revenant Gun (Solaris)
novel — nomination
Ignyte Awards — for SF/F/H that celebrates vibrancy and diversity; committee and popular vote
(1 nomination)
2025:
Moonstorm (Delacorte)
ya novel — nomination
Lodestar Award — for YA SF/F works, presented by Worldcon in parallel with the Hugo Awards
(2 nominations)
2025:
Moonstorm (Delacorte; Solaris UK)
finalist
2020:
Dragon Pearl (Disney/Hyperion)
finalist
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(5 nominations)
2023:
“Bonsai Starships” (Beneath Ceaseless Skies Feb 2022)
finalist
2021:
“The Mermaid Astronaut” (Beneath Ceaseless Skies Feb 2020)
finalist
2019:
“The Starship and the Temple Cat” (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1 Feb 2018)
finalist
2012:
“Ghostweight” (Clarkesworld Jan 2011)
finalist
2011:
“Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain” (Lightspeed Sep 2010)
finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(19 nominations; 4 wins)
2026:
Starstrike (Delacorte; Solaris UK)
young adult novel — winner
2025:
Moonstorm (Delacorte; Solaris UK)
young adult novel — winner
2021:
“The Mermaid Astronaut” (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 27 Feb 2020)
short story — 4th place
2020:
Dragon Pearl (Disney Hyperion)
young adult book — winner
2020:
Hexarchate Stories (Solaris)
collection — 6th place
2019:
Revenant Gun (Solaris)
sf novel — 3rd place
2019:
“The Starship and the Temple Cat” (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1 Feb 2018)
short story — 7th place
2018:
Raven Stratagem (Solaris US; Solaris UK)
sf novel — 4th place
2018:
“Extracurricular Activities” (Tor.com 15 Feb 2017)
novelette — 3rd place
2017:
Ninefox Gambit (Solaris)
first novel — winner
2017:
“Foxfire, Foxfire” (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3 Mar 2016)
novelette — 6th place
2015:
“Wine” (Clarkesworld Jan 2014)
novelette — 9th place
2015:
“Combustion Hour” (Tor.com 18 Jun 2014)
short story — 26th place
2015:
“The Contemporary Foxwife” (Clarkesworld Jul 2014)
short story — 20th place
2014:
“Iseul's Lexicon” (Conservation of Shadows)
novella — 9th place
2014:
“Effigy Nights” (Clarkesworld Sep 2013)
short story — 13th place
2014:
Conservation of Shadows (Prime)
collection — 6th place
2012:
“Ghostweight” (Clarkesworld Jan 2011)
novelette — 27th place
2011:
“Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain” (Lightspeed Sep 2010)
short story — 26th place
— Other Awards —
Carl Brandon Awards — for works by persons of color, and dealing with issues of race and ethnicity; juried
(1 nomination)
2014:
“Ghostweight”
Honors
Compton Crook Stephen Tall Memorial Award — for best first novel, voted by members of annual Balticon
(1 nomination)
2017:
Ninefox Gambit (Solaris)
finalist
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2020:
Dragon Pearl (Disney-Hyperion)
children's literature — winner
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2021:
Ninefox Gambit
translated novel — nomination
William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award — for first fantasy book, juried
(1 nomination)
2014:
Conservation of Shadows (Prime Books)
finalist
WSFA Small Press Award — for short fiction from small press publications, voted by member of Washington SF Assn
(2 nominations)
2017:
“Foxfire, Foxfire” (Beneath Ceaseless Skies Mar 2016)
shortlist — nomination
2010:
“The Pirate Captain's Daughter” (Beneath Ceaseless Skies #27, 8 Oct 2009)
shortlist — nomination
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