Becky Chambers
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 2
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 3
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 27
Times Served as Judge: 1
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(6 nominations; 2 wins)
2022:
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Hodder & Stoughton; Harper Voyager)
— novel — nomination
2022:
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Tordotcom)
— novella — winner
2020:
To Be Taught, If Fortunate (Harper Voyager; Hodder & Stoughton)
— novella — nomination
2019:
Record of a Spaceborn Few (Hodder & Stoughton; Harper Voyager)
— novel — nomination
2019:
Wayfarers (Hodder & Stoughton; Harper Voyager)
— series — winner
2017:
A Closed and Common Orbit (Hodder & Stoughton; Harper Voyager)
— novel — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(2 nominations)
2023:
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Tordotcom)
— novella — nomination
2022:
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Tordotcom)
— novella — nomination
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(2 nominations)
2017:
A Closed and Common Orbit (Hodder & Stoughton)
— shortlist
2016:
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Hodder & Stoughton)
— shortlist
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination)
2016:
for The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Hodder & Stoughton)
— Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(2 nominations)
2020:
To Be Taught, If Fortunate (Hodder & Stoughton)
— shorter fiction — nomination
2017:
A Closed and Common Orbit (Hodder & Stoughton)
— novel — nomination
Dragon Awards — for SF/F works, voted on by members of the annual Dragon Con
(2 nominations)
2019:
Record of a Spaceborn Few (Harper Voyager)
— sf novel — nomination
2017:
A Closed and Common Orbit (Harper Voyager)
— sf novel — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(5 nominations; 1 win)
2023:
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Tordotcom)
— novella — winner
2022:
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Hodder & Stoughton; Harper Voyager)
— sf novel — 2nd place
2022:
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Tordotcom)
— novella — 2nd place
2020:
To Be Taught, If Fortunate (Harper Voyager; Hodder & Stoughton)
— novella — 3rd place
2019:
Record of a Spaceborn Few (Harper Voyager; Hodder & Stoughton)
— sf novel — 4th place
— Other Awards —
Ignotus Awards — for SF works published in Spain, voted by members of Spanish SF Association
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2021:
A Closed and Common Orbit
— foreign novel — winner
2019:
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
— foreign novel — winner
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(1 nomination)
2024:
Monk & Robot Series (Tordotcom)
— adult literature — nomination
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2020:
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
— translated novel — nomination
The Kitschies — for speculative/fantastic works that elevate the tone of genre literature, juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2022:
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Hodder Fiction)
— Red Tentacle (novel) — winner
2019:
Record of a Spaceborn Few (Harper Voyager)
— Red Tentacle (novel) — nomination
2015:
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (self-published)
— Golden Tentacle (debut novel) — nomination
— As Judge —
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