Charles Stross
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 3
Locus Awards: 3
Other Awards: 4
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 100
— Career and Special Awards —
Skylark Award — for contribution to SF in the spirit of E.E. "Doc" Smith; presented by NESFA
2008:
— winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(18 nominations; 3 wins)
2024:
The Laundry Files (Tordotcom; Orbit UK)
— series — nomination -- pending
2022:
Merchant Princes (Macmillan)
— series — nomination
2019:
The Laundry Files (Tor.com; Orbit)
— series — nomination
2014:
Neptune's Brood (Ace; Orbit UK)
— novel — nomination
2014:
Equoid (Tor.com Sep 2013)
— novella — winner
2010:
“Palimpsest” (Wireless)
— novella — winner
2010:
“Overtime” (Tor.com Dec 2009)
— novelette — nomination
2009:
Saturn's Children (Ace; Orbit)
— novel — nomination
2008:
Halting State (Ace)
— novel — nomination
2007:
Glasshouse (Ace)
— novel — nomination
2006:
Accelerando (Ace; Orbit)
— novel — nomination
2005:
Iron Sunrise (Ace)
— novel — nomination
2005:
“The Concrete Jungle” (The Atrocity Archives)
— novella — winner
2005:
“Elector” (Asimov's Sep 2004)
— novella — nomination
2004:
Singularity Sky (Ace)
— novel — nomination
2004:
“Nightfall” (Asimov's Apr 2003)
— novelette — nomination
2003:
“Halo” (Asimov's Jun 2002)
— novelette — nomination
2002:
“Lobsters” (Asimov's Jun 2001)
— novelette — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(1 nomination)
2003:
“Lobsters” (Asimov's Jun 2001)
— novelette — nomination
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(2 nominations)
2012:
Rule 34 (Orbit)
— shortlist
2006:
Accelerando (Orbit)
— shortlist
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(4 nominations)
2024:
“Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Science Fiction They Grew Up on Real” (Scientific American 20 Dec 2023)
— nonfiction (short) — nomination
2006:
Accelerando (Orbit)
— novel — nomination
2004:
“Nightfall” (Asimov's Apr 2003)
— short fiction — nomination
2003:
“Router” (Asimov's Sep 2002)
— short fiction — nomination
Dragon Awards — for SF/F works, voted on by members of the annual Dragon Con
(3 nominations)
2022:
Invisible Sun (Tor)
— alternate history novel — nomination
2021:
Dead Lies Dreaming (Tordotcom)
— fantasy novel (including paranormal) — nomination
2018:
Dark State (Tor)
— alternate history novel — nomination
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(1 nomination)
2008:
Glasshouse (Ace)
— honor list
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(4 nominations)
2014:
Neptune's Brood (Ace)
— finalist
2013:
The Rapture of the Nerds (by Cory Doctorow & CS) (Tor)
— finalist
2007:
Glasshouse (Ace)
— finalist
2006:
Accelerando (Ace)
— finalist
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(3 nominations)
2003:
“Halo” (Asimov's Jun 2002)
— shortlist
2002:
“Lobsters” (Asimov's Jun 2001)
— second place
2001:
“Antibodies” (Interzone #156 Jun 2000)
— shortlist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(38 nominations; 3 wins)
2018:
The Delirium Brief (Tor.com; Orbit UK)
— fantasy novel — 5th place
2017:
The Nightmare Stacks (Ace; Orbit)
— fantasy novel — 4th place
2014:
Neptune's Brood (Ace; Orbit UK)
— sf novel — 3rd place
2013:
The Rapture of the Nerds (by Cory Doctorow & CS) (Tor)
— sf novel — 8th place
2013:
The Apocalypse Codex (Ace; Orbit UK)
— fantasy novel — winner
2012:
Rule 34 (Ace; Orbit UK)
— sf novel — 3rd place
2011:
The Fuller Memorandum (Ace; Orbit UK)
— fantasy novel — 3rd place
2010:
The Revolution Business (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 7th place
2010:
“Palimpsest” (Wireless)
— novella — 2nd place
2010:
Wireless (Ace; Orbit UK)
— collection — 4th place
2009:
Saturn's Children (Orbit; Ace)
— sf novel — 4th place
2008:
Halting State (Ace; Orbit UK)
— sf novel — 3rd place
2008:
“Trunk and Disorderly” (Asimov's Jan 2007)
— novelette — 5th place
2007:
The Clan Corporate (Tor)
— sf novel — 6th place
2007:
Glasshouse (Ace; Orbit)
— sf novel — 2nd place
2007:
The Jennifer Morgue (Golden Gryphon; Ace)
— fantasy novel — 2nd place
2007:
“Missile Gap” (One Million A.D.)
— novella — winner
2006:
Accelerando (Ace; Orbit)
— sf novel — winner
2006:
The Hidden Family (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 6th place
2006:
“Snowball's Chance” (Nova Scotia: New Scottish Speculative Fiction)
— short story — 7th place
2005:
Iron Sunrise (Ace)
— sf novel — 2nd place
2005:
The Family Trade (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 5th place
2005:
“Appeals Court” (by CS & Cory Doctorow) (Argosy May/Jun 2004)
— novella — 7th place
2005:
“The Concrete Jungle” (The Atrocity Archives)
— novella — 2nd place
2005:
“Elector” (Asimov's Sep 2004)
— novella — 6th place
2004:
Singularity Sky (Ace)
— sf novel — 7th place
2004:
“Curator” (Asimov's Dec 2003)
— novella — 9th place
2004:
“Nightfall” (Asimov's Apr 2003)
— novelette — 15th place
2004:
“Flowers from Alice” (by Cory Doctorow & CS) (New Voices in Science Fiction)
— short story — 12th place
2004:
“Rogue Farm” (Live Without a Net)
— short story — 9th place (tie)
2003:
The Atrocity Archive (Spectrum SF #7 Nov 2002, #8 May 2002, #9 2002)
— first novel — 5th place
2003:
“Jury Service” (by CS & Cory Doctorow) (Sci Fiction 3 Dec 2002)
— novella — 27th place
2003:
“Router” (Asimov's Sep 2002)
— novella — 14th place
2003:
“Halo” (Asimov's Jun 2002)
— novelette — 5th place
2003:
“Tourist” (Asimov's Feb 2002)
— novelette — 9th place
2003:
Toast and Other Rusted Futures (Cosmos Books)
— collection — 18th place (tie)
2002:
“Lobsters” (Asimov's Jun 2001)
— novelette — 7th place
2002:
“Troubadour” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2001)
— novelette — 31st place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(7 nominations)
2008:
“Trunk and Disorderly” (Asimov's Jan 2007)
— novelette — 4th place
2005:
“Elector” (Asimov's Sep 2004)
— novella — 2nd place
2004:
“Curator” (Asimov's Dec 2003)
— novella — 8th place
2004:
“Nightfall” (Asimov's Apr 2003)
— novelette — 6th place (tie)
2003:
“Router” (Asimov's Sep 2002)
— novella — 6th place
2003:
“Halo” (Asimov's Jun 2002)
— novelette — 3rd place
2002:
“Lobsters” (Asimov's Jun 2001)
— novelette — 7th place (tie)
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network
(1 nomination)
2012:
Rule 34 (Ace)
— novel — nomination
Italia Awards — for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2011:
Palimpsest
— international novel — winner
2008:
Accelerando
— international novel — nomination
2008:
“The Concrete Jungle”
— international novel — nomination
Kurd Lasswitz Preis — for SF works published in Germany, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2009:
Glasshouse
— foreign novel — winner
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2009:
Saturn's Children (Ace)
— novel — nomination
2007:
Glasshouse (Ace)
— novel — winner
2006:
The Hidden Family (Tor)
— novel — nomination
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(7 nominations)
2014:
Palimpsest
— translated short form — nomination
2010:
Accelerando
— translated novel — nomination
2008:
The Atrocity Archives
— translated long form — nomination
2008:
“The Concrete Jungle”
— translated short form — nomination
2007:
Singularity Sky
— translated long form — nomination
2005:
“Tourist”
— translated short story — nomination
2004:
“Lobsters”
— translated short story — nomination
SF Site Readers Poll — for SF/F books, voted by readers of SF Site website
(2 nominations)
2007:
Glasshouse (Ace; Orbit)
— sf/fantasy book — 7th place
2006:
Accelerando (Ace; Orbit)
— sf/fantasy book — 4th place
Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2007:
The Clan Corporate (Ace)
— long form — winner
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