Awards Summary
Major Awards: 8
Locus Awards: 9
Other Awards: 12
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 93
Hugo Awards —
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(6 nominations; 1 win)
This Census-Taker (Del Rey; Picador)
— novella — nomination
Embassytown (Del Rey; Macmillan)
— novel — nomination
The City & the City (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
— novel — winner (tie)
Iron Council (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
— novel — nomination
The Scar (Macmillan; Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
Perdido Street Station (Macmillan; Del Rey 2001)
— novel — nomination
Nebula Awards —
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(3 nominations)
Embassytown (Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
The City & the City (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
— novel — nomination
Perdido Street Station (Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
(5 nominations; 1 win)
The City & the City (Macmillan UK; Del Rey)
— novel — winner
Iron Council (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
— novel — nomination
“Reports of Certain Events in London” (McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories)
— short fiction — nomination
The Scar (Macmillan; Del Rey)
— novel — nomination
Perdido Street Station (Macmillan; Ballantine Del Rey 2001)
— novel — nomination
Andre Norton Award —
for YA SF/F works, presented by SFWA in parallel with the Nebula Awards
(1 nomination)
Railsea (Del Rey)
— finalist
(5 nominations; 3 wins)
Embassytown (Macmillan)
— shortlist
The City & the City (Macmillan)
— winner
Iron Council (Macmillan)
— winner
The Scar (Macmillan)
— shortlist
Perdido Street Station (Macmillan)
— winner
Bram Stoker Awards —
for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(3 nominations)
Looking for Jake (Del Rey)
— fiction collection — nomination
“Details” (Children of Cthulhu)
— short fiction — nomination
King Rat (Macmillan UK; Tor)
— first novel — nomination
British Fantasy Awards —
for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(5 nominations; 2 wins)
Railsea (Macmillan)
— fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) — nomination
The Scar (Macmillan)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — winner
The Tain (PS Publishing)
— short fiction — nomination
Perdido Street Station (Macmillan)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — winner
(7 nominations; 1 win)
“Three Moments of an Explosion” (Rejectamentalist Manifesto)
— short fiction — nomination
Embassytown (Macmillan)
— novel — nomination
“Covehithe” (The Guardian)
— short fiction — nomination
The City & the City (Macmillan)
— novel — winner
The Scar (Macmillan)
— novel — nomination
Perdido Street Station (Macmillan)
— novel — nomination
“Physiognomies of Flight” (Vector #213)
— artwork — nomination
Dragon Awards —
for SF/F works, voted on by members of the annual Dragon Con
(1 nomination)
The Last Days of New Paris (Del Rey)
— alternate history novel — nomination
(1 nomination)
Perdido Street Station (Macmillan)
— short list
(3 nominations)
Railsea (Del Rey)
— finalist
Embassytown (Del Rey)
— third place
The City & the City (Del Rey)
— third place
(1 nomination)
The Scar (Del Rey)
— special citation
Locus Awards —
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(18 nominations; 9 wins)
The Last Days of New Paris (Del Rey; Picador)
— fantasy novel — 8th place
This Census-Taker (Del Rey; Picador)
— novella — 4th place
“The Dowager of Bees” (Three Moments of an Explosion)
— short story — 2nd place
Three Moments of an Explosion (Macmillan UK; Del Rey)
— collection — 2nd place
Railsea (Del Rey; Macmillan)
— young adult book — winner
Embassytown (Del Rey; Macmillan)
— sf novel — winner
Kraken (Macmillan UK; Del Rey)
— fantasy novel — winner
The City & the City (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
— fantasy novel — winner
Un Lun Dun (Ballantine Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
— young adult book — winner
Looking for Jake and Other Stories (Macmillan UK; Del Rey)
— collection — 2nd place
Iron Council (Del Rey)
— fantasy novel — winner
“Reports of Certain Events in London” (McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories)
— novelette — winner (tie)
“'Tis the Season” (Socialist Review Dec 2004)
— short story — 3rd place
The Scar (Macmillan; Del Rey)
— fantasy novel — winner
The Tain (PS Publishing)
— novella — winner
“Familiar” (Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists)
— short story — 3rd place
Perdido Street Station (Macmillan; Ballantine Del Rey 2001)
— fantasy novel — 4th place
King Rat (Macmillan UK; Tor)
— first novel — 6th place
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
The City & the City
— Foreign Novel — winner
Perdido Street Station
— Translated Novel — winner
Ignotus Awards —
for SF works published in Spain, voted by members of Spanish SF Association
(3 nominations; 3 wins)
Embassytown
— foreign novel — winner
The City & the City
— foreign novel — winner
Perdido Street Station
— foreign novel — winner
(3 nominations)
“Go Between” (Looking for Jake)
— short fiction — nomination
“Details” (Children of Cthulhu)
— short form — nomination
King Rat (Tor)
— first novel — nomination
Italia Awards —
for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(1 nomination; 1 win)
This Census-Taker
— international novel — winner
(4 nominations; 4 wins)
The City & the City
— foreign novel — winner
Iron Council
— foreign novel — winner
The Scar
— foreign novel — winner
Perdido Street Station
— foreign novel — winner
Phantastik Preis —
for SF/F works published in Germany, polled by readers of Phantastik.de website
(4 nominations)
Iron Council
— foreign novel — nomination
King Rat
— foreign novel — nomination
— international writer — nomination
— international writer — nomination
Seiun Awards —
for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(6 nominations)
Embassytown
— translated long form — nomination
Kraken
— translated long form — nomination
The City & the City
— translated novel — nomination
Un Lun Dun
— translated novel — nomination
Perdido Street Station
— translated novel — nomination
“Reports of Certain Events in London”
— translated short form — nomination
(7 nominations; 1 win)
Embassytown (Del Rey)
— sf/fantasy book — 2nd place
Kraken (Macmillan; Del Rey)
— sf/fantasy book — 2nd place
The City & the City (Macmillan; Del Rey)
— sf/fantasy book — winner
Looking for Jake (Macmillan; Del Rey)
— sf/fantasy book — 8th place
Iron Council (Del Rey; Macmillan)
— sf/fantasy book — 3rd place
The Scar (Macmillan; Del Rey)
— sf/fantasy book — 2nd place
Perdido Street Station (Del Rey; Macmillan)
— sf/fantasy book — 2nd place
The Kitschies —
for speculative/fantastic works that elevate the tone of genre literature, juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)
Embassytown (Tor UK)
— Red Tentacle (novel) — nomination
Kraken (Tor UK)
— Red Tentacle (novel) — nomination
The City & the City (Tor UK)
— Red Tentacle (novel) — winner
(1 nomination)
King Rat (Tor)
— finalist