Garth Nix
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 2
Other Awards: 19
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 77
— Career and Special Awards —
— Major Awards —
Lodestar Award — for YA SF/F works, presented by Worldcon in parallel with the Hugo Awards
(1 nomination)
2024:
The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Katherine Tegen Books; Gollancz; Allen & Unwin)
— finalist
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(1 nomination)
2015:
“Shay Corsham Worsted” (Fearful Symmetries)
— short fiction — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(20 nominations)
2024:
The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Tegen; Gollancz)
— young adult novel — 2nd place
2022:
Terciel & Elinor (Allen & Unwin; Tegen; Hot Key)
— young adult novel — 6th place
2021:
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Tegen Books; Allen & Unwin; Gollancz)
— fantasy novel — 7th place
2020:
Angel Mage (Katherine Tegen; Allen & Unwin; Gollancz)
— young adult book — 7th place
2018:
Frogkisser! (Scholastic; Allen & Unwin; Piccadilly)
— young adult book — 10th place
2017:
Goldenhand (Harper; Allen & Unwin; Hot Key)
— young adult book — 5th place
2015:
Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen (Harper; Hot Key; Allen & Unwin)
— young adult book — 4th place
2015:
“Home is the Haunter” (Fearsome Magics)
— novelette — 32nd place
2015:
“Shay Corsham Worsted” (Fearful Symmetries)
— short story — 27th place
2014:
“Fire Above, Fire Below” (Tor.com 8 May 2013)
— short story — 24th place
2011:
The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 7: Lord Sunday (Allen & Unwin; Scholasatic; HarperCollins UK)
— young adult book — 10th place
2011:
“To Hold the Bridge” (Legends of Australian Fantasy)
— novelette — 29th place
2011:
“A Suitable Present for a Sorcerous Puppet” (Swords & Dark Magic)
— short story — 25th place
2009:
“Beyond the Sea Gate of the Scholar-Pirates of Sarsk�e” (Fast Ships, Black Sails)
— novelette — 28th place
2008:
“Holly and Iron” (Wizards)
— novelette — 24th place
2007:
The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 4: Sir Thursday (Allen & Unwin; Scholastic)
— young adult book — 5th place
2006:
Across the Wall (Eos)
— collection — 18th place
2005:
The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 2: Grim Tuesday (Scholastic)
— young adult book — 9th place
2004:
Abhorsen (Eos)
— young adult book — 2nd place
2002:
Lirael (Allen & Unwin Australia)
— fantasy novel — 15th place
— Other Awards —
Aurealis Awards — for SF/F/H works published in Australia; juried
(39 nominations; 15 wins)
2024:
“Showdown on Planetoid Pencrux” (Asimov's Jul/Aug 2023)
— sf novella — nomination
2024:
The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Allen & Unwin)
— fantasy novel — nomination
2024:
“The Unexpected Excursion of the Murder Mystery Writing Witches” (The Book of Witches)
— fantasy short story — nomination
2023:
“The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch” (Tor.com 13 Jul 2022)
— sf novella — nomination
2022:
Terciel & Elinor (Allen & Unwin)
— young adult novel — nomination
2021:
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Allen & Unwin)
— fantasy novel — winner
2021:
“The Case of the Somewhat Mythic Sword” (Tor.com 29 Jan 2020)
— fantasy short story — nomination
2021:
“Many Mouths to Make a Meal” (Final Cuts)
— horror short story — nomination
2021:
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Allen & Unwin)
— young adult novel — nomination
2020:
Angel Mage (Allen & Unwin)
— fantasy novel — winner
2019:
“The Staff in the Stone” (The Book of Magic)
— fantasy novella — winner
2018:
“Conversations with an Armory” (Infinity Wars)
— sf short story — winner
2018:
Frogkisser! (Allen & Unwin)
— young adult novel — nomination
2017:
“Penny for a Match, Mister?” (The Starlit Wood)
— fantasy short story — nomination
2017:
“Penny for a Match, Mister?” (The Starlit Wood)
— horror short story — nomination
2017:
Goldenhand (Allen & Unwin)
— young adult novel — nomination
2016:
“By Frogsled and Lizardback to Outcast Venusian Lepers” (Old Venus)
— sf novella — winner
2016:
To Hold the Bridge (Allen & Unwin)
— collection — winner
2015:
“Happy Go Lucky” (Kaleidoscope)
— sf short story — nomination
2015:
“Shay Corsham Worsted” (Fearful Symmetries)
— horror short story — nomination
2015:
Clariel (Allen & Unwin)
— young adult novel — nomination
2014:
Newt's Emerald (Jill Grinberg Literary Management)
— fantasy novel — nomination
2013:
A Confusion of Princes (Allen & Unwin)
— sf novel — nomination
2008:
“Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go to War Again” (Jim Baen's Universe Apr 2007)
— fantasy short story — winner
2008:
“Bad Luck, Trouble, Death, and Vampire Sex” (Eclipse)
— young adult short story — nomination
2008:
“Holly and Iron” (Dark Alchemy)
— young adult short story — nomination
2006:
“Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case” (Across the Wall)
— Golden Aurealis short story — winner
2006:
“Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case” (Across the Wall)
— young adult short story — winner
2006:
The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 3: Drowned Wednesday (Allen & Unwin)
— children's long fiction — winner
2004:
Abhorsen (Allen & Unwin)
— fantasy novel — winner
2004:
“Hope Chest” (Firebirds)
— fantasy short story — nomination
2004:
Abhorsen (Allen & Unwin)
— young adult novel — winner (tie)
2004:
The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 1: Mister Monday (Scholastic)
— children's long fiction — winner
2002:
Lirael (Allen & Unwin)
— fantasy novel — nomination
2002:
Lirael (Allen & Unwin)
— young adult novel — nomination
2002:
“Lightning Bringer” (Love & Sex: Ten Stories of Truth)
— young adult short story — nomination
1998:
Shade's Children (Allen & Unwin)
— young adult novel — nomination
1996:
Sabriel (Moonstone/HarperCollins)
— fantasy novel — winner
1996:
Sabriel (Moonstone/HarperCollins)
— young adult novel — winner (tie)
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(10 nominations; 3 wins)
2024:
The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Allen & Unwin)
— novel — winner
2021:
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Allen & Unwin)
— novel — winner
2015:
Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen (HarperCollins)
— novel — nomination
2008:
“Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go to War Again” (Jim Baen's Universe Apr 2007)
— novella — nomination
2008:
“Bad Luck, Trouble, Death, and Vampire Sex” (Eclipse One: New Fantasy and Science Fiction)
— short story — nomination
2008:
(Jonathan Strahan, GN, Deborah Biancotti & Trevor Stafford) for compiling and promoting the new Australian Fantasy and SF catalogue in the United States
— professional achievement — nomination
2006:
The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 3: Drowned Wednesday (HarperCollins)
— novel — nomination
2004:
Abhorsen (Allen & Unwin)
— novel — nomination
2002:
Lirael (Allen & Unwin)
— novel — winner
1996:
Sabriel (Moonstone/HarperCollins)
— long fiction — nomination
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2022:
Terciel & Elinor (Katherine Tegen)
— adult literature — nomination
2021:
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Katherine Tegen)
— adult literature — nomination
2018:
Frogkisser! (Scholastic)
— children's literature — winner
2005:
The Abhorsen Trilogy (HarperCollins)
— children's literature — nomination
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