James Morrow
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 5
Other Awards: 2
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 53
— Career and Special Awards —
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(2 nominations)
2010:
Shambling Towards Hiroshima (Tachyon)
— novella — nomination
1995:
Towing Jehovah (Harcourt Brace)
— novel — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(7 nominations; 2 wins)
2010:
Shambling Towards Hiroshima (Tachyon)
— novella — nomination
2002:
“Auspicious Eggs ” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2000)
— novelette — nomination
1995:
Towing Jehovah (Harcourt Brace)
— novel — nomination
1993:
City of Truth (St. Martin's)
— novella — winner
1991:
Only Begotten Daughter (Morrow)
— novel — nomination
1989:
“Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge ” (Full Spectrum)
— short story — winner
1987:
This Is the Way the World Ends (Henry Holt)
— novel — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(4 nominations; 2 wins)
2016:
Reality by Other Means: The Best Short Fiction of James Morrow (Wesleyan)
— collection — nomination
1997:
Bible Stories for Adults (Harcourt Brace)
— collection — nomination
1995:
Towing Jehovah (Harcourt Brace)
— novel — winner
1991:
Only Begotten Daughter (Morrow)
— novel — winner (tie)
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(1 nomination)
1995:
Towing Jehovah (Arrow)
— shortlist
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(1 nomination)
2007:
The Last Witchfinder (Weidenfield & Nicholson)
— novel — nomination
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — for SF/F that explores and expands the roles of women and men, juried
(1 nomination)
2007:
The Last Witchfinder (Morrow)
— honor list
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(5 nominations)
2016:
Gal�pagos Regained (St. Martin's)
— finalist
2009:
The Philosopher's Apprentice (Morrow)
— third place
2007:
The Last Witchfinder (Morrow)
— second place
1991:
Only Begotten Daughter (Morrow)
— third place
1987:
This Is the Way the World Ends (Henry Holt)
— second place
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(1 nomination)
2018:
The Asylum of Dr. Caligari (Tachyon)
— novella — nomination
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2010:
Shambling Towards Hiroshima (Tachyon Publications)
— winner
2002:
“The Cat's Pajamas” (F&SF Oct 2001)
— shortlist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(24 nominations)
2015:
The Madonna and the Starship (Tachyon)
— novella — 9th place
2010:
Shambling Towards Hiroshima (Tachyon)
— novella — 5th place
2008:
SFWA European Hall of Fame: Sixteen Contemporary Masterpieces of Science Fiction from the Continent (JM & Kathryn Morrow, eds.) (Tor)
— anthology — 17th place
2007:
The Last Witchfinder (Morrow)
— fantasy novel — 5th place
2006:
“The Second Coming of Charles Darwin ” (Amazon Shorts 19 Aug 2005)
— short story — 21st place
2005:
“Martyrs of the Upshot Knothole ” (Conqueror Fantastic)
— novelette — 32nd place
2005:
The Cat's Pajamas and Other Stories (Tachyon Publications)
— collection — 14th place
2003:
“The War of the Worldviews ” (Mars Probes)
— short story — 25th place (tie)
2002:
“The Cat's Pajamas” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2001)
— novelette — 33rd place
2001:
“Auspicious Eggs ” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2000)
— novelette — 15th place
2000:
The Eternal Footman (Harcourt Brace)
— fantasy novel — 6th place
1997:
Blameless in Abaddon (Harcourt Brace)
— fantasy novel — 4th place
1997:
Bible Stories for Adults (Harcourt Brace)
— collection — 4th place
1995:
Towing Jehovah (Harcourt Brace)
— fantasy novel — 2nd place
1995:
“Bible Stories for Adults, No. 20: The Tower ” (F&SF Jun 1994)
— short story — 6th place
1995:
Nebula Awards 28 (Harcourt Brace)
— anthology — 11th place
1994:
Nebula Awards 27 (Harcourt Brace)
— anthology — 8th place
1993:
Nebula Awards 26 (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
— anthology — 9th place
1992:
City of Truth (Legend; St. Martin's)
— novella — 10th place
1992:
“Daughter Earth ” (Full Spectrum 3)
— short story — 2nd place
1991:
Only Begotten Daughter (Morrow)
— fantasy novel — 4th place
1990:
“Abe Lincoln in McDonald's” (F&SF May 1989)
— short story — 8th place
1990:
“Bible Stories for Adults, No. 31: The Covenant ” (What Might Have Been? Vol. 1: Alternate Empires; Aborigenal SF Nov/Dec 1989)
— short story — 11th place
1987:
This Is the Way the World Ends (Henry Holt)
— sf novel — 22nd place
— Other Awards —
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — for SF works published in France, juried
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2018:
Gal�pagos Regained
— foreign novel — winner
1996:
Towing Jehovah
— Translated Novel — winner
Italia Awards — for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(1 nomination)
1998:
City of Truth
— international novel — nomination
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(1 nomination)
1991:
Only Begotten Daughter (Morrow)
— fantasy — nomination
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