Jeffrey Ford
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 12
Other Awards: 2
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 87
Times Served as Judge: 2
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(2 nominations)
2004:
“The Empire of Ice Cream” (Sci Fiction 26 Feb 2003)
— novelette — nomination
2003:
“Creation” (F&SF May 2002)
— short story — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(5 nominations; 1 win)
2009:
“The Dreaming Wind” (The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales)
— short story — nomination
2007:
The Girl in the Glass (HarperCollins/Dark Alley)
— novel — nomination
2004:
“The Empire of Ice Cream” (Sci Fiction 26 Feb 2003)
— novelette — winner
2003:
“Creation” (F&SF May 2002)
— short story — nomination
2001:
“The Fantasy Writer's Assistant” (F&SF Feb 2000)
— short story — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(16 nominations; 7 wins)
2022:
Big Dark Hole (Small Beer)
— collection — nomination
2021:
The Best of Jeffrey Ford (PS)
— collection — nomination
2017:
A Natural History of Hell (Small Beer)
— collection — winner
2013:
“A Natural History of Autumn” (F&SF Jul/Aug 2012)
— short story — nomination
2009:
The Shadow Year (Morrow)
— novel — winner (tie)
2009:
The Drowned Life (HarperPerennial)
— collection — winner
2007:
“Botch Town” (The Empire of Ice Cream)
— novella — winner
2007:
“The Way He Does It” (Electric Velocipede #10, Spr 2006)
— short fiction — nomination
2007:
The Empire of Ice Cream (Golden Gryphon)
— collection — nomination
2004:
“The Empire of Ice Cream” (Sci Fiction 26 Feb 2003)
— novella — nomination
2003:
The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque (Morrow)
— novel — nomination
2003:
“Creation” (F&SF May 2002)
— short story — winner
2003:
“The Weight of Words” (Leviathan, Volume Three)
— short story — nomination
2003:
The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories (Golden Gryphon Press)
— collection — winner
2002:
“The Honeyed Knot” (F&SF May 2001)
— short story — nomination
1998:
The Physiognomy (Avon)
— novel — winner
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(1 nomination)
2007:
The Empire of Ice Cream (Golden Gryphon)
— collection — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination)
2006:
The Cosmology of the Wider World (PS Publishing)
— novella — nomination
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(7 nominations; 4 wins)
2017:
A Natural History of Hell (Small Beer)
— collection — winner
2016:
“The Thyme Fiend” (Tor.com 11 Mar 2015)
— novelette — nomination
2013:
“The Wish Head” (Crackpot Palace)
— novelette — nomination
2013:
“A Natural History of Autumn” (F&SF Jul/Aug 2012)
— short fiction — winner
2013:
Crackpot Palace (Morrow)
— collection — winner
2012:
“The Last Triangle” (Supernatural Noir)
— novelette — nomination
2009:
The Shadow Year (William Morrow)
— novel — winner
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(2 nominations)
2008:
“The Dreaming Wind” (The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales)
— shortlist
2004:
“The Empire of Ice Cream” (Sci Fiction 26 Feb 2003)
— shortlist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(45 nominations)
2022:
Big Dark Hole (Small Beer)
— collection — 9th place (tie)
2021:
The Best of Jeffrey Ford (PS)
— collection — 6th place
2019:
Ahab's Return: or, The Last Voyage (Morrow)
— fantasy novel — 9th place
2019:
“The Bookcase Expedition” (Robots vs Fairies)
— short story — 8th place
2017:
A Natural History of Hell (Small Beer)
— collection — 6th place
2015:
“Hibbler's Minions” (Nightmare Carnival)
— short story — 22nd place
2014:
“A Terror” (Tor.com 24 Jul 2013)
— novelette — 5th place
2014:
“The Fairy Enterprise” (Queen Victoria's Book of Spells)
— short story — 14th place
2013:
“The Wish Head” (Crackpot Palace)
— novelette — 6th place
2013:
“Blood Drive” (After)
— short story — 8th place
2013:
“A Natural History of Autumn” (F&SF Jul/Aug 2012)
— short story — 13th place
2013:
Crackpot Palace (Morrow)
— collection — 9th place
2012:
“Daddy Long Legs of the Evening” (Naked City)
— short story — 18th place
2011:
“Polka Dots and Moonbeams” (Stories)
— short story — 21st place
2009:
The Shadow Year (Morrow)
— fantasy novel — 4th place
2009:
“The Dream of Reason” (Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology)
— short story — 17th place
2009:
“The Seventh Expression of the Robot General” (Eclipse Two)
— short story — 24th place
2009:
The Drowned Life (HarperPerennial)
— collection — 4th place
2008:
“The Dreaming Wind” (The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales)
— short story — 9th place
2008:
“The Drowned Life” (Eclipse One: New Fantasy and Science Fiction)
— short story — 13th place
2008:
“The Manticore Spell” (Wizards)
— short story — 26th place
2008:
“Under the Bottom of the Lake” (Subterranean Oct 2007)
— short story — 28th place (tie)
2007:
“Botch Town” (The Empire of Ice Cream)
— novella — 4th place
2007:
“The Night Whiskey” (Salon Fantastique)
— novelette — 4th place
2007:
“The Way He Does It” (Electric Velocipede #10 Spr 2006)
— short story — 6th place
2007:
The Empire of Ice Cream (Golden Gryphon)
— collection — 2nd place
2006:
The Cosmology of the Wider World (PS Publishing)
— novella — 4th place
2006:
“A Man of Light” (Sci Fiction 26 Jan 2005)
— novelette — 6th place
2006:
“The Scribble Mind” (Sci Fiction 25 May 2005)
— novelette — 12th place
2006:
“Boatman's Holiday” (The Book of Voices)
— short story — 4th place
2006:
“Giant Land” (Journal of Pulse-Pounding Narratives #2)
— short story — 20th place
2005:
“A Night in the Tropics” (Argosy Jan/Feb 2004)
— novelette — 13th place
2005:
“The Annals of Eelin-Ok” (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm)
— short story — 5th place
2004:
“The Empire of Ice Cream” (Sci Fiction 26 Feb 2003)
— novelette — 3rd place
2004:
“The Beautiful Gelreesh” (Album Zutique #1)
— short story — 28th place
2004:
“The Trentino Kid” (The Dark: New Ghost Stories)
— short story — 20th place
2003:
The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque (Morrow)
— fantasy novel — 8th place
2003:
“Something by the Sea” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2002)
— novelette — 13th place
2003:
“The Weight of Words” (Leviathan, Volume Three)
— novelette — 14th place
2003:
“Creation” (F&SF May 2002)
— short story — 2nd place
2003:
The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories (Golden Gryphon Press)
— collection — 6th place
2002:
The Beyond (Eos)
— fantasy novel — 17th place
2002:
“The Honeyed Knot” (F&SF May 2001)
— short story — 19th place
2001:
“The Fantasy Writer's Assistant” (F&SF Feb 2000)
— short story — 9th place
2001:
“Malthusian's Zombie” (Sci Fiction 31 May 2000)
— short story — 26th place
— Other Awards —
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — for SF works published in France, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2005:
“Exo-Skeleton Town”
— Translated Short Story or Collection — winner
HOMer Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(1 nomination)
2001:
“The Fantasy Writer's Assistant” (F&SF Feb 2000)
— short story — nomination
International Horror Guild Awards — for horror works, juried
(2 nominations)
2006:
“Boatman's Holiday” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2005)
— mid-length fiction — nomination
2004:
“The Trentino Kid” (The Dark: New Ghost Stories)
— short fiction — nomination
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(3 nominations)
2024:
“Exo-Skeleton Town”
— translated story — nomination
2006:
“The Empire of Ice Cream”
— translated short form — nomination
2005:
The Physiognomy
— translated novel — nomination
SLF Fountain Award — for speculative fiction short story, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2005:
“The Annals of Eelin-Ok” (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm)
— winner
— As Judge —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
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