Jo Walton
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 5
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 7
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 58
Times Served as Judge: 1
— Career and Special Awards —
Skylark Award — for contribution to SF in the spirit of E.E. "Doc" Smith; presented by NESFA
2017:
— winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2019:
An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 (Tor)
— related work — nomination
2012:
Among Others (Tor)
— novel — winner
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2012:
Among Others (Tor)
— novel — winner
2007:
Farthing (Tor)
— novel — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2015:
My Real Children (Tor; Corsair)
— novel — nomination
2012:
Among Others (Tor)
— novel — nomination
2004:
Tooth and Claw (Tor)
— novel — winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2012:
Among Others (Tor)
— Robert Holdstock Award (fantasy novel) — winner
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(1 nomination)
2021:
“Books In Which No Bad Things Happen” (Tor.com 20 Mar 2020)
— nonfiction — nomination
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2015:
My Real Children (Tor)
— winner (tie)
2010:
Lifelode (NESFA Press)
— honor list
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(1 nomination)
2007:
Farthing (Tor)
— third place
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(13 nominations; 1 win)
2019:
Starlings (Tachyon)
— collection — 6th place
2019:
An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 (Tor)
— nonfiction — 3rd place
2017:
Necessity (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 9th place
2015:
My Real Children (Tor; Corsair)
— sf novel — 6th place
2015:
What Makes This Book So Great (Tor; Corsair 2015)
— non-fiction — winner
2012:
Among Others (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 2nd place
2010:
Lifelode (NESFA)
— fantasy novel — 10th place
2010:
“Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction” (Tor.com 6 Feb 2009)
— short story — 15th place
2010:
“Three Twilight Tales” (Firebirds Soaring)
— short story — 13th place
2009:
Half a Crown (Tor)
— sf novel — 6th place
2008:
Ha'Penny (Tor)
— sf novel — 9th place
2007:
Farthing (Tor)
— sf novel — 5th place
2001:
The King's Peace (Tor)
— first novel — 7th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
2008:
“Cendrillon at Sunrise” (Asimov's Sep 2007)
— poem — 4th place
Aurora Awards — for Canadian SF/F in English and in French, voted by members of annual convention
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2021:
“Nidhog” (The Book of Dragons)
— poem/song — winner
2015:
My Real Children (Tor)
— novel — nomination
Compton Crook Stephen Tall Memorial Award — for best first novel, voted by members of annual Balticon
(1 nomination)
2001:
The King's Peace (Tor)
— finalist
Copper Cylinder Awards — for Canadian SF novels, by members of Sunburst Award Society
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2012:
Among Others (Tor)
— adult award — winner
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network
(2 nominations)
2016:
My Real Children (Tor)
— novel — nomination
2008:
Ha'Penny (Tor)
— novel — nomination
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — (renamed the Astounding Award in 2020)
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2002:
— winner
2001:
— finalist
Kurd Lasswitz Preis — for SF works published in Germany, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2014:
Among Others
— foreign novel — winner
Lambda Award — for gay and lesbian literature, juried
(1 nomination)
2008:
Ha'Penny (Tor)
— sf/fantasy/horror — nomination
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(5 nominations; 2 wins)
2022:
Or What You Will (Tor)
— adult literature — winner
2020:
Lent: A Novel of Many Returns (Tor)
— adult literature — nomination
2017:
Thessaly Trilogy (Tor)
— adult literature — nomination
2012:
Among Others (Tor)
— adult literature — nomination
2010:
Lifelode (NESFA)
— adult literature — winner
Phantastik Preis — for SF/F works published in Germany, polled by readers of Phantastik.de website
(1 nomination)
2014:
Among Others
— foreign novel — nomination
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2016:
The Just City (Tor)
— novel — nomination
2009:
Half a Crown (Tor)
— novel — nomination
2008:
Ha'Penny (Tor)
— novel — winner (tie)
Quill Award — for favorite books, voted by readers, announced on TV
(1 nomination)
2007:
Farthing (Tor)
— sf/fantasy/horror — nomination
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(3 nominations)
2018:
My Real Children
— translated novel — nomination
2015:
Among Others
— translated novel — nomination
2011:
Small Change trilogy
— translated novel — nomination
SF Site Readers Poll — for SF/F books, voted by readers of SF Site website
(1 nomination)
2012:
Among Others (Tor)
— sf/fantasy book — 8th place
Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(4 nominations)
2015:
My Real Children (Tor)
— long form — nomination
2009:
Half a Crown (Tor)
— long form — nomination
2008:
Ha'Penny (Tor)
— long form — nomination
2007:
Farthing (Tor)
— long form — nomination
Sunburst Award — for novel or book-length collection by a Canadian, juried
(3 nominations)
2017:
Necessity (Tor)
— Adult — nomination
2015:
My Real Children (Tor)
— Adult — nomination
2009:
Half a Crown (Tor)
— Adult — nomination
— As Judge —
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