Awards Summary
Major Awards: 4
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 48
(2 nominations; 1 win)
Osama (PS Publishing)
— novel — winner
for The World SF Blog
— special award, non-professional — nomination
(1 nomination)
Central Station (PS Publishing)
— shortlist
British Fantasy Awards —
for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(4 nominations; 1 win)
By Force Alone (Tor)
— fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) — nomination
A Man Lies Dreaming (Hodder & Stoughton)
— fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) — nomination
Black Gods Kiss (PS Publishing)
— collection — nomination
Gorel and the Pot Bellied God (PS Publishing)
— novella — winner
(3 nominations; 1 win)
Best of World SF: Volume 3 (Bloomsbury)
— collection or anthology — nomination
The World SF Blog
— nonfiction — winner
Osama (PS Publishing)
— novel — nomination
Dragon Awards —
for SF/F works, voted on by members of the annual Dragon Con
(2 nominations)
Neom (Tachyon)
— sf novel — nomination
Unholy Land (Tachyon)
— alternate history novel — nomination
Eugie Awards —
for short fiction that inspires, enlightens, and entertains, juried
(1 nomination)
“Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law” (Tor.com 11 Nov 2020)
— finalist
(3 nominations; 1 win)
Unholy Land (Tachyon)
— finalist
Central Station (Tachyon)
— winner
Osama (PS Publishing)
— honorable mention
(1 nomination)
The Escapement (Tachyon)
— special citation
(2 nominations)
“New Atlantis” (F&SF May/Jun 2019)
— finalist
“The Night Train” (Strange Horizons 14 Jun 2010)
— finalist
Locus Awards —
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(17 nominations)
The Best of World SF: Volume 3 (Ad Astra)
— anthology — 9th place
Neom (Tachyon)
— sf novel — 9th place
The Best of World SF: Volume 2 (Head of Zeus)
— anthology — 5th place
The Best of World SF: Volume 1 (Head of Zeus)
— anthology — 7th place
Unholy Land (Tachyon)
— sf novel — 9th place
Central Station (Tachyon)
— sf novel — 4th place
A Man Lies Dreaming (Hodder & Stoughton)
— fantasy novel — 12th place
“Kur-A-Len” (Black Gods Kiss)
— novella — 13th place
“Vladimir Chong Chooses to Die” (Analog Sep 2014)
— short story — 35th place
The Violent Century (Hodder; PS Publishing)
— fantasy novel — 18th place
“The Book Seller” (Interzone Jan/Feb 2013)
— novelette — 21st place
“The Memcordist” (Eclipse Online 24 Dec 2012)
— short story — 32nd place
“The Projected Girl” (Naked City)
— novelette — 24th place
The Bookman (Angry Robot)
— first novel — 6th place
Cloud Permutations (PS Publishing)
— novella — 15th place
“Butterfly and the Blight at the Heart of the World” (Daily Science Fiction 3 Sep 2010)
— novelette — 31st place
“The Night Train” (Strange Horizons 14 Jun 2010)
— short story — 36th place
(5 nominations)
“The Book Seller” (Interzone #244)
— story — 6th place
“Strigoi” (Interzone #242)
— story — 7th place
“In the Season of the Mango Rains” (Interzone #234)
— story — 7th place (tie)
“The Last Osama” (Interzone #237)
— story — 5th place (tie)
“Funny Pages” (Interzone #225 Dec 2009)
— story — 6th place (tie)
Seiun Awards —
for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(2 nominations)
A Man Lies Dreaming
— translated novel — nomination
The Violent Century
— translated novel — nomination
(2 nominations)
Unholy Land (Tachyon)
— long form — nomination
Camera Obscura (Angry Robot)
— long form — nomination
The Kitschies —
for speculative/fantastic works that elevate the tone of genre literature, juried
(2 nominations)
Unholy Land (Tachyon)
— Red Tentacle (novel) — nomination
Osama (PS Publishng)
— Red Tentacle (novel) — nomination
WSFA Small Press Award —
for short fiction from small press publications, voted by member of Washington SF Assn
(1 nomination)
“Hard Rain at the Fortean Caf�” (Aeon Speculative Fiction Magazine #14)
— shortlist — nomination