Marge Simon
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 2
Major Awards: 3
Other Awards: 8
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 32
— Career and Special Awards —
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
2021:
— lifetime achievement — winner
Rhysling Awards — for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
2015:
— grand master poet — winner
— Major Awards —
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(17 nominations; 4 wins)
2023:
Sifting the Ashes (by Michael Bailey & MS) (Crystal Lake)
— poetry collection — nomination
2022:
Victims (by MS & Mary Turzillo) (Weasel)
— Poetry Collection — nomination
2020:
The Demeter Diaries (by MS & Bryan D. Dietrich) (Independent Legions)
— poetry collection — nomination
2019:
War (by MS & Alessandro Manzetti) (Crystal Lake)
— poetry collection — nomination
2018:
Satan's Sweethearts (by MS & Mary Turzillo) (Weasel)
— poetry collection — nomination
2017:
Small Spirits (self-published)
— poetry collection — nomination
2016:
Naughty Ladies (Eldritch)
— poetry collection — nomination
2015:
Sweet Poison (by MS & Mary Turzillo) (Dark Renassaince)
— poetry collection — nomination
2014:
Dangerous Dreams (by MS & Sandy DeLuca) (Elektrik Milk Bath)
— poetry collection — nomination
2014:
Four Elements (by MS, Rain Graves, Charlee Jacob & Linda Addison) (Bad Moon/Evil Jester)
— poetry collection — winner
2013:
Vampires, Zombies & Wanton Souls (Elektrik Milk Bath)
— poetry collection — winner
2012:
The Mad Hattery (Elektrik Milk Bath)
— poetry collection — nomination
2012:
Unearthly Delights (Sam's Dot)
— poetry collection — nomination
2008:
Vectors: A Week in the Death of a Planet (by Charlee Jacob & MS) (Dark Regions Press)
— poetry — winner (tie)
2004:
Artist of Antithesis (Miniature Sun Press)
— poetry collection — nomination
2003:
Night Smoke (by Bruce Boston & MS) (Miniature Sun Press/Quixsilver Press)
— poetry collection — nomination
— Other Awards —
Dwarf Stars Award — for short poems of 1-10 lines, voted by members of SF Poetry Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2012:
“Blue Rose Buddha” (The Mad Hattery Elektrik Milk Bath Press)
— winner
Elgin Awards — for poetry chapbooks and books, presented by the SF Poetry Association
(5 nominations; 2 wins)
2020:
The Demeter Diaries (by MS & Bryan D. Dietrich) (Independent Legions)
— full-length collection — 3rd place (tie)
2019:
War (by MS & Alessandro Manzetti) (Crystal Lake)
— full-length book — winner
2018:
Satan's Sweethearts (by MS & Mary Turzillo) (Weasel)
— full-length collection — 2nd place
2017:
Small Spirits: Dark Dolls (Midnight Town)
— full-length collection — 2nd place (tie)
2015:
Sweet Poison (by MS & Mary Turzillo) (Dark Renaissance Books)
— Book — winner
Lord Ruthven Awards — for fiction and nonfiction about vampires, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2020:
The Demeter Diaries (by MS & Bryan D. Dietrich)
— fiction — winner
Readercon Awards — for small press books and magazines, voted by members of Readercon
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1988:
— comics — winner
Rhysling Awards — for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
(7 nominations; 4 wins)
2022:
“Alexander's Babylon” (by MS & Mary Turzillo) (Victims)
— long poem — 3rd place
2017:
“George Tecumseh Sherman's Ghosts” (Silver Blade Fall 2016)
— short poem — winner
2015:
“Shutdown” (Qualia Nous)
— short poem — winner
2013:
“Futurity's Shoelaces” (Balticon 2012 Program Book)
— long poem — 2nd place
2006:
“South”
— short poem — 3rd place
1996:
“Variants of the Obsolete” (Eonian Variations, the Selected Poetry of Marge Simon)
— long poem — winner
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