Sam J. Miller
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 3
Locus Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 25
— Major Awards —
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(5 nominations)
2022:
“Let All the Children Boogie” (Tor.com 6 Jan 2021)
— short story — nomination
2019:
Blackfish City (Ecco; Orbit UK)
— novel — nomination
2017:
“Things With Beards” (Clarkesworld Jun 2016)
— short story — nomination
2016:
“When Your Child Strays from God” (Clarkesworld Jul 2015)
— short story — nomination
2015:
“We Are the Cloud” (Lightspeed Sep 2014)
— novelette — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(2 nominations)
2023:
Boys, Beasts & Men (Tachyon)
— collection — nomination
2016:
“The Heat of Us: Notes Toward an Oral History” (Uncanny Jan/Feb 2015)
— short fiction — nomination
Andre Norton Award — for YA SF/F works, presented by SFWA in parallel with the Nebula Awards
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2018:
The Art of Starving (HarperTeen)
— winner
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(1 nomination)
2024:
“If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak” (The Dark Jul 2023)
— short fiction — nomination
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2019:
Blackfish City (Ecco)
— winner
Lodestar Award — for YA SF/F works, presented by Worldcon in parallel with the Hugo Awards
(1 nomination)
2018:
The Art of Starving (HarperTeen)
— finalist
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2017:
“Angel, Monster, Man” (Nightmare Jan 2016)
— novelette — nomination
2017:
“Things With Beards” (Clarkesworld Jun 2016)
— short fiction — nomination
2014:
“57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides” (Nightmare Dec 2013)
— short fiction — winner
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(2 nominations)
2017:
“Things With Beards” (Clarkesworld Jun 2016)
— third place
2015:
“We Are the Cloud” (Lightspeed Sep 2014)
— finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(6 nominations; 1 win)
2023:
Boys, Beasts & Men (Tachyon)
— collection — winner
2022:
“Let All the Children Boogie” (Tor.com 6 Jan 2021)
— short story — 6th place
2020:
Destroy All Monsters (Harper Teen)
— young adult book — 8th place
2019:
Blackfish City (Ecco; Orbit)
— sf novel — 5th place
2018:
The Art of Starving (HarperTeen)
— first novel — 9th place
2014:
“The Beasts We Want to Be” (Electric Velocipede Win 2013)
— short story — 25th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(2 nominations)
2024:
“Planetstruck” (Asimov's Mar/Apr 2023)
— novelette — 5th place (tie)
2016:
“Calved”
— short story — 3rd place
William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award — for first fantasy book, juried
(1 nomination)
2018:
The Art of Starving (HarperTeen)
— shortlist
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