Tanith Lee
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 3
Major Awards: 3
Other Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 94
— Career and Special Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
2013:
lifetime achievement — winner
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
2015:
lifetime achievement — winner
World Horror Grandmaster — for outstanding contributor to the horror genre; voted by World Horror Con members
2009:
winner
— Major Awards —
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(2 nominations)
1980:
“Red as Blood” (F&SF Jul 1979)
— short story — nomination
1976:
The Birthgrave (DAW)
— novel — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(10 nominations; 3 wins)
2006:
“UOUS” (The Fair Folk SFBC)
— novella — nomination
2000:
“Scarlet and Gold” (Weird Tales Summer 1999)
— novella — nomination
1988:
Night's Sorceries (DAW)
— collection — nomination
1987:
Dreams of Dark and Light (Arkham House)
— collection/anthology — nomination
1984:
“Nunc Dimittis” (The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror)
— novella — nomination
1984:
“Elle Est Trois, (La Mort)” (Whispers IV)
— short story — winner
1984:
Red as Blood, or, Tales from the Sisters Grimmer (DAW)
— collection/anthology — nomination
1983:
“The Gorgon” (Shadows 5)
— short fiction — winner
1979:
Night's Master (DAW)
— novel — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(8 nominations; 1 win)
2018:
Tanith by Choice (Newcon)
— collection — nomination
2000:
“Where Does the Town Go at Night?” (Interzone #147 Sep 1999)
— short fiction — nomination
1999:
“Jedella Ghost” (Interzone #135 Sep 1998)
— short fiction — nomination
1982:
Delusion's Master (DAW)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
1981:
Kill the Dead (DAW)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
1980:
Death's Master
— August Derleth Award (novel) — winner
1980:
“Red as Blood” (F&SF Jul 1979)
— short fiction — nomination
1979:
The Quest of the White Witch (DAW)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(1 nomination)
2001:
“La Vampiresse” (Interzone #154 Apr 2000)
— short fiction — nomination
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(1 nomination)
1997:
“The Reason for Not Going to the Ball” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1996)
— long list
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(1 nomination)
2014:
“A Little of the Night” (Clockwork Phoenix 4)
— novelette — nomination
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(1 nomination)
2010:
“Clockatrice” (Fantasy Magazine Oct 2009)
— finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(48 nominations)
2016:
Dancing Through the Fire (Fantastic Books)
— collection — 4th place
2014:
Space Is Just a Starry Night (Aqueduct)
— collection — 20th place
2011:
“Black and White Sky” (Brighton Shock)
— novelette — 28th place
2011:
“Under/Above the Water” (Songs of Love and Death)
— novelette — 27th place
2010:
“Clockatrice” (Fantasy 5 Oct 2009)
— novelette — 36th place
2004:
Mortal Suns (Overlook)
— fantasy novel — 17th place
2003:
A Bed of Earth (Overlook)
— fantasy novel — 16th place
2001:
White as Snow (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 15th place
2001:
“The Eye in the Heart” (F&SF Mar 2000)
— short story — 18th place
2000:
Saint Fire (Overlook Press)
— fantasy novel — 17th place
1999:
Faces Under Water (Overlook Press)
— dark fantasy/horror novel — 8th place
1999:
“All the Birds of Hell” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1998)
— novelette — 3rd place
1996:
Vivia (Little, Brown UK)
— horror/dark fantasy novel — 11th place
1995:
Darkness, I (Little, Brown UK)
— dark fantasy/horror novel — 12th place
1994:
Personal Darkness (Little, Brown UK)
— horror novel — 8th place
1994:
Nightshades (Headline)
— collection — 17th place
1993:
Dark Dance (Macdonald; Dell Abyss)
— horror/dark fantasy novel — 6th place
1992:
“Venus Rising on Water” (Asimov's Oct 1991)
— short story — 22nd place
1992:
The Book of the Dead (Overlook Press)
— collection — 7th place
1991:
The Blood of Roses (Legend)
— fantasy novel — 7th place
1990:
A Heroine of the World (DAW)
— fantasy novel — 16th place
1990:
Women as Demons (The Women's Press)
— collection — 18th place
1989:
The White Serpent (DAW)
— fantasy novel — 14th place
1989:
Madame Two Swords (Grant)
— novelette — 15th place
1989:
The Book of the Damned (Unwin)
— collection — 15th place
1988:
“Crying in the Rain” (Other Edens)
— short story — 26th place
1988:
Night's Sorceries (DAW)
— collection — 9th place
1987:
“Into Gold” (Asimov's Mar 1986)
— novelette — 17th place
1987:
Dreams of Dark and Light (Arkham House)
— collection — 14th place
1986:
The Gorgon (DAW)
— collection — 7th place
1985:
“Draco, Draco” (Beyond Lands of Never)
— novelette — 14th place
1985:
“Foreign Skins” (Tamastara)
— novelette — 11th place
1985:
“Three Days” (Shadows 7)
— novelette — 20th place
1985:
“Bright Burning Tiger” (Asimov's Jan 1984)
— short story — 5th place
1985:
Tamastara (DAW)
— collection — 3rd place
1984:
Anackire (DAW)
— fantasy novel — 21st place
1984:
Sung in Shadow (DAW)
— fantasy novel — 23rd place
1984:
“Nunc Dimittis” (The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror)
— novelette — 20th place (tie)
1984:
Red as Blood, or, Tales from the Sisters Grimmer (DAW)
— collection — 2nd place
1983:
“The Gorgon” (Shadows 5)
— novelette — 7th place
1983:
“Written in Water” (Perpetual Light)
— short story — 19th place
1982:
Delusion's Master (DAW)
— fantasy novel — 12th place
1982:
Lycanthia (DAW)
— fantasy novel — 10th place
1981:
Kill the Dead (DAW)
— fantasy novel — 12th place
1981:
Sabella (DAW)
— fantasy novel — 14th place
1980:
Death's Master (DAW)
— fantasy novel — 10th place
1980:
“Red as Blood” (F&SF Jul 1979)
— short story — 16th place
1976:
The Birthgrave (DAW)
— novel — 20th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(4 nominations)
2011:
“Torhec the Sculptor” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2010)
— novelette — 2nd place
1998:
“After I Killed Her” (Asimov's Jul 1997)
— short story — 6th place (tie)
1994:
“Winter Flowers” (Asimov's Jun 1993)
— novelette — 5th place
1990:
“Zelle's Thursday” (Asimov's Oct 1989)
— short story — 3rd place
Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(5 nominations)
1982:
“Because Our Skins Are Finer” (Twilight Zone Nov 1981)
— short fiction — nomination
1981:
Kill the Dead (DAW)
— novel — nomination
1980:
Death's Master (DAW)
— novel — nomination
1980:
“Northern Chess” (Amazons!)
— short fiction — nomination
1980:
Champions of the Road
— collection/anthology — nomination
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(4 nominations)
2001:
“La Vampiresse” (Interzone #154 Apr 2000)
— fiction — 4th place (tie)
2000:
“Where Does the Town Go at Night?” (Interzone #147 Sep 1999)
— fiction — 8th place
1999:
“Jedella Ghost” (Interzone #135 Sep 1998)
— fiction — 3rd place
1999:
“Yellow and Red” (Interzone #132 Jun 1998)
— fiction — 7th place (tie)
Lambda Award — for gay and lesbian literature, juried
(1 nomination)
2011:
Disturbed by Her Song (Lethe Press)
— sf/fantasy/horror — nomination
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(3 nominations)
2006:
Metallic Love (Bantam Spectra)
— adult literature — nomination
1987:
Tales from the Flat Earth
— fantasy — nomination
1982:
Delusion's Master
— fantasy — nomination
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2016:
“White as Sin, Now”
— translated story — nomination
SFWA Awards — for works and contributions to SF, presented by the SFFWA
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2024:
Infinity Award — winner
WSFA Small Press Award — for short fiction from small press publications, voted by member of Washington SF Assn
(1 nomination)
2016:
“Burn Her” (Dancing Through the Fire)
— shortlist — nomination
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