Ted Chiang
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 10
Locus Awards: 6
Other Awards: 14
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 72
— Career and Special Awards —
Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors
2020:
creator — winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(11 nominations; 4 wins)
2020:
“Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom” (Exhalation)
— novella — nomination
2020:
“Omphalos” (Exhalation)
— novelette — nomination
2014:
“The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling” (Subterranean Fall 2013)
— novelette — nomination
2011:
The Lifecycle of Software Objects (Subterranean)
— novella — winner
2009:
“Exhalation” (Eclipse Two)
— short story — winner
2008:
“The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate” (F&SF Sep 2007)
— novelette — winner
2002:
“Hell Is the Absence of God” (Starlight 3)
— novelette — winner
2001:
“Seventy-two Letters” (Vanishing Acts)
— novella — nomination
1999:
“Story of Your Life” (Starlight 2)
— novella — nomination
1992:
“Understand” (Asimov's Aug 1991)
— novelette — nomination
1991:
“Tower of Babylon” (Omni Nov 1990)
— novelette — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(6 nominations; 4 wins)
2020:
“Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom” (Exhalation)
— novella — nomination
2011:
The Lifecycle of Software Objects (Subterranean)
— novella — nomination
2008:
“The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate” (F&SF Sep 2007)
— novelette — winner
2003:
“Hell Is the Absence of God” (Starlight 3 Patrick Nielsen Hayden, ed., Tor)
— novelette — winner
2000:
“Story of Your Life” (Starlight 2)
— novella — winner
1991:
“Tower of Babylon” (Omni Nov 1990)
— novelette — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(1 nomination)
2001:
“Seventy-two Letters” (Vanishing Acts)
— novella — nomination
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(1 nomination)
2020:
Exhalation (Knopf)
— collection — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2025:
“Why A.I. Isn't Going to Make Art” (The New Yorker 31 Aug 2024)
— nonfiction (short) — nomination
2009:
“Exhalation” (Eclipse Two)
— short fiction — winner
2008:
“The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate” (F&SF Sep 2007)
— short fiction — nomination
Ignyte Awards — for SF/F/H that celebrates vibrancy and diversity; committee and popular vote
(1 nomination)
2020:
“Omphalos” (Exhalation)
— novelette — nomination
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(2 nominations)
2003:
“Liking What You See: A Documentary” (Stories of Your Life and Others Tor)
— short list
1999:
“Story of Your Life” (Starlight 2)
— short list
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(6 nominations; 1 win)
2020:
“Omphalos” (Exhalation)
— finalist
2008:
“The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate” (F&SF Sep 2007)
— shortlist
2003:
“Liking What You See: A Documentary” (Stories of Your Life and Others)
— shortlist
2002:
“Hell Is the Absence of God” (Starlight 3)
— shortlist
2001:
“Seventy-two Letters” (Vanishing Acts)
— shortlist
1999:
“Story of Your Life” (Starlight 2)
— winner
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(17 nominations; 6 wins)
2020:
“Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom” (Exhalation)
— novella — 4th place
2020:
“Omphalos” (Exhalation)
— novelette — winner
2020:
“It's 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning” (New York Times 27 May 2019)
— short story — 2nd place
2020:
Exhalation (Knopf; Picador)
— collection — winner
2014:
“The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling” (Subterranean Fall 2013)
— novelette — 2nd place
2011:
The Lifecycle of Software Objects (Subterranean)
— novella — winner
2009:
“Exhalation” (Eclipse Two)
— short story — winner
2008:
“The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate” (F&SF Sep 2007)
— novelette — 2nd place
2003:
“Liking What You See: A Documentary” (Stories of Your Life and Others)
— novelette — 2nd place
2003:
Stories of Your Life and Others (Tor)
— collection — winner
2002:
“Hell Is the Absence of God” (Starlight 3)
— novelette — winner
2001:
“Seventy-two Letters” (Vanishing Acts)
— novella — 4th place
2001:
“Catching crumbs from the table” (Nature 1 Jun 2000)
— short story — 27th place (tie)
1999:
“Story of Your Life” (Starlight 2)
— novella — 10th place (tie)
1992:
“Understand” (Asimov's Aug 1991)
— novelette — 13th place
1992:
“Division by Zero” (Full Spectrum 3)
— short story — 7th place
1991:
“Tower of Babylon” (Omni Nov 1990)
— novelette — 4th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1992:
“Understand” (Asimov's Aug 1991)
— novelette — winner
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — for SF works published in France, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2010:
“Exhalation”
— Translated Short Story or Collection — winner
Hayakawa's SF Magazine Reader's Award — for short fiction published in Japan's Hayakawa's SF Magazine, voted by readers
(3 nominations; 3 wins)
2002:
“Seventy-two Letters”
— foreign short story — winner
2001:
“Story of Your Life”
— foreign short story — winner
1994:
“Understand”
— foreign short story — winner
HOMer Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(1 nomination)
1999:
“Story of Your Life” (Starlight 2)
— novella — nomination
Ignotus Awards — for SF works published in Spain, voted by members of Spanish SF Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2021:
“Exhalation”
— foreign short story — winner
Italia Awards — for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2012:
The Lifecycle of Software Objects
— international novel — winner
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — (renamed the Astounding Award in 2020)
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1992:
winner
Kurd Lasswitz Preis — for SF works published in Germany, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2013:
Hell Is the Absence of God
— foreign novel — winner
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(1 nomination)
2003:
Stories of Your Life and Others (Tor)
— adult literature — nomination
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(1 nomination)
1991:
“Tower of Babylon” (Omni Nov 1990)
— novelette — 2nd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(10 nominations; 4 wins)
2020:
“Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom”
— translated story — nomination
2020:
“Omphalos”
— translated story — nomination
2012:
The Lifecycle of Software Objects
— translated short form — winner
2011:
Exhalation
— translated story — nomination
2009:
“The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate”
— translated short form — winner
2004:
“Hell Is the Absence of God”
— translated short story — winner
2004:
“Liking What You See: A Documentary”
— translated short story — nomination
2003:
“Seventy-two Letters”
— translated short story — nomination
2002:
“Story of Your Life”
— translated short story — winner (tie)
1995:
“Understand”
— foreign short story — nomination
Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2001:
“Seventy-two Letters” (Vanishing Acts)
— short form — winner
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