Victor LaValle
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 8
Locus Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 22
Times Served as Judge: 1
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(1 nomination)
2017:
The Ballad of Black Tom (Tor.com)
— novella — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(1 nomination)
2017:
The Ballad of Black Tom (Tor.com)
— novella — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2018:
The Changeling (Spiegel & Grau)
— novel — winner (tie)
2017:
The Ballad of Black Tom (Tor.com)
— long fiction — nomination
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(4 nominations; 2 wins)
2024:
Lone Women (One World)
— novel — nomination
2020:
“Up from Slavery” (Weird Tales #363)
— long fiction — winner
2019:
Victor LaValle's Destroyer (by VL, Dietrich Smith & Joana Lafuente) (BOOM!)
— graphic novel — winner
2017:
The Ballad of Black Tom (Tor.com)
— long fiction — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2018:
The Changeling (Spiegel & Grau)
— horror novel (August Derleth Award) — winner
2017:
The Ballad of Black Tom (Tor.com)
— novella — winner
Dragon Awards — for SF/F works, voted on by members of the annual Dragon Con
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2017:
The Changeling (Spiegel & Grau)
— horror novel — winner
Ignyte Awards — for SF/F/H that celebrates vibrancy and diversity; committee and popular vote
(1 nomination)
2020:
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers (VL & John Joseph Adams, eds.) (One World)
— anthology/collected works — nomination
Shirley Jackson Awards — for works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(4 nominations; 2 wins)
2018:
The Changeling (Spiegel & Grau)
— novel — nomination
2017:
The Ballad of Black Tom (Tor.com)
— novella — winner
2013:
The Devil in Silver (Spiegel & Grau)
— novel — nomination
2010:
Big Machine (Speigel & Grau)
— novel — winner
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(1 nomination)
2017:
The Ballad of Black Tom (Tor.com)
— finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2024:
Lone Women (One World)
— horror novel — 6th place
2020:
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers (VL & John Joseph Adams, eds.) (One World)
— anthology — 3rd place
2018:
The Changeling (Spiegel & Grau)
— horror novel — winner
2017:
The Ballad of Black Tom (Tor.com)
— novella — 3rd place
— Other Awards —
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(1 nomination)
2018:
The Changeling (Spiegel and Grau)
— adult literature — nomination
— As Judge —
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