Awards Summary
Major Awards: 10
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 8
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 126
Times Served as Judge: 1
Hugo Awards
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(8 nominations; 1 win)
Luna (Tor; Gollancz)
series nomination
The Dervish House (Pyr; Gollancz)
novel nomination
“Vishnu at the Cat Circus” (Cyberabad Days)
novella nomination
“The Tear” (Galactic Empires)
novella nomination
Brasyl (Gollancz; Pyr)
novel nomination
“The Djinn's Wife” (Asimov's Jul 2006)
novelette winner
“The Little Goddess” (Asimov's Jun 2005)
novella nomination
River of Gods (Simon & Schuster UK)
novel nomination
Nebula Awards
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(2 nominations)
Brasyl (Pyr)
novel nomination
“Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh” (Empire Dreams)
novelette nomination
(1 nomination)
“Some Strange Desire” (Omni Best Science Fiction Three)
short story nomination
(4 nominations)
The Dervish House (Gollancz)
shortlist
River of Gods (Simon & Schuster)
shortlist
Hearts, Hands And Voices (Gollancz)
third place (tie)
Desolation Road (Bantam UK)
third place (tie)
British Fantasy Awards
for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(2 nominations)
Cyberabad Days (Gollancz)
collection nomination
“The Djinn's Wife” (Asimov's Jul 2006)
novella nomination
(15 nominations; 6 wins)
Time Was (Tor.com)
shorter fiction winner
Luna: New Moon (Gollancz)
novel nomination
The Dervish House (Gollancz)
novel winner
“Vishnu at the Cat Circus” (Cyberabad Days)
short fiction nomination
Brasyl (Gollancz)
novel winner
“The Djinn's Wife” (Asimov's Jul 2006)
short fiction winner
River of Gods (Simon & Schuster)
novel winner
Chaga (Gollancz)
novel nomination
“Frooks”
short fiction nomination
Necroville (Gollancz)
novel nomination
Hearts, Hands And Voices (Gollancz)
novel nomination
“Innocents” (New Worlds 2)
short fiction winner
“Floating Dogs” (New Worlds 1)
short fiction nomination
“Winning” (Zenith 2)
short fiction nomination
“Gardenias” (Zenith)
short fiction nomination
(4 nominations)
River of Gods (Simon & Schuster UK)
long list
Sacrifice of Fools (Gollancz)
short list
“Legitimate Targets” (New Worlds 4)
long list
“Some Strange Desire” (Omni Best Science Fiction Three)
short list
(5 nominations; 1 win)
Time Was (Tor.com)
finalist
Luna: New Moon (Gollancz; Tor)
finalist
The Dervish House (Gollancz; Pyr)
winner
Brasyl (Pyr)
finalist
Chaga (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
third place
(4 nominations; 1 win)
Time Was (Tor.com)
finalist
Cyberabad Days (Pyr)
special citation
Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone (Bantam Spectra)
finalist
King of Morning, Queen of Day (Bantam Spectra)
winner
(6 nominations; 1 win)
“Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan” (Old Venus)
finalist
“The Fifth Dragon” (Reach for Infinity)
finalist
“The Tear” (Galactic Empires)
third place
“The Djinn's Wife” (Asimov's Jul 2006)
shortlist
“The Little Goddess” (Asimov's Jun 2005)
second place
Tendeléo's Story (PS Publishing)
winner
Locus Awards
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(44 nominations; 1 win)
The Wilding (Gollancz)
horror novel 8th place
Luna: Moon Rising (Tor; Gollancz)
sf novel 9th place
Time Was (Tor.com)
novella 6th place
Luna: New Moon (Tor; Gollancz)
sf novel 10th place
The Best of Ian McDonald (PS Publishing)
collection 7th place
Empress of the Sun (Jo Fletcher; Pyr)
young adult book 3rd place
“The Fifth Dragon” (Reach for Infinity)
novelette 7th place
“The Queen of the Night's Aria” (Old Mars)
novelette 14th place
Be My Enemy (Pyr)
young adult book 6th place
Planesrunner (Pyr)
young adult book 2nd place
The Dervish House (Pyr; Gollancz)
sf novel 3rd place
“Tonight We Fly” (Masked)
short story 13th place
“Vishnu at the Cat Circus” (Cyberabad Days)
novella 3rd place
Cyberabad Days (Pyr)
collection 3rd place
“The Tear” (Galactic Empires)
novella 3rd place
“The Dust Assassin” (The Starry Rift)
novelette 25th place
“An Eligible Boy” (Fast Forward 2)
novelette 26th place
Brasyl (Pyr)
sf novel 4th place
“Sanjeev and Robotwallah” (Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge)
short story 25th place
“Verthandi's Ring” (The New Space Opera)
short story 20th place
“The Djinn's Wife” (Asimov's Jul 2006)
novelette 8th place
“Kyle Meets the River” (Forbidden Planets (Crowther))
short story 23rd place
“The Little Goddess” (Asimov's Jun 2005)
novella 6th place
River of Gods (Simon & Schuster UK)
sf novel 9th place
“The Hidden Place” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2002)
novelette 21st place
“The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars” (Mars Probes)
novelette 24th place
Tendeléo's Story (PS Publishing)
novella 19th place
Kirinya (Gollancz)
sf novel 28th place
“The Days of Solomon Gursky” (Asimov's Jun 1998)
novella 18th place
“After Kerry” (Asimov's Mar 1997)
novelette 19th place
Chaga (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
sf novel 7th place
Necroville (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
sf novel 16th place
Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone (Bantam Spectra)
novella 7th place
Hearts, Hands And Voices (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
sf novel 20th place
“The Best and the Rest of James Joyce” (Interzone #58 Apr 1992)
novelette 21st place
“Innocents” (New Worlds 2)
novelette 23rd place
Speaking in Tongues (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
collection 2nd place
King of Morning, Queen of Day (Bantam Spectra)
fantasy novel 4th place
“Toward Kilimanjaro” (Asimov's Aug 1990)
novelette 13th place
Out on Blue Six (Bantam Spectra)
sf novel 19th place
“Listen” (Interzone #32 Nov/Dec 1989)
novelette 21st place
Desolation Road (Bantam Spectra)
first novel winner
“Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh” (Empire Dreams)
novelette 26th place
Empire Dreams (Bantam Spectra)
collection 6th place
(5 nominations)
“The Djinn's Wife” (Asimov's Jul 2006)
novelette 2nd place
“The Little Goddess” (Asimov's Jun 2005)
novella 2nd place (tie)
“The Days of Solomon Gursky” (Asimov's Jun 1998)
novella 5th place (tie)
“The Undifferentiated Object of Desire” (Asimov's Jun 1993)
novelette 7th place (tie)
“Toward Kilimanjaro” (Asimov's Aug 1990)
novelette 6th place
(1 nomination; 1 win)
Luna: New Moon (Tor)
novel winner
(1 nomination)
Planesrunner (Pyr)
Hal Clement Award (young adult) nomination
(3 nominations; 3 wins)
The Little Goddess
Foreign Short Fiction winner
River of Gods
Translated Novel winner
King of Morning, Queen of Day
Translated Novel winner
(2 nominations)
“Frooks” (Interzone #100 Oct 1995)
fiction 6th place
“Listen” (Interzone #32 Nov/Dec 1989)
fiction 10th place
Italia Awards
for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(1 nomination; 1 win)
Ares Express
international novel winner
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
Sacrifice of Fools
foreign novel winner
Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone
foreign novel winner
Phantastik Preis
for SF/F works published in Germany, polled by readers of Phantastik.de website
(1 nomination)
Cyberabad Days
foreign novel 6th place
Prometheus Awards
for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(1 nomination)
Luna: Moon Rising (Tor)
novel nomination
Quill Award
for favorite books, voted by readers, announced on TV
(1 nomination)
Brasyl (Pyr)
sf/fantasy/horror nomination
Seiun Awards
for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(7 nominations)
The Dervish House
translated novel nomination
“Vishnu at the Cat Circus”
translated story nomination
The Little Goddess
translated story nomination
“The Djinn's Wife”
translated short form nomination
“Innocents”
translated short story nomination
Desolation Road
foreign novel nomination
“The Catharine Wheel”
foreign short fiction nomination
(3 nominations; 1 win)
The Dervish House (Gollancz; Pyr)
sf/fantasy book winner
Brasyl (Pyr; Gollancz)
sf/fantasy book 3rd place
River of Gods (Simon & Schuster; Pyr)
sf/fantasy book 9th place (tie)
(1 nomination)
Planesrunner (Pyr)
long form nomination
(1 nomination)
“The Little Goddess”
foreign story nomination