Awards Summary
Major Awards: 4
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 5
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 75
Hugo Awards
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(3 nominations)
“Breathmoss” (Asimov's May 2002)
novella nomination
“The Chop Girl ” (Asimov's Dec 1999)
novelette nomination
“The Summer Isles ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
novella nomination
Nebula Awards
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(2 nominations)
“Breathmoss” (Asimov's May 2002)
novella nomination
“1/72nd Scale ” (Weird Tales Fall 1990)
novelette nomination
(5 nominations; 2 wins)
“The Master Miller's Tale” (F&SF May 2007)
novella nomination
Breathmoss and Other Exhalations (Golden Gryphon)
collection nomination
The Light Ages (Ace)
novel nomination
“The Chop Girl ” (Asimov's Dec 1999)
short fiction winner
“The Summer Isles ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
novella winner
(1 nomination; 1 win)
Song of Time (PS Publishing)
winner
(2 nominations)
“Isabel of the Fall ” (Interzone #169 Jul 2001)
short story nomination
“Returning ” (Interzone #64 Oct 1992)
short fiction nomination
(1 nomination)
“Grownups ” (Asimov's Jun 1992)
short list
(2 nominations; 1 win)
Song of Time (PS Publishing)
winner (tie)
The Summer Isles (Aio)
third place
(7 nominations)
“The Visitor from Taured” (Asimov's Sep 2016)
finalist
“The Master Miller's Tale” (F&SF May 2007)
second place (tie)
“Breathmoss” (Asimov's May 2002)
shortlist
“Isabel of the Fall ” (Interzone #169 Jul 2001)
shortlist
“New Light on the Drake Equation ” (Sci Fiction 2 May 2001)
shortlist
“The Chop Girl ” (Asimov's Dec 1999)
shortlist
“The Summer Isles ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
third place
Locus Awards
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(30 nominations; 1 win)
Red Snow (PS Publishing)
horror novel 5th place
“The Visitor from Taured” (Asimov's Sep 2016)
novelette 10th place
“The Discovered Country” (Asimov's Sep 2013)
novelette 23rd place
“Entangled” (Asimov's Dec 2013)
novelette 31st place
Snodgrass and Other Illusions: The Best Short Stories of Ian R. MacLeod (Open Road Media)
collection 27th place
Wake Up and Dream (PS Publishing)
sf novel 20th place
“The Cold Step Beyond” (Asimov's Jun 2011)
novelette 23rd place
Journeys (Subterranean)
collection 17th place
Song of Time (PS Publishing)
sf novel 18th place
“The Hob Carpet ” (Asimov's Jun 2008)
novella 11th place
“The Master Miller's Tale” (F&SF May 2007)
novella 6th place
Past Magic (PS Publishing)
collection 14th place
“Taking Good Care of Myself ” (Nature 4 May 2006)
short story 19th place
The House of Storms (Simon & Schuster UK; Ace)
fantasy novel 13th place
Breathmoss and Other Exhalations (Golden Gryphon)
collection 8th place
The Light Ages (Ace)
fantasy novel 3rd place
“Breathmoss” (Asimov's May 2002)
novella 7th place
“New Light on the Drake Equation ” (Sci Fiction 2 May 2001)
novella 7th place
“Isabel of the Fall ” (Interzone #169 Jul 2001)
novelette 6th place
“Chitty Bang Bang ” (Asimov's Jun 2000)
novelette 12th place
“The Chop Girl ” (Asimov's Dec 1999)
novelette 7th place (tie)
“The Summer Isles ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
novella 5th place
“Home Time ” (F&SF Feb 1998)
novelette 25th place
The Great Wheel (Harcourt Brace)
first novel winner
“The Golden Keeper ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1997)
novella 6th place
Voyages by Starlight (Arkham House)
collection 17th place (tie)
“Verglas ” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1996)
novella 13th place
“Starship Day ” (Asimov's Jul 1995)
novelette 17th place
“Papa ” (Asimov's Oct 1993)
novelette 16th place
“Grownups ” (Asimov's Jun 1992)
novella 10th place
(10 nominations; 2 wins)
“Ephemera” (Asimov's Jul/Aug 2018)
novelette 2nd place
“The Hob Carpet ” (Asimov's Jun 2008)
novella 3rd place
“Breathmoss” (Asimov's May 2002)
novella winner
“Chitty Bang Bang ” (Asimov's Jun 2000)
novelette 8th place
“The Chop Girl ” (Asimov's Dec 1999)
novelette winner
“The Summer Isles ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
novella 2nd place
“The Golden Keeper ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1997)
novella 5th place
“Swimmers Beneath the Skin ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1996)
novella 8th place
“Papa ” (Asimov's Oct 1993)
novelette 7th place (tie)
“Grownups ” (Asimov's Jun 1992)
novella 4th place
(1 nomination)
The Summer Isles (Aio)
novel nomination
(5 nominations)
“Isabel of the Fall ” (Interzone #169 Jul 2001)
fiction 7th place
“Returning ” (Interzone #64 Oct 1992)
fiction 8th place (tie)
“The Family Football ” (Interzone #53 Nov 1991)
fiction 3rd place
“Well-Loved ” (Interzone #34 Mar/Apr 1990)
fiction 9th place
“Through ” (Interzone #30 Jul/Aug 1989)
fiction 6th place
Seiun Awards
for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(2 nominations)
“The Summer Isles ”
translated short form nomination
“The Chop Girl ”
translated short story nomination
(1 nomination)
The Light Ages (Ace; Earthlight)
sf/fantasy book 5th place
(3 nominations; 3 wins)
Wake Up and Dream (PS Publishing)
long form winner
The Summer Isles (Aio)
long form winner
“The Summer Isles ” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
short form winner