John C. Wright
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 24
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(6 nominations)
2017:
“An Unimaginable Light” (God, Robot)
— short story — nomination
2015:
One Bright Star to Guide Them (Castalia House)
— novella — nomination
2015:
“Pale Realms of Shade” (The Book of Feasts & Seasons Castalia House)
— novella — nomination
2015:
“The Plural of Helen of Troy” (City Beyond Time: Tales of the Fall of Metachronopolis Castalia House)
— novella — nomination
2015:
“The Parliament of Beasts and Birds” (The Book of Feasts & Seasons Castalia House)
— short story — nomination
2015:
Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth (Castalia House)
— related work — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(1 nomination)
2006:
Orphans of Chaos (Tor)
— novel — nomination
Dragon Awards — for SF/F works, voted on by members of the annual Dragon Con
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2017:
Swan Knight's Son (Castalia House)
— YA/middle grade novel — nomination
2016:
Somewhither: A Tale of the Unwithering Realm (Castalia House)
— sf novel — winner
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(1 nomination)
2003:
The Golden Age (Tor)
— finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(9 nominations)
2010:
“The Far End of History” (The New Space Opera 2)
— novella — 8th place
2010:
“Twilight of the Gods” (Federations)
— novelette — 26th place
2008:
Titans of Chaos (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 14th place
2007:
Fugitives of Chaos (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 18th place
2006:
Orphans of Chaos (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 18th place
2005:
The Last Guardian of Everness (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 18th place
2004:
The Golden Age: The Phoenix Exultant; The Golden Transcendence (Tor two volumes; SFBC)
— sf novel — 11th place
2004:
“Awake in the Night ” (The Night Lands 19 Jan 2003)
— novella — 19th place
2003:
The Golden Age (Tor)
— first novel — 2nd place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(2 nominations)
1998:
“Guest Law ” (Asimov's Jul 1997)
— novelette — 7th place
1996:
“Farthest Man from Earth ” (Asimov's Apr 1995)
— novelette — 4th place
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(1 nomination)
2008:
Chronicles of Chaos (Tor)
— adult literature — nomination
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(1 nomination)
2009:
The Golden Age
— hall of fame — nomination
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2008:
The Golden Age
— translated long form — nomination
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