Kelly Link


science fiction awards database

<—         —>
<—           —>







































Awards Summary

 

Major Awards: 12

Locus Awards: 6

Other Awards: 1

Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 101

Times Served as Judge: 5

— Major Awards —
Hugo Awardsfor SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(3 nominations; 1 win)

Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (Gavin Grant & KL, eds.) semiprozine — nomination

“Magic for Beginners” (Magic for Beginners Small Beer Press; F&SF Sep 2005) novella — nomination

“The Faery Handbag” (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm) novelette — winner

Nebula Awardsfor SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(4 nominations; 3 wins)

The Book of Love (Random House; Ad Astra UK) novel — nomination

“Magic for Beginners” (Magic for Beginners; F&SF Sep 2005) novella — winner

“The Faery Handbag” (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm) novelette — winner

“Louise's Ghost” (Stranger Things Happen) novelette — winner

World Fantasy Awardsfor Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(23 nominations; 3 wins)

(Gavin J. Grant & KL) for Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet — special award, non-professional — nomination (pending)

“Prince Hat Underground” (White Cat, Black Dog) novella — nomination

White Cat, Black Dog (Random House; Ad Astra) collection — nomination

(Gavin J. Grant & KL) for Small Beer Press — special award, professional — nomination

for contributions to the genre — special award, professional — nomination

Get in Trouble (Random House) collection — nomination

“I Can See Right Through You” (McSweeney's #48) short fiction — nomination

Monstrous Affections (KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (Candlewick) anthology — winner

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: Twenty-first Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (St. Martin's) anthology — nomination

Pretty Monsters (Viking) collection — nomination

(KL & Gavin J. Grant) for Small Beer Press and Big Mouth House — special award, professional — winner

“Magic for Beginners” (Magic for Beginners Small Beer Press; F&SF Sep 2005) novella — nomination

Magic for Beginners (Small Beer Press) collection — nomination

“The Faery Handbag” (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm) short fiction — nomination

(Gavin Grant & KL) for Small Beer Press — special award, professional — nomination

“The Hortlak” (The Dark: New Ghost Stories) novella — nomination

Trampoline: An Anthology (Small Beer Press) anthology — nomination

(KL & Gavin Grant) for Small Beer Press — special award, professional — nomination

(Gavin Grant & KL) for Small Beer Press — special award, non-professional — nomination

Stranger Things Happen (Small Beer Press) collection — nomination

“Shoe and Marriage” (4 Stories) short fiction — nomination

“The Specialist's Hat” (Event Horizon 15 Nov 1998) short story — winner

“Travels with the Snow Queen” (Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #1 Winter 1997/1998) short story — nomination

Bram Stoker Awardsfor Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(3 nominations; 1 win)

“Some Zombie Contingency Plans” (Magic for Beginners) long fiction — nomination

Magic for Beginners (Small Beer Press) fiction collection — nomination

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (St. Martin's) anthology — winner

British Fantasy Awardsfor fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(2 nominations)

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006: Nineteenth Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, Gavin J. Grant & KL, eds.) (St. Martin's) anthology — nomination

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (St. Martin's) anthology — nomination

British SF Association Awardsfor SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(2 nominations; 1 win)

“Magic for Beginners” (F&SF Sep 2005; Magic for Beginners) short fiction — winner

“The Faery Handbag” (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm) short fiction — nomination

(1 nomination; 1 win)

“Travels with the Snow Queen” (Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #1 Winter 1997/1998) winner

Shirley Jackson Awardsfor works of psychological horror and dark fantastic, juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)

Get in Trouble (Random House) collection — nomination

“Two Houses” (Shadow Show: All New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury) short fiction — nomination

“The Summer People” (Tin House 49; Steampunk!) novelette — winner

Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awardfor SF short fiction in English; juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)

“The Game of Smash and Recovery” (Strange Horizons 17 Oct 2015) winner

“Magic for Beginners” (Magic for Beginners) third place

“Stone Animals” (Conjunctions 43: Beyond Arcadia) shortlist

— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awardsfor SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(51 nominations; 6 wins)

The Book of Love (Random House; Ad Astra UK) first novel — 2nd place

“Prince Hat Underground” (White Cat, Black Dog) novelette — 5th place

White Cat, Black Dog (Random House; Ad Astra) collection — winner

“Skinder's Veil” (When Things Get Dark) novelette — 8th place

“The Girl Who Did Not Know Fear” (Tin House 2019) short story — 7th place

“I Can See Right Through You” (McSweeney's #48) novelette — 17th place (tie)

“The New Boyfriend” (Monstrous Affections) novelette — 11th place

“The Lady and the Fox” (My True Love Gave to Me) short story — 18th place

Monstrous Affections (KL & Gavin Grant, eds.) (Candlewick) anthology — 6th place

(Gavin Grant & KL) — editor — 7th place

(Gavin Grant & KL) — editor — 9th place

“Two Houses” (Shadow Show) short story — 11th place

(Gavin Grant & KL) — editor — 13th place

“The Summer People” (Tin House: The Ecstatic; Steampunk!) novelette — 2nd place

“Valley of the Girls” (Subterranean Sum 2011) short story — 10th place

Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories (KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (Candlewick; Walker UK) anthology — 4th place

(Gavin Grant/ KL) — editor — 14th place

(Gavin Grant & KL) — editor — 18th place

“Secret Identity” (Geektastic) novelette — 10th place

“The Cinderella Game” (Troll's Eye View) short story — 9th place

(Gavin Grant & KL) — editor — 12th place

“Pretty Monsters” (Pretty Monsters) novella — winner

“The Surfer” (The Starry Rift) novella — 10th place

Pretty Monsters (Viking) collection — 3rd place

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: Twenty-first Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (St. Martin's Griffin) anthology — 2nd place

(Gavin Grant & KL) — editor — 12th place

“The Constable of Abal” (The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales) novelette — 19th place

“Light” (Tin House Fall 2007) novelette — 15th place

The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (Ballantine Del Rey) anthology — 5th place

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2007: Twentieth Annual Collection (by Ellen Datlow, KL & Gavin J. Grant, ed.) (St. Martin's) anthology — 4th place

(Gavin Grant & KL) — editor — 8th place

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006: Nineteenth Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (St. Martin's) anthology — 2nd place

(Gavin Grant & KL) — editor — 9th place

“Magic for Beginners” (Magic for Beginners) novella — winner

“The Great Divorce” (One Story 7 Oct 2005) short story — 11th place

“Monster” (Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things that Aren't as Scary...) short story — 8th place

“Some Zombie Contingency Plans” (Magic for Beginners) short story — 2nd place

Magic for Beginners (Small Beer) collection — winner

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (St. Martin's) anthology — winner

(Gavin Grant & KL) — editor — 6th place

“The Faery Handbag” (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm) novelette — winner (tie)

“Stone Animals” (Conjunctions 43: Beyond Arcadia) novelette — 29th place

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, KL & Gavin J. Grant, eds.) (St. Martin's) anthology — 2nd place

(Gavin Grant & KL) — editor — 6th place

“Catskin” (McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales) novelette — 25th place (tie)

“The Hortlak” (The Dark: New Ghost Stories) novelette — 22nd place

Trampoline: An Anthology (Small Beer Press) anthology — 10th place

(Gavin Grant & KL) — editor — 9th place

“Lull” (Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists) novelette — 6th place

(Gavin Grant & KL) — editor — 10th place

Stranger Things Happen (Small Beer Press) collection — 7th place

— Other Awards —
Compton Crook Stephen Tall Memorial Awardfor best first novel, voted by members of annual Balticon
(1 nomination)

The Book of Love (Random House) finalist

Grand Prix de l'Imaginairefor SF works published in France, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)

Stranger Things Happen / Magic for Beginners Translated Short Story or Collection — winner

International Horror Guild Awardsfor horror works, juried
(1 nomination)

Magic for Beginners (Small Beer Press) collection — nomination

SF Site Readers Pollfor SF/F books, voted by readers of SF Site website
(2 nominations)

Magic for Beginners (Small Beer Press) sf/fantasy book — 5th place

Stranger Things Happen (Small Beer Press) sf/fantasy book — 5th place

SLF Fountain Awardfor speculative fiction short story, juried
(1 nomination)

“The Faery Handbag” (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm) honorable mention


— As Judge —
World Fantasy Awardsfor Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
 
Le Guin Prizefor single book-length work of imaginative fiction; juried
 
James White Awardfor unpublished SF story, juried
 
SLF Fountain Awardfor speculative fiction short story, juried
 






















































Copyright 2012 - 2025 by Mark R. Kelly and the Locus Science Fiction Foundation. All rights reserved.
This page last updated Friday 11 Jul 2025 at 13:17 PT