Awards Summary
Major Awards: 3
Locus Awards: 2
Other Awards: 4
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 64
Times Served as Judge: 2
Hugo Awards
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(5 nominations; 1 win)
“Presence” (F&SF Mar 2002)
novelette nomination
“The Cost to Be Wise” (Starlight 1)
novella nomination
“The Lincoln Train” (F&SF Apr 1995)
short story winner
China Mountain Zhang (Tor)
novel nomination
“Protection” (Asimov's Apr 1992)
novella nomination
Nebula Awards
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(7 nominations)
Mission Child (Avon Eos)
novel nomination
“The Cost to Be Wise” (Starlight 1)
novella nomination
“The Lincoln Train” (F&SF Apr 1995)
short story nomination
“Nekropolis” (Asimov's Apr 1994)
novelette nomination
“Virtual Love” (F&SF Jan 1994)
short story nomination
China Mountain Zhang (Tor)
novel nomination
“Protection” (Asimov's Apr 1992)
novella nomination
(2 nominations)
After the Apocalypse: Stories (Small Beer)
collection nomination
“Ancestor Money” (Sci Fiction 1 Oct 2003)
short fiction nomination
(4 nominations; 1 win)
“After the Apocalypse” (After the Apocalypse)
honor list
“Useless Things” (Eclipse Three)
honor list
Mission Child (Avon Eos)
short list
China Mountain Zhang (Tor)
winner
(1 nomination)
Nekropolis (Eos)
finalist
(1 nomination)
After the Apocalypse: Stories (Small Beer)
finalist
(2 nominations; 1 win)
“The Memory Book” (Queen Victoria's Book of Spells)
short fiction nomination
After the Apocalypse: Stories (Small Beer Press)
collection winner
(5 nominations)
“Yellow and the Perception of Reality” (Tor.com Jul 2020)
third place
“Sidewalks” (Omni Nov 2017)
finalist
“Special Economics” (The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy)
shortlist
“Interview: On Any Given Day” (Starlight 3)
shortlist
“Nekropolis” (Asimov's Apr 1994)
second place
Locus Awards
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(22 nominations; 2 wins)
“The Goldfish Man” (Uncanny Mar/Apr 2022)
short story 8th place (tie)
“After the Apocalypse” (After the Apocalypse)
short story 11th place
After the Apocalypse: Stories (Small Beer)
collection 2nd place
“The Naturalist” (Subterranean Spr 2010)
novelette 7th place
“Useless Things” (Eclipse Three)
short story 3rd place
“Special Economics” (The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy)
novelette 24th place
“The Lost Boy: A Reporter at Large” (Eclipse One: New Fantasy and Science Fiction)
short story 28th place (tie)
Mothers & Other Monsters (Small Beer)
collection 15th place
“Oversite” (Asimov's Sep 2004)
short story 23rd place
“Ancestor Money” (Sci Fiction 1 Oct 2003)
short story 16th place
“Presence” (F&SF Mar 2002)
novelette 16th place
Nekropolis (Eos)
sf novel 7th place
Mission Child (Avon Eos)
sf novel 16th place
“The Cost to Be Wise” (Starlight 1)
novella 10th place
“Strings” (Science Fiction Age Nov 1996)
short story 9th place
“The Lincoln Train” (F&SF Apr 1995)
short story winner
Half the Day Is Night (Tor)
sf novel 20th place
“Nekropolis” (Asimov's Apr 1994)
novelette 5th place
“Virtual Love” (F&SF Jan 1994)
short story 5th place
China Mountain Zhang (Tor)
sf novel 24th place
China Mountain Zhang (Tor)
first novel winner
“Protection” (Asimov's Apr 1992)
novella 11th place
(4 nominations; 1 win)
“Alternate History” (Asimov's Aug 2003)
poem winner
“Nekropolis” (Asimov's Apr 1994)
novelette 10th place
“Protection” (Asimov's Apr 1992)
novella 8th place
“Render unto Caesar” (Asimov's mid-Dec 1992)
novelette 7th place
(1 nomination; 1 win)
China Mountain Zhang (Tor)
hall of fame winner (tie)
HOMer Awards
for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(4 nominations; 1 win)
“The Lincoln Train” (F&SF Apr 1995)
short story nomination
“Nekropolis” (Asimov's Apr 1994)
novelette nomination
“Virtual Love” (F&SF Jan 1994)
short story nomination
“Protection” (Asimov's Apr 1992)
novella winner
Italia Awards
for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(1 nomination)
China Mountain Zhang
international novel 3rd place
(1 nomination; 1 win)
China Mountain Zhang (Tor)
gay men's sf/fantasy winner
(2 nominations)
“The Lincoln Train” (F&SF Apr 1995)
short story 2nd place
“Protection” (Asimov's Apr 1992)
novella 3rd place
(1 nomination)
Nekropolis (Eos)
sf/fantasy book 4th place
(1 nomination)
“The Lincoln Train” (F&SF Apr 1995)
short form nomination