Nicola Griffith
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 2
Major Awards: 3
Other Awards: 8
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 39
— Career and Special Awards —
Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors
2024:
creator — winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(1 nomination)
2010:
“It Takes Two” (Eclipse Three)
— novelette — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2023:
Spear (Tordotcom)
— novel — nomination
2014:
Hild (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
— novel — nomination
1997:
Slow River (Ballantine Del Rey)
— novel — winner
1996:
“Yaguara” (Asimov's Mar 1995)
— novella — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2023:
Spear (Tordotcom)
— novel — nomination
1998:
Bending the Landscape: Fantasy (NG & Stephen Pagel, eds.) (White Wolf)
— anthology — winner
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(1 nomination)
1994:
Ammonite (Grafton)
— shortlist
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(2 nominations)
1994:
Ammonite (Grafton)
— novel — nomination
1994:
“Touching Fire” (Interzone #70 Apr 1993)
— short fiction — nomination
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2014:
Hild (Farrar Straus & Giroux)
— honor list
1994:
Ammonite (Ballantine Del Rey)
— winner
1994:
“Touching Fire” (Interzone #70 Apr 1993)
— long list
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(1 nomination)
2014:
Hild (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
— finalist
Le Guin Prize — for single book-length work of imaginative fiction; juried
(1 nomination)
2023:
Spear (Tordotcom)
— shortlist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(6 nominations)
2023:
Spear (Tordotcom)
— fantasy novel — 5th place
2010:
“It Takes Two” (Eclipse Three)
— novelette — 2nd place
1999:
Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction (NG & Stephen Pagel, eds.) (Overlook Press)
— anthology — 7th place
1998:
Bending the Landscape: Fantasy (NG & Stephen Pagel, eds.) (White Wolf)
— anthology — 11th place
1996:
Slow River (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf novel — 10th place
1994:
Ammonite (Ballantine Del Rey)
— first novel — 2nd place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
1996:
“Yaguara” (Asimov's Mar 1995)
— novella — 8th place
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network
(5 nominations; 3 wins)
2005:
“Song of Bullfrogs, Cry of Geese” (With Her Body)
— short fiction — nomination
2005:
With Her Body (Aqueduct Press)
— other work — nomination
2002:
Bending the Landscape: Horror (NG & Stephen Pagel, eds.) (Overlook Press)
— other work — winner
2000:
Slow River (Ballantine Del Rey)
— hall of fame — winner (tie)
1999:
Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction (NG & Stephen Pagel, eds.) (Overlook Press)
— other work — winner
International Horror Guild Awards — for horror works, juried
(1 nomination)
2002:
Bending the Landscape: Horror (NG & Stephen Pagel, eds.) (Overlook Press)
— anthology — nomination
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(2 nominations)
1994:
“Touching Fire” (Interzone #70 Apr 1993)
— fiction — 5th place (tie)
1992:
“Song of Bullfrogs, Cry of Geese” (Interzone #48 Jun 1991)
— fiction — 9th place (tie)
Italia Awards — for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2008:
Ammonite
— international novel — winner
Lambda Award — for gay and lesbian literature, juried
(6 nominations; 4 wins)
2005:
With Her Body (Aqueduct Press)
— sf/fantasy/horror — nomination
2002:
Bending the Landscape: Horror (NG & Stephen Pagel, eds.) (Overlook Press)
— sf/fantasy/horror — nomination
1999:
Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction (NG & Stephen Pagel, eds.) (Overlook Press)
— sf/fantasy — winner (tie)
1998:
Bending the Landscape: Fantasy (NG & Stephen Pagel, eds.) (White Wolf)
— sf/fantasy — winner
1996:
Slow River (Ballantine Del Rey)
— sf/fantasy — winner (tie)
1993:
Ammonite (Ballantine Del Rey)
— lesbian sf/fantasy — winner
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