Philip K Dick Award
science fiction awards database
The Philip K. Dick Award is given to the best original paperback published each year in the US. The awards were created and named for the writer who, though increasingly renowned after his death in 1982, was published mostly in undistinguished paperback editions during his career.
Scope
Original SF paperback published in the US. Can include trade paperbacks, but not simultaneous hardcover/trade paperback editions.
Original SF paperback published in the US. Can include trade paperbacks, but not simultaneous hardcover/trade paperback editions.
Where & When
Annually in March at the Norwescon
Annually in March at the Norwescon
Process
Five judges read submissions from publishers and determine the shortlist, then the winner. Judges choose their own successors, and only writers or academics are eligible to be judges.
Five judges read submissions from publishers and determine the shortlist, then the winner. Judges choose their own successors, and only writers or academics are eligible to be judges.
History
Founded by Thomas M. Disch, in honor of Philip K. Dick, who published most of his books as paperback originals
Founded by Thomas M. Disch, in honor of Philip K. Dick, who published most of his books as paperback originals
Official Site
http://www.philipkdickaward.org/
http://www.philipkdickaward.org/
— Winners by Year —
| — 2025 — | Time's Agent, Brenda Peynado |
| — 2024 — | These Burning Stars, Bethany Jacobs |
| — 2023 — | The Extractionist, Kimberly Unger |
| — 2022 — | Dead Space, Kali Wallace |
| — 2021 — | Road Out of Winter, Alison Stine |
| — 2020 — | Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea, Sarah Pinsker |
| — 2019 — | Theory of Bastards, Audrey Schulman |
| — 2018 — | Bannerless, Carrie Vaughn |
| — 2017 — | The Mercy Journals, Claudia Casper |
| — 2016 — | Apex, Ramez Naam |
| — 2015 — | The Book of the Unnamed Midwife, Meg Elison |
| — 2014 — | Countdown City, Ben H. Winters |
| — 2013 — | Lost Everything, Brian Francis Slattery |
| — 2012 — | The Samuel Petrovich Trilogy, Simon Morden |
| — 2011 — | The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack, Mark Hodder |
| — 2010 — | Bitter Angels, C. L. Anderson |
| — 2009 — | (tie) Emissaries from the Dead, Adam-Troy Castro |
| (tie) Terminal Mind, David Walton | |
| — 2008 — | Nova Swing, M. John Harrison |
| — 2007 — | Spin Control, Chris Moriarty |
| — 2006 — | War Surf, M. M. Buckner |
| — 2005 — | Life, Gwyneth Jones |
| — 2004 — | Altered Carbon, Richard K. Morgan |
| — 2003 — | The Mount, Carol Emshwiller |
| — 2002 — | Ship of Fools, Richard Paul Russo |
| — 2001 — | Only Forward, Michael Marshall Smith |
| — 2000 — | Vacuum Diagrams, Stephen Baxter |
| — 1999 — | 253: The Print Remix, Geoff Ryman |
| — 1998 — | The Troika, Stepan Chapman |
| — 1997 — | The Time Ships, Stephen Baxter |
| — 1996 — | Headcrash, Bruce Bethke |
| — 1995 — | Mysterium, Robert Charles Wilson |
| — 1994 — | (tie) Elvissey, Jack Womack |
| (tie) Growing Up Weightless, John M. Ford | |
| — 1993 — | Through the Heart, Richard Grant |
| — 1992 — | King of Morning, Queen of Day, Ian McDonald |
| — 1991 — | Points of Departure, Pat Murphy |
| — 1990 — | Subterranean Gallery, Richard Paul Russo |
| — 1989 — | (tie) Wetware, Rudy Rucker |
| (tie) Four Hundred Billion Stars, Paul J. McAuley | |
| — 1988 — | Strange Toys, Patricia Geary |
| — 1987 — | Homunculus, James P. Blaylock |
| — 1986 — | Dinner at Deviant's Palace, Tim Powers |
| — 1985 — | Neuromancer, William Gibson |
| — 1984 — | The Anubis Gates, Tim Powers |
| — 1983 — | Software, Rudy Rucker |
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