Awards Summary
Major Awards: 3
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 6
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 117
Times Served as Judge: 3
Hugo Awards
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(9 nominations; 2 wins)
“Plus or Minus” (Asimov's Dec 2010)
novelette nomination
Burn (Tachyon)
novella nomination
“The Best Christmas Ever” (Sci Fiction 26 May 2004)
short story nomination
“Bernardo's House” (Asimov's Jun 2003)
novelette nomination
“Undone” (Asimov's Jun 2001)
novelette nomination
“1016 to 1” (Asimov's Jun 1999)
novelette winner
“Itsy Bitsy Spider” (Asimov's Jun 1997)
short story nomination
“Think Like a Dinosaur” (Asimov's Jun 1995)
novelette winner
“Rat” (F&SF Jun 1986)
short story nomination
Nebula Awards
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(13 nominations; 1 win)
“Plus or Minus” (Asimov's Dec 2010)
novelette nomination
“Going Deep” (Asimov's Jun 2009)
short story nomination
“Don't Stop” (Asimov's Jun 2007)
short story nomination
Burn (Tachyon Publications)
novella winner
“Men Are Trouble” (Asimov's Jun 2004)
novelette nomination
“Undone” (Asimov's Jun 2001)
novelette nomination
“Itsy Bitsy Spider” (Asimov's Jun 1997)
short story nomination
“Think Like a Dinosaur” (Asimov's Jun 1995)
novelette nomination
“Standing in Line with Mister Jimmy” (Asimov's Jun 1991)
novelette nomination
“Mr. Boy” (Asimov's Jun 1990)
novella nomination
“Rat” (F&SF Jun 1986)
short story nomination
“Saint Theresa of the Aliens” (Asimov's Jun 1984)
novelette nomination
(4 nominations)
“Lovestory” (Asimov's Jun 1998)
short list
“Big Guy” (Asimov's Jun 1994)
long list
Wildlife (Tor)
long list
“Chemistry” (Asimov's Jun 1993)
short list
(8 nominations)
“What It Means to Be a Car” (Tor.com 26 Jul 2023)
finalist
“Bernardo's House” (Asimov's Jun 2003)
second place
“Undone” (Asimov's Jun 2001)
third place
“Lovestory” (Asimov's Jun 1998)
shortlist
“Itsy Bitsy Spider” (Asimov's Jun 1997)
shortlist
“Dancing with the Chairs” (Asimov's Mar 1989)
honorable mention
“Faith” (Asimov's Jun 1989)
honorable mention
“Heroics” (Asimov's Nov 1987)
honorable mention
Locus Awards
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(48 nominations; 1 win)
“Someday” (Asimov's Apr/May 2014)
short story 19th place
“The Promise of Space” (Clarkesworld Sep 2013)
short story 20th place
“Soulcatcher” (Clarkesworld May 2013)
short story 23rd place
“The Last Judgment” (Asimov's Apr/May 2012)
novella 13th place
“Declaration” (Rip-Off!)
novelette 29th place
Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology (JPK &
John Kessel, eds.) (Tachyon)
anthology 15th place
“Plus or Minus” (Asimov's Dec 2010)
novelette 3rd place
“Going Deep” (Asimov's Jun 2009)
short story 5th place
The Secret History of Science Fiction (JPK &
John Kessel, eds.) (Tachyon)
anthology 8th place
The Wreck of the Godspeed and Other Stories (Golden Gryphon)
collection 17th place
Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology (JPK &
John Kessel, eds.) (Tachyon)
anthology 13th place
Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology (JPK &
John Kessel, eds.) (Tachyon)
anthology 9th place
Burn (Tachyon)
novella 5th place
“The Edge of Nowhere” (Asimov's Jun 2005)
novelette 20th place (tie)
“The Wreck of the Godspeed” (Between Worlds)
novella 11th place
“Men Are Trouble” (Asimov's Jun 2004)
novelette 5th place
“The Best Christmas Ever” (Sci Fiction 26 May 2004)
short story 10th place
“Bernardo's House” (Asimov's Jun 2003)
novelette 29th place
“Mother” (The Silver Gryphon)
short story 29th place
“Candy Art” (Asimov's Dec 2002)
short story 14th place
Strange But Not a Stranger (Golden Gryphon Press)
collection 9th place
“Undone” (Asimov's Jun 2001)
novelette 9th place
“Unique Visitors” (Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction)
short story 17th place
“Feel the Zaz” (Asimov's Jun 2000)
novelette 14th place
“1016 to 1” (Asimov's Jun 1999)
novelette 17th place
“Lovestory” (Asimov's Jun 1998)
novelette 5th place
“Itsy Bitsy Spider” (Asimov's Jun 1997)
short story winner
Think Like a Dinosaur and Other Stories (Golden Gryphon Press)
collection 5th place
“The First Law of Thermodynamics” (Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology)
novelette 12th place
“Breakaway, Backdown” (Asimov's Jun 1996)
short story 17th place
“Think Like a Dinosaur” (Asimov's Jun 1995)
novelette 3rd place
Wildlife (Tor)
sf novel 26th place
“Big Guy” (Asimov's Jun 1994)
short story 23rd place
“Chemistry” (Asimov's Jun 1993)
novelette 19th place
“Standing in Line with Mister Jimmy” (Asimov's Jun 1991)
novelette 20th place
“Pogrom” (Fires of the Past: Thirteen Contemporary Fantasies About Hometowns; Asimov's Jan 1991)
short story 26th place
“Mr. Boy” (Asimov's Jun 1990)
novella 10th place
“Faith” (Asimov's Jun 1989)
novelette 31st place
“Home Front” (Asimov's Jun 1988)
short story 20th place
“Glass Cloud” (Asimov's Jun 1987)
novella 6th place
“Daemon” (F&SF Nov 1987)
short story 20th place
“Heroics” (Asimov's Nov 1987)
short story 27th place
“The Prisoner of Chillon” (Asimov's Jun 1986)
novelette 23rd place (tie)
“Rat” (F&SF Jun 1986)
short story 3rd place
“Solstice” (Asimov's Jun 1985)
novelette 20th place
“Freedom Beach” (by
John Kessel & JPK) (
F&SF Aug 1984)
novelette 12th place
“Crow” (Asimov's Sep 1984)
short story 30th place
“The Fear That Men Call Courage” (F&SF Sep 1980)
short story 20th place
(26 nominations; 4 wins)
“Embot's Lament” (Asimov's Nov/Dec 2023)
short story 3rd place
“The Last Judgment” (Asimov's)
novella 3rd place
“Plus or Minus” (Asimov's Dec 2010)
novelette 5th place
“The Edge of Nowhere” (Asimov's Jun 2005)
novelette 4th place (tie)
“Men Are Trouble” (Asimov's Jun 2004)
novelette 3rd place
“Bernardo's House” (Asimov's Jun 2003)
novelette 3rd place
“Candy Art” (Asimov's Dec 2002)
short story 5th place
“Undone” (Asimov's Jun 2001)
novelette 2nd place
“All I Want for Christmas” (by
Robert Frazier & JPK) (
Asimov's Dec 2001)
poem 4th place
“Feel the Zaz” (Asimov's Jun 2000)
novelette 5th place (tie)
“1016 to 1” (Asimov's Jun 1999)
novelette 4th place
“Lovestory” (Asimov's Jun 1998)
novelette 6th place
“Fruitcake Theory” (Asimov's Dec 1998)
short story 7th place
“Eating the Mystery” (by
Robert Frazier & JPK) (
Asimov's Dec 1998)
poem 10th place
“Itsy Bitsy Spider” (Asimov's Jun 1997)
short story 5th place
“Breakaway, Backdown” (Asimov's Jun 1996)
short story 10th place
“Think Like a Dinosaur” (Asimov's Jun 1995)
novelette winner
“Chemistry” (Asimov's Jun 1993)
novelette 10th place (tie)
“The Two Cultures” (Asimov's May 1992)
poem 6th place
“Christmas Father” (by
Robert Frazier & JPK) (
Asimov's Dec 1991)
poem 4th place (tie)
“Mr. Boy” (Asimov's Jun 1990)
novella winner
“A Dragon's Yuletide Shopping List” (by
Robert Frazier & JPK) (
Asimov's Nov 1990)
poem
winner
“Afterlife” (Asimov's mid-Dec 1989)
poem 5th place
“Turning into Animals” (Asimov's Apr 1989)
poem 10th place
“Home Front” (Asimov's Jun 1988)
short story 9th place
“The Prisoner of Chillon” (Asimov's Jun 1986)
novelette winner
(1 nomination)
“Dividing the Sustain” (The New Space Opera)
short fiction nomination
HOMer Awards
for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(3 nominations)
“Feel the Zaz” (Asimov's Jun 2000)
novelette nomination
“Breakaway, Backdown” (Asimov's Jun 1996)
short story nomination
“Think Like a Dinosaur” (Asimov's Jun 1995)
novelette nomination
Italia Awards
for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(1 nomination; 1 win)
Burn
international novel winner
(2 nominations; 1 win)
“Think Like a Dinosaur” (Asimov's Jun 1995)
novelette winner
“Rat” (F&SF Jun 1986)
short story 3rd place (tie)
Seiun Awards
for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(2 nominations)
“Bernardo's House”
translated short form nomination
“Think Like a Dinosaur”
foreign short fiction nomination