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James Patrick Kelly

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Awards Summary

Major Awards: 3

Locus Awards: 1

Other Awards: 6

Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 117

Times Served as Judge: 3

— Major Awards —

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

“Ninety Percent of Everything” (by Jonathan Lethem, JPK & John Kessel) (F&SF Sep 1999) — novella — 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

James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)

(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

Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried

(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 and Poll —

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

— Other Awards —

Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers

(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

Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network

(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

Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine

(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

— As Judge —

James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)

Endeavour Award — for best book by a Pacific Northwest writer, juried

SLF Fountain Award — for speculative fiction short story, juried

Copyright 2012 - 2025 by Mark R. Kelly and the Locus Science Fiction Foundation. All rights reserved.

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