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Patricia A. McKillip

science fiction awards database

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2025

The Essential Patricia A. McKillip • collection • Tachyon

awards:

• Locus Awards 2026 — collection — nomination (pending)

2016

Kingfisher • novel • Ace

awards:

• Mythopoeic Awards 2017 — adult literature — winner

Dreams of Distant Shores • collection • Tachyon Publications

awards:

• Locus Awards 2017 — collection — 9th place

• Endeavour Award 2017 — winner (tie)

2012

Wonders of the Invisible World • collection • Tachyon Publications

awards:

• Locus Awards 2013 — collection — 17th place

“Which Witch”

anthologies:

• Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Random House 2012

2010

The Bards of Bone Plain • novel • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 2011 — fantasy novel — 6th place

• Endeavour Award 2011 — finalist

• Mythopoeic Awards 2011 — adult literature — nomination

2008

The Bell at Sealey Head • novel • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 2009 — fantasy novel — 5th place

• Mythopoeic Awards 2009 — adult literature — nomination

“Knight of the Well” • A Book of Wizards

anthologies:

• A Book of Wizards, ed. Marvin Kaye, SFBC 2008

2007

“The Fortune-Teller”

anthologies:

• The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking 2007

“Naming Day” • Wizards

anthologies:

• Wizards, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley 2007

World Fantasy Awards 2008 — life achievement — winner

2006

Solstice Wood • novel • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 2007 — fantasy novel — 7th place

• Mythopoeic Awards 2007 — adult literature — winner

“Jack O'Lantern” • short fiction • Firebirds Rising

awards:

• Locus Awards 2007 — novelette — 20th place

2005

Od Magic • novel • Ace

awards:

• World Fantasy Awards 2006 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 2006 — fantasy novel — 11th place

Harrowing the Dragon • collection • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 2006 — collection — 3rd place

“The Kelpie” • The Fair Folk

anthologies:

• The Fair Folk, ed. Marvin Kaye, SFBC 2005

As Judge — SLF Fountain Award 2005

2004

Alphabet of Thorn • novel • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 2005 — fantasy novel — 6th place

• Endeavour Award 2005 — finalist

• Mythopoeic Awards 2005 — adult literature — nomination

“Undine” • The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm

anthologies:

• The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking 2004

“The Gorgon in the Cupboard” • short fiction • To Weave a Web of Magic

awards:

• Locus Awards 2005 — novella — 8th place

anthologies:

• Best Short Novels: 2005, ed. Jonathan Strahan, SFBC 2005

“Out of the Woods” • Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy

anthologies:

• Year’s Best Fantasy 5, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Eos 2005

2003

In the Forests of Serre • novel • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 2004 — fantasy novel — 14th place

• Mythopoeic Awards 2004 — adult literature — nomination

2002

Ombria in Shadow • novel • Ace

awards:

• World Fantasy Awards 2003 — novel — winner (tie)

• Locus Awards 2003 — fantasy novel — 7th place

• Mythopoeic Awards 2003 — adult literature — winner

citations:

• 2019: Fantasy Masterworks, Gollancz

“Hunter's Moon” • short fiction • The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest

awards:

• Locus Awards 2003 — short story — 19th place (tie)

anthologies:

• The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking 2002

2001

The Riddle-Master's Game • omnibus • Gollancz, 2001

citations:

• 2019: Fantasy Masterworks, Gollancz

2000

The Tower at Stony Wood • novel • Ace

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2002 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 2001 — fantasy novel — 11th place

“The Twelve Dancing Princesses” • A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales

anthologies:

• A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster 2000

1999

Riddle-Master • omnibus • Ace, 1999

citations:

• 2015: 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime, Amazon Editors

“Toad” • Silver Birch, Blood Moon

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s Griffin 2000

• Silver Birch, Blood Moon, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Avon 1999

1998

Song for the Basilisk • novel • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 1999 — fantasy novel — 7th place

• Mythopoeic Awards 1999 — adult literature — nomination

• SF Site Readers Poll 1999 — sf/fantasy book — 8th place

“Oak Hill” • The Essential Bordertown

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s Griffin 1999

1996

Winter Rose • novel • Ace

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1997 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 1997 — fantasy novel — 3rd place

• Mythopoeic Awards 1997 — fantasy — nomination

“The Witches of Junket” • Sisters in Fantasy 2

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Tenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s/Griffin 1997

1995

The Book of Atrix Wolfe • novel • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 1996 — fantasy novel — 7th place

• Mythopoeic Awards 1996 — adult fantasy — nomination

“Wonders of the Invisible World” • Full Spectrum 5

anthologies:

• Year’s Best Science Fiction, ed. David G. Hartwell, HarperPrism 1996

• Full Spectrum 5, ed. Jennifer Hersh, Tom Dupree & Janna Silverstein, Bantam Spectra 1995

“The Lion and the Lark” • The Armless Maiden

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Ninth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1996

1994

Something Rich and Strange • novel • Bantam

awards:

• Mythopoeic Awards 1995 — adult fantasy — winner

“Transmutations” • Xanadu 2

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1995

1993

The Cygnet and the Firebird • novel • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 1994 — fantasy novel — 15th place

• Mythopoeic Awards 1994 — adult fantasy — nomination

“The Snow Queen” • Snow White, Blood Red

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1994

• Snow White, Blood Red, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, AvoNova Morrow 1993

“Lady of the Skulls” • Strange Dreams

anthologies:

• The Mammoth Book of Fantasy, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2001

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1994

1992

“The Fellowship of the Dragon” • After the King

anthologies:

• After the King: Stories in Honor of J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1992

1991

The Sorceress and the Cygnet • novel • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 1992 — fantasy novel — 12th place

• Mythopoeic Awards 1992 — adult fantasy — nomination

1989

“A Doorkeeper of Khaat” • Full Spectrum 2

anthologies:

• Full Spectrum 2, ed. Lou Aronica, Shawna McCarthy, Amy Stout & Patrick LoBrutto, Doubleday Foundation 1989

1988

The Changeling Sea • novel • Macmillan Atheneum

awards:

• Locus Awards 1989 — fantasy novel — 18th place

• Mythopoeic Awards 1990 — fantasy — nomination

1987

Fool's Run • novel • Warner

awards:

• Locus Awards 1988 — sf novel — 14th place

citations:

• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron

1986

As Judge — World Fantasy Awards 1986

1985

“A Troll and Two Roses” • short fiction • Faery!

awards:

• Locus Awards 1985 — short story — 10th place

• Balrog Awards 1985 — short story — winner

1984

Moon-Flash • novel • Atheneum, 1984

citations:

• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron

1982

“The Harrowing of the Dragon of Hoarsbreath” • Elsewhere

anthologies:

• Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder, ed. David G. Hartwell, SFBC 1989

1979

The Riddle Master Trilogy • series, 1979

citations:

• 1982: A Reader's Guide to Fantasy, Baird Searles & Beth Meacham, Michael Franklin

Riddle of Stars • omnibus • SFBC/Nelson Doubleday, 1979

citations:

• 1996: Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, T. A. Shippey & A. J. Sobczak

Harpist in the Wind • novel • Atheneum Argo

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1980 — novel — nomination

• World Fantasy Awards 1980 — novel — nomination

• British Fantasy Awards 1980 — August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination

• Locus Awards 1980 — fantasy novel — winner

• Balrog Awards 1980 — novel — nomination

citations:

• 1984: The Science Fiction Sourcebook, David Wingrove

Gandalf Awards 1980 — grand master of fantasy — nomination

1977

Heir of Sea and Fire • novel • Atheneum

awards:

• Locus Awards 1978 — fantasy novel — 7th place

citations:

• 1984: The Science Fiction Sourcebook, David Wingrove

1976

The Riddle-Master of Hed • novel • Atheneum, 1976

citations:

• 2012: The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn

• 2012: 20th Century Fantasy Novel, Locus Online

• 2009: 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison

• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, Neil Barron

• 1998: Best All-Time Fantasy Novel, Locus Magazine

• 1987: Best All-Time Fantasy Novels, Locus Magazine

• 1984: The Science Fiction Sourcebook, David Wingrove

1974

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld • novel • Atheneum

awards:

• World Fantasy Awards 1975 — novel — winner

• Locus Awards 1975 — novel — 13th place

• Mythopoeic Awards 1975 — fantasy — nomination

citations:

• 2019: Fantasy Masterworks, Gollancz

• 2009: 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison

• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, Neil Barron

• 1996: Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, T. A. Shippey & A. J. Sobczak

• 1988: Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels, David Pringle

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