Alaya Dawn Johnson
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 4
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 19
— Major Awards —
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2015:
“A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i” (F&SF Jul/Aug 2014)
novelette — winner
2014:
“They Shall Salt the Earth with Seeds of Glass” (Asimov's Jan 2013)
novelette — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2021:
Trouble the Saints (Tor)
novel — winner
Andre Norton Award — for YA SF/F works, presented by SFWA in parallel with the Nebula Awards
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2015:
Love Is the Drug (Levine)
winner
2014:
The Summer Prince (Levine)
finalist
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2024:
The Library of Broken Worlds (HarperCollins)
fiction for younger readers — winner
Ignyte Awards — for SF/F/H that celebrates vibrancy and diversity; committee and popular vote
(2 nominations)
2026:
“What I Saw Before the War” (Reactor 22 Jan 2025)
novelette — nomination (pending)
2022:
Reconstruction (Small Beer)
anthology/collected works — nomination
Le Guin Prize — for single book-length work of imaginative fiction; juried
(1 nomination)
2024:
The Library of Broken Worlds (Scholastic)
shortlist
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(2 nominations)
2026:
“The Shadow on the Nest” (Uncanny Sep/Oct 2025)
finalist (pending)
2014:
“They Shall Salt the Earth with Seeds of Glass” (Asimov's Jan 2013)
finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(5 nominations)
2024:
The Library of Broken Worlds (Scholastic; Magpie UK)
young adult novel — 3rd place
2015:
Love Is the Drug (Levine)
young adult book — 12th place (tie)
2015:
“A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i” (F&SF Jul/Aug 2014)
novelette — 10th place
2014:
The Summer Prince (Levine)
young adult book — 5th place
2011:
“Love Will Tear Us Apart” (Zombies vs. Unicorns)
short story — 35th place
— Other Awards —
Carl Brandon Awards — for works by persons of color, and dealing with issues of race and ethnicity; juried
(1 nomination)
2006:
“Shard of Glass” (Strange Horizons 14 Feb 2005)
Parallax Award shortlist
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
2010:
“Far and Deep” (Interzone #221 Mar/Apr 2009)
story — 10th place (tie)
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(1 nomination)
2014:
The Summer Prince (Arthur A. Levine)
honor list
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