Christopher Priest
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 8
Other Awards: 5
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 53
Times Served as Judge: 1
— Career and Special Awards —
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(4 nominations)
1995:
The Book on the Edge of Forever (Fantagraphics)
— nonfiction book — nomination
1980:
“Palely Loitering” (F&SF Jan 1979)
— novelette — nomination
1979:
“The Watched” (F&SF Apr 1978)
— novella — nomination
1975:
The Inverted World (Galaxy Dec 1973, Jan,Feb,Mar 1974; Harper & Row)
— novel — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1996:
The Prestige (Simon & Schuster UK/Touchstone)
— novel — winner
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2014:
The Adjacent (Gollancz)
— shortlist
2003:
The Separation (Scribner UK)
— winner
1999:
The Extremes (Simon & Schuster UK)
— shortlist
1996:
The Prestige (Simon & Schuster UK/Touchstone)
— shortlist
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(11 nominations; 5 wins)
2024:
Airside (Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
2014:
The Adjacent (Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
2012:
The Islanders (Gollancz)
— novel — winner
2003:
The Separation (Scribner UK)
— novel — winner
2003:
“The Interrogation” (by Nick Gevers & CP) (Interzone #183 Oct 2002)
— nonfiction — nomination
1999:
The Extremes (Simon & Schuster UK)
— novel — winner
1996:
The Prestige (Simon & Schuster UK/Touchstone)
— novel — nomination
1985:
The Glamour (Jonathan Cape)
— novel — nomination
1982:
The Affirmation (Faber & Faber)
— novel — nomination
1980:
“Palely Loitering” (F&SF Jan 1979)
— short fiction — winner
1975:
Inverted World (Faber & Faber)
— winner
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2014:
The Adjacent (Gollancz)
— finalist
2012:
The Islanders (Gollancz)
— winner (tie)
2003:
The Separation (Scribner UK)
— finalist
1973:
Darkening Island (Harper & Row)
— third place
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(14 nominations)
2014:
The Adjacent (Gollancz)
— sf novel — 8th place
2012:
The Islanders (Gollancz)
— sf novel — 14th place
2003:
The Separation (Scribner UK)
— sf novel — 9th place
2000:
The Extremes (Simon & Schuster UK; St. Martin's)
— sf novel — 23rd place
1997:
The Prestige (Simon & Schuster UK/Touchstone; St. Martin's)
— fantasy novel — 9th place
1985:
The Glamour (Jonathan Cape)
— sf novel — 26th place
1982:
The Affirmation (Scribners)
— sf novel — 25th place
1980:
“Palely Loitering” (F&SF Jan 1979)
— novella — 3rd place
1980:
An Infinite Summer (Scribner's)
— single author collection — 7th place
1979:
“The Watched” (F&SF Apr 1978)
— novella — 2nd place
1979:
“Whores” (New Dimensions 8)
— short story — 9th place (tie)
1979:
Anticipations (Faber & Faber)
— anthology — 9th place
1977:
“An Infinite Summer” (Andromeda 1)
— short story — 14th place
1975:
Inverted World (Galaxy Dec 1973, Jan,Feb,Mar 1974; Harper & Row)
— novel — 6th place
— Other Awards —
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(4 nominations; 2 wins)
1982:
The Affirmation (Faber & Faber; Scribners)
— international fiction — winner
1981:
“Outside the Whale” (SF Commentary #59 Apr 1980)
— William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review — nomination
1978:
A Dream of Wessex (Faber & Faber)
— international fiction — nomination
1977:
The Space Machine
— international sf — winner
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — for SF works published in France, juried
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2005:
The Separation
— Translated Novel — winner
2002:
“The Discharge”
— Translated Short Story — winner
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
1989:
— all-time best sf author — 25th place (tie)
Kurd Lasswitz Preis — for SF works published in Germany, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1988:
The Glamour
— foreign novel — winner
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(5 nominations)
2018:
The Adjacent
— translated novel — nomination
2015:
“The Negation”
— translated story — nomination
2014:
The Islanders
— translated long form — nomination
2008:
The Separation
— translated long form — nomination
2005:
The Prestige
— translated novel — nomination
Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(1 nomination)
2003:
The Separation (Scribner UK)
— long form — nomination
— As Judge —
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