Delia Sherman
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 1
Other Awards: 3
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 28
Times Served as Judge: 2
— Career and Special Awards —
Skylark Award — for contribution to SF in the spirit of E.E. "Doc" Smith; presented by NESFA
2024:
(DS & Ellen Kushner)
— winner
— Major Awards —
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(2 nominations)
2008:
“The Fiddler of Bayou Teche” (The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales)
novelette — nomination
2007:
“Walpurgis Afternoon” (F&SF Dec 2005)
novelette — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(2 nominations)
2000:
“The Parwat Ruby” (F&SF Jun 1999)
short fiction — nomination
1998:
“The Fall of the Kings” (by Ellen Kushner & DS) (Bending the Landscape: Fantasy)
novella — nomination
Andre Norton Award — for YA SF/F works, presented by SFWA in parallel with the Nebula Awards
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2017:
The Evil Wizard Smallbone (Candlewick)
finalist
2012:
The Freedom Maze (Big Mouth House)
winner
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(3 nominations)
2012:
The Freedom Maze (Big Mouth House)
honor list
2008:
Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing (DS & Theodora Goss, eds.) (Interstitial Arts Foundation/Small Beer Press)
honor list
1995:
“Young Woman in a Garden” (Xanadu 2)
short list
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(10 nominations)
2017:
The Evil Wizard Smallbone (Candlewick)
young adult book — 3rd place
2015:
Young Woman in a Garden (Small Beer)
collection — 6th place
2012:
The Freedom Maze (Big Mouth House)
young adult book — 6th place
2010:
“Wizard's Apprentice” (Troll's Eye View)
short story — 24th place
2005:
“Catnyp” (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm)
novelette — 34th place
2003:
The Fall of the Kings (by Ellen Kushner & DS) (Bantam Spectra)
fantasy novel — 9th place
1998:
The Horns of Elfland (Ellen Kushner, DS & Donald G. Keller, eds.) (Roc)
anthology — 8th place
1994:
The Porcelain Dove (Dutton)
fantasy novel — 12th place
1990:
“Miss Carstairs and the Merman” (F&SF Jan 1989)
novelette — 26th place
1989:
Through A Brazen Mirror (Ace)
first novel — 23rd place
— Other Awards —
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network
(1 nomination)
2003:
The Fall of the Kings (by Ellen Kushner & DS) (Bantam Spectra)
novel — nomination
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — (renamed the Astounding Award in 2020)
(1 nomination)
1989:
— finalist
Lambda Award — for gay and lesbian literature, juried
(1 nomination)
2000:
Through A Brazen Mirror (Circlet Press)
sf/fantasy — nomination
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(4 nominations; 2 wins)
2017:
The Evil Wizard Smallbone (Candlewick)
children's literature — nomination
2012:
The Freedom Maze (Big Mouth House)
children's literature — winner
2003:
The Fall of the Kings (by Ellen Kushner & DS) (Bantam Spectra)
adult literature — nomination
1994:
The Porcelain Dove (Dutton)
adult fantasy — winner
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2012:
The Freedom Maze (Big Mouth House)
novel — winner (tie)
— As Judge —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
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