Aliette de Bodard
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 11
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 79
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(12 nominations)
2025:
Navigational Entanglements (Tordotcom)
novella — nomination
2024:
“The Mausoleum's Children” (Uncanny May/Jun 2023)
short story — nomination
2024:
The Universe of Xuya (Gollancz; et al.)
series — nomination
2022:
Fireheart Tiger (Tordotcom)
novella — nomination
2021:
“The Inaccessibility of Heaven” (Uncanny Jul/Aug 2020)
novelette — nomination
2019:
The Tea Master and the Detective (Subterranean)
novella — nomination
2019:
The Universe of Xuya (Subterranean)
series — nomination
2018:
“Children of Thorns, Children of Water” (Uncanny Jul/Aug 2017)
novelette — nomination
2014:
“The Waiting Stars” (The Other Half of the Sky)
novelette — nomination
2013:
On a Red Station, Drifting (Immersion Press)
novella — nomination
2013:
“Immersion” (Clarkesworld Jun 2012)
short story — nomination
2011:
“The Jaguar House, in Shadow” (Asimov's Jul 2010)
novelette — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(8 nominations; 3 wins)
2022:
Fireheart Tiger (Tordotcom)
novella — nomination
2019:
The Tea Master and the Detective (Subterranean)
novella — winner
2015:
“The Breath of War” (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6 Mar 2014)
short story — nomination
2014:
“The Waiting Stars” (The Other Half of the Sky)
novelette — winner
2013:
On a Red Station, Drifting (Immersion Press)
novella — nomination
2013:
“Immersion” (Clarkesworld Jun 2012)
short story — winner
2012:
“Shipbirth” (Asimov's Feb 2011)
short story — nomination
2011:
“The Jaguar House, in Shadow” (Asimov's Jul 2010)
novelette — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(1 nomination)
2019:
The Tea Master and the Detective (Subterranean)
novella — nomination
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(1 nomination)
2023:
The Red Scholar's Wake (Gollancz)
shortlist
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2020:
Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight (Subterranean)
collection — nomination
2019:
The Tea Master and the Detective (Subterranean)
novella — winner
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(9 nominations; 6 wins)
2025:
Navigational Entanglements (Tordotcom)
shorter fiction (novelette or novella) — nomination
2023:
The Red Scholar's Wake (Gollancz)
novel — nomination
2023:
Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances (JABberwocky)
short fiction — winner
2022:
Fireheart Tiger (Tordotcom)
short fiction — winner
2019:
“On motherhood and erasure: people-shaped holes, hollow characters and the illusion of impossible adventures” (Intellectus Speculativus)
nonfiction — winner
2016:
The House of Shattered Wings (Gollancz)
novel — winner
2016:
“Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight” (Clarkesworld Jan 2015)
short story — winner
2013:
“Immersion” (Clarkesworld #69)
short fiction — nomination
2011:
“The Shipmaker” (Interzone #231)
short fiction — winner
Eugie Awards — for short fiction that inspires, enlightens, and entertains, juried
(1 nomination)
2016:
“Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight” (Clarkesworld Jan 2015)
finalist
Ignyte Awards — for SF/F/H that celebrates vibrancy and diversity; committee and popular vote
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2022:
Fireheart Tiger (Tordotcom)
novella — nomination
2021:
The Inaccessibility of Heaven (Uncanny Jul/Aug 2020)
novelette — winner
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(1 nomination)
2014:
“Heaven Under Earth” (Electric Velocipede #24)
honor list
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(2 nominations)
2013:
“Immersion” (Clarkesworld Jun 2012)
finalist
2013:
“Scattered Along the River of Heaven” (Clarkesworld Jan 2012)
finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(28 nominations; 1 win)
2025:
Navigational Entanglements (Tordotcom)
novella — 6th place
2025:
“Autumn's Red Bird” (Deep Dream: Science Fiction Exploring the Future of Art)
short story — 8th place
2024:
A Fire Born of Exile (Gollancz; JAB Books)
sf novel — 7th place (tie)
2024:
“The Mausoleium's Chidren” (Uncanny May/Jun 2023)
short story — 7th place
2023:
The Red Scholar's Wake (Gollancz; JABberwocky)
sf novel — 4th place
2023:
Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances (JABberwocky)
novella — 5th place
2022:
Fireheart Tiger (Tordotcom)
novella — 3rd place
2022:
“Mulberry and Owl” (Uncanny Sep/Oct 2021)
novelette — 3rd place
2021:
Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders (JABberwocky)
novella — 10th place
2021:
Seven of Infinities (Subterranean)
novella — 7th place
2021:
“The Inaccessibility of Heaven” (Uncanny Jul/Aug 2020)
novelette — 3rd place
2021:
“In the Lands of the Spill” (Avatars Inc)
short story — 9th place
2020:
Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight (Subterranean)
collection — 3rd place
2019:
The Tea Master and the Detective (Subterranean)
novella — 2nd place
2018:
The House of Binding Thorns (Ace; Gollancz)
fantasy novel — 4th place
2018:
“Children of Thorns, Children of Water” (Uncanny Jul/Aug 2017)
novelette — 2nd place
2017:
“Pearl” (The Starlit Wood)
novelette — 2nd place
2017:
“A Salvaging of Ghosts” (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 17 Mar 2016)
short story — 5th place
2016:
The House of Shattered Wings (Roc; Gollancz)
fantasy novel — 4th place
2016:
“The Citadel of Weeping Pearls” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2015)
novella — 4th place
2016:
“Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight” (Clarkesworld Jan 2015)
short story — 4th place
2015:
“Memorials” (Asimov's Jan 2014)
novelette — 5th place
2015:
“The Days of the War, as Red as Blood, as Dark as Bile” (Subterranean Spr 2014)
short story — 30th place
2015:
“The Dust Queen” (Reach for Infinity)
short story — 4th place
2014:
“The Waiting Stars” (The Other Half of the Sky)
novelette — 4th place
2013:
On a Red Station, Drifting (Immersion)
novella — 5th place
2013:
“Immersion” (Clarkesworld Jun 2012)
short story — winner
2013:
“Scattered Along the River of Heaven” (Clarkesworld Jan 2012)
short story — 10th place
— Other Awards —
Ignotus Awards — for SF works published in Spain, voted by members of Spanish SF Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2018:
“Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight”
foreign short story — winner
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(6 nominations)
2013:
“Ship's Brother” (Interzone #241)
story — 3rd place
2011:
“Age of Miracles, Age of Wonders” (Interzone #230)
story — 10th place
2011:
“The Shipmaker” (Interzone #231)
story — 4th place
2009:
“Butterfly, Falling at Dawn” (Interzone #219 Dec 2008)
story — 10th place
2008:
“Deer Flight” (Interzone #211 Jul/Aug 2007)
story — 7th place
2008:
“The Lost Xuyan Bride” (Interzone #213 Dec 2007)
story — 6th place
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — (renamed the Astounding Award in 2020)
(1 nomination)
2009:
— finalist
Lambda Award — for gay and lesbian literature, juried
(1 nomination)
2019:
In the Vanishers' Palace (JABberwocky)
sf/fantasy/horror — nomination
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2020:
“Memorials”
translated story — nomination
Writers and Illustrators of the Future — for stories and art by contest winners, juried
(1 nomination)
2007:
“Obsidian Shards”
Writers of the Future 3rd quarter — Second Place
WSFA Small Press Award — for short fiction from small press publications, voted by member of Washington SF Assn
(1 nomination)
2017:
“A Salvaging of Ghosts” (Beneath Ceaseless Skies Mar 2016)
shortlist — nomination
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