Iain M. Banks
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 2
Other Awards: 8
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 38
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(1 nomination)
2005:
The Algebraist (Orbit)
— novel — nomination
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(1 nomination)
1991:
Use of Weapons (Macdonald)
— shortlist
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination)
1997:
Excession (Orbit; Bantam Spectra)
— August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(4 nominations; 2 wins)
1999:
Inversions (Orbit)
— novel — nomination
1997:
Excession (Orbit)
— novel — winner
1995:
Feersum Endjinn (Orbit)
— novel — winner
1991:
Use of Weapons (Macdonald)
— novel — nomination
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(2 nominations)
1997:
Excession (Orbit)
— long list
1996:
The Wasp Factory (Macmillan UK)
— retrospective Tiptree short list
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(2 nominations)
2013:
The Hydrogen Sonata (Orbit)
— finalist
2010:
Transition (Orbit)
— finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(11 nominations)
2013:
The Hydrogen Sonata (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
— sf novel — 3rd place
2011:
Surface Detail (Orbit)
— sf novel — 4th place
2010:
Transition (Orbit; Little, Brown UK)
— sf novel — 6th place
2009:
Matter (Orbit UK)
— sf novel — 2nd place
2005:
The Algebraist (Orbit)
— sf novel — 5th place
2001:
Look to Windward (Orbit)
— sf novel — 7th place
1997:
Excession (Orbit; Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 13th place
1995:
Feersum Endjinn (Orbit; Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 19th place
1994:
Against a Dark Background (Orbit; Bantam Spectra)
— sf novel — 10th place
1990:
The State of the Art (Mark V. Ziesing)
— novella — 16th place
1989:
The Player of Games (Macmillan UK; St. Martin's)
— sf novel — 22nd place
— Other Awards —
Ignotus Awards — for SF works published in Spain, voted by members of Spanish SF Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2012:
The State of the Art
— foreign short story — winner
Italia Awards — for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2004:
Inversions
— international novel — winner
1998:
Excession
— international novel — winner
Kurd Lasswitz Preis — for SF works published in Germany, juried
(4 nominations; 4 wins)
1998:
Excession
— foreign novel — winner
1993:
Use of Weapons
— foreign novel — winner
1992:
The Wasp Factory
— foreign novel — winner
1991:
The Bridge
— foreign novel — winner
Phantastik Preis — for SF/F works published in Germany, polled by readers of Phantastik.de website
(2 nominations)
2012:
Surface Detail
— foreign novel — 4th place
2011:
Transition
— foreign novel — 5th place
Prix Ozone — for SF/F/H works published in France
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1997:
“A Gift from the Culture”
— SF novella, foreign — winner
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(1 nomination)
2009:
Matter (Orbit)
— novel — nomination
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(2 nominations)
2002:
The Player of Games
— translated novel — nomination
1998:
Feersum Endjinn
— foreign novel — nomination
SF Site Readers Poll — for SF/F books, voted by readers of SF Site website
(3 nominations)
2011:
Surface Detail (Orbit)
— sf/fantasy book — 4th place
2010:
Transition (Orbit; Little, Brown)
— sf/fantasy book — 9th place
2009:
Matter (Orbit)
— sf/fantasy book — 8th place
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