Terry Bisson
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 4
Locus Awards: 2
Other Awards: 5
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 82
Times Served as Judge: 2
— Career and Special Awards —
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(7 nominations; 1 win)
2000:
“macs” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1999)
short story — nomination
1999:
“Get Me to the Church on Time” (Asimov's May 1998)
novella — nomination
1995:
“Dead Man's Curve” (Asimov's Jun 1994)
short story — nomination
1994:
“The Shadow Knows” (Asimov's Sep 1993)
novelette — nomination
1994:
“England Underway” (Omni Jul 1993)
short story — nomination
1992:
“Press Ann” (Asimov's Aug 1991)
short story — nomination
1991:
“Bears Discover Fire” (Asimov's Aug 1990)
short story — winner
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(5 nominations; 2 wins)
2001:
“macs” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1999)
short story — winner
1995:
“Necronauts” (Playboy Jul 1993)
novelette — nomination
1994:
“England Underway” (Omni Jul 1993)
novelette — nomination
1992:
“They're Made Out of Meat” (Omni Apr 1991)
short story — nomination
1991:
“Bears Discover Fire” (Asimov's Aug 1990)
short story — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(3 nominations)
1994:
“England Underway” (Omni Jul 1993)
short story — nomination
1991:
“Bears Discover Fire” (Asimov's Aug 1990)
short story — nomination
1987:
Talking Man (Arbor House)
novel — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(1 nomination)
2004:
Dear Abbey (PS Publishing)
short fiction — nomination
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2005:
“Scout's Honor” (Sci Fiction 28 Jan 2004)
shortlist
2000:
“macs” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1999)
shortlist
1991:
“Bears Discover Fire” (Asimov's Aug 1990)
winner
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(40 nominations; 2 wins)
2026:
The Outspoken and the Incendiary (PM)
non-fiction — nomination (pending)
2013:
Any Day Now (Overlook; Duckworth '13)
sf novel — 16th place
2012:
TVA Baby and Other Stories (PM)
collection — 17th place
2009:
“Private Eye” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2008)
short story — 7th place
2008:
“Pirates of the Somali Coast” (Subterranean Oct 2007)
short story — 10th place
2006:
Greetings and Other Stories (Tachyon Publications)
collection — 23rd place
2005:
“Super 8” (Sci Fiction 24 Nov 2004)
novelette — 18th place
2005:
“Scout's Honor” (Sci Fiction 28 Jan 2004)
short story — 9th place
2004:
Dear Abbey (PS Publishing)
novella — 7th place
2004:
“Greetings” (Sci Fiction 3 Sep 2003)
novella — 14th place
2004:
“Almost Home” (F&SF Oct/Nov 2003)
novelette — 8th place
2003:
“I Saw the Light” (Sci Fiction 2 Oct 2002)
short story — 17th place
2002:
The Pickup Artist (Tor)
sf novel — 11th place
2002:
“The Old Rugged Cross” (Starlight 3)
novelette — 5th place
2002:
“Charlie's Angels” (Sci Fiction 15 Aug 2001)
short story — 15th place
2001:
“Lucy” (Playboy Feb 2000)
short story — 10th place
2001:
In the Upper Room and Other Likely Stories (Tor)
collection — 16th place
2000:
“macs” (F&SF Oct/Nov 1999)
short story — winner
2000:
“Smoother” (F&SF Jan 1999)
short story — 15th place
1999:
“Get Me to the Church on Time” (Asimov's May 1998)
novella — 7th place
1999:
“First Fire” (Science Fiction Age Sep 1998)
short story — 8th place
1998:
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman (by Walter M. Miller, Jr., with TB) (Orbit; Bantam)
sf novel — 4th place
1998:
“An Office Romance” (Playboy Feb 1997)
short story — 15th place
1997:
Pirates of the Universe (Tor)
sf novel — 20th place
1997:
“The Edge of the Universe” (Asimov's Aug 1996)
novelette — 2nd place
1997:
“In the Upper Room” (Playboy Apr 1996)
novelette — 24th place
1996:
“There Are No Dead” (Omni Jan 1995)
short story — 9th place
1995:
“The Hole in the Hole” (Asimov's Feb 1994)
novelette — 7th place
1995:
“The Joe Show” (Playboy Aug 1994)
novelette — 22nd place
1995:
“Dead Man's Curve” (Asimov's Jun 1994)
short story — 3rd place
1994:
“England Underway” (Omni Jul 1993)
novelette — 7th place
1994:
“The Shadow Knows” (Asimov's Sep 1993)
novelette — 3rd place
1994:
Bears Discover Fire (Tor)
collection — 4th place
1993:
“Two Guys from the Future” (Omni Aug 1992)
short story — 23rd place
1992:
“Press Ann” (Asimov's Aug 1991)
short story — 5th place
1991:
Voyage to the Red Planet (Morrow)
sf novel — 5th place
1991:
“Bears Discover Fire” (Asimov's Aug 1990)
short story — winner
1991:
“Over Flat Mountain” (Omni Jun 1990)
short story — 23rd place
1989:
Fire on the Mountain (Arbor House)
sf novel — 27th place
1987:
Talking Man (Arbor House)
fantasy novel — 27th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(7 nominations; 1 win)
1999:
“Get Me to the Church on Time” (Asimov's May 1998)
novella — 7th place
1997:
“The Edge of the Universe” (Asimov's Aug 1996)
novelette — 7th place
1995:
“The Hole in the Hole” (Asimov's Feb 1994)
novelette — 3rd place
1995:
“Dead Man's Curve” (Asimov's Jun 1994)
short story — 5th place
1994:
“The Shadow Knows” (Asimov's Sep 1993)
novelette — 9th place
1992:
“Press Ann” (Asimov's Aug 1991)
short story — 2nd place
1991:
“Bears Discover Fire” (Asimov's Aug 1990)
short story — winner
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — for SF works published in France, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2001:
“macs”
Translated Short Story — winner
HOMer Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(2 nominations)
1994:
“England Underway” (Omni Jul 1993)
novelette — nomination
1991:
“Bears Discover Fire” (Asimov's Aug 1990)
short story — nomination
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination)
2007:
“2+2=5” (by Rudy Rucker & TB) (Interzone #205 Jul/Aug 2006)
story — 10th place
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(1 nomination)
2013:
Any Day Now (Overlook)
second place
Science Fiction Age Readers Poll — for stories published in SF Age magazine, polled by readers
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1999:
“First Fire” (Science Fiction Age Sep 1998)
short story — winner
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(2 nominations; 1 win)
1995:
“Dead Man's Curve” (Asimov's Jun 1994)
short story — 3rd place
1991:
“Bears Discover Fire” (Asimov's Aug 1990)
short story — winner
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(3 nominations)
2007:
“Almost Home”
translated short form — nomination
2005:
“The Two Janets”
translated short story — nomination
1995:
“Press Ann”
foreign short story — nomination
SLF Fountain Award — for speculative fiction short story, juried
(1 nomination)
2004:
“Come Dance with Me” (Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian)
honorable mention
Southeastern SF Achievement Awards — for SF/F/H works by writers in southeastern US
(1 nomination)
2002:
The Pickup Artist (Tor)
novel — nomination
Xatafi-Cyberdark — for SF works published in Spain, juried by critics
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2008:
“Bears Discover Fire”
foreign story — nomination
2008:
“macs”
foreign story — winner
— As Judge —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
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