Terry Dowling
Awards Summary
Awards Won: 18
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 60
— Major Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(3 nominations)
2002:
The Essential Ellison: A 50-Year Retrospective: Revised and Expanded (Harlan Ellison; TD with Richard Delap & Gil Lamont, eds.) (Morpheus International)
— collection — nomination
2001:
“The Saltimbanques ” (Blackwater Days)
— short fiction — nomination
2001:
Blackwater Days (Eidolon Publications)
— collection — nomination
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(1 nomination)
2007:
Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear (Cemetery Dance)
— collection — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(7 nominations)
2011:
Clowns at Midnight (PS)
— first novel — 10th place
2011:
Amberjack: Tales of Fear and Wonder (Subterranean)
— collection — 25th place
2008:
Rynemonn (coeur de lion)
— collection — 20th place
2007:
Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear (Cemetery Dance)
— collection — 24th place
1994:
Mortal Fire: Best Australian SF (TD & Van Ikin, eds.) (Coronet Australia)
— anthology — 17th place
1993:
Blue Tyson (Aphelion)
— collection — 11th place
1992:
Wormwood (Aphelion)
— collection — 13th place
— Other Awards —
Aurealis Awards — for SF/F/H works published in Australia; juried
(15 nominations; 4 wins)
2020:
“The Unwrapping” (Echoes)
— horror short story — nomination
2014:
“The Sleepover” (Exotic Gothic 5)
— horror short story — nomination
2008:
“Toother ” (Eclipse)
— horror short story — nomination
2008:
Rynemonn (Coeur de Lion Publications)
— Peter McNamara Convenors' Award — winner
2002:
“The Lagan Fishers ” (Sci Fiction 11 Apr 2001)
— fantasy short story — nomination
2002:
for Schizm: Mysterious Journey (computer game) (Detalion & L.K. Avalon)
— Convenors' Award — nomination
2001:
Blackwater Days (Eidolon Publications)
— horror novel — nomination
2000:
“The View in Nancy's Window” (Interzone #146 Aug 1999)
— sf short story — nomination
2000:
Antique Futures: The Best of Terry Dowling (mp books)
— Convenors' Award — winner
1998:
“Jenny Come to Play ” (Eidolon #25/26 Spring 1997)
— horror short story — winner
1997:
“His Own, The Star Alphecca” (Eidolon #20 Summer 1996)
— sf short story — nomination
1997:
“The Ichneumon and the Dormeuse ” (Interzone #106 Apr 1996)
— sf short story — nomination
1997:
“Beckoning Nightframe ” (Eidolon Publications #22/23 Spring 1996)
— horror short story — nomination
1996:
An Intimate Knowledge of the Night (Aphelion)
— horror novel — winner
1996:
“Scaring the Train ” (The Man Who Lost Red)
— horror short story — nomination
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(31 nominations; 12 wins)
2004:
“Rynemonn” (Forever Shores)
— novella or novelette — nomination
2001:
“Basic Black ” (Blackwater Days)
— short story — nomination
2001:
“The Saltimbanques ” (Blackwater Days)
— short story — winner (tie)
2001:
Blackwater Days (Eidolon Publications)
— collected work — winner
2000:
Antique Futures: The Best of Terry Dowling (mp books)
— collected work — nomination
1997:
“The Ichneumon and the Dormeuse ” (Interzone #106 Apr 1996)
— Australian short fiction — nomination
1996:
An Intimate Knowledge of the Night (Aphelion)
— long fiction — nomination
1994:
Twilight Beach
— long fiction or collection — nomination
1993:
Blue Tyson
— long fiction — nomination
1993:
“Privateers' Moon”
— short fiction — nomination
1993:
“Ship's Eye”
— short fiction — nomination
1992:
Wormwood
— novel or collection — winner
1992:
“A Deadly Edge Their Red Beaks Pass Along ” (Wormwood)
— short fiction — nomination
1992:
“Nobody's Fool” (Wormwood)
— short fiction — nomination
1992:
“Vanities”
— short fiction — nomination
1991:
Rynosseros (Aphelion)
— Australian novel or anthology — winner
1990:
“The Quiet Redemption of Andy the House ” (Australian Short Stories #26 Jun 1989)
— Australian short fiction — winner
1988:
“For as Long as You Burn ” (Aphelion #5)
— Australian long fiction — winner
1988:
“The Last Elephant ” (Australian Short Stories #20)
— Australian short fiction — winner
1988:
“Marmordesse” (Omega Jan 1987)
— Australian short fiction — nomination
1987:
“A Dragon Between His Fingers” (Omega May/Jun 1986)
— Australian short fiction — nomination
1987:
“The Man Who Lost Red ” (Aphelion #2)
— Australian short fiction — winner
1987:
“Time of the Star” (Aphelion #3)
— Australian short fiction — nomination
1986:
“The Bullet that Grows in the Gun ” (Urban Fantasies)
— Australian short fiction — winner
1985:
“The Maze Man ” (Men's Journal Summer 1984)
— Australian short fiction — nomination
1985:
“Terrarium” (Omega May/Jun 1984)
— Australian short fiction — winner
1983:
“The Man Who Walks Away Behind the Eyes ” (Omega May 1982)
— Australian sf or fantasy — winner
1983:
Australian fan writer — nomination
1983:
“Kirth Gersen: The Other Demon Prince” (Science Fiction #11)
— William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review — winner
1983:
“The Lever of Life: Winning and Losing in the Fiction of Cordwainer Smith” (Science Fiction #10)
— William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review — nomination
1980:
“The Art of Xenography” (Science Fiction #3)
— William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review — nomination
International Horror Guild Awards — for horror works, juried
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2007:
“Cheat light ” (Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear)
— short fiction — nomination
2007:
Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear (CD Publications)
— collection — winner (tie)
Readercon Awards — for small press books and magazines, voted by members of Readercon
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1992:
Wormwood (Aphelion)
— collection — winner
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