http://www.sfadb.com/John_W_Campbell_Memorial_Award_2015

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William Gibson has been a Campbell finalist three times previously without having won. Adam Roberts has also been a Campbell finalist three times previously, and won in 2013 for Jack Glass. Peter Watts has been a finalist twice before, and Will McIntosh once before. Neither has won. All others this year are first-time Campbell finalists.

The Dave Hutchinson and Claire North titles were finalists for both the British SF Association and the Arthur C. Clarke awards (and lost); the Clarke award was won by the Emily St. John Mandel title here. Cixin Liu’s novel is currently a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Prometheus awards. Jeff VanderMeer’s novel is currently a finalist for the Nebula, Shirley Jackson, and Locus awards.

http://www.sfadb.com/Shirley_Jackson_Awards_2015

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Ellen Datlow has 8 prior Shirley Jackson nominations, with two wins, in 2008 and 2010. Her nominated anthology here just won a Bram Stoker Award. Jeff VanderMeer has 5 prior nominations, with no wins. His nominated novel here is also a finalist for the Locus and Nebula awards. Daryl Gregory’s nominated novella is also a Locus and Nebula finalist. Stories by Carmen Maria Machado, Mary Rickert, Kai Ashante Wilson, and Alyssa Wong are also Nebula finalists.

http://www.sfadb.com/Bram_Stoker_Awards_2015

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This is the 10th Stoker win for Joe R. Lansdale, and the 5th each for Ellen Datlow, Jonathan Maberry, and Tom Piccirilli. This year marks the first Mentor Award, “honoring writers who, thru the Mentoring Program, provide excellent support to their mentee”.

http://www.sfadb.com/Arthur_C_Clarke_Award_2015

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http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2015

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First-time Locus finalists are Katherine Addison (though as Sarah Monette she has 9 prior nominations), Jennifer Marie Brissett, Hayley Campbell, Beth Cato, Rose Fox, Jill Lepore, Cixin Liu, Daniel Jose Older, and Brian Staveley.

Finalists who’ve won Locus Awards most often are Ellen Datlow, with 11 wins since 2005; Gardner Dozois, with 38 wins since 1987; Ursula K. Le Guin, with 21 wins since 1972; George R.R. Martin, with 14 wins since 1976; Robert Silverberg, with 9 wins since 1971; and Michael Whelan, with 30 wins since 1980.