Awards Summary
Major Awards: 11
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 75
Hugo Awards
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(11 nominations)
“The Mausoleum's Children” (Uncanny May/Jun 2023)
short story nomination -- pending
The Universe of Xuya (Gollancz; et al.)
series nomination -- pending
Fireheart Tiger (Tordotcom)
novella nomination
“The Inaccessibility of Heaven” (Uncanny Jul/Aug 2020)
novelette nomination
The Tea Master and the Detective (Subterranean)
novella nomination
The Universe of Xuya (Subterranean)
series nomination
“Children of Thorns, Children of Water” (Uncanny Jul/Aug 2017)
novelette nomination
“The Waiting Stars” (The Other Half of the Sky)
novelette nomination
On a Red Station, Drifting (Immersion Press)
novella nomination
“Immersion” (Clarkesworld Jun 2012)
short story nomination
“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)
Fireheart Tiger (Tordotcom)
novella nomination
The Tea Master and the Detective (Subterranean)
novella winner
“The Breath of War” (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6 Mar 2014)
short story nomination
“The Waiting Stars” (The Other Half of the Sky)
novelette winner
On a Red Station, Drifting (Immersion Press)
novella nomination
“Immersion” (Clarkesworld Jun 2012)
short story winner
“Shipbirth” (Asimov's Feb 2011)
short story nomination
“The Jaguar House, in Shadow” (Asimov's Jul 2010)
novelette nomination
(1 nomination)
The Tea Master and the Detective (Subterranean)
novella nomination
(1 nomination)
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)
Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight (Subterranean)
collection nomination
The Tea Master and the Detective (Subterranean)
novella winner
(8 nominations; 6 wins)
The Red Scholar's Wake (Gollancz)
novel nomination
Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances (JABberwocky)
short fiction winner
Fireheart Tiger (Tordotcom)
short fiction winner
“On motherhood and erasure: people-shaped holes, hollow characters and the illusion of impossible adventures” (Intellectus Speculativus)
nonfiction winner
The House of Shattered Wings (Gollancz)
novel winner
“Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight” (Clarkesworld Jan 2015)
short story winner
“Immersion” (Clarkesworld #69)
short fiction nomination
“The Shipmaker” (Interzone #231)
short fiction winner
Eugie Awards
for short fiction that inspires, enlightens, and entertains, juried
(1 nomination)
“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)
Fireheart Tiger (Tordotcom)
novella nomination
The Inaccessibility of Heaven (Uncanny Jul/Aug 2020)
novelette winner
(1 nomination)
“Heaven Under Earth” (Electric Velocipede #24)
honor list
(2 nominations)
“Immersion” (Clarkesworld Jun 2012)
finalist
“Scattered Along the River of Heaven” (Clarkesworld Jan 2012)
finalist
Locus Awards
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(26 nominations; 1 win)
A Fire Born of Exile (Gollancz; JAB Books)
sf novel 7th place (tie)
“The Mausoleium's Chidren” (Uncanny May/Jun 2023)
short story 7th place
The Red Scholar's Wake (Gollancz; JABberwocky)
sf novel 4th place
Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances (JABberwocky)
novella 5th place
Fireheart Tiger (Tordotcom)
novella 3rd place
“Mulberry and Owl” (Uncanny Sep/Oct 2021)
novelette 3rd place
Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders (JABberwocky)
novella 10th place
Seven of Infinities (Subterranean)
novella 7th place
“The Inaccessibility of Heaven” (Uncanny Jul/Aug 2020)
novelette 3rd place
“In the Lands of the Spill” (Avatars Inc)
short story 9th place
Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight (Subterranean)
collection 3rd place
The Tea Master and the Detective (Subterranean)
novella 2nd place
The House of Binding Thorns (Ace; Gollancz)
fantasy novel 4th place
“Children of Thorns, Children of Water” (Uncanny Jul/Aug 2017)
novelette 2nd place
“Pearl” (The Starlit Wood)
novelette 2nd place
“A Salvaging of Ghosts” (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 17 Mar 2016)
short story 5th place
The House of Shattered Wings (Roc; Gollancz)
fantasy novel 4th place
“The Citadel of Weeping Pearls” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2015)
novella 4th place
“Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight” (Clarkesworld Jan 2015)
short story 4th place
“Memorials” (Asimov's Jan 2014)
novelette 5th place
“The Days of the War, as Red as Blood, as Dark as Bile” (Subterranean Spr 2014)
short story 30th place
“The Dust Queen” (Reach for Infinity)
short story 4th place
“The Waiting Stars” (The Other Half of the Sky)
novelette 4th place
On a Red Station, Drifting (Immersion)
novella 5th place
“Immersion” (Clarkesworld Jun 2012)
short story winner
“Scattered Along the River of Heaven” (Clarkesworld Jan 2012)
short story 10th place
Ignotus Awards
for SF works published in Spain, voted by members of Spanish SF Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
“Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight”
foreign short story winner
(6 nominations)
“Ship's Brother” (Interzone #241)
story 3rd place
“Age of Miracles, Age of Wonders” (Interzone #230)
story 10th place
“The Shipmaker” (Interzone #231)
story 4th place
“Butterfly, Falling at Dawn” (Interzone #219 Dec 2008)
story 10th place
“Deer Flight” (Interzone #211 Jul/Aug 2007)
story 7th place
“The Lost Xuyan Bride” (Interzone #213 Dec 2007)
story 6th place
(1 nomination)
finalist
(1 nomination)
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)
“Memorials”
translated story nomination
(1 nomination)
“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)
“A Salvaging of Ghosts” (Beneath Ceaseless Skies Mar 2016)
shortlist nomination