Awards Summary
Major Awards: 11
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 76
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
The Universe of Xuya (Gollancz; et al.)
— series — nomination
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
(9 nominations; 6 wins)
Navigational Entanglements (Tordotcom)
— shorter fiction (novelette or novella) — nomination
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)
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