List of awards and nominations received by Geoff Ryman

Geoff Ryman (born 1951) is a writer of science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, he was also one of the founding members of the Mundane science fiction movement.[1] In 2008 a Mundane SF issue of Interzone magazine was published, guest edited by Geoff Ryman, Julian Todd and Trent Walters.[2] Ryman says he knew he was a writer "before [he] could talk", with his first work published in his Mother's newspaper column at six years of age.[3] He is most well known for his science fiction writing, however his first novel was the fantasy The Warrior Who Carried Life, and his revisionist fantasy Was has been called "his most accomplished work".[4]

Geoff Ryman at Åcon 2010

Much of his work is based on travels to Cambodia. The first of these The Unconquered Country (1986) was winner of the World Fantasy Award and British Science Fiction Association Award. His novel The King's Last Song (2006) was set both in the Angkor Wat era and the time after Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.[5]

He was guest of honour at Novacon in 1989 and has twice been a guest speaker at Microcon, in 1994 and in 2004.[6][7][8] He was also the guest of honour at Gaylaxicon 2008.[9]

Ryman has written and published seven novels, including an early example of a hypertext novel, 253, or Tube Theatre. He is currently at work on a new historical novel set in the United States before the Civil War.[5] His novels and novelas have won multiple awards, including the World Fantasy Award, and his novel Was was inducted into the Gaylactic Spectrum Hall of Fame. His novel 'Air was nominated for eight awards, winning four. In total, Ryman's works have been nominated for 59 speculative fiction awards.[10]

Arthur C. Clarke Awards

The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year. The award was established with a grant from Arthur C. Clarke and the first prize was awarded in 1987. The book is chosen by a panel of judges from the British Science Fiction Association, the Science Fiction Foundation and a third organization, currently SF Crowsnest. It is now administered by the Serendip Foundation. The winner receives a prize consisting of a number of pounds sterling equal to the current year (£2008 for year 2008). In recent years, the award has been presented on the opening night of the SCI-FI-LONDON film festival.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1990The Child GardenArthur C. Clarke AwardWon
2005Air, or Have not HaveArthur C. Clarke AwardWon

British Science Fiction Association Awards

The British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) annually presents four awards (though numbers have differed in previous years) based on a vote of BSFA members and recently also members of the Eastercon. Ryman's works have been nominated ten times in the novel and short fiction categories, and won three times.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1984"The Unconquered Country"British Science Fiction Association Award for best short fictionWon
1986"O Happy Day!"British Science Fiction Association Award for best short fictionNominated
1986The Warrior Who Carried LifeBritish Science Fiction Association Award for best novelNominated
1988"Love Sickness"British Science Fiction Association Award for best short fictionWon
1990The Child GardenBritish Science Fiction Association Award for best novelNominated
1995"Warmth"British Science Fiction Association Award for best short fictionNominated
2002"Lust"British Science Fiction Association Award for best novelNominated
2004"Birth Days"British Science Fiction Association Award for best short fictionNominated
2006Air, or Have not HaveBritish Science Fiction Association Award for best novelWon
2016100 African Writers of SFFBritish Science Fiction Association Award for best non-fictionWon

John W. Campbell Memorial Award

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1988The Unconquered CountryJohn W. Campbell Memorial Award for best SF novel3rd
1990The Child GardenJohn W. Campbell Memorial Award for best SF novelWon
2005Air, or Have not HaveJohn W. Campbell Memorial Award for best SF novel2nd

Gaylactic Spectrum Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2002WasGaylactic Spectrum Hall of FameInducted
2004LustGaylactic Spectrum Award for best novelNominated

Interzone Poll

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1985The Unconquered CountryInterzone Poll for best fictionWon
1995"Fan"Interzone Poll for best fiction6th (tie)
1995"Dead Space for the Unexpected"Interzone Poll for best fiction10th (tie)
1996"Warmth"Interzone Poll for best fiction3rd (tie)

James Tiptree, Jr. Award

Year Nominated work Category ResultNotes
1995Unconquered CountriesTiptree award for best fictionNominated 
2004"Birth Days"Tiptree award for best fictionNominated 
2006"Air"Tiptree award for best fictionWon 
2006Tesseracts NineTiptree award for best fictionNominated Co-edited with Nalo Hopkinson

Locus Awards

Year Nominated work Category ResultNotes
1985"The Unconquered Country"Locus Award for Best Novella12 
1986O Happy Day!Locus Award for Best Novelette22 
1986The Warrior Who Carried LifeLocus Award for best first novel15 
1987The Unconquered CountryLocus Award for best novel22 
1988"Love Sickness"Locus Award for Best Novella8 
1990The Child GardenLocus Award for best science fiction novel21 
1993WasLocus Award for Best Fantasy Novel5 
1994"A Fall of Angels, or On the Possibility of Life Under Extreme Conditions"Locus Award for Best Novella12 
1994"Fan"Locus Award for Best Novella14 
1995Unconquered CountriesLocus Awards for best collection5 
1995"Home"Locus Awards for best short story14 
1999"Everywhere"Locus Awards for best short story12 (tie) 
2002"Have Not Have"Locus Awards for best short storyNominated 
2003"V.A.O."Locus Awards for best novelette20 
2004"Birth Days"Locus Awards for best short story33 
2005AirLocus Award for best science fiction novel14 
2006"The Last Ten Years in the Life of Hero Kai"Locus Award for best science fiction novelette8 
2006Tesseracts NineLocus Awards for best anthology12 Co-edited with Nalo Hopkinson
2007"Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)"Locus Award for best science fiction novelette2

Nebula Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1988The Unconquered CountryNebula Award for best novellaNominated
1995FanNebula Award for best novellaNominated
2006Air, or Have not HaveNebula Award for best novelNominated
2008Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)Nebula Award for best noveletteNominated

Philip K. Dick Award

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1999253Philip K. Dick AwardWon
2005Air, or Have not HavePhilip K. Dick AwardNominated

Theodore Sturgeon Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2000"Everywhere"Theodore Sturgeon AwardsNominated
2002"Have not Have"Theodore Sturgeon AwardsNominated

World Fantasy Award

Year Nominated work Category ResultNotes
1985The Unconquered CountryWorld Fantasy Award for best novellaWon 
1993WasWorld Fantasy Award for best novelNominated 
2007Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)World Fantasy Award for best short fictionNominated 

Other awards

Year Nominated work Category ResultNotes
1988The Warrior Who Carried LifeCrawford Award for best novelNominatedGiven by International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts to a first fantasy novel published in the preceding 18 months.
1998"Family"BSFA Award for best short storyNominatedGiven by the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) to a short story published in Britain in the preceding year. Based on a vote of BSFA members and attendees the Eastercon.
2004AirSunburst for best novelWon 
2006Tesseracts 9Prix Aurora Award for best other work in EnglishWonCo-edited with Nalo Hopkinson
2007"Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)"Hugo Award for best noveletteNominated 

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. "Geoff Ryman: The Mundane Fantastic: Interview excerpts". Locus. January 2006. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
  2. Andy Cox (3 May 2008). "Interzone 216: Special Mundane-SF issue". TTA Press.
  3. http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/intgr.htm
  4. Ency fantasy
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-31. Retrieved 2013-07-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Ansible #199, February 2004
  7. Ansible #79, February 1994
  8. John Grant: Gulliver Unravels: Generic Fantasy and the Loss of Subversion - infinity plus non-fiction
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2009-02-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees". Locusmag.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
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