Awards and Nominations
1987, 1988, 1989,
1990, 1991, 1992,
1993, 1994, 1995,
1996, 1997, 1998,
1999, 2000, 2001,
2002, 2003, 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007,
2009, 2010, 2011,
2012, 2013, 2014,
2015, 2016
1987
Shards of Honor
Final nominee, Compton Crook Award for best first novel of 1986. 2nd,
Locus Poll for best first novel of 1986.
The Warrior 's Apprentice
16th Locus Poll for best SF novel of 1986.
Lois McMaster Bujold
Runner-up, Campbell Award for best new writer, 1987 Worldcon in Brighton,
England.
1988
"The Borders of Infinity"
7th, Locus Poll for best novella of 1987 in its first appearance in
Alien Stars IV: Free Lancers.
1989
Falling Free
Nebula Award for best novel of 1988. Nominee, Hugo Award for best novel of
1988. 9th, Locus Poll for best SF novel of 1988. Nominee, Prometheus
Award.
Brothers in Arms
15th, Locus Poll for best SF novel of 1988.
1990
"The Mountains of Mourning"
Nebula Award for best novella of 1989. Hugo Award for best novella of 1989.
3rd, Analytical Laboratory, Analog's reader's poll for best
novella/novelette of 1989. 4th, Locus Poll for best novella of 1989.
SF Chronicle Award for Best Novella.
"Labyrinth"
1st, Analytical Laboratory for best novella/novelette of 1989. 3rd,
Locus Poll for best novella of 1989.
Borders of Infinity
6th, Locus Poll for best collection of 1989.
1991
"Weatherman"
Nominee, Nebula Award for best novella of 1990. 1st, Analytical Laboratory,
Analog's reader's poll for best novella/novelette of 1990.
16th, Locus Poll for best novella of 1990. Withdrawn as a final
nominee for the Hugo in favor of its expansion, The Vor Game.
The Vor Game
Hugo Award, best novel of 1990. 4th, Locus Poll for best SF novel of
1990. Nominee, SF Chronicle Award for Best Novel 1991. Nominee, HOMer Award
for Best SF Novel 1990.
1992
Barrayar
Nominee, Nebula Award for best novel of 1991. Hugo Award for best novel of
1991. 1st, Locus Poll for best SF novel of 1991. Rickie Award for best
SF novel, voted by viewers of the Toronto SF TV show Prisoners of Gravity.
HOMer Award for Best SF Novel of 1991. Nominee, SF Chronicle Award for Best
Novel 1992.
1993
The Spirit Ring
2nd, Locus Poll for best fantasy novel of 1992.
1994
No new work published in 1993.
1995
Mirror Dance
Hugo Award for best novel of 1994. 1st, Locus Poll for best SF novel of
1994.
1996
Falling Free
The Reader's Chair unabridged audio production won the 'Listen Up Awards'
from Publishers Weekly, for being one of the best Science Fiction Audiobooks
of 1996, Jan 1997. It also won the 'Earphones Award' from AudioFile, an audio
review publication, Nov/Dec 1996.
Cetaganda
Nominee, HOMer Award for Best Novel 1995. #4 Locus Poll, Best SF Novel 1997.
1997
Memory
Nominee, HOMer Award for Best Novel 1996. Nominee, Hugo Award for Best Novel
1997. Nominee, Nebula Award for Best Novel 1997. #3 Locus Poll, Best SF Novel
1997.
Dreamweaver's Dilemma
#5 Locus Poll, Best Collection 1997.
Shards of Honor
The Reader's Chair edition also won the 'Earphones Award' from AudioFile,
June 1997.
1998
Shards of Honor
The Reader's Chair edition won "Critics' Choice Romantic Favorites" from
AudioFile, February 1998.
1999
Cetaganda
The Reader's Chair, edition was named one of the "Best Audiobooks of 1999"
out of a total of 24 chosen, by Library Journal [15 Feb 2000 issue].
Komarr
Won the
Minnesota Book Award in the Fantasy and Science Fiction Category.
A Civil Campaign
Won first place in the Sapphire Awards for the year's best blend of science fiction and romance,
sponsored by the Science Fiction Romance Newsletter.
Also won the PEARL
(Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature) Award in the Science
Fiction Category.
2000
A Civil Campaign
Nominee, Hugo Award for Best Novel 2000,
Nominee, HOMer Award for
Best Novel 1999. Nominee, Nebula Award for Best Novel 2000. Nominee, "
Minnesota Book Awards" in the Popular Fiction category.
Won the Russian "Strannik" award in the category "The Guest from Afar"
for all of the Vorkosigan Saga.
2001
Barrayar
Nominee, Seiun Award, (Japanese Hugo,) for best translation of a foreign novel.
2002
Won the Fictionwise eBook 2002 Author of the Year.
Cetaganda
Nominee, Seiun Award, for best translation of a foreign novel.
Komarr
Winner, the Premio Italia, (Italian Hugo) best foreign novel of the year.
The Vor Game
Fictionwise 2002 eBook of the Year.
The Curse of Chalion
Winner, "The SF Site":
Reader's Choice, Best Books of 2001. Nominee, Hugo Award for Best Novel of
2002. Winner, Mythopoeic Award 2002
for Adult Literature. Nominee, World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.
Diplomatic Immunity
Nominee, the 2002, Best Science Fiction,
PEARL.
2003
Won the Fictionwise eBook 2003 Author of the Year.
Diplomatic Immunity
Nominee, N ebula Award for Best Novel 2003.
2004
Paladin of Souls
Nominee, "
Minnesota Book Awards" in the Popular Fiction category.
Best Romantic Novel outside the Romance Genre, Romance Readers
Anonymous (RRA-L).
Nominee. Mythopoeic Award
2004 for Adult Literature. Winner, Hugo Award for Best Novel of 2003.
Romantic Times 2003 Reviewers' Choice Award, best fantasy novel.
Top in the Locus Magazine poll, in the category of best fantasy novel.
2005
Paladin of Souls
Nebula Award for Best Novel 2004
Ethan of Athos
Nominee, Seiun Award, (Japanese Hugo,) for best translation of a foreign novel.
Winterfair Gifts
Nominee, Hugo Award for Best Novella of 2004. Sapphire Award 2nd place for short fiction.
The Vor Game
Grover Gardner was nominated for an Audie Award for his reading for Blackstone Audio.
2006
Winterfair Gifts
2005 Fictionwise eBook of the Year.
The Hallowed Hunt
Finalist for the 2006 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature.
It was also a best fantasy novel in the Locus poll.
2007
Ohioana Career Award given to Lois McMaster Bujold
From the Ohioana Library website: "The Ohioana Career Award is the
oldest and most prestigious of the awards given by the Ohioana Library
Association. The association's first Career (Medal) Award was given in
1942. The Ohioana Career Award is presented each year to a native Ohioan
for his or her outstanding professional accomplishments in the arts and
humanities."
http://www.ohioana.org/awards/career.asp and
http://www.ohioana.org/awards/2007/career2007.asp
2009
Romantic Times Achievement Award for Sci-Fi/Fantasy, 2009.
Selected as one of the winners for the 2009 RT BOOK REVIEWS Career Achievement Awards and has won for her body of work in Sci-Fi/Fantasy.
2010
Cryoburn
One of the Blackstone Audio, Best of 2010 (one of 42 from all books publised by Blackstone during 2010.
2011
Lois was the recipient of the Skylark Award,
an honor bestowed by the New England Science Fiction Association. With, of course, Jane Yolen's classic Skylark trophy cautionary tale.
Cryoburn
Nominee, Hugo Award for Best Novel
Locus Award nominee in best SF novel category (five nominees)
2012
2013
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance
Nominee , Hugo Award for Best Novel
Lois won the Forry Award for Lifetime Achievement in the field of Science Fiction.
2014
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance
Nominee for Audie Award in the Science Fiction catagory, narrated by Grover Gardner.
Falling Free
Prometheus Award Hall of Fame Finalist
2015
No new work published in 2014
2016
"Penric's Demon"
Finalist, Hugo Award for Best Novella and Finalist, Locus Award for Best Novella.
Details of the Hugo Award and other winners can be found at
www.worldcon.org/hugos.html.
The Nebula Award Winners can be found at
www.sfwa.org/awards/.
AudioFile is a bi-monthly audiobook review publication. Earphones are
awarded to truly exceptional presentations that excel in all the following
criteria: Narrative voice and style, Vocal characterizations, Appropriateness
for the audio format, Enhancement of the text.
Fictionwise republished material in ebook format, and annually gave
awards to its best selling authors and stories.
The Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature or PEARL
is a readers' choice award, conducted annually by members of Paranormal Romance,
naming the year's best books in paranormal romance and romantic science
fiction.
The HOMer Awards were the CompuServe Science Fiction and Fantasy Forums Annual Awards.
Locus Magazine list Lois awards at www.locusmag.com.
See also the very useful Science Fiction Awards Database
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