Women and Awards

Science Fiction awards for novels won by women writers.

Hugo Award for Best Novel (since 1953)
1970 The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K Le Guin – review, review, review, review, review, review
1975 The Dispossessed, Ursula K Le Guin – review, review, review
1977 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang, Kate Wilhelm – review, review, review
1979 Dreamsnake, Vonda N McIntyre
1981 The Snow Queen, Joan D Vinge – review
1982 Downbelow Station, CJ Cherryh – review, review, review
1989 Cyteen, CJ Cherryh
1991 The Vor Game, Lois McMaster Bujold – review
1992 Barryar, Lois McMaster Bujold – review
1993 Doomsday Book, Connie Willis (joint-winner) – review
1995 Mirror Dance, Lois McMaster Bujold
1999 To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis – review
2001 Harry Potter and the goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
2004 Paladin of Souls, Lois McMaster Bujold
2005 Jonathan Norrell & Mr Strange, Susanna Clarke
2011 Blackout / All Clear, Connie Willis
2012 Among Others, Jo Walton
2014 Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie

Nebula Award for Novel (since 1966)
1970 The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K Le Guin – review, review, review, review, review, review
1975 The Dispossessed, Ursula K Le Guin – review, review, review
1979 Dreamsnake, Vonda N McIntyre
1988 The Falling Woman, Pat Murphy
1989 Falling Free, Lois McMaster Bujold
1990 The Healer’s War, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
1991 Tehanu, Ursula K Le Guin
1993 Doomsday Book, Connie Willis – review
1997 Slow River, Nicola Griffith – review
1998 The Moon and the Sun, Vonda N McIntyre
2000 Parable of the Talents, Octavia E Butler – review
2002 The Quantum Rose, Catherine Asaro
2004 The Speed of Dark, Elizabeth Moon
2005 Paladin of Souls, Lois McMaster Bujold
2009 Powers, Ursula K Le Guin
2011 Blackout / All Clear, Connie Willis
2012 Among Others, Jo Walton
2014 Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie

Arthur C Clarke Award (since 1987)
1987 The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood – review, review
1989 Unquenchable Fire, Rachel Pollack
1992 Synners, Pat Cadigan
1993 Body of Glass, Marge Piercy
1995 Fools, Pat Cadigan
1998 The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell – review, review, review
1999 Dreaming in Smoke, Tricia Sullivan – review
2002 Bold as Love, Gwyneth Jones – review, review, review
2011 Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
2012 The Testament of Jessie Lamb, Jane Rogers
2014 Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie
2015 Station Eleven, Emily St John Mandel

British Science Fiction Association Award (since 1970)
1998 The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell – review, review, review
2001 Ash: A Secret History, Mary Gentle – review
2014 Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (joint-winner)
2015 Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie

James Tiptree Jr Award (since 1992)
1992 White Queen, Gwyneth Jones (joint-winner) – review
1992 A Woman of the Iron People, Eleanor Arnason (joint-winner)
1993 China Mountain Zhang, Maureen F McHugh – review, review, review
1994 Ammonite, Nicola Griffith – review, review
1995 Larque on the Wing, Nancy Springer
1996 Waking the Moon, Elizabeth Hand (joint-winner)
1997 The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell – review, review, review
1998 Black Wine, Candas Jane Dorsey – review
2000 The Conqueror’s Child, Suzy McKee Charnas
2001 Wild Life, Molly Gloss
2002 The Kappa Child, Hiromi Goto
2007 Half Life, Shelley Jackson (joint-winner)
2007 The Orphan’s Tale: In The Night Garden, Catherynne M Valente (joint-winner)
2008 The Carhullan Army, Sarah Hall
2009 Filter House, Nisi Shawl (joint-winner)
2010 Clouds & Ashes, Greer Gilman (joint-winner)
2010 Ooku, Fumi Yoshinaga (joint-winner)
2011 Baba Yaga Laid an Egg, Dubravka Ugrešić
2012 Redwood and Wildfire, Andrea Hairston
2013 Ancient, Ancient, Kiini Ibura Salaam (joint-winner)
2013 The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (joint-winner)
2014 Rupetta, NA Sulway
2015 The girl in the Road, Monica Byrne (joint-winner)
2015 My Real Children, Jo Walton (joint-winner)

Philip K Dick Award (since 1983)
1988 Strange Toys, Patricia Geary
1991 Points of Departure, Pat Murphy
2003 The Mount, Carol Emshwiller
2005 Life, Gwyneth Jones
2006 War Surf, MM Buckner
2007 Spin Control, Chris Moriarty
2010 Bitter Angels, CL Anderson (AKA Sarah Zettel)
2015 The Book of the Unnamed Midwife, Meg Elison

The Kitschies: Red Tentacle for Best Novel (since 2010)
2011 Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
2014 A Tale for the Time Being, Ruth Ozeki

The Kitschies: Gold Tentacle for Best Debut Novel (since 2011)
2012 God’s War, Kameron Hurley
2013 Redemption in Indigo, Karen Lord
2014 Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie
2015 Viper Wine, Hermione Eyre