Adam Roberts
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 3
Other Awards: 2
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 43
Times Served as Judge: 3
— Major Awards —
Arthur C. Clarke Award — for SF novel published in the UK; juried
(3 nominations)
2010:
Yellow Blue Tibia (Gollancz)
shortlist
2007:
Gradisil (Gollancz)
shortlist
2001:
Salt (Gollancz)
shortlist
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(3 nominations)
2021:
It's the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of? (Elliot & Thompson)
non-fiction — nomination
2015:
Sibilant Fricative: Essays & Reviews (Steel Quill)
non-fiction — nomination
2005:
“Roads Were Burning” (Postscripts #1)
short fiction — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(12 nominations; 3 wins)
2026:
Fantasy: A Short History (Bloomsbury Academic)
nonfiction (long) — nomination
2023:
The This (Gollancz)
novel — nomination
2022:
Purgatory Mount (Gollancz)
novel — nomination
2021:
It's the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of? (Elliot & Thompson)
nonfiction — winner
2020:
HG Wells: A Literary Life (Palgrave Macmillan)
nonfiction — nomination
2019:
Publishing the Science Fiction Canon: The Case of Scientific Romance (Cambridge University Press)
nonfiction — nomination
2018:
Wells at the World's End 2017 blog posts (Wells at the World’s End)
nonfiction — nomination
2016:
Rave and Let Die: The SF and Fantasy of 2014 (Steel Quill)
nonfiction — winner
2013:
Jack Glass (Gollancz)
novel — winner
2012:
By Light Alone (Gollancz)
novel — nomination
2011:
Review of The Wheel of Time (Punkadiddle)
nonfiction — nomination
2010:
Yellow Blue Tibia (Gollancz)
novel — nomination
Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
(1 nomination)
2008:
Gradisil (Pyr)
finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(11 nominations)
2020:
HG Wells: A Literary Life (Palgrave)
nonfiction — 10th place
2017:
The History of Science Fiction: Second Edition (Palgrave Macmillan)
non-fiction — 9th place
2015:
Bête (Gollancz)
sf novel — 24th place
2015:
Sibilant Fricative: Essays & Reviews (Steel Quill)
non-fiction — 10th place
2014:
Adam Robots (Gollancz)
collection — 22nd place
2014:
The Riddles of the Hobbit (Palgrave Macmillan)
non-fiction — 8th place
2013:
Jack Glass (Gollancz)
sf novel — 17th place
2010:
Yellow Blue Tibia (Gollancz)
sf novel — 16th place
2010:
The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction (Mark Bould, Andrew M. Butler, AR & Sherryl Vint, eds.) (Routledge)
nonfiction/art book — 14th place
2007:
The History of Science Fiction (Palgrave)
non-fiction — 7th place
2001:
Salt (Gollancz)
first novel — 8th place
— Other Awards —
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(5 nominations; 1 win)
2016:
The Thing Itself (Gollancz)
second place (tie)
2015:
Bête (Gollancz)
finalist
2013:
Jack Glass (Gollancz)
winner
2011:
New Model Army (Gollancz)
finalist
2010:
Yellow Blue Tibia (Gollancz)
finalist
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2026:
Fantasy: A Short History (Bloomsbury Academic)
myth and fantasy studies — winner
Prometheus Awards — for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society
(1 nomination)
2026:
Salt (Gollancz)
hall of fame — nomination
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination)
2019:
“Between Nine and Eleven”
translated story — nomination
SF Site Readers Poll — for SF/F books, voted by readers of SF Site website
(1 nomination)
2010:
Yellow Blue Tibia (Gollancz)
sf/fantasy book — 6th place (tie)
Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(2 nominations)
2014:
“Tollund” (The Book of the Dead)
short form — nomination
2009:
Swiftly (Gollancz)
long form — nomination
The Kitschies — for speculative/fantastic works that elevate the tone of genre literature, juried
(2 nominations)
2016:
The Thing Itself (Gollancz)
Red Tentacle (novel) — nomination
2013:
Jack Glass (Gollancz)
Red Tentacle (novel) — nomination
— As Judge —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
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