Nalo Hopkinson
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 4
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 9
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 55
Times Served as Judge: 5
— Career and Special Awards —
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(1 nomination)
2001:
Midnight Robber (Warner Aspect)
novel — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(3 nominations)
2008:
The New Moon's Arms (Warner)
novel — nomination
2004:
The Salt Roads (Warner)
novel — nomination
2001:
Midnight Robber (Warner Aspect)
novel — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2002:
“Something to Hitch Meat To” (Skin Folk)
short story — nomination
2002:
Skin Folk (Warner Aspect)
collection — winner
2001:
Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction (Invisible Cities Press)
anthology — nomination
Andre Norton Award — for YA SF/F works, presented by SFWA in parallel with the Nebula Awards
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2014:
Sister Mine (Grand Central)
winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2017:
People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction (NH & Kristine Ong Muslim, eds.) (Lightspeed)
anthology — winner
Ignyte Awards — for SF/F/H that celebrates vibrancy and diversity; committee and popular vote
(1 nomination)
2025:
Blackheart Man (Saga)
adult novel — nomination
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(4 nominations)
2006:
Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Speculative Fiction (NH & Geoff Ryman, eds.)
long list
2001:
“The Glass Bottle Trick” (Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction)
short list
2001:
Midnight Robber (Warner Aspect)
short list
1999:
Brown Girl in the Ring (Warner Aspect)
short list
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — for SF novel published in US or UK; juried
(1 nomination)
2008:
The New Moon's Arms (Warner)
finalist
Le Guin Prize — for single book-length work of imaginative fiction; juried
(1 nomination)
2025:
Blackheart Man (Saga)
shortlist
Philip K. Dick Award — for SF original paperback published in the US, juried
(2 nominations)
2001:
Midnight Robber (Warner Aspect)
finalist
1999:
Brown Girl in the Ring (Warner Aspect)
finalist
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2022:
“Broad Dutty Water: A Sunken Story” (F&SF Nov/Dec 2021)
winner
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(16 nominations; 1 win)
2025:
Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions (Tachyon)
collection — 4th place
2022:
“Broad Dutty Water: A Sunken Story” (F&SF Nov/Dec 2021)
novelette — 10th place
2015:
“Left Foot, Right” (Monstrous Affections)
short story — 13th place
2014:
Sister Mine (Grand Central)
fantasy novel — 8th place
2013:
The Chaos (Simon & Schuster/McElderry)
young adult book — 12th place
2013:
“The Easthound” (After)
short story — 20th place
2008:
The New Moon's Arms (Warner)
fantasy novel — 11th place
2008:
“Soul Case” (Foundation Sum 2007)
short story — 31st place
2006:
Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Speculative Fiction (NH & Geoff Ryman, eds.) (Edge Publishing)
anthology — 12th place
2004:
The Salt Roads (Warner)
fantasy novel — 10th place
2004:
Mojo: Conjure Stories (Warner Aspect)
anthology — 8th place
2002:
Skin Folk (Warner Aspect)
collection — 5th place
2001:
Midnight Robber (Warner Aspect)
sf novel — 9th place
2001:
“Greedy Choke Puppy” (Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora)
short story — 19th place (tie)
2001:
Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction (Invisible Cities Press)
anthology — 16th place
1999:
Brown Girl in the Ring (Warner Aspect)
first novel — winner
— Other Awards —
Aurora Awards — for Canadian SF/F in English and in French, voted by members of annual convention
(8 nominations; 2 wins)
2025:
Blackheart Man (Saga)
novel — nomination
2024:
The Most Strongest Obeah Woman of the World (Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror)
novelette/novella — nomination
2008:
The New Moon's Arms (Warner)
long-form work in English — winner
2006:
Six Impossible Things (by NH, host & curator; Joe Mahoney, series coordinating producer)
other work in English — nomination
2006:
Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Speculative Fiction (NH & Geoff Ryman, eds.) (Edge Publishing)
other work in English — winner
2005:
“The Smile on the Face” (Girls Who Bite Back)
short-form work in English — nomination
2005:
So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy (NH & Uppinder Mehan, eds.) (Arsenal Pulp Press)
other work in English — nomination
2000:
Brown Girl in the Ring (Warner Aspect)
long-form work in English — nomination
Copper Cylinder Awards — for Canadian SF novels, by members of Sunburst Award Society
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2013:
The Chaos (McElderry)
adult award — winner
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2004:
The Salt Roads (Warner)
novel — winner
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — (renamed the Astounding Award in 2020)
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1999:
— winner
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(1 nomination)
2008:
The New Moon's Arms (Warner)
adult literature — nomination
Sunburst Award — for novel or book-length collection by a Canadian, juried
(5 nominations; 3 wins)
2025:
Blackheart Man (Simon & Schuster)
winner
2014:
Sister Mine (Grand Central)
Adult
2008:
The New Moon's Arms (Warner)
Adult — winner
2003:
Skin Folk (Warner Aspect)
winner
2001:
Midnight Robber (Warner Aspect)
Warner Aspect First Novel Contest — for unpublished first novel, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1997:
Brown Girl in the Ring
winner
William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award — for first fantasy book, juried
(1 nomination)
1999:
Brown Girl in the Ring (Warner Aspect)
finalist
— As Judge —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
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