gold star for adult responsibility

I haven’t won a ton of awards, but I’ve gotten nominations so consider this page my trophy wall.

Won:

Novelette/Novella of the year – “We Built This City” Clarkesworld Magazine Reader’s Poll, 2022

1st Place Apple Tree Books poetry contest, 2018 for “Dragonrider”

2014 – Story of the Year, Apex Magazine, for “Keep Talking”

3rd Place, Hessler Street Fair Poetry Contest, 2013 for “The Mermaids of Lake Erie”

AnLab Reader’s Choice Award for Analog Magazine

2021 “The Unlikely Heroines of Callisto Station” – second place Novella
2018 “The Willing Body, The Reluctant Heart” – second place short story


Nominations:

Hugo Awards

2022 finalist for Novelette for “We Built This City”

The SFWA Nebula Awards

2022 finalist for Novelette for “We Built This City”

The Rhysling Award for poetry given by the Science Fiction Poetry Association:

2016 “An Unrequited Process Loops”
2021 “Unlooping” – Finalist for short poem!
2022 “Dragonrider” and “Princess Cat Space Pirate”
2023 “If I Were Human”

National Fantasy Fan Foundation Neffy Award

2020 “A Place to Stand On” – best shorter work

AnLab Reader’s Choice Award for Analog Magazine
2019 “A Place to Stand On” – fourth place short story
2019 “We Carry” – fourth place poem
2021 “Unlooping” – fourth place poem
2021 “Room to Live” – fifth place short story


Longlist appearances

British Science Fiction Association Awards

2021 “The Plus One” – short story
2021 Galactic Hellcats – novel
2022 “We Built This City” – short story

Hugos

2022 “Things From Our Kitchen Junk Drawer That Could Save This Spaceship” – short story

Major award lamp, but male