The major science fiction awards
This page came about as part of my investigations into creating a literary canon for the science fiction genre. Science fiction has four major awards: the Hugo, the Nebula, the John W. Campbell award and the Arthur C. Clarke award. The latter two are only awarded for novels, the former have multiple categories; for now, I'll concentrate on the novel categories. The Hugo is voted upon by fans, the Nebula by writers and the Campbell and Clarke award are jury voted awards; they all have slightly different perspectives on what's a good sf novel.
Hugo Award winners
The Hugo Awards are voted on by the members of the Worldcon. As such they tend to be more of a popularity contest then the other awards and may be awarded more because of whom the author is then on the strength of the book itself.
| 2007 | Rainbows End | Vernor Vinge |
| 2006 | Spin | Robert Charles Wilson |
| 2005 | Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell | Susanna Clarke |
| 2004 | Paladin of Souls | Lois McMaster Bujold | 2003 | Hominids | Robert Sawyer |
| 2002 | American Gods | Neil Gaiman |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | J. K. Rowling |
| 2000 | A Deepness in the Sky | Vernor Vinge |
| 1999 | To Say Nothing of the Dog | Connie Willis |
| 1998 | Forever Peace | Joe Haldeman |
| 1997 | Blue Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson |
| 1996 | The Diamond Age | Neal Stephenson |
| 1995 | Mirror Dance | Lois McMaster Bujold |
| 1994 | Green Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson |
| 1993 | A Fire Upon the Deep | Vernor Vinge |
| 1993 | Doomsday Book | Connie Willis |
| 1992 | Barrayar | Lois McMaster Bujold |
| 1991 | The Vor Game | Lois McMaster Bujold |
| 1990 | Hyperion | Dan Simmons |
| 1989 | Cyteen | C.J. Cherryh |
| 1988 | The Uplift War | David Brin |
| 1987 | Speaker For the Dead | Orson Scott Card |
| 1986 | Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card |
| 1985 | Neuromancer | William Gibson |
| 1984 | Startide Rising | David Brin |
| 1983 | Foundation's Edge | Isaac Asimov |
| 1982 | Downbelow Station | C.J. Cherryh |
| 1981 | The Snow Queen | Joan D. Vinge |
| 1980 | The Fountains of Paradise | Arthur C. Clarke |
| 1979 | Dreamsnake | Vonda McIntyre |
| 1978 | Gateway | Frederik Pohl |
| 1977 | Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang | Kate Wilhelm |
| 1976 | The Forever War | Joe Haldeman |
| 1975 | The Dispossessed | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| 1974 | Rendezvous with Rama | Arthur C. Clarke |
| 1973 | The Gods Themselves | Isaac Asimov |
| 1972 | To Your Scattered Bodies Go | Philip Jose Farmer |
| 1971 | Ringworld | Larry Niven |
| 1970 | The Left Hand of Darkness | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| 1969 | Stand on Zanzibar | John Brunner |
| 1968 | Lord of Light | Roger Zelazny |
| 1967 | The Moon is a Harsh Mistress | Robert A. Heinlein |
| 1966 | This Immortal | Roger Zelazny |
| 1966 | Dune | Frank Herbert |
| 1965 | The Wanderer | Fritz Leiber |
| 1964 | Way Station | Clifford Simak |
| 1963 | The Man in the High Castle | Philip K. Dick |
| 1962 | Stranger in a Strange Land | Robert A. Heinlein |
| 1961 | A Canticle for Leibowitz | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
| 1960 | Starship Troopers | Robert A. Heinlein |
| 1959 | A Case of Conscience | James Blish |
| 1958 | The Big Time | Fritz Leiber |
| 1956 | Double Star | Robert A. Heinlein |
| 1955 | They'd Rather be Right | Mark Clifton and Frank Riley |
| 1953 | The Demolished Man | Alfred Bester |
Nebula Award
The Nebula is voted upon by the SFWA: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The award tend to skew more towards literary books then the Hugo, tending to reward more "writers' books".
| 2006 | Seeker | Jack McDevitt |
| 2005 | Camouflage | Joe Haldeman |
| 2004 | Paladin of Souls | Lois McMaster Bujold |
| 2003 | Speed of Dark | Elizabeth Moon |
| 2002 | American Gods | Neil Gaiman |
| 2001 | Quantum Roses | Catherine Asaro |
| 2000 | Darwin's Radios | Greg Bear |
| 1999 | Parable of the Talents | Octavia Butler |
| 1998 | Forever Peace | Joe Haldeman |
| 1997 | Moon and the Sun | Vonda N. McIntyre |
| 1996 | Slow River | Nicola Griffith |
| 1995 | Hobson's Choice (also known as Terminal Experiment) |
Robert J Sawyer |
| 1994 | Moving Mars | Greg Bear |
| 1993 | Red Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson |
| 1992 | Doomsday Book | Connie Willis |
| 1991 | Stations of the Tide | Michael Swanwick |
| 1990 | Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| 1989 | Healer's War | Elizabeth Ann Scarborough |
| 1988 | Falling Free | Lois McMaster Bujold |
| 1987 | Falling Woman | Pat Murphy |
| 1986 | Speaker For The Dead | Orson Scott Card |
| 1985 | Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card |
| 1984 | Neuromancer | William Gibson |
| 1983 | Startide Rising | David Brin |
| 1982 | No Enemy But Time | Michael Bishop |
| 1981 | Claw of the Conciliator | Gene Wolfe |
| 1980 | Timescape | Gregory Benford |
| 1979 | Fountains of Paradise | Arthur C. Clarke |
| 1978 | Dreamsnake | Vonda N. McIntyre |
| 1977 | Gateway | Frederik Pohl |
| 1976 | Man Plus | Frederik Pohl |
| 1975 | Forever War | Joe Haldeman |
| 1974 | Dispossessed | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| 1973 | Rendezvous With Rama | Arthur C. Clarke |
| 1972 | The Gods Themselves | Isaac Asimov |
| 1971 | Time of Changes | Robert Silverberg |
| 1970 | Ringworld | Larry Niven |
| 1969 | Left Hand Of Darkness | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| 1968 | Rite of Passage | Alexei Panshin |
| 1967 | Einstein Intersection | Samuel R. Delany |
| 1966 | Babel-17 | Samuel R. Delany |
| 1966 | Flowers for Algernon | Daniel Keyes |
| 1965 | Dune | Frank Herbert |
Arthur C. Clarke Award winners
The Arthur C. Clarke award is awarded each year for best new sf novel published in the UK the previous year. It's funded by a grant from Arthur C. Clarke, administered by the science fiction foundation, of which Clarke is a patron, the BSFA and the International Science Policy Foundation. The winner is selected by a yearly changing jury to which each of the aforemented institutions contributes two members.
| 2007 | Nova Swing | M. John Harrison |
| 2006 | Air | Geoff Ryman |
| 2005 | Iron Council | China Miéville |
| 2004 | Quicksilver | Neal Stephenson |
| 2003 | The Separation | Christopher Priest |
| 2002 | Bold as Love | Gwyneth Jones |
| 2001 | Perdido Street Station | China Mieville |
| 2000 | Distraction | Bruce Sterling |
| 1999 | Dreaming in Smoke | by Tricia Sullivan |
| 1998 | The Sparrow | by Mary Doria Russell |
| 1997 | The Calcutta Chromosome | by Amitav Ghosh |
| 1996 | Fairyland | by Paul J McAuley |
| 1995 | Fools | by Pat Cadigan |
| 1994 | Vurt | by Jeff Noon |
| 1993 | Body of Glass (published as He, She and It in the U.S.) |
by Marge Piercy |
| 1992 | Synners | by Pat Cadigan |
| 1991 | Take Back Plenty | by Colin Greenland |
| 1990 | The Child Garden | by Geoff Ryman |
| 1989 | Unquenchable Fire | by Rachel Pollack |
| 1988 | Drowning Towers (also know as The Sea and Summer) |
by George Turner |
| 1987 | The Handmaid's Tale | by Margaret Atwood |
John W. Campbell Memorial Award
Not to be confused by the John W. Campbell Award, this award is given to the best sf novel published in English in the previous year, as selected by a committee of sf writers and critics.
| 2007 | Titan | Ben Bova |
| 2006 | Mindscan | Robert J. Sawyer |
| 2005 | Market Forces | Richard Morgan |
| 2004 | Omega | Jack McDevitt |
| 2003 | Probability Space | Nancy Kress |
| 2002 | Terraforming Earth & The Chronoliths (tie) | Jack Williamson / Robert Charles Wilson |
| 2001 | Genesis | Poul Anderson |
| 2000 | A Deepness in the Sky | Vernor Vinge |
| 1999 | Brute Orbits | George Zebrowski |
| 1998 | Forever Peace | Joe Haldeman |
| 1997 | Fairyland | Paul J. McAuley |
| 1996 | The Time Ships | Stephen Baxter |
| 1995 | Permutation City | Greg Egan |
| 1994 | (No Award) | |
| 1993 | Brother to Dragons | by Charles Sheffield |
| 1992 | Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede | by Bradley Denton |
| 1991 | Pacific Edge | by Kim Stanley Robinson |
| 1990 | The Child Garden | by Geoff Ryman |
| 1989 | Islands in the Net | by Bruce Sterling |
| 1988 | Lincoln's Dreams | by Connie Willis |
| 1987 | A Door Into Ocean | by Joan Slonczewski |
| 1986 | The Postman | by David Brin |
| 1985 | The Years of the City | by Frederik Pohl |
| 1984 | Citadel of the Autarch | by Gene Wolfe |
| 1983 | Helliconia Spring | by Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1982 | Ridley Walker | by Russell Hoban |
| 1981 | Timescape | by Gregory Benford |
| 1980 | On Wings of Song | by Thomas M. Disch |
| 1979 | Gloriana | by Michael Moorcock |
| 1978 | Gateway | by Frederick Pohl |
| 1977 | The Alternation | by Kingsley Amis |
| 1976 | The Year of the Quiet Sun | by Wilson Tucker |
| 1975 | Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said | by Philip K. Dick |
| 1974 | Rendezvous with Rama | by Arthur C. Clarke |
| 1974 | Malevil | by Robert Merle |
| 1973 | Beyond Apollo | by Barry N. Malzberg |
