Author record · 2006 to 2025
Catherynne M. Valente: Awards and Best-of Lists
Catherynne M. Valente has won 6 awards, including the Otherwise Award (2006) for The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden, with 20 shortlist or finalist places, 10 longlist or nominee places, and 12 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Space Oddity | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · SF Novel | |
| 2024 | The Best of Catherynne M. Valente, Volume One | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Collection | |
| 2023 | Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods | Hugo Award (book categories) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Lodestar | |
| 2022 | The Past Is Red | Hugo Award (book categories) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Novella | |
| 2021 | Comfort Me with Apples | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Horror | |
| 2021 | Comfort Me with Apples | Shirley Jackson Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Novella | |
| 2019 | Space Opera | John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Best Science Fiction Novel | |
| 2019 | The Future Is Blue | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Collection | |
| 2019 | Space Opera | Hugo Award (book categories) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Novel | |
| 2019 | Space Opera | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · SF Novel | |
| 2018 | The Refrigerator Monologues | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Collection | |
| 2018 | Space Opera | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2018 | Space Opera | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books for Young Adults: Fiction | |
| 2018 | Space Opera | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2017 | The Glass Town Game | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2015 | Radiance | Otherwise Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Otherwise Award | |
| 2014 | The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Young Adult Book | |
| 2014 | The Bread We Eat in Dreams | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Collection | |
| 2014 | Six-Gun Snow White | Hugo Award (book categories) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Novella | |
| 2014 | Six-Gun Snow White | Nebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Novella | |
| 2013 | The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Adult Book | |
| 2013 | The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Middle Grade & Children's | |
| 2013 | The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Kids' Books | |
| 2012 | The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Young Adult Book | |
| 2012 | Deathless | Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Adult Literature | |
| 2012 | The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making | Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Children's Literature | |
| 2012 | Deathless | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fantasy Novel | |
| 2012 | Silently and Very Fast | Hugo Award (book categories) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Novella | |
| 2012 | The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Middle Grade & Children's | |
| 2012 | Silently and Very Fast | Nebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Novella | |
| 2012 | The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2012 | The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2011 | Deathless | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Fantasy | |
| 2011 | The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Middle Grade & Children's | |
| 2011 | The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in A Ship of Her Own Making | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2011 | The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2011 | The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Fiction | |
| 2011 | The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2011 | The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2010 | The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making | Nebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Andre Norton | |
| 2010 | Palimpsest | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror | |
| 2010 | Palimpsest | Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Adult Literature | |
| 2010 | Palimpsest | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fantasy Novel | |
| 2010 | Palimpsest | Hugo Award (book categories) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Novel | |
| 2008 | The Orphan's Tales | Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Adult Literature | |
| 2007 | The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden | World Fantasy Award (Novel, Collection and Anthology) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Novel | |
| 2006 | The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden | Otherwise Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Otherwise Award |
Books
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making8 sources · 2010 to 2012
- Space Opera6 sources · 2018 to 2019
- The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There5 sources · 2012 to 2013
- Palimpsest4 sources · 2010
- Deathless3 sources · 2011 to 2012
- The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two3 sources · 2013 to 2014
- The Orphan's Tales3 sources · 2006 to 2008
- Comfort Me with Apples2 sources · 2021
- Silently and Very Fast2 sources · 2012
- Six-Gun Snow White2 sources · 2014
- Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods1 source · 2023
- Radiance1 source · 2015
- Space Oddity1 source · 2025
- The Best of Catherynne M. Valente, Volume One1 source · 2024
- The Bread We Eat in Dreams1 source · 2014
- The Future Is Blue1 source · 2019
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M...1 source · 2011
- The Glass Town Game1 source · 2017
- The Past Is Red1 source · 2022
- The Refrigerator Monologues1 source · 2018