Awards & Winners

Philip K. Dick Award

Philip K. Dick Award

The Philip K. Dick Award is a science fiction award given annually at Norwescon sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and supported by the Philip K. Dick Trust, and named after science fiction and fantasy writer Philip K. Dick. It has been awarded since 1983, the year after Dick's death. Works that have received the award are identified on their covers as Best Original SF Paperback. They are awarded to the best original paperback published each year in the US. The award was founded by Thomas Disch with assistance from David G. Hartwell, Paul S. Williams, and Charles N. Brown. It is currently administered by David G. Hartwell & Gordon Van Gelder. Past administrators include Algis J. Budrys and David Alexander Smith.
Date Established : 1982

Check all the winners of Philip K. Dick Award presented under Philip K. Dick Award since 1982 .


Sarah Zettel

Honored for : Bitter Angels

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sarah Zettel Bitter Angels
Carlos J. Cortes The Prisoner
Eric Garcia The Repossession Mambo
Daryl Gregory The Devil's Alphabet
Ian McDonald Cyberabad Days
Rebecca Ore Centuries Ago and Very Fast
S. Andrew Swann Prophets

Adam-Troy Castro

Honored for : Emissaries from the Dead

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Adam-Troy Castro Emissaries from the Dead
Jeff Carlson Plague War
Lou Anders Fast Forward 2
Karen Traviss Judge
David Walton Terminal Mind
K. A. Bedford Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait

David Walton

Honored for : Terminal Mind

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Adam-Troy Castro Emissaries from the Dead
Jeff Carlson Plague War
Lou Anders Fast Forward 2
Karen Traviss Judge
David Walton Terminal Mind
K. A. Bedford Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait

M. John Harrison

Honored for : Nova Swing

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
M. John Harrison Nova Swing
Malcolm Azania From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain
Jon Armstrong Grey
Elizabeth Bear Undertow
Adam Roberts Gradisil
Karen Traviss Ally
Sean Williams Saturn Returns

Chris Moriarty

Honored for : Spin Control

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Chris Moriarty Spin Control
Elizabeth Bear Carnival
Andrea Hairston Mindscape
Nina Kiriki Hoffman Catalyst: A Novel of Alien Contact
Tony Ballantyne Recursion
Mark Budz Idolon
Justina Robson Living Next Door to the God of Love

M. M. Buckner

Honored for : War Surf

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
M. M. Buckner War Surf
Justina Robson Natural History
Neal Asher Cowl
Karin Lowachee Cagebird
Justina Robson Silver Screen
Wil McCarthy To Crush the Moon

Gwyneth Jones

Honored for : Life

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Gwyneth Jones Life
Lyda Morehouse Apocalypse Array
Geoff Ryman Air
Liz Williams Banner of Souls
Karen Traviss City of Pearl
Malcolm Azania The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad
Eileen Gunn Stable Strategies and Others

Richard K. Morgan

Honored for : Altered Carbon

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Richard K. Morgan Altered Carbon
Jane Jensen Dante's Equation
M. M. Buckner Hyperthought
Mark Budz Clade
Chris Moriarty Spin State
Ann Tonsor Zeddies Steel Helix

Carol Emshwiller

Honored for : The Mount

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Carol Emshwiller The Mount
China Miéville The Scar
Carol Emshwiller Report to the Men's Club and Other Stories
Kay Kenyon Maximum Ice
Karin Lowachee Warchild
Liz Williams Empire of Bones
Jeff VanderMeer Leviathan Three
Forrest Aguirre Leviathan Three

Richard Paul Russo

Honored for : Ship of Fools

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Paul Russo Ship of Fools
Ken Wharton Divine Intervention
Julie Czerneda In the Company of Others
Mark W. Tiedemann Compass Reach
Ray Vukcevich Meet Me in the Moon Room
Liz Williams The Ghost Sister

Michael Marshall Smith

Honored for : Only Forward

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Marshall Smith Only Forward
Scott Westerfeld Evolution's Darling
Stephen L. Burns Call from a Distant Shore
Nalo Hopkinson Midnight Robber
Emily Devenport Broken Time
Janine Ellen Young The Bridge

Stephen Baxter

Honored for : Vacuum Diagrams

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stephen Baxter Vacuum Diagrams
Jamil Nasir Tower of Dreams
Kristine Smith Code of Conduct
Constance Ash Not of Woman Born
Ann Tonsor Zeddies Typhon's Children
William Barton When We Were Real

Geoff Ryman

Honored for : 253

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Geoff Ryman 253
Paul Di Filippo Lost Pages
Nalo Hopkinson Brown Girl in the Ring
Steve Aylett Slaughtermatic
Paul J. McAuley The Invisible Country

Stepan Chapman

Honored for : The Troika

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stepan Chapman The Troika
William Barton Acts of Conscience
Susan R. Matthews An Exchange of Hostages
Richard Paul Russo Carlucci's Heart
Denise Vitola Opalite Moon
Catherine Wells Mother Grimm

Stephen Baxter

Honored for : The Time Ships

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stephen Baxter The Time Ships
Michael Bishop At the City Limits of Fate
William Barton The Transmigration of Souls
George Foy The Shift
Sarah Zettel Reclamation

Bruce Bethke

Honored for : Headcrash

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bruce Bethke Headcrash
Richard Paul Russo Carlucci's Edge
Robert Boswell Virtual Death
Greg Egan Permutation City
Amy Thomson The Color of Distance
Élisabeth Vonarburg Les Voyageurs malgré eux

Robert Charles Wilson

Honored for : Mysterium

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Charles Wilson Mysterium
Jack Cady Inagehi
Alexander Besher Rim: A Novel of Virtual Reality
Ian McDonald Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone
Lisa Mason Summer of Love
Lance Olsen Tonguing the Zeitgeist

John M. Ford

Honored for : Growing Up Weightless

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
John M. Ford Growing Up Weightless
Jack Womack Elvissey
Wilhelmina Baird Crashcourse
David R. Bunch Bunch!
Elizabeth Hand Icarus Descending

Richard Grant

Honored for : Through the Heart

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Grant Through the Heart
Élisabeth Vonarburg In the Mother's Land
Colin Greenland Take Back Plenty
Elizabeth Hand Æstival Tide
R. A. Lafferty Iron Tears

Ian McDonald

Honored for : King of Morning, Queen of Day

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ian McDonald King of Morning, Queen of Day
Emma Bull Bone Dance
Douglas Bell Mojo and the Pickle Jar
Kathe Koja The Cipher
Robert Charles Wilson A Bridge of Years

Pat Murphy

Honored for : Points of Departure

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Pat Murphy Points of Departure
Raymond Harris The Schizogenic Man
Gregory Feeley The Oxygen Barons
Elizabeth Hand Winterlong
Allen Steele Clarke County, Space

Richard Paul Russo

Honored for : Subterranean Gallery

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Paul Russo Subterranean Gallery
Dave Wolverton On My Way to Paradise
Barry B. Longyear Infinity Hold
James Luceno A Fearful Symmetry
Rebecca Ore Being Alien
Susan Shwartz Heritage of Flight

Paul J. McAuley

Honored for : Four Hundred Billion Stars

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Paul J. McAuley Four Hundred Billion Stars
Rudy Rucker Wetware
Roger MacBride Allen Orphan of Creation: Contact with the Human Past
Marc Laidlaw Neon Lotus
David Alexander Smith Rendezvous

Rudy Rucker

Honored for : Wetware

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Paul J. McAuley Four Hundred Billion Stars
Rudy Rucker Wetware
Roger MacBride Allen Orphan of Creation: Contact with the Human Past
Marc Laidlaw Neon Lotus
David Alexander Smith Rendezvous

Patricia Geary

Honored for : Strange Toys

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Patricia Geary Strange Toys
Mike McQuay Memories
Richard Bowker Dover Beach
Pat Cadigan Mindplayers
K. W. Jeter Dark Seeker
Rebecca Ore Becoming Alien
Lucius Shepard Life During Wartime

James Blaylock

Honored for : Homunculus

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee Nominated Work
James Blaylock Homunculus
Jack McDevitt The Hercules Text
Karen Joy Fowler Artificial Things
Robert Charles Wilson A Hidden Place

Tim Powers

Honored for : Dinner at Deviant's Palace

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tim Powers Dinner at Deviant's Palace
Richard Grant Saraband of Lost Time
Russell M. Griffin The Timeservers
Michael P. Kube-McDowell Emprise
Barry N. Malzberg The Remaking of Sigmund Freud
Scott Sanders Terrarium
Walter Jon Williams Knight Moves

William Gibson

Honored for : Neuromancer

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee Nominated Work
William Gibson Neuromancer
Kim Stanley Robinson The Wild Shore
C. J. Cherryh Voyager in Night
Geary Gravel The Alchemists
David R. Palmer Emergence
Lucius Shepard Green Eyes
Lewis Shiner Frontera
Howard Waldrop Them Bones

Tim Powers

Honored for : The Anubis Gates

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tim Powers The Anubis Gates
R. A. MacAvoy Tea with the Black Dragon
Barrington J. Bayley The Zen Gun
Zoe Fairbairns Stand We At Last
M. John Harrison In Viriconium
John Varley Millennium

Rudy Rucker

Honored for : Software

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rudy Rucker Software
Ray Nelson The Prometheus Man
J. M. Coetzee Waiting for the Barbarians
R. A. Lafferty Aurelia
John Thomas Sladek Roderick
Steve Rasnic Tem The Umbral Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry