Orson Scott Card - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	24-August-1951
Place of Birth	Richland (Benton County, Washington, Tri-Cities)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Brother Orson, Byron Walley, Noam D. Pellume, Card, Orson Scott
Profession	Novelist, Author, Screenwriter, Public speaker, Essayist, Poet, Critic, Playwright, Writer
Quotes	As long as you keep getting born, it's alright to die some times.
Orson Scott Card is an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist and columnist. He writes in several genres but is known best for science fiction. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years. A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card co-produced, was released in late October 2013 in Europe and on November 1, 2013, in North America. Card is a professor of English at Southern Virginia University, has written two books on the subject of creative writing, hosts writing bootcamps and workshops, and serves as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest. A great-great-grandson of Brigham Young, Card is a practicing member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In addition to producing a large body of fiction works, he has also offered political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing. His views on homosexuality, including his opposition to same-sex marriage, have drawn controversy.

Awards by Orson Scott Card

Check all the awards nominated and won by Orson Scott Card.

2008

Whitney Lifetime Achievement Award

2007

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Prometheus Award for Best Novel	Empire

2006

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel	Shadow of the Giant

2004

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel	The Crystal City

2003

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel	Shadow Puppets

2002

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel	Shadow of the Hegemon
Locus Award for Best Anthology	Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century

2000

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel	Enchantment
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel	Ender's Shadow

1999

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel	Heartfire

1998

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Anthology	Black Mist and Other Japanese Futures

1997

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel	Children of the Mind

1996

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Honored for : Alvin Journeyman

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel	Alvin Journeyman

1994

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel	The Call of Earth

1993

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel	The Memory of Earth

1992

Edward E. Smith Memorial Award

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Hugo Award for Best Novel	Xenocide
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel	Xenocide
Locus Award for Best Anthology	Future on Fire

1991

Hugo Award for Best Related Work

Honored for : How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Hugo Award for Best Related Work	How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy
Locus Award for Best Non-Fiction	How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy

1990

Locus Award for Best Short Story

Honored for : Lost Boys

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Honored for : Prentice Alvin

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award	Prentice Alvin
Hugo Award for Best Novel	Prentice Alvin
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel	Prentice Alvin
Hugo Award for Best Novelette	Dogwalker
Hugo Award for Best Short Story	Lost Boys
Locus Award for Best Collection	The Folk of the Fringe
Locus Award for Best Short Story	Lost Boys

1989

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Honored for : Red Prophet

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Nebula Award for Best Novel	Prentice Alvin
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award	Red Prophet
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel	Red Prophet
Hugo Award for Best Novel	Red Prophet
Nebula Award for Best Short Story	Lost Boys

1988

Hugo Award for Best Novella

Honored for : Eye for Eye

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award

Honored for : Seventh Son

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Honored for : Seventh Son

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Hugo Award for Best Novella	Eye for Eye
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award	Seventh Son
Nebula Award for Best Novel	Red Prophet
Hugo Award for Best Novel	Seventh Son
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel	Seventh Son
Locus Award for Best Collection	Cardography

1987

Hugo Award for Best Novel

Honored for : Speaker for the Dead

World Fantasy Award for Best Novella

Honored for : Hatrack River

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Honored for : Speaker for the Dead

Phoenix Award

Science Fiction Chronicle Reader Award for Best Novel

Honored for : Speaker for the Dead

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
World Fantasy Award for Best Novella	Hatrack River
Hugo Award for Best Novel	Speaker for the Dead
Hugo Award for Best Novelette	Hatrack River
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel	Speaker for the Dead

1986

Science Fiction Chronicle Reader Award for Best Novel

Honored for : Ender's Game

Hugo Award for Best Novel

Honored for : Ender's Game

Nebula Award for Best Novel

Honored for : Speaker for the Dead

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Nebula Award for Best Novel	Speaker for the Dead
Hugo Award for Best Novel	Ender's Game
Nebula Award for Best Novelette	Hatrack River
Hugo Award for Best Novelette	The Fringe
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel	Ender's Game

1985

Nebula Award for Best Novel

Honored for : Ender's Game

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Nebula Award for Best Novel	Ender's Game
Nebula Award for Best Novelette	The Fringe

1984

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel	Hart's Hope

1982

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Anthology	Dragons of Darkness

1981

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Short Story	Saint Amy's Tale
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel	Songmaster
Locus Award for Best Anthology	Dragons of Light

1980

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Hugo Award for Best Novella	Songhouse
Hugo Award for Best Short Story	Unaccompanied Sonata
Locus Award for Best Short Story	Quietus
Locus Award for Best Short Story	Unaccompanied Sonata
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel	A Planet Called Treason

1979

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Nebula Award for Best Short Story	Unaccompanied Sonata
Hugo Award for Best Novelette	Mikal's Songbird
Locus Award for Best Short Story	A Thousand Deaths

1978

John W. Campbell Award for the Best New Writer

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Hugo Award for Best Novelette	Ender's Game
Nebula Award for Best Novelette	Mikal's Songbird
Locus Award for Best Short Story	Ender's Game

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