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Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 2
Major Awards: 3
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 5
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 77
Times Served as Judge: 1
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(6 nominations; 1 win)
Virtual Light (Bantam Spectra) — novel — nomination
Mona Lisa Overdrive (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra) — novel — nomination
Count Zero (Asimov's Jan,Feb,Mar 1986; Gollancz; Arbor House) — novel — nomination
“The Winter Market ” (Stardate Mar/Apr 1986; Interzone #15 Spring 1986) — novelette — nomination
“Dogfight” (by Michael Swanwick & WG) (Omni Jul 1985) — novelette — nomination
Neuromancer (Ace) — novel — winner
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(8 nominations; 1 win)
The Difference Engine (by WG & Bruce Sterling) (Bantam Spectra) — novel — nomination
Mona Lisa Overdrive (Bantam Spectra) — novel — nomination
Count Zero (Asimov's Jan,Feb,Mar 1986; Arbor House) — novel — nomination
“The Winter Market ” (Stardate Mar/Apr 1986; Interzone #15 Spring 1986) — novelette — nomination
“Dogfight” (by Michael Swanwick & WG) (Omni Jul 1985) — novelette — nomination
Neuromancer (Ace) — novel — winner
“Burning Chrome ” (Omni Jul 1982) — novelette — nomination
“Johnny Mnemonic” (Omni May 1981) — short story — nomination
(1 nomination)
Pattern Recognition (Viking) — shortlist
(5 nominations)
Pattern Recognition (Viking) — novel — nomination
The Difference Engine (by WG & Bruce Sterling) (Gollancz) — novel — nomination
Count Zero (Gollancz) — novel — nomination
“The Winter Market ” (Interzone #15 Spring 1986; Burning Chrome) — short story — nomination
Neuromancer (Gollancz) — novel — nomination
(4 nominations)
The Peripheral (Putnam) — finalist
Zero History (Putnam) — finalist
The Difference Engine (by WG & Bruce Sterling) (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra) — second place
Neuromancer (Ace) — third place
(1 nomination; 1 win)
Neuromancer (Ace) — winner
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(25 nominations; 1 win)
Agency (Berkley; Viking UK) — sf novel — 5th place
The Peripheral (Putnam; Viking UK) — sf novel — 4th place
Distrust That Particular Flavor (Putnam) — non-fiction — winner
Zero History (Putnam; Viking UK) — sf novel — 5th place
Spook Country (Putnam; Viking UK) — sf novel — 2nd place
Pattern Recognition (Putnam) — sf novel — 2nd place
All Tomorrow's Parties (Putnam) — sf novel — 15th place
Idoru (Putnam) — sf novel — 6th place
Virtual Light (Bantam Spectra) — sf novel — 4th place
The Difference Engine (by WG & Bruce Sterling) (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra) — sf novel — 20th place
“Skinner's Room” (Omni Nov 1991) — short story — 15th place
The Difference Engine (by WG & Bruce Sterling) (Gollancz) — sf novel — 8th place
Mona Lisa Overdrive (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra) — sf novel — 2nd place
Count Zero (Arbor House) — sf novel — 3rd place
“The Winter Market ” (Stardate Mar/Apr 1986; Interzone #15 Spring 1986) — novelette — 4th place
Burning Chrome (Arbor House) — collection — 2nd place
“Dogfight” (by Michael Swanwick & WG) (Omni Jul 1985) — novelette — 5th place
Neuromancer (Ace) — sf novel — 8th place
Neuromancer (Ace) — first novel — 2nd place
“New Rose Hotel ” (Omni Jul 1984) — short story — 19th place
“Red Star, Winter Orbit” (by Bruce Sterling & WG) (Omni Jul 1983) — novelette — 19th place
“Burning Chrome ” (Omni Jul 1982) — novelette — 17th place
“Johnny Mnemonic” (Omni May 1981) — novelette — 20th place
“The Gernsback Continuum ” (Universe 11) — short story — 24th place
“Hinterlands ” (Omni Oct 1981) — short story — 21st place
Aurora Awards — for Canadian SF/F in English and in French, voted by members of annual convention
(8 nominations; 2 wins)
The Blue Ant Trilogy (Berkley) — best of the decade — nomination
The Peripheral (Penguin Canada) — novel — nomination
Virtual Light (Seal Press) — long-form, English — winner
Virtual Light (Seal Press) — long-form, English — nomination
The Difference Engine (by WG & Bruce Sterling) (Bantam Spectra) — long-form, English — nomination
Mona Lisa Overdrive (Bantam Spectra) — long-form, English — winner
“The Winter Market ” (Vancouver Nov 1985) — short-form, English — nomination
Neuromancer (Ace) — outstanding work — nomination
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(2 nominations; 1 win)
Mona Lisa Overdrive (Gollancz) — international fiction — nomination
Neuromancer (Ace) — international fiction — winner
(2 nominations)
all-time best sf author — 19th place
“The Winter Market ” (Interzone #15 Spring 1986) — fiction — 3rd place
Italia Awards — for SF/F works published in Italy, voted by members of annual Italcon
(1 nomination)
Virtual Light — international novel — 2nd place
(5 nominations; 1 win)
Count Zero (Arbor House) — novel — 2nd place
“The Winter Market ” (“Burning Chrome”; Stardate Mar 1986) — novelette — 2nd place (tie)
“Dogfight” (by Michael Swanwick & WG) (Omni Jul 1985) — novelette — 2nd place
Neuromancer (Ace) — novel — winner
“Burning Chrome ” (Omni Jul 1982) — novelette — 3rd place
Seiun Awards — for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(2 nominations; 1 win)
All Tomorrow's Parties — foreign novel — nomination
Neuromancer — foreign novel — winner
(1 nomination)
Pattern Recognition (Viking; Berkley) — sf/fantasy book — 6th place
(3 nominations)
life achievement — nomination
lifetime achievement — nomination
Pattern Recognition (Putnam) — novel — nomination
The Kitschies — for speculative/fantastic works that elevate the tone of genre literature, juried
(1 nomination)
The Peripheral (Viking) — Red Tentacle (novel) — nomination