Connie Willis : Awards

Connie Willis is the most award winning Science Fiction writer ever having, to date, won 8 Nebula, 12 Hugo and 14 Locus awards. In 2012 the Science Fiction Writers Association presented Willis with the lifetime achievement honor, the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award joining the likes of Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury. 

Nebula - The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, full members of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and because of this voting body, the Nebulas are thought to be the most prestigious science fiction award. Categories for this award include Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Novelette, Best Short Story, the Ray Bradbury Award for Dramatic Presentation, Game Writing, and The Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction. Winners are included in the organization’s annual anthology; Willis was the editor of that anthology in 1999, the Nebula Awards 33.  Every spring there is an banquet that is proceeded by meetings and panel discussions. The first awards were presented in 1965.

Hugo - The World Science Fiction Society began awarding the Hugo Awards in 1953. Named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories and considered one of the “fathers” of the science fiction genre, awards are given according to several different categories, including Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Novelette, Best Short Story, and new in 2017, the Best Series award was begun. The Society's members vote on the best science fiction or fantasy works of the previous year; the awards are presented at the annual World Science Fiction Convention. 

Locus- The Locus Science Fiction Foundation is responsible for the annual Locus Awards which recognize excellence in science fiction and fantasy literature and also provide recommendations and suggestions to Hugo Awards voters. The categories are: Science Fiction Novel, Fantasy Novel, Horror Novel, Young Adult Novel, First Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Anthology, Collection, Publisher, Editor, Artist, Non-Fiction, Illustrated and Art Book.  Having begun in 1971, the Locus magazine's annual readers' poll selects the winners.  In recent years the awards are presented at an annual banquet.