Awards of Neil Gaiman

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Neil Gaiman is a prolific writer and has received many awards. Here is a more complete list of them:

• From 1991 to 1993, Gaiman won Harvey Awards in the following categories:
  • 1991 Best Writer for The Sandman
  • 1992 Best Writer for The Sandman
  • 1993 Best Continuing or Limited Series for The Sandman
• From 1991 to 2014, Gaiman won Locus Awards in the following categories:
  • 1991 Best Fantasy Novel (runner-up) for Good Omens by Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
  • 1999 Best Fantasy Novel (runner-up) for Stardust
  • 2002 Best Fantasy Novel for American Gods
  • 2003 Best Young Adult Book for Coraline
  • 2004 Best Novelette for "A Study in Emerald"
  • 2005 Best Short Story for "Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire"
  • 2006 Best Fantasy novel for Anansi Boys. The book was also nominated for a Hugo Award, but Gaiman asked for it to be withdrawn from the list, stating that he wanted to give other writers a chance and that it was really more fantasy than science fiction.
  • 2006 Best Short Story for "Sunbird"
  • 2007 Best Short Story for "How to Talk to Girls at Parties"
  • 2007 Best Collection for Fragile Things
  • 2009 Best Young Adult novel for The Graveyard Book
  • 2010 Best Short Story for An Invocation of Incuriosity,[193] published in Songs of the Dying Earth
  • 2011 Best Short Story for The Thing About Cassandra, published in Songs of Love and Death
  • 2011 Best Novelette for The Truth Is A Cave In The Black Mountains, published in Stories
  • 2014 Best Fantasy Novel for The Ocean at the End of the Lane
• From 1991 to 2009, Gaiman won Eisner Awards in the following categories:
  • 1991 Best Continuing Series: Sandman, by Neil Gaiman and various artists (DC)
  • 1991 Best Graphic Album–Reprint: Sandman: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman and various artists (DC)
  • 1991 Best Writer: Neil Gaiman, Sandman (DC)
  • 1992 Best Single Issue or Story: Sandman #22-#28: "Season of Mists," by Neil Gaiman and various artists (DC)
  • 1992 Best Continuing Series: Sandman, by Neil Gaiman and various artists (DC)
  • 1992 Best Writer: Neil Gaiman, Sandman, Books of Magic (DC), Miracleman (Eclipse)
  • 1993 Best Continuing Series: Sandman by Neil Gaiman and various artists (DC)
  • 1993 Best Graphic Album–New: Signal to Noise by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean (VG Graphics/Dark Horse)
  • 1993 Best Writer: Neil Gaiman, Miracleman (Eclipse); Sandman (DC)
  • 1994 Best Writer: Neil Gaiman, Sandman (DC/Vertigo); Death: The High Cost of Living (DC/Vertigo)
  • 2000 Best Comics-Related Book: The Sandman: The Dream Hunters, by Neil Gaiman and Yoshitaka Amano (DC/Vertigo)
  • 2004 Best Short Story: "Death," by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell, in The Sandman: Endless Nights (Vertigo/DC)
  • 2004 Best Anthology: The Sandman: Endless Nights, by Neil Gaiman and others, edited by Karen Berger and Shelly Bond (Vertigo/DC)
  • 2007 Best Archival Collection/Project–Comic Books: Absolute Sandman, vol. 1, by Neil Gaiman and various (Vertigo/DC)
  • 2009 Best Publication for Teens/Tweens: Coraline, by Neil Gaiman, adapted by P. Craig Russell (HarperCollins Children's Books)
• In 1991, Gaiman received an Inkpot Award at the San Diego Comic-Con International
• From 2000 to 2004, Gaiman won Bram Stoker Awards in the following categories:
  • 2000 Best Illustrated Narrative for The Sandman: The Dream Hunters
  • 2001 Best Novel for American Gods
  • 2003 Best Work for Young Readers for Coraline
  • 2004 Best Illustrated Narrative for The Sandman: Endless Nights
• From 2002 to 2020, Gaiman won Hugo Awards in the following categories:
  • 2002 Best Novel for American Gods
  • 2003 Best Novella for Coraline
  • 2004 Best Short Story for A Study in Emerald (in a ceremony the author presided over himself, having volunteered for the job before his story was nominated)
  • 2009 Best Novel for The Graveyard Book, presented at the 2009 Worldcon in Montreal where he was also the Professional Guest of Honor
  • 2012 Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) for "The Doctor's Wife"
  • 2016 Best Graphic Story for The Sandman: Overture
  • 2020 Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, for Good Omens
• From 2002 to 2003, Gaiman won Nebula Awards in the following categories:
  • 2002 Best Novel for American Gods
  • 2003 Best Novella for Coraline
• From 2006 to 2010, Gaiman won British Fantasy Awards in the following categories:
  • 2006 Best Novel for Anansi Boys
  • 2007 British Fantasy Award, collection, for Fragile Things
  • 2009 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel shortlist for The Graveyard Book
  • 2010 British Fantasy Award, comic/graphic novel, Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?, by Gaiman and Andy Kubert
• In 2010, Gaiman won Shirley Jackson Awards in the following categories:
  • 2010 Best Novelette for "The Truth Is A Cave In The Black Mountains"
  • 2010 Best Edited Anthology for Stories: All New Tales, edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio (William Morrow)
• 1991 World Fantasy Award for short fiction for the Sandman issue, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", by Gaiman and Charles Vess
• 1991–1993 Comics Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Writer
• 1997–2000 Comics Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Writer nominations
• 1997 Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Defender of Liberty award
• 1999 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature for the illustrated version of Stardust
• 2003 British Science Fiction Association Award, short fiction, for Coraline
• 2004 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Scenario for The Sandman: Season of Mists
• 2005 The William Shatner Golden Groundhog Award for Best Underground Movie, nomination for MirrorMask. The other nominated films were Green Street Hooligans, Nine Lives, Up for Grabs, and Opie Gets Laid
• 2005 Quill Book Award for Graphic Novels for Marvel 1602
• 2006 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature for Anansi Boys
• 2007 Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award
• 2007 Comic-Con Icon award presented at the Scream Awards
• 2009 Newbery Medal for The Graveyard Book
• 2009 Audie Award: Children's 8–12 and Audiobook of the year for the audio version of The Graveyard Book
• 2009 The Booktrust Teenage Prize for The Graveyard Book
• 2010 Gaiman was selected as the Honorary Chair of National Library Week by the American Library Association
• 2010 Carnegie Medal for The Graveyard Book, becoming the first author to have won both the Carnegie and Newbery Medals for the same work
• 2011 Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation (with Richard Clark) for The Doctor's Wife
• 2012 Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of the Arts
• 2013 National Book Awards (British), Book of the Year winner for The Ocean at the End of the Lane
• 2016 University of St Andrews Honorary degree of Doctor of Letters
• 2018 Nomination for the New Academy Prize in Literature.
• 2019 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award, "celebrat[ing] authors who have given generously to other writers or to the broader literary community." Gaiman was given the award "for advocating for freedom of expression worldwide and inspiring countless writers."
• 2020 Best Adaptation from Another Medium: Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran (Dark Horse Comics)
• 2021 Inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame

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Awards of Neil Gaiman on Wikipedia