SOMTOW LIST OF AWARDS
LITERARY AWARDS
John W. Campbell Best New Author winner (1981)
Locus Award, Best First Novel (1981) Starship and Haiku
Edmond Hamilton Award for Sense of Wonder in Fiction (1982) “The Dust”
World Fantasy Award Winner (2001) “The Bird Catcher”
International Horror Guild Award Winner (1997), “Brimstone and Salt”
American Horror Award Winner (1989), Moon Dance
HOMer Award Winner (1989) Moon Dance
Daedalus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1986) The Shattered Horse
Rocky Award Winner (1994) The Wizard’s Apprentice
Rocky Award Winner (1989) Moon Dance
Devendra P. Varma Award (1990) Northern Colorado University, Vampire Junction
MUSIC AND FILM AWARDS
International Humanitarian Film Award (1998) for “Ill Met By Moonlight”
Golden W Award (2013) from International Wagner Society
Distinguished Silpathorn Award (2008) from Thailand’s Ministry of Culture
“Kao Su 88” Award from National Legislative Assembly of Thailand
First Prize, Symphony Orchestra Category, Siam Sinfonietta (director) Summa Cum Laude Competition, Musikverein, Vienna, (2012)
Gold Award, Los Angeles International Music Festival, Siam Sinfonietta (director) Disney Hall, USA (2013)
Showcase Award, Sounds of Summer International Music Festival, Siam Sinfonietta (director), Carnegie Hall (2014)
European Cultural Achievement Award (2019) from KulturForum Europa Berlin
Spirit of Cinema Award, The Maestro Oldenburg Film Festival (2021)
Best Creative Vision Award, The Maestro International Thai Film Festival (2021)
Outstanding Achievement in SciFi/Genre Film from World Film Carnival The Maestro(2021)
Best Original Soundtrack The Maestro from Ediplay Festival (France) (2021)
Best Composer, The Maestro Multidimension Independent Film Festival (2021)
Best Music Score, The Maestro Multidimension Independent Film Festival (2021)
Best Feature, The Maestro Multidimension Independent Film Festival (2021)
NOMINATIONS
Hugo Best Short story nominee (1982), “Absent Thee from Felicity Awhile”
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1983), “Aquila”
Bram Stoker Best Novelette nominee (1988), “ResurrecTech”
World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1992), “The Pavilion of Frozen Women”
Bram Stoker Best Novellette nominee (1994), “Darker Angels”
World Fantasy Best Short story nominee (1996), “Dragon's Fin Soup”
Bram Stoker Best Novelette nominee (1997), “Brimstone and Salt”
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1997), The Pavilion of Frozen Women
Bram Stoker Best Collection nominee (1997) The Pavilion of Frozen Women
British Fantasy Award nominee (1998), Darker Angels
Bram Stoker Best Novel nominee (1998), Darker Angels
Bram Stoker Best Collection nominee (2013) Bible Stories for Secular Humanists
Theodore Sturgeon Award Nominee (1996) “Diamonds Aren’t Forever”
LOCUS POLL NODS
2009:
“An Alien Heresy” (Asimov's Apr/May 2008) — novelette
2000:
Dragon's Fin Soup (EMR) — collection
1999:
Darker Angels (Gollancz; Tor) — dark fantasy/horror novel
1998:
The Vampire's Beautiful Daughter (Atheneum) — novella
1996:
Vanitas (Transylvania Press Canada; Tor) — horror/dark fantasy novel
1994:
The Wizard's Apprentice (Atheneum) — fantasy novel
1994:
“Darker Angels” (Confederacy of the Dead) — novelette
1993:
Forest of the Night (AvoNova) — fantasy novel
1993:
Valentine (Gollancz; Tor) — horror/dark fantasy novel
1992:
Riverrun (Avon) — fantasy novel
1992:
“Chu Chai” (The Ultimate Frankenstein) — short story
1991:
Moon Dance (Tor) — horror/dark fantasy novel
1985:
Vampire Junction (Donning) — fantasy novel
2009:
“An Alien Heresy” (Asimov's Apr/May 2008) — novelette
1994:
“Tagging the Moon” (Asimov's mid-Dec 1993) — short story