List of awards and nominations received by Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English humorist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, particularly comical works. He is best known for his Discworld series, which includes 41 novels.

Literature

Career and lifetime achievement awards

Year & Award	Category	Result	Ref.
1989 Interzone Readers Poll	All-Time Best SF Author	28th Place	^[1]
1993 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize		Finalist
1994 British Book Awards	Fantasy and Science Fiction Author of the Year	Won
2009 Edward E. Smith Memorial Award		Won
2010 World Fantasy Award	Lifetime Achievement	Won
2010 British Book Awards	Outstanding Achievement Award	Won
2011 ALA's Margaret Edwards Award		Won
2011 British Fantasy Award	Karl Edward Wagner Award	Won
2012 Forry Award	Lifetime Achievement	Won	^[2]
2015 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association	Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award	Won	^[3]
2015 Eleanor Farjeon Award		Won
2016 Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame		Induction

Literary Awards

Work	Year & Award	Category	Result	Ref.
Mort	1987 The Dracula Society	Children of the Night Award	Won	^[4]
Mort	1991 Kurd Laßwitz Award	Foreign Work	Nominated	^[5]
Equal Rites	1988 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated	^[6]
Wyrd Sisters	1989 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
Pyramids	1989 BSFA Award	Novel	Won
Guards! Guards!	1990 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
Guards! Guards!	1998 Prix Ozone	Foreign Fantasy Novel	Won	^[7]
The Light Fantastic	1990 Kurd Laßwitz Award	Foreign Work	Nominated
Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman)	1991 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
	1991 HOMer Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated	^[8]
	1991 World Fantasy Award	Novel	Nominated
	2000 Premio Ignotus	Foreign Novel	Nominated
	2012 FantLab's Book of the Year Award	Translated Novel/Collection	Won
	2023 Audie Awards	Fantasy	Nominated
	2023 Audie Awards	Audio Drama	Nominated
Moving Pictures	1991 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
Witches Abroad	1991 BSFA Award	Novel	Nominated
Witches Abroad	1992 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
Small Gods	1993 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
Maskerade	1996 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
Johnny and the Bomb	1996 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize	9-11 years catagory	Silver
	1996 Carnegie Medal for Writing		Commended
	1997 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize		Finalist
Feet of Clay	1997 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
Hogfather	1997 British Fantasy Award	August Derleth Award	Nominated	^[9]
Reaper Man	1999 Prix Ozone	Foreign Fantasy Novel	Won	^[10]
The Fifth Elephant	2000 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
The Science of Discworld	2000 Hugo Award	Related Work	Nominated
Carpe Jugulum	2000 Lord Ruthven Award	Fiction	Won
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents	2001 Carnegie Medal for Writing		Won
	2002 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize		Nominated
	2014 Geffen Award	Young Adult	Won
The Truth	2001 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
	2001 Prometheus Award	SF Novel	Nominated
	2001 SF Site Readers Poll	SF/Fantasy Book	8th Place	^[11]
	2008 FantLab's Book of the Year Award	Novel/Collection	Nominated
	2024 Prometheus Award	Hall of Fame Award	Won
Thief of Time	2002 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize		Nominated
	2002 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
	2003 Audie Awards	Science Fiction	Nominated
The Last Hero	2002 Locus Award	Art Book	Nominated
Night Watch	2003 Prometheus Award	SF Novel	Won
	2003 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
	2011 Tähtifantasia Award		Nominated
Monstrous Regiment	2004 Audie Awards	Science Fiction	Won
	2004 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
	2004 Audie Awards	Fiction	Nominated
The Wee Free Men	2004 Locus Award	Young Adult Book	Won
	2004 Mythopoeic Awards	Children's Literature	Nominated
	2008 Geffen Award	Fantasy	Won
A Hat Full of Sky	2005 Locus Award	Young Adult Book	Won
	2005 Mythopoeic Awards	Children's Literature	Won
	2009 Geffen Award	Fantasy	Won
Going Postal	2005 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
	2005 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize		Nominated
	2005 Audie Awards	Fiction	Nominated
	2005 Quill Award	Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror	Nominated	^[12]
	2005 Hugo Award	Novel	Nominated^[a]	^[13]
	2006 Nebula Award	Novel	Nominated
	2013 Tähtifantasia Award		Nominated
	2014 Geffen Award	Fantasy	Won
Thud!	2006 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
	2006 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize		Nominated
	2006 SF Site Readers Poll	SF/Fantasy Book	7th Place	^[14]
Wintersmith	2007 Locus Award	Young Adult Book	Won
	2007 British Book Awards	Children's Book of the Year	Nominated
	2007 Mythopoeic Awards	Children's Literature	Nominated
Nation	2008 Los Angeles Book Prize	Young Adult Novel	Won
	2009 Sidewise Award for Alternate History	Long Form	Nominated	^[15]
	2009 Mythopoeic Awards	Children's Literature	Nominated
	2009 Odyssey Award		Honor
	2009 Michael L. Printz Award		Honor
	2009 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize		Nominated
	2009 Locus Award	Young Adult Novel	Nominated
	2009 Audie Awards	Middle Grade Title	Nominated
	2009 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award	Fiction & Poetry	Won
	2010 Carnegie Medal for Writing		Shortlisted
	2010 Geffen Award	Fantasy	Won
	2011 Premio Ignotus	Foreign Novel	Won
Making Money	2008 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Won
Making Money	2009 Nebula Award	Novel	Nominated
Unseen Academicals	2010 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
Unseen Academicals	2015 Tähtifantasia Award		Won
I Shall Wear Midnight	2011 Locus Award	Young Adult Book	Nominated
	2011 Andre Norton Award		Won
	2011 Mythopoeic Awards	Children's Literature	Nominated
	2011 Geffen Award	Fantasy	Won
Snuff	2011 Goodreads Choice Awards	Fantasy	Nominated	^[16]
	2012 Prometheus Award	Novel	Nominated
	2012 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize		Won
	2012 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
The Long Earth	2012 Goodreads Choice Awards	Science Fiction	Won	^[17]
The Long Earth	2014 Kurd Laßwitz Award	Foreign Work	Nominated	^[18]
Dodger	2013 Locus Award	Young Adult Book	Nominated
	2013 Michael L. Printz Award		Honor
	2013 Audie Awards	Young Adult Title	Nominated
	2015 Premio Ignotus	Foreign Novel	Nominated	^[19]
The Long War	2013 Goodreads Choice Awards	Science Fiction	Nominated	^[20]
Raising Steam	2014 Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated
Raising Steam	2015 Prometheus Award	Novel	Nominated
The Long Mars	2014 Goodreads Choice Awards	Science Fiction	Nominated	^[21]
The Shepherd's Crown	2016 Locus Award	Young Adult Book	Won
The Shepherd's Crown	2016 Dragon Awards	Young Adult/Middle Grade	Won
The Long Cosmos	2016 Goodreads Choice Awards	Science Fiction	Nominated	^[22]
Tiffany Aching (series)	2016 Mythopoeic Awards	Children's Literature	Nominated
The Discworld series	2023 British Book Awards	Fiction Audiobook of the Year	Nominated

Career awards

State

State awards
Year	Country	Honour	Citation	Ref.
1998	UK	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)	Services to literature	^[23]
2009	UK	Knighthood	Services to literature	^[24]^[25]

Academic

Academic awards
Year	Institution	Honour	Ref.
1999	University of Warwick	Honorary degree	^[26]
2001	University of Portsmouth	Honorary degree	^[27]
2003	University of Bath	Honorary degree	^[28]
2004	University of Bristol	Honorary degree	^[29]
2008	Buckinghamshire New University	Honorary degree	^[30]
2008	University of Dublin	Honorary degree	^[31]
2009	University of Bradford	Honorary degree	^[32]
2009	University of Winchester	Honorary degree	^[33]^[34]
2013	Open University	Honorary degree	^[35]
2014	University of South Australia	Honorary degree	^[36]

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous career awards
Year	Organisation	Award	Ref.
2013	British Humanist Association	Humanist of the Year	^[37]

Notes

^ Pratchett recused himself, stating that stress over the award would mar his enjoyment of Worldcon^[13]

References

^ https://www.sfadb.com/Interzone_Readers_Poll_1989
^ https://lasfs.org/the-forry-awards/
^ https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award/solstice-award/
^ https://thedraculasociety.org.uk/the-children-of-the-night-award.html
^ https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?64+1991
^ https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards
^ https://www.bdfi.net/prix/prix.php?id=ozone
^ https://www.sfadb.com/HOMer_Awards_1991
^ https://www.sfadb.com/British_Fantasy_Awards_1997
^ https://www.sfadb.com/Prix_Ozone_1999
^ https://www.sfadb.com/SF_Site_Readers_Poll_2001
^ https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?52+2005
^ ^a ^b "Hugo Nomination Details for 2005" (PDF). Retrieved 7 April 2023.
^ https://www.sfadb.com/SF_Site_Readers_Poll_2006
^ https://www.sfadb.com/Sidewise_Awards_2009
^ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fantasy-books-2011
^ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-science-fiction-books-2012
^ https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?64+2014
^ https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?71+2015
^ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-science-fiction-books-2013
^ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-science-fiction-books-2014
^ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-science-fiction-books-2016
^ "Profile: Terry Pratchett". BBC News. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
^ "Novelist Pratchett becomes a Sir". BBC News. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
^ "No. 59160". The London Gazette. 18 August 2009. pp. 14245–14246.
^ "Terry Pratchett Receives Honorary Degree from University of Warwick". University of Warwick. 8 July 2004. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
^ "Honorary Awardees of the University of Portsmouth". University of Portsmouth. 6 October 2006. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
^ "Discworld author's doctor honour". BBC News. 6 December 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
^ "Honorary Degrees awarded at Bristol University today". University of Bristol. 16 July 2004. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
^ "Author gets honorary doctorate". Salisbury Journal. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
^ "Naturalist Sir David Attenborough and Writer Terry Pratchett Among Recipients of Honorary Degrees". Trinity College Dublin. 15 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
^ Barnett, David (31 July 2009). "Bradford University awards honorary degree". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
^ "Winchester University awards honorary degree". University of Winchester. 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
^ "Pratchett is awarded doctorate". BBC News. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
^ "Presentation of Graduates and Conferment of Honorary Degrees" (PDF). Open University. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
^ "UniSA honours Sir Terry Pratchett: International best-selling author, humourist and humanist". University of South Australia. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
^ "BHA mourns patron Terry Pratchett". British Humanist Association. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

[14] Pratchett recused himself, stating that stress over the award would mar his enjoyment of Worldcon^[13]

[1] ttps://www.sfadb.com/Interzone_Readers_Poll_1989

[2] ttps://lasfs.org/the-forry-awards/

[3] ttps://nebulas.sfwa.org/award/solstice-award/

[4] ttps://thedraculasociety.org.uk/the-children-of-the-night-award.html

[5] ttps://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?64+1991

[6] ttps://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards

[7] ttps://www.bdfi.net/prix/prix.php?id=ozone

[8] ttps://www.sfadb.com/HOMer_Awards_1991

[9] ttps://www.sfadb.com/British_Fantasy_Awards_1997

[10] ttps://www.sfadb.com/Prix_Ozone_1999

[11] ttps://www.sfadb.com/SF_Site_Readers_Poll_2001

[12] ttps://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?52+2005

[declineHugo-13] "Hugo Nomination Details for 2005" (PDF). Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[15] ttps://www.sfadb.com/SF_Site_Readers_Poll_2006

[16] ttps://www.sfadb.com/Sidewise_Awards_2009

[17] ttps://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fantasy-books-2011

[18] ttps://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-science-fiction-books-2012

[19] ttps://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?64+2014

[20] ttps://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?71+2015

[21] ttps://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-science-fiction-books-2013

[22] ttps://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-science-fiction-books-2014

[23] ttps://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-science-fiction-books-2016

[obe-24] "Profile: Terry Pratchett". BBC News. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[knighthood-25] "Novelist Pratchett becomes a Sir". BBC News. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[26] "No. 59160". The London Gazette. 18 August 2009. pp. 14245–14246.

[warwick-27] "Terry Pratchett Receives Honorary Degree from University of Warwick". University of Warwick. 8 July 2004. Retrieved 18 December 2008.

[28] "Honorary Awardees of the University of Portsmouth". University of Portsmouth. 6 October 2006. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2008.

[29] "Discworld author's doctor honour". BBC News. 6 December 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2008.

[30] "Honorary Degrees awarded at Bristol University today". University of Bristol. 16 July 2004. Retrieved 18 December 2008.

[31] "Author gets honorary doctorate". Salisbury Journal. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.

[32] "Naturalist Sir David Attenborough and Writer Terry Pratchett Among Recipients of Honorary Degrees". Trinity College Dublin. 15 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2008.

[33] Barnett, David (31 July 2009). "Bradford University awards honorary degree". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

[34] "Winchester University awards honorary degree". University of Winchester. 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2009.

[35] "Pratchett is awarded doctorate". BBC News. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[36] "Presentation of Graduates and Conferment of Honorary Degrees" (PDF). Open University. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.

[37] "UniSA honours Sir Terry Pratchett: International best-selling author, humourist and humanist". University of South Australia. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[38] "BHA mourns patron Terry Pratchett". British Humanist Association. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

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