Philip K. Dick Award
Norwescon has had the honor of hosting the Philip K. Dick Awards since 1984. The Philip K. Dick Award and Special Citation is presented annually for distinguished science fiction books published for the first time in the United States as a paperback original. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, and the ceremony is sponsored by Norwescon. Special guests attending the ceremony often include the nominated authors and publishers, as well as an administrator of the award. There is no charge to Norwescon members to attend the ceremony. We hope to see you there!
This Year’s Winners
As announced on March 29, 2024, the Philip K. Dick Award for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2023 in the U.S.A. is:
THESE BURNING STARS by Bethany Jacobs (Orbit)
Special Citation was given to:
THE MUSEUM OF HUMAN HISTORY by Rebekah Bergman (Tin House)
This Year’s Ceremony
The 2024 Philip K. Dick Awards Ceremony was held on Friday, March 29, 2024, at Norwescon 46.
Past Winners
Listed by publication year; awards are issued the following year.
2022
Winner: The Extractionist by Kimberly Unger
Special Citation: The Legacy of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson
2021
Winner: Dead Space by Kali Wallace
Special Citation: The Escapement by Lavie Tidhar
2020
Winner: Road out of Winter by Alison Stine
Special Citation: The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey
2019
Winner: Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea: Stories by Sarah Pinsker
Special Citation: The Little Animals by Sarah Tolmie
2018
Winner: Theory of Bastards by Audrey Schulman
Special Citation: 84K by Claire North
2017
Winner: Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn
Special Citation: After the Flare by Deji Bryce Olukotun
2016
Winner: The Mercy Journals by Claudia Casper
Special Citation: Unpronounceable by Susan diRende
2015
Winner: Apex by Ramez Naam
Special Citation: Archangel by Marguerite Reed
2014
Winner: The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison
Special Citation: Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett
2013
Winner: Countdown City by Ben H. Winters
Special Citation: Self-Reference Engine by Toh EnJoe
2012
Winner: Lost Everything by Brian Francis Slattery
Special Citation: LoveStar by Andri Snær Magnason
2011
Winner: The Samuil Petrovitch Trilogy by Simon Morden
Special Citation: The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett
2010
Winner: The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder
Special Citation: Harmony by Project Itoh, translated by Alexander O. Smith
2009
Winner: Bitter Angels by C.L. Anderson
Special Citation: Cyberabad Days by Ian McDonald
2008
Winner (tie): Emissaries from the Dead by Adam-Troy Castro
Terminal Mind by David Walton
2007
Winner: Nova Swing by M. John Harrison
Special Citation: From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain by Minister Faust
2006
Winner: Spin Control by Chris Moriarty
Special Citation: Carnival by Elizabeth Bear
2005
Winner: War Surf by M.M. Buckner
Special Citation: Natural History by Justina Robson
2004
Winner: Life by Gwyneth Jones
Special Citation: Apocalypse Array by Lyda Morehouse
2003
Winner: Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
Special Citation: Dante’s Equation by Jane Jensen
2002
Winner: The Mount by Carol Emshwiller
Special Citation: The Scar by China Miéville
2001
Winner: Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo
Special Citation: Divine Intervention by Ken Wharton
2000
Winner: Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith
Special Citation: Evolution’s Darling by Scott Westerfeld
1999
Winner: Vacuum Diagrams by Stephen Baxter
Special Citation: Tower of Dreams by Jamil Nasir
1998
Winner: 253: The Print Remix by Geoff Ryman
Special Citation: Lost Pages by Paul Di Filippo
1997
Winner: The Troika by Stefan Chapman
Special Citation: Acts of Conscience by William Barton
1996
Winner: The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
Special Citation: At the City Limits of Fate by Michael Bishop
1995
Winner: Headcrash by Brush Bethke
Special Citation: Carlucci’s Edge by Richard Paul Russo
1994
Winner: Mysterium by Robert Charles Wilson
Special Citation: Inagehi by Jack Lady
1993
Winner (tie): Growing Up Weightless by John M. Ford
Elvissey by Jack Womack
1992
Winner: Through the Heart by Richard Grant
Special Citation: In the Mothers’ Land by Élisabeth Vonarburg
1991
Winner: King of Morning, Queen of Day by Ian McDonald
Special Citation: Bone Dance by Emma Bull
1990
Winner: Points of Departure by Pat Murphy
Special Citation: The Schizogenic Man by Raymond Harris
1989
Winner: Subterranean Gallery by Richard Paul Russo
Special Citation: On My Way to Paradise by Dave Wolverton
1988
Winner (tie): Four Hundred Billion Stars by Paul J. McAuley
Wetware by Rudy Rucker
1987
Winner: Strange Toys by Patricia Geary
Special Citation: Memories by Mike McQuay
1986
Winner: Homunculus by James P. Blaylock
Special Citation: The Hercules Text by Jack McDevitt
1985
Winner: Dinner at Deviant’s Palace by Tim Powers
Special Citation: Saraband of Lost Time by Richard Grant
1984
Winner: Neuromancer by William Gibson
Special Citation: The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson
1983
Winner: The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Special Citation: Tea with the Black Dragon by R.A. MacAvoy
1982
Winner: Software by Rudy Rucker
Special Citation: The Prometheus Man by Ray Nelson