Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. , he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986).
Career and lifetime achievement awards
Year & AwardCategoryResultRef. 1987 Phoenix Award 1988 Locus Award Best 80's Author 1989 Interzone Readers Poll All-Time Best SF Author 1992 Edward E. Smith Memorial Award 1999 Locus Award Best SF/Fantasy Author of the 90's 2008 Whitney Awards Lifetime Achievement award 2008 Margaret Edwards Award for Ender's Game & Ender's Shadow 2016 AML Awards The Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
Work Year & Award Category Result Ref."Ender's Game" (Novelette)1978 Locus AwardShort Fiction1978 Astounding Award for Best New Writer1978 Hugo AwardNovelette1994 Premio IgnotusForeign Short Story"Mikal's Songbird"1978 Nebula AwardNovelette1979 Locus AwardNovelette1979 Hugo AwardNovelette1979 Analog Readers PollNovelette"Lifeloop"1979 Analog Readers PollShort Story"Breaking the Game"1980 Analog Readers PollShort Story"A Thousand Deaths"1979 Locus AwardShort Story"Unaccompanied Sonata"1979 Nebula AwardShort Story1980 Locus AwardShort Story1980 Hugo AwardShort Story"Quietus"1980 Locus AwardShort Story"Songhouse"1980 Locus AwardNovella1980 Hugo AwardNovella1980 Analog Readers PollNovellaA Planet Called Treason1980 Locus AwardSF NovelDragons of Light1981 Locus AwardAnthology1981 Balrog AwardsCollection/Anthology1981 World Fantasy AwardCollection"Saint Amy's Tale"1981 Locus AwardShort StorySongmaster1981 Locus AwardSF NovelDragons of Darkness1982 Locus AwardAnthologyUnaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories1982 Locus AwardCollectionSaints (aka: A Woman of Destiny)1984 AML AwardsNovelHart's Hope1984 Locus AwardFantasy Novel"The Fringe"1985 Nebula AwardNovelette1986 Locus AwardNovelette1986 Hugo AwardNoveletteEnder's Game1985 Nebula AwardNovel1986 SF Chronicle Readers PollNovel1986 Locus AwardSF Novel1986 Hugo AwardNovel1991 Soaring Eagle Book Award1998 Locus AwardBest SF Novels of All-Time"Hatrack River"1986 Nebula AwardNovelette1987 Locus AwardNovelette1987 World Fantasy AwardNovella1987 Hugo AwardNovelette1987 Asimov's Readers' PollNovelette1987 SF Chronicle Readers PollNoveletteSpeaker for the Dead1986 Nebula AwardNovel1987 Locus AwardSF Novel1987 John W. Campbell Memorial AwardScience Fiction Novel1987 Hugo AwardNovel1987 SF Chronicle Readers PollNovel1989 Kurd Laßwitz AwardForeign WorkEnder's War1986 SFBC AwardThe Science Fiction Book Club's Book of the Year Award"Salvage"1987 Locus AwardNoveletteCardography1988 Locus AwardCollection"Runaway"1988 Locus AwardNovelette"America"1988 Locus AwardNovelette"Eye for Eye"1988 Locus AwardNovella1988 Hugo AwardNovella1988 Asimov's Readers' PollNovella1989 Seiun AwardTranslated Short Story"Carthage City"1988 Asimov's Readers' PollNovellaSeventh Son1988 Locus AwardFantasy Novel1988 Mythopoeic AwardsFantasy1988 World Fantasy AwardNovel1988 Hugo AwardNovel1989 Ditmar AwardInternational Fiction2000 Grand prix de l'ImaginaireForeign-language NovelRed Prophet1988 Nebula AwardNovel1989 Locus AwardFantasy Novel1989 Mythopoeic AwardsFantasy1989 Hugo AwardNovel"Dowser"1989 Locus AwardNovelette1989 Asimov's Readers' PollNovelette"Lost Boys"1989 Nebula AwardShort Story1990 Locus AwardShort Story1990 SF Chronicle Readers PollShort Story1990 Hugo AwardShort StoryPrentice Alvin1989 Nebula AwardNovel1990 Locus AwardFantasy Novel1990 Mythopoeic AwardsFantasy1990 Hugo AwardNovelThe Folk of the Fringe1990 Locus AwardCollection"Dogwalker"1990 Locus AwardNovelette1990 Hugo AwardNovelette1990 Asimov's Readers' PollNovelette"Pageant Wagon"1990 Locus AwardNovella1990 Asimov's Readers' PollNovella"The Originist"1990 Locus AwardNovellaHow to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy1991 Locus AwardNon-Fiction1991 Hugo AwardRelated WorkMaps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card1991 Locus AwardCollectionXenocide1991 AML AwardsNovel1992 Hugo AwardNovel1992 Locus AwardSF NovelFuture on Fire1992 Locus AwardAnthologyLost Boys (Novel)1992 AML AwardsNovel1993 Locus AwardHorror/Dark Fantasy Novel2005 Audie AwardsScience FictionThe Memory of Earth1993 Locus AwardSF Novel1993 Prometheus Award1996 Grand prix de l'ImaginaireForeign NovelThe Call of Earth1994 Locus AwardSF NovelLovelock (with Kathryn H. Kidd)1995 Prometheus AwardNovelAlvin Journeyman1996 Locus AwardFantasy NovelPastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus1996 Sidewise AwardsLong Form1999 Geffen AwardTranslated Science Fiction NovelChildren of the Mind1997 Locus AwardSF Novel2002 Seiun AwardTranslated Long WorkBlack Mist and Other Japanese Futures (with Keith Ferrell)1998 Locus AwardAnthologyEarthfall1998 Grand prix de l'ImaginaireForeign NovelHomebody1999 Locus AwardHorror/Dark Fantasy NovelHeartfire1999 Locus AwardFantasy Novel1999 Prometheus AwardNovel"Vessel"2000 Locus AwardNoveletteEnchantment2000 Locus AwardFantasy NovelEnder's Shadow2000 Locus AwardSF Novel2000 Alex Awards2001 Geffen AwardTranslated Science Fiction Novel2001 Seiun AwardTranslated Long Work"The Elephants of Poznan"2001 Locus AwardNoveletteMasterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century2002 Locus AwardAnthologyFirst Meetings: Three Stories from the Enderverse2002 Utah Speculative Fiction AwardShadow of the Hegemon2002 Locus AwardSF NovelShadow Puppets2003 Locus AwardSF NovelThe Crystal City2003 Utah Speculative Fiction Award2004 Locus AwardFantasy NovelMagic Street2005 AML AwardsNovel Honorable MentionShadow of the Giant2006 Locus AwardSF Novel2006 Audie AwardsScience FictionEmpire2006 AML AwardsNovel Honorable Mention2007 Prometheus AwardSF NovelEnder in Exile2008 Whitney AwardsSpeculative FictionHidden Empire2010 Prometheus AwardSF NovelPathfinder2010 Whitney AwardsSpeculative Fiction2011 Locus AwardYoung Adult Book2015 Seiun AwardTranslated Long WorkThe Lost Gate2011 Whitney AwardsSpeculative Fiction2012 Westchester Fiction AwardShadows in Flight2012 Goodreads Choice AwardsScience FictionEarth Afire2013 Goodreads Choice AwardsScience FictionEarth Awakens (with Aaron Johnston)2014 Goodreads Choice AwardsScience FictionWriting Fantasy & Science Fiction (with Philip Athans)2014 Killer Nashville AwardNon-Fiction - Craft and Business of WritingEnder's Game Alive2014 Audie AwardsOriginal WorkLost and Found2022 Utah Beehive Book AwardYoung AdultWakers2022 AML AwardsYoung Adult Novel
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