2002

Agatha Award
Blues in the Night by Rochelle Krich
The Body In The Bonfire by Katherine Hall Page
Death Of Riley by Rhys Bowen
The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters
You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews (winner)

Anthony Awards
The Devil Went Down to Austin by Rick Riordan
Flight by Jan Burke
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (winner)
Reflecting the Sky by S J Rozan
Tell No One by Harlan Coben

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing
Spencer's List by Lissa Evans
Spies by Michael Frayn (winner)
Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett

Bram Stoker
American Gods by Neil Gaiman (winner)
Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub
From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury
The Lost by Jack Ketchum

British Fantasy Society
The Night of the Triffids by Simon Clark (winner)

British Science Fiction Association
The Separation by Christopher Priest (winner)

Dagger Awards
Acid Row by Minette Walters
The Athenian Murders by José Carlos Somoza (winner)
City Of Bones by Michael Connelly
The Final Country by James Crumley
Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke
Scaredy Cat by Mark Billingham

Edgar Awards
The Judgment by D W Buffa
Money, Money, Money by Ed McBain
Reflecting the Sky by S J Rozan
Silent Joe by T Jefferson Parker (winner)
Tell No One by Harlan Coben

Hugo
American Gods by Neil Gaiman (winner)
The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson
Cosmonaut Keep by Ken MacLeod
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
Passage by Connie Willis
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards
Atomised by Michel Houellebecq (winner)
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
The Keepers of Truth by Michael Collins
The Last Samurai by Helen De Witt
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
The Years With Laura Diaz by Carlos Fuentes

John W Campbell Memorial Award
The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson (winner)
Dark Light by Ken MacLeod
Deepsix by Jack McDevitt
Fallen Dragon by Peter F Hamilton
Hammerfall by C J Cherryh
The House of Dust by Paul Johnston
The Meek by Scott MacKay
Nekropolis by Maureen F McHugh
Pashazade by Jon Courtenay-Grimwood
Passage by Connie Willis
Probability Sun by Nancy Kress
Terraforming Earth by Jack Williamson

Macavity Awards
The Deadhouse by Linda Fairstein
Folly by Laurie R King (winner)
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
Silent Joe by T Jefferson Parker
Tell No One by Harlan Coben

Nebula Awards
The Collapsium by Wil McCarthy
Declare by Tim Powers
Eternity's End by Jeffrey A Carver
Mars Crossing by Geoffrey A Landis
The Other Wind by Ursula K Le Guin
Passage by Connie Willis
The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro (winner)
A Storm of Swords by George R R Martin
The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A McKillip

Newbery Medal
Everything On a Waffle by Polly Horvath
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (winner)

Prometheus Award
The American Zone by L Neil Smith
Enemy Glory by Karen Michalson
Falling Stars by Michael Flynn
Psychohistorical Crisis by Donald M Kingsbury (winner)

Rita Awards
Beneath a Southern Sky by Deborah Raney (winner)
The Border Bride by Elizabeth English (winner)
The Bridal Season by Connie Brockway (winner)
Coming Home to You by Fay Robinson (winner)
Heart Mate by Robin D Owens (winner)
A Long Hot Christmas by Barbara Daly (winner)
Much Obliged by Jessica Benson (winner)
Quinn's Complete Seduction by Sandra Steffen (winner)
The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen (winner)
Tempt Me Twice by Barbara Dawson Smith (winner)
True Confessions by Rachel Gibson (winner)

Romantic Novel of the Year Award
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (winner)

Shamus Awards
Angel in Black by Max Allan Collins
Ashes of Aries by Martha C Lawrence
Cold Water Burning by John Straley
The Devil Went Down to Austin by Rick Riordan
Reflecting the Sky by S J Rozan (winner)

The Man Booker Prize
Dirt Music by Tim Winton
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Life of Pi by Yann Martel (winner)
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
Unless by Carol Shields

Whitbread Prize
Rumours of a Hurricane by Tim Lott
Spies by Michael Frayn (winner)
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
White Lightning by Justin Cartwright

World Fantasy
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Brown Harvest by Jay Russell
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury
The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint
The Other Wind by Ursula K Le Guin (winner)
The Wooden Sea by Jonathan Carroll

Anthony Awards
Open Season by C J Box (winner)

Bram Stoker
Deadliest of the Species by Michael Oliveri (winner)
Phantom Feast by Diana Barron
Riverwatch by Joseph Nassise
Skating on the Edge by D G K Goldberg

Whitbread Prize
The End of my Tether by Neil Astley
Homage to a Firing Squad by Tariq Goddard
The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru
The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht (winner)

Bram Stoker
As the Sun Goes Down by Tim Lebbon
The Dark Fantastic by Ed Gorman
The Man with the Barbed Wire Fists by Norman Partridge (winner)
The Whisperer and Other Voices by Brian Lumley

British Fantasy Society
After Shocks by Paul Finch (winner)

World Fantasy
The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective by Harlan Ellison
Skin Folk by Nalo Hopkinson (winner)
Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link
William F. Nolan's Dark Universe by William F Nolan

Arthur C. Clarke Award
Bold as Love by Gwyneth Jones (winner)
Fallen Dragon by Peter F Hamilton
Mappa Mundi by Justina Robson
Pashazade by Jon Courtenay-Grimwood
Passage by Connie Willis
The Secret of Life by Paul McAuley

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (winner)
A Child's Book of True Crime by Chloe Hooper
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
No Bones by Anna Burns
The Siege by Helen Dunmore
The White Family by Maggie Gee

Carnegie Medal
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett (winner)

Dilys Awards
The Cold Blue Blood by David Handler
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (winner)
Purgatory Ridge by William Kent Krueger
The Reaper by Peter Lovesey

James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (winner)
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
Fragrant Harbour by John Lanchester
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
Unless by Carol Shields

James Tiptree, Jr. Award
Light by M John Harrison (winner)

John W. Campbell
Alien Taste by Wen Spencer
Divine Intervention by Ken Wharton
The Fish Merchant by Tobias S Buckell
The King's Peace by Jo Walton (winner)

Michael L. Printz Award
Freewill by Chris Lynch
The Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson
A Step from Heaven by An Na (winner)
True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold (winner)
Declare by Tim Powers
Ill Met by Moonlight by Sarah A Hoyt
The Other Wind by Ursula K Le Guin

National Book Award for Fiction
Big If by Mark Costello
Gorgeous Lies by Martha McPhee
The Heaven of Mercury by Brad Watson
Three Junes by Julia Glass (winner)
You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett

Oprah's Book Club
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Sula by Toni Morrison

PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (winner)
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri
Sister Noon by Karen Joy Fowler

Philip K Dick Award
Empire of Bones by Liz Williams
Leviathan 3 by Jeff VanderMeer and Forrest Aguirre
Maximum Ice by Kay Kenyon
The Mount by Carol Emshwiller (winner)
Report to the Men's Club by Carol Emshwiller
The Scar by China Miéville
Warchild by Karin Lowachee

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Empire Falls by Richard Russo (winner)
John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead

Saltire Literary Awards
Clara by Janice Galloway (winner)

Agatha Award
Red Card by Daniel J Hale (winner)

Anthony Awards
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (winner)

Barry Awards
Killing Gifts by Deborah Woodworth (winner)

Shamus Awards
Archangel Protocol by Lyda Morehouse (winner)

Barry Awards
Dancing with the Virgins by Stephen Booth (winner)

Nobel Prize in Literature
Imre Kertész (winner)

World Fantasy
Forrest J Ackerman (winner)
George Scithers (winner)