Awards — 奖项
Recognition, 1997 → now
Twelve Chinese Nebula Awards, three Galaxy Awards, France's Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire, honors from The Guardian to the Mao Dun Emerging Writers Award — three decades of recognition across languages.
12×Chinese Nebula Awards (Xingyun)
3×Galaxy Awards (Yinhe)
10+Languages in translation
29yWriting since 1997
International Highlights
On the world stage
The Guardian · UK
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2019
Waste TideGrand Prix de l'Imaginaire · France
Best Translated Novel of the Year, 2023
Waste Tide (L'île de Silicium)Locus Awards · US
Best First Novel — Finalist, 2020
Waste TideWSJ · WaPo · FT
Best Books of the Year 2021
AI 2041Seiun Award · Japan
Overseas Short Story — Finalist, 2015
The Year of the RatSF&F Translation Awards
Best Short Form, 2012
The Fish of LijiangFull List
Year by year
2026·
Hong Kong Top Ten Cultural & Creative Honors
2023·
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — Best Translated Novel of the Year (France)
Waste TideHongmian Literature Awards — Sci-Fi Work of the Year
Do You Hear the Fungi Sing1st Million Fishing City SF Awards — Best International Communication
Mingyuehu Global Chinese Poetry Awards — Second Prize
The Song of Carbon-Silicon SymbiosisDePaul University Humanities Center — Humanities Laureate Award
Asia Society — Asia 21 Next Generation Fellow
2022·
Best Business Book of the Year (Germany)
AI 20414th Mao Dun Emerging Writers Award
2021·
Future Writer Award, Top 5 — ECNU Creative Writing Center
The Algorithms for LifeFiction World Biennial Short Story Award, Top 10
Topology Transformation2020·
Gravity Award — Best Novella
The Algorithms for LifeGalaxy Award — Best Original Book
The Algorithms for LifeJD Literature Award — SF Top 10
The Algorithms for LifeOctober Annual Novella Honor
The Man Without DebtLocus Award — Best First Novel, Finalist
Waste TideSFinTranslation — Most Popular Novel
Waste TideHuadi Literature Honor Roll — Best New Work, Finalist
2019·
The Guardian — Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2019
Waste TideShenzhen Reading Month — 10 Best Literary Books of the Year
The Algorithms for LifeYazhou Zhoukan — 10 Best Chinese Novels of 2019
The Algorithms for Life10th Chinese Nebula Award — Non-Fiction, Silver
From Rebirth to Immortality10th Chinese Nebula Award — Short Story, Silver
The Fear MachineGolden Globefish — Most Commercially Valuable Sci-Fi IP
Waste TideGolden Globefish — Most Promising Sci-Fi IP
The Animal WatcherSinan Literature Selection — AI Literature Chart, No.1 Short Story of 2018
The State of TranceYouth Literature — 2018 City Literature Honor Roll
At This Moment We Are HappyCheers Publishing — Translator of the Year
Twelve Tomorrows2018·
1st Asia-Pacific SF Gravity Award — Best Novella
The Monsters Reunion9th Chinese Nebula Award — Best Novella, Gold
The Monsters Reunion2016·
7th Chinese Nebula Award — Best Short Story, Gold
Balin27th Galaxy Award — Best Short Story
Balin2015·
6th Chinese Nebula Award — Best Short Story, Gold
Coming of the Light1st Sci-Fi Coordinate Award — Best Short Story, Runner-up
The Image Builder46th Seiun Award (Japan) — Overseas Short Story, Finalist
The Year of the RatS-F Magazine Readers' Poll — No.1 Overseas Story of 2014
The Year of the Rat2014·
5th Chinese Nebula Award — Best Short Story, Silver
The Image BuilderMotie Annual Genre Fiction Award — Top 8
Waste TideHuadi Literature Honor Roll 2013 — Genre Fiction (SF), Gold
Waste Tide2013·
4th Chinese Nebula Award — Best Novel, Gold
Waste Tide4th Chinese Nebula Award — Best New Writer, Gold
4th Chinese Nebula Award — Best Short Story, Silver
The Animal WatcherGalaxy Award — Readers' Nomination
As in the Mirror3rd SF&F Translation Awards — Short Form, Finalist
The Flower of Shazui2012·
2nd SF&F Translation Awards — Best Short Form
The Fish of Lijiang3rd Chinese Nebula Award — Best Short Story, Gold
G Is for Goddess3rd Chinese Nebula Award — Best SF Book
Boma3rd Chinese Nebula Award — Best New Writer, Silver
Galaxy Award 2011 — Excellence Award
The Endless Farewell2005·
Taiwan Fantasy Art Award — Dragon Award, First Prize
Record of the Ningchuan Cave2004·
1st College SF 'Star of Originality' Award
The Tomb2000·
1st Zhuangzi Cup — Beijing Universities SF Contest, First Prize
O1997·