Awards
- John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, for best new science fiction writer of 2005
- Old Man's War was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2006, and was a finalist for the Locus Award for Best First Novel
- 2007 Geffen Award (Best translated science fiction book in Israel) for Old Man's War, Translated by Raz Greenberg
- The Ghost Brigades was a nominee for the Prometheus Award in 2007
- "Missives from Possible Futures #1: Alternate History Search Results" was a finalist for the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2007
- 2008 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer (also nominated in 2007). The Last Colony was also nominated for the Best Novel Hugo Award in 2008
- Hugo Award for Best Related Book, for Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever 1998 - 2008 in 2009.
- METAtropolis was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, in 2009, and Zoe's Tale was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2009 but neither won.
- Zoe's Tale was also nominated for the Andre Norton Award for Best Young Adult Science Fiction/Fantasy, and for the 2008 Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award for Science Fiction Novel
- "After the Coup" was a finalist for the 2009 Locus Award for Best Short Story; Zoe's Tale was a 2009 Locus Award finalist for Best Young-Adult Novel
- The God Engines was nominated for the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novella, as well as the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Novella
- 2010 Seiun Award, for The Last Colony (Best Foreign Language Novel of the Year)
- 2010 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis, for The Android’s Dream (Best Foreign Novel)
- 2012 Audie Award, for Fuzzy Nation narrated by Wil Wheaton (Best Science Fiction Audiobook)
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