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class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable awards</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Nebula_Award_for_Best_Short_Story" title="Nebula Award for Best Short Story">Nebula Award for Best Short Story</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Wiswell</b> is an American science fiction and fantasy author whose short fiction has won the <a href="/wiki/Locus_Award" title="Locus Award">Locus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nebula_Award" title="Nebula Award">Nebula Awards</a> and been a finalist for the <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Award" title="Hugo Award">Hugo</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Fantasy_Award" title="British Fantasy Award">British Fantasy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award" title="World Fantasy Award">World Fantasy</a> Awards. His debut fantasy novel, <i>Someone You Can Build a Nest In</i>, was released in April 2024 by <a href="/wiki/DAW_Books" title="DAW Books">DAW Books</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quercus" class="mw-redirect" title="Quercus">Quercus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DAW_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LocusBooksSold_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LocusBooksSold-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Quercus_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quercus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fiction">Fiction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Wiswell&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wiswell's short fiction has been characterized as making outlandish and unsettling concepts feel familiar, often overlapping with metaphors for disability,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while also frequently having a "lighthearted and clever" tone.<sup id="cite_ref-LocusReview1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LocusReview1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has written fiction for numerous venues including <i><a href="/wiki/Nature_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Nature Magazine">Nature Magazine</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_%26_Science_Fiction" title="The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction">Fantasy and Science Fiction</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-LocusReview1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LocusReview1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Lightspeed_(magazine)" title="Lightspeed (magazine)">Lightspeed</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Tor.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Tor.com">Tor.com</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2023Hugo_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023Hugo-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <i>NoSleep Podcast</i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Uncanny_Magazine" title="Uncanny Magazine">Uncanny Magazine</a></i>. </p><p>In 2022, DAW Books acquired the rights to publish Wiswell's first two fantasy novels.<sup id="cite_ref-DAW_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The debut novel, <i>Someone You Can Build a Nest In</i>, is described as a "creepy, charming monster-slaying sapphic romance — from the perspective of the monster" and was released in spring 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-DAW_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LocusBooksSold_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LocusBooksSold-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Wiswell&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2021, Wiswell won the <a href="/wiki/Nebula_Award_for_Best_Short_Story" title="Nebula Award for Best Short Story">Nebula Award for Best Short Story</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for his work "Open House on Haunted Hill" published in <i>Diabolical Plots</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This work was also a finalist for the <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Short_Story" title="Hugo Award for Best Short Story">Hugo Award for Best Short Story</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Locus_Award" title="Locus Award">Locus Award</a> for Best Short Story,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award" title="World Fantasy Award">World Fantasy Award</a> for Short Fiction.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His short story "8-Bit Free Will" originally published in <i><a href="/wiki/PodCastle" title="PodCastle">PodCastle</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was shortlisted for the 2021 <a href="/wiki/British_Fantasy_Award" title="British Fantasy Award">British Fantasy Award</a> for Short Fiction.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His novelette "That Story Isn't The Story" published in <i><a href="/wiki/Uncanny_Magazine" title="Uncanny Magazine">Uncanny Magazine</a></i> won the 2022 Locus Award for Best Novelette,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as being a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette and the Hugo Award for Best Novelette. His short story "For Lack of a Bed," originally published in <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diabolical_Plots&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diabolical Plots (page does not exist)">Diabolical Plots</a></i>, was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story and the Locus Award for Best Short Story. </p><p>His short story "D.I.Y." published in <i><a href="/wiki/Tordotcom" class="mw-redirect" title="Tordotcom">Tordotcom</a></i> was nominated for the 2023 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and nominated for the 2023 Locus Award for Best Short Story.<sup id="cite_ref-2023Hugo_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023Hugo-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His short story "The Coward Who Stole God's Name," originally published in <i><a href="/wiki/Uncanny_Magazine" title="Uncanny Magazine">Uncanny Magazine</a></i> was also nominated for the 2023 Locus Award for Best Short Story. 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Said the Ticktockman">"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Ellison" title="Harlan Ellison">Harlan Ellison</a> (1966)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Place_(short_story)" title="The Secret Place (short story)">The Secret Place</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Richard_McKenna" title="Richard McKenna">Richard McKenna</a> (1967)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Aye,_and_Gomorrah" title="Aye, and Gomorrah">Aye, and Gomorrah</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany" title="Samuel R. Delany">Samuel R. Delany</a> (1968)</li> <li>"The Planners" by <a href="/wiki/Kate_Wilhelm" title="Kate Wilhelm">Kate Wilhelm</a> (1969)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Passengers_(short_story)" title="Passengers (short story)">Passengers</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Silverberg" title="Robert Silverberg">Robert Silverberg</a> (1970)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Good_News_from_the_Vatican" title="Good News from the Vatican">Good News from the Vatican</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Silverberg" title="Robert Silverberg">Robert Silverberg</a> (1972)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_It_Changed" title="When It Changed">When It Changed</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Joanna_Russ" title="Joanna Russ">Joanna Russ</a> (1973)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Is_the_Plan_the_Plan_Is_Death" title="Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death">Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death</a>" by <a href="/wiki/James_Tiptree_Jr." title="James Tiptree Jr.">James Tiptree Jr.</a> (1974)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Day_Before_the_Revolution" title="The Day Before the Revolution">The Day Before the Revolution</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> (1975)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Catch_That_Zeppelin!" title="Catch That Zeppelin!">Catch That Zeppelin!</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Leiber" title="Fritz Leiber">Fritz Leiber</a> (1976)</li> <li>"A Crowd of Shadows" by <a href="/wiki/Charles_L._Grant" title="Charles L. Grant">Charles L. Grant</a> (1977)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jeffty_Is_Five" title="Jeffty Is Five">Jeffty Is Five</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Ellison" title="Harlan Ellison">Harlan Ellison</a> (1978)</li> <li>"Stone" by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Bryant" title="Edward Bryant">Edward Bryant</a> (1979)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/GiANTS" title="GiANTS">giANTS</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Bryant" title="Edward Bryant">Edward Bryant</a> (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Grotto_of_the_Dancing_Deer" title="Grotto of the Dancing Deer">Grotto of the Dancing Deer</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak" title="Clifford D. Simak">Clifford D. Simak</a> (1981)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Bone_Flute" title="The Bone Flute">The Bone Flute</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Tuttle" title="Lisa Tuttle">Lisa Tuttle</a> (refused, 1982)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Letter_from_the_Clearys" title="A Letter from the Clearys">A Letter from the Clearys</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (1983)</li> <li>"The Peacemaker" by <a href="/wiki/Gardner_Dozois" title="Gardner Dozois">Gardner Dozois</a> (1984)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Morning_Child" title="Morning Child">Morning Child</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Gardner_Dozois" title="Gardner Dozois">Gardner Dozois</a> (1985)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Out_of_All_Them_Bright_Stars" title="Out of All Them Bright Stars">Out of All Them Bright Stars</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Kress" title="Nancy Kress">Nancy Kress</a> (1986)</li> <li>"Tangents" by <a href="/wiki/Greg_Bear" title="Greg Bear">Greg Bear</a> (1987)</li> <li>"Forever Yours, Anna" by <a href="/wiki/Kate_Wilhelm" title="Kate Wilhelm">Kate Wilhelm</a> (1988)</li> <li>"Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge" by <a href="/wiki/James_K._Morrow" title="James K. Morrow">James K. Morrow</a> (1989)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ripples_in_the_Dirac_Sea" title="Ripples in the Dirac Sea">Ripples in the Dirac Sea</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_A._Landis" title="Geoffrey A. Landis">Geoffrey A. Landis</a> (1990)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bears_Discover_Fire" title="Bears Discover Fire">Bears Discover Fire</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bisson" title="Terry Bisson">Terry Bisson</a> (1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ma_Qui" title="Ma Qui">Ma Qui</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Brennert" title="Alan Brennert">Alan Brennert</a> (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Even_the_Queen" title="Even the Queen">Even the Queen</a>" by Connie Willis (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Graves_(short_story)" title="Graves (short story)">Graves</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Haldeman" title="Joe Haldeman">Joe Haldeman</a> (1994)</li> <li>"A Defense of the Social Contracts" by <a href="/wiki/Martha_Soukup" title="Martha Soukup">Martha Soukup</a> (1995)</li> <li>"Death and the Librarian" by <a href="/wiki/Esther_Friesner" title="Esther Friesner">Esther Friesner</a> (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Birthday" title="A Birthday">A Birthday</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Esther_Friesner" title="Esther Friesner">Esther Friesner</a> (1997)</li> <li>"Sister Emily's Lightship" by <a href="/wiki/Jane_Yolen" title="Jane Yolen">Jane Yolen</a> (1998)</li> <li>"Thirteen Ways to Water" by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Holland_Rogers" title="Bruce Holland Rogers">Bruce Holland Rogers</a> (1999)</li> <li>"The Cost of Doing Business" by <a href="/wiki/Leslie_What" title="Leslie What">Leslie What</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Macs_(short_story)" title="Macs (short story)">macs</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bisson" title="Terry Bisson">Terry Bisson</a> (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Cure_for_Everything" title="The Cure for Everything">The Cure for Everything</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Severna_Park_(writer)" title="Severna Park (writer)">Severna Park</a> (2002)</li> <li>"Creature" by <a href="/wiki/Carol_Emshwiller" title="Carol Emshwiller">Carol Emshwiller</a> (2003)</li> <li>"What I Didn't See" by <a href="/wiki/Karen_Joy_Fowler" title="Karen Joy Fowler">Karen Joy Fowler</a> (2004)</li> <li>"Coming to Terms" by <a href="/wiki/Eileen_Gunn" title="Eileen Gunn">Eileen Gunn</a> (2005)</li> <li>"I Live With You" by <a href="/wiki/Carol_Emshwiller" title="Carol Emshwiller">Carol Emshwiller</a> (2006)</li> <li>"Echo" by <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Hand" title="Elizabeth Hand">Elizabeth Hand</a> (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Always_(short_story)" title="Always (short story)">Always</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Karen_Joy_Fowler" title="Karen Joy Fowler">Karen Joy Fowler</a> (2008)</li> <li>"Trophy Wives" by <a href="/wiki/Nina_Kiriki_Hoffman" title="Nina Kiriki Hoffman">Nina Kiriki Hoffman</a> (2009)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Spar_(short_story)" title="Spar (short story)">Spar</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Kij_Johnson" title="Kij Johnson">Kij Johnson</a> (2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/How_Interesting:_A_Tiny_Man" title="How Interesting: A Tiny Man">How Interesting: A Tiny Man</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Ellison" title="Harlan Ellison">Harlan Ellison</a> / "<a href="/wiki/Ponies_(short_story)" title="Ponies (short story)">Ponies</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Kij_Johnson" title="Kij Johnson">Kij Johnson</a> (2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Paper_Menagerie" title="The Paper Menagerie">The Paper Menagerie</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ken_Liu" title="Ken Liu">Ken Liu</a> (2012)</li> <li>"Immersion" by <a href="/wiki/Aliette_de_Bodard" title="Aliette de Bodard">Aliette de Bodard</a> (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_You_Were_a_Dinosaur,_My_Love" title="If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love">If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Swirsky" title="Rachel Swirsky">Rachel Swirsky</a> (2014)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jackalope_Wives" title="Jackalope Wives">Jackalope Wives</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_Vernon" title="Ursula Vernon">Ursula Vernon</a> (2015)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hungry_Daughters_of_Starving_Mothers" title="Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers">Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Alyssa_Wong" title="Alyssa Wong">Alyssa Wong</a> (2016)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Seasons_of_Glass_and_Iron" title="Seasons of Glass and Iron">Seasons of Glass and Iron</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Amal_El-Mohtar" title="Amal El-Mohtar">Amal El-Mohtar</a> (2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Welcome_to_Your_Authentic_Indian_Experience%E2%84%A2" title="Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™">Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Roanhorse" title="Rebecca Roanhorse">Rebecca Roanhorse</a> (2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Lives_of_the_Nine_Negro_Teeth_of_George_Washington" title="The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington">The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington</a>" by <a href="/wiki/P._Dj%C3%A8l%C3%AD_Clark" title="P. 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