Happy Birthday to Pyr

It was nine years ago this month when Pyr released our first book, John Meaney's Paradox: Book I of the Nulapeiron Sequence. That was our first title, way back in March 2005. And here we are nine years later. And over 189 books later.

And what do we have to show for it?

Well, since you asked....

1. 2013 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, nominee: Lou Anders
2. 2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Dehong He, Lance of Earth and Sky
3. 2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Todd Lockwood, The Dusk Watchman
4. 2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, winner: John Picacio, The Creative Fire
5. 2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Hardback, nominee: Sam Weber, Quantum Coin
6. 2013 British Fantasy Awards in the Best Newcomer (Sydney J. Bounds Award) Nominee: Fair Coin by E. C. Myers
7. 2013 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor, Long Form, nominee: Lou Anders
8. 2013 Compton Crook Award, Finalist: , Finalist: Fair Coin by E. C. Myers
9. 2012 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History, Finalist: Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon by Mark Hodder
10. 2012 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy, Winner: Fair Coin by E. C. Myers
11. 2012 Cybil Awards for Fantasy and Science Fiction - Teens, Finalist: Planesrunner by Ian McDonald
12. 2012 RT Book Reviews Reviewers' Choice Awards, steampunk nominee: The Kingmakers by Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith
13. 2012 Endeavor Award, winner: City of Ruins by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
14. 2012 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, adult category nominee: K.V. Johansen's Blackdog
15. 2012 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor, Long Form, nominee: Lou Anders
16. 2012 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, nominee: Lou Anders
17. 2012 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Justin Gerard, Hearts of Smoke and Steam
18. 2012 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Lucas Graciano, The Goblin Corps
19. 2012 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Jon Sullivan, The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man
20. 2011 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History, Finalist:: Ian McDonald, Planesrunner
21. 2012 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book, Finalist: Ian McDonald, Planesrunner
22. 2012 Prometheus Award Finalist: Ken MacLeod, The Restoration Game
23. 2011 Airship Awards - written category nominee: Mark Hodder, The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack
24. 2011 World Fantasy Award - Special Award, Professional nominee: Lou Anders
25. 2011 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel, winner: Ian McDonald, The Dervish House
26. 2011 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, nominee: Lou Anders
27. 2011 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Todd Lockwood, The Ragged Man
28. 2011 Philip K. Dick Award winner: Mark Hodder, The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack
29. 2011 Hugo Award for Best Novel, nominee: Ian McDonald, The Dervish House
30. 2011 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor Long Form, winner: Lou Anders
31. 2011 David Gemmell Ravenheart Award for Best Fantasy Book Jacket/Artist nominee: Todd Lockwood, The Ragged Man
32. 2011 Compton Crook Award nominee: Sam Sykes, Tome of the Undergates
33. 2011 Compton Crook Award nominee: Jon Sprunk, Shadow’s Son
34. 2010 Endeavor Award, finalist: City Without End: Book Three of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
    
35. 2010 World Fantasy Award - Best Novel, nominee: James Enge, Blood of Ambrose
36. 2010 American Library Association award for genre fiction,  The Reading List (SF category), nominee: Ian McDonald, The Dervish House. 
37. 2010 Wisconsin Library Association Outstanding Achievement award: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Diving Into the Wreck
38. 2010 John W. Campbell Memorial Award, Finalist: Paul McAuley, Gardens of the Sun
39. 2010 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, nominee: Lou Anders
40. 2010 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: David Palumbo, Stalking the Vampire
41. 2010 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: John Picacio, World’s End
42. 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novella, nominee: Ian McDonald, “Vishnu in the Cat Circus” (Cyberabad Days)
43. 2010 Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form, nominee: Lou Anders
44. 2010 Philip K. Dick Award Special Citation: Ian McDonald, Cyberabad Days
45. 2010 Locus Award for Best Novella, Finalist: Ian McDonald, “Vishnu in the Cat Circus” (Cyberabad Days)
46. 2010 Locus Award for Best Collection, Finalist: Ian McDonald, Cyberabad Days
47. 2010 Locus Award for Best Publisher, Finalist: Pyr
48. 2010 BSFA Award for Best Artwork: Desolation Road cover by Stephan Martiniere
49. 2010 RUSA Reading List Award Science Fiction nominee: Paul McAuley, The Quiet War
50. 2009 Endeavor Award, finalist: A World Too Near: Book Two of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
51. 2009 Nebula Award for Novelette, nominee: “The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)
52. 2009 RT Book Reviews Reviewer's Choice Best Science Fiction Novel, nominee: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Diving into the Wreck
53. 2009 Philip K. Dick Award, nominee: Ian McDonald, Cyberabad Days
54. 2009 Chesley Award for Best Art Director: Lou Anders
55. 2009 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback: John Picacio, World’s End
56. 2009 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Hardback, nominee: Dan Dos Santos, Stalking the Vampire
57. 2009 Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form, nominee: Lou Anders
58. 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novella, nominees:“True Names” by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward 2)
59. 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, nominee: “The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)
60. 2009 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award nominees: "True Names" by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward 2)
61. 2009 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award nominee: "The Gambler" by Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)
62. 2009 Locus Award for Best Novella, Finalists: "True Names" by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward 2)
63. 2009 Locus Award for Best Short Story, Finalists: “The Kindness of Strangers" by Nancy Kress (Fast Forward 2)
64. 2009 RUSA Reading List Award Science Fiction nominee: Kay Kenyon, A World Too Near
65. 2008 Endeavor Award, finalist: Bright of the Sky: Book One of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
66. 2008 Philip K Dick Award, nominee: Fast Forward 2, edited by Lou Anders
67. 2008 Hugo Award for Best Novel nominee: Ian McDonald Brasyl
68. 2008 Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form, nominee: Lou Anders
69. 2008 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer nominee: Joe Abercrombie
70. 2008 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer nominee: David Louis Edelman
71. 2008 Philip K. Dick Award nominee: Adam Roberts Gradisil
72. 2007 Quill Award nominee: Ian McDonald, Brasyl
73. 2007 Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form nominee: Lou Anders
74. 2007 Chesley Award for Best Art Director nominee: Lou Anders
75. 2006 World Fantasy Award - Special Award, Professional nominee: Lou Anders
76. 2006 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel nominee: David Louis Edelman, Infoquake
77. 2006 Independent Publisher Book Award winner: John Meaney, Paradox
78. 2005 Philip K Dick Award nominee: Justina Robson, Silver Screen
79. 2006 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer nominee: Chris Roberson
80. 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer nominee: Chris Roberson
    
    
    Not too shabby, huh?