Editing Iain Banks (section)

==Awards and nominations==
Iain Banks received the following literary awards and nominations:<ref name="Iain M. Banks - Award Bibliography">{{cite web|title=Iain M. Banks – Award Bibliography|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/eaw.cgi?100|department=ISFDb database|publisher=Al von Ruff|access-date=6 April 2013|year=1995–2011}}</ref><ref name="Banks, Iain M."/>
*{{Timeline-event|date=1988|event=[[British Science Fiction Association]] Award for ''The Player of Games'' (nomination)}}
*{{Timeline-event|date=1990|event=British Science Fiction Association Award for ''Use of Weapons'' (nomination)}}
*{{Timeline-event|date=1991|event=[[Arthur C. Clarke Award]] for ''Use of Weapons'' (nomination)}}<ref name="Arthur C.Clarke Award Shortlists">{{cite web|title=Arthur C.Clarke Award Shortlists|url=http://www.clarkeaward.com/previous-awards/shortlists/|publisher=The Arthur C Clarke Award|access-date=6 April 2013|year=2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106124621/http://www.clarkeaward.com/previous-awards/shortlists/|archive-date=6 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{Timeline-event|date=1991|event=[[Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis]] for Foreign Novel ''The Bridge'' (winner)}}<ref name="Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis"/>
*{{Timeline-event|date=1992|event=Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Foreign Novel ''The Wasp Factory'' (winner)}}<ref name="Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis"/>
*{{Timeline-event|date=1993|event=Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Foreign Novel ''Use of Weapons'' (winner)}}<ref name="Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis"/>
*{{Timeline-event|date=1994|event=British Science Fiction Association Award for ''Feersum Endjinn'' (winner)}}
*{{Timeline-event|date=1994|event=[[Locus Poll Award]] for ''Against a Dark Background'' (nomination)}}
*{{Timeline-event|date=1996|event=British Science Fiction Association Award for ''Excession'' (winner)}}
*{{Timeline-event|date=1997|event=[[University of St Andrews]] honorary degree}}<ref name="thes">{{cite news|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/101683.article
|work=Times Higher Education|title=Honorary degrees|date=17 March 1997|access-date= 27 June 2013}}</ref>
*{{Timeline-event|date=1997|event=University of Stirling honorary doctorate}}<ref name="UofS">{{cite news|url=http://www.externalrelations.stir.ac.uk/events/honorary-graduates/1988-1997.php|publisher=University of Stirling (Development and External Affairs)|title=Honorary Graduates1988-1997|access-date=27 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903233142/http://www.externalrelations.stir.ac.uk/events/honorary-graduates/1988-1997.php|archive-date=3 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{Timeline-event|date=1997|event=[[British Fantasy Award]] for ''Excession'' (nomination)}}
*{{Timeline-event|date=1998|event=[[British Science Fiction Award]] for ''Inversions'' (nomination)}}<ref name="Premio Italia"/>
*{{Timeline-event|date=1998|event=[[Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis]] for Foreign Novel ''Excession'' (winner)}}<ref name="Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis"/>
*{{Timeline-event|date=2001|event=Locus Poll Award for ''Look to Windward'' (nomination)}}
*{{Timeline-event|date=2004|event=Premio Italia Science Fiction Award in the Best International Novel category for ''Inversions'' (winner)}}
*{{Timeline-event|date=2005|event=[[Hugo Award]] for ''The Algebraist'' (nomination)}}<ref name="Hugo Awards 2005"/>
*{{Timeline-event|date=2005|event=Locus Poll Award for ''The Algebraist'' (nomination)}}
*{{Timeline-event|date=2009|event=Locus Poll Award for ''Matter'' (second place)}}
*{{Timeline-event|date=2009|event=[[Prometheus Award]] for ''Matter'' (nomination)}}<ref name="Prometheus Award for Best Novel -- Nominees">{{cite web|title=Prometheus Award for Best Novel – Nominees|url=http://lfs.org/novel_nominees.shtml|work=Libertarian Futurist Society|publisher=LFS|access-date=6 April 2013|year=2003–2012}}</ref>
*{{Timeline-event|date=2010|event=[[Open University]] honorary doctorate}}<ref name="OU">{{Cite news |url=http://www.open.ac.uk/students/ceremonies/files/ceremonies/file/Doctor%20of%20the%20University%201973-2011.pdf |publisher=The Open University |title=Doctor of the University 1973–2011 |access-date=9 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213042428/http://www.open.ac.uk/students/ceremonies/files/ceremonies/file/Doctor%20of%20the%20University%201973-2011.pdf |archive-date=13 December 2013}}</ref>
*{{Timeline-event|date=2010|event=[[John W. Campbell Memorial Award]] for ''Transition'' (finalist)}}
*{{Timeline-event|date=2010|event=Locus Poll Award for ''Transition'' (nomination)}}
*{{Timeline-event|date=2011|event=Locus Poll Award for ''Surface Detail'' (nomination)}}
*{{Timeline-event|date=2013|event=Honorary Fellow of the [[Association for Scottish Literary Studies]]}}<ref name="ASLS">{{Cite web |url=http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/ScotLit/ASLS/HonFels.html |publisher=Association for Scottish Literary Studies |title=ASLS Honorary Fellowships |access-date=5 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113085406/http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/ScotLit/ASLS/HonFels.html |archive-date=13 January 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>