Editing Steven Brust (section)

==Award nominations==

Brust's short story "When The Bow Breaks" was nominated for the 1998 [[Nebula Award]].<ref>[http://dpsinfo.com/awardweb/nebulas/90s.html#1999 "1999 Nebula Final Ballot"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991128073219/http://dpsinfo.com/awardweb/nebulas/90s.html#1999 |date=November 28, 1999 }}. DPS Info AwardWeb. Retrieved December 29, 2012.</ref>

''Five Hundred Years After'' was nominated for the 1995 [[Locus Poll Award]] (Best Fantasy Novel).  Other novels nominated for various [[Locus Poll Award]]s were ''Brokedown Palace,'' ''The Gypsy,'' ''Agyar,'' and ''Freedom & Necessity.''<ref>[<!-- http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit13.html#640 --moved -->http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit19.html#673 "Index of Literary Nominees"]. Locus Index of Science Fiction Awards. LocusMag.com. Retrieved December 29, 2012. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016200336/http://locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit19.html#673 |date=October 16, 2012 }}</ref>

''Dragon'' was a finalist for the 1999 Minnesota Book Awards in the Fantasy & Science Fiction category.<ref>[http://www.thefriends.org/programs/mnbookawards/award_winners_and_finalists/mba_winners/mba_winners_1999.html "MBA Winners 1999"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228071333/http://www.thefriends.org/programs/mnbookawards/award_winners_and_finalists/mba_winners/mba_winners_1999.html |date=December 28, 2011 }} Minnesota Book Awards Past Finalists and Winners - 1999</ref>  ''Freedom and Necessity'' was a 1998 finalist for the same category,<ref>[http://www.thefriends.org/programs/mnbookawards/award_winners_and_finalists/mba_winners/mba_winners_1998.html "MBA Winners 1998"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228081057/http://www.thefriends.org/programs/mnbookawards/award_winners_and_finalists/mba_winners/mba_winners_1998.html |date=December 28, 2011 }} Minnesota Book Awards Past Finalists and Winners - 1998</ref> while ''The Phoenix Guards'' was a finalist in 1992.<ref>[http://www.thefriends.org/programs/mnbookawards/award_winners_and_finalists/mba_winners/mba_winners_1992.html "MBA Winners 1992"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421090629/http://www.thefriends.org/programs/mnbookawards/award_winners_and_finalists/mba_winners/mba_winners_1992.html |date=April 21, 2013 }} Minnesota Book Awards Past Finalists and Winners - 1992</ref>

Brust discovered in August 2006 that he had made the ''[[New York Times]]'' extended bestseller list at number 30 with ''Dzur''.  He mentioned his ambivalence on this subject online.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brust |first=Steven |title=I have a new first name |url=http://skzbrust.livejournal.com/18112.html |access-date=December 29, 2012 |website=A Bland and Deadly Courtesy |publisher=LiveJournal |type=blog}}</ref> ''SciFi Wire'' posted an interview with Brust after ''Dzur'' came out.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 24, 2006 |title=Dzur Is A Savory Meal |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=37635 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114093432/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=37635 |archive-date=November 14, 2007 |access-date=December 29, 2012 |publisher=SciFi Wire (scifi.com)}}</ref>