The Handmaid's Tale was only published in Canada.
The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year . The Man Booker Prize for Fiction ( formerly known as the Booker-McConnell Prize and commonly known simply as the Booker Prize ) is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel , written in the English language and published in the UK . The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States . The Handmaid's Tale . The Handmaid 's Tale won the 1985 Governor General 's Award and the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987 ; it was also nominated for the 1986 Nebula Award , the 1986 Booker Prize , and the 1987 Prometheus Award .