Christian Calon has received awards at the following contests
- Concorso internazionale Luigi Russolo di musica elettroacustica, Varèse (Italy): 1985
- Concours international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges, Bourges (Cher, France): 1989, 1994
- Concurso Internacional de Música Eletroacústica de São Paulo (CIMESP), São Paulo (Brazil): 2003
- NEWCOMP International Computer Music Competition, Boston (Massachusetts, USA): 1988, 1991
- Prix Ars Electronica, Linz (Austria): 1995, 1997
- Prix Phonurgia Nova, Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône, France): 2001
- Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Awards, Canada: 1996