2022 Shirley Jackson Award Winner
The 2022 Shirley Jackson Award winners have been announced. In the Novel category they are:
WINNERS (TIE):
- The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland)
- Where I End by Sophie White (Tramp)
FINALISTS:
- Jackal by Erin E. Adams (Bantam)
- The Dead Friends Society by Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall (Encyclopocalypse)
- Beulah by Christi Nogle (Cemetery Gates)
- Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai (Jaded Ibis)
Our congrats to Gabino Iglesias and Sophie White and all the finalists! You can see the complete list of winners in all categories over at Locus. What do you think of this result?
2022 Shirley Jackson Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2022 Shirley Jackson Award have been announced. The noms in the novel category are:
- Jackal by Erin E. Adams (Bantam)
- The Dead Friends Society by Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall (Encyclopocalypse)
- The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland)
- Beulah by Christi Nogle (Cemetery Gates)
- Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai (Jaded Ibis)
- Where I End by Sophie White (Tramp)
The Shirley Jackson Awards are voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics, with input from a Board of Advisors. The awards are given for the best work published in the preceding calendar year in the following categories: Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Single-Author Collection, and Edited Anthology. You can see the complete list of noms in all categories at Locus.
Our congrats to all the nominees! What do you like from this list?
2021 Shirley Jackson Award Winner
The 2021 Shirley Jackson Award winners have been announced.
WINNER:
- My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga)
FINALISTS:
- Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (Nightfire)
- All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter (Titan)
- No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull (Blackstone)
- Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer (MCD)
Our congrats to Stephen Graham Jones for his second consecutive Shirley Jackson Award. Congratulations also to all the finalists! You can see the complete list of winners in all categories over at Locus. What do you think of this result?
2021 Shirley Jackson Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2021 Shirley Jackson Award have been announced. The noms in the novel category are:
- My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga)
- Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (Nightfire)
- All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter (Titan)
- No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull (Blackstone)
- Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer (MCD)
The Shirley Jackson Awards are voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics, with input from a Board of Advisors. The awards are given for the best work published in the preceding calendar year in the following categories: Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Single-Author Collection, and Edited Anthology. You can see the complete list of noms in all categories at Locus.
Our congrats to all the nominees! What do you like from this list?
2020 Shirley Jackson Award Winner
The 2020 Shirley Jackson Award winners have been announced.
WINNER:
- The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga)
FINALISTS:
- Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth (Morrow)
- Sisters by Daisy Johnson (Jonathan Cape)
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey)
- Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh (Penguin)
- True Story by Kate Reed Petty (Viking)
Our congrats to Stephen Graham Jones and all the finalists! You can see the complete list of winners in all categories over at Locus. What do you think of this result?
2020 Shirley Jackson Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2019 Shirley Jackson Award have been announced. The noms in the novel category are:
- Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth (Morrow)
- Sisters by Daisy Johnson (Jonathan Cape)
- The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga)
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey)
- Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh (Penguin)
- True Story by Kate Reed Petty (Viking)
The Shirley Jackson Awards are voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics, with input from a Board of Advisors. The awards are given for the best work published in the preceding calendar year in the following categories: Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Single-Author Collection, and Edited Anthology. You can see the complete list of noms in all categories at Locus.
Our congrats to all the nominees! What do you like from this list?
2019 Shirley Jackson Award Winner
The 2019 Shirley Jackson Award winners have been announced.
WINNER:
- The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter (Two Dollar Radio)
FINALISTS:
- Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron; Gollancz)
- Goodnight Stranger by Miciah Bay Gault (Park Row)
- Curious Toys by Elizabeth Hand (Mulholland)
- Tinfoil Butterfly by Rachel Eve Moulton (MCD x FSG Originals)
- Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (Ecco)
Our congrats to Sarah Rose Etter and all the finalists! You can see the complete list of winners in all categories over at Locus.
What do you think of this result?
2019 Shirley Jackson Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2019 Shirley Jackson Award have been announced. The noms in the novel category are:
- Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron; Gollancz)
- The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter (Two Dollar Radio)
- Goodnight Stranger by Miciah Bay Gault (Park Row)
- Curious Toys by Elizabeth Hand (Mulholland)
- Tinfoil Butterfly by Rachel Eve Moulton (MCD x FSG Originals)
- Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (Ecco)
The Shirley Jackson Awards are voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics, with input from a Board of Advisors. The awards are given for the best work published in the preceding calendar year in the following categories: Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Single-Author Collection, and Edited Anthology. You can see the complete list of noms in all categories at Locus.
Our congrats to all the nominees! What do you like from this list?
2018 Shirley Jackson Award Winner
The 2018 Shirley Jackson Award winners have been announced at Readercon 30 in Quincy, Massachusetts.
WINNER:
- Little Eve by Catriona Ward
FINALISTS:
- Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
- In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey
- Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton
- We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix
Our congrats to Catriona Ward and all the finalists! You can see the complete list of winners in all categories over at File 770.
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2017 Shirley Jackson Award Winner
The 2017 Shirley Jackson Award winners have been announced at Readercon 29 in Quincy, Massachusetts.
WINNER:
- The Hole by Hye-young Pyun
FINALISTS:
- Ill Will by Dan Chaon
- The Bone Mother by David Demchuk
- The Changeling by Victor Lavalle
- The Night Ocean by Paul La Farge
Our congrats to Hye-young Pyun and all the finalists! You can see the complete list of winners in all categories over at Locus Online.
What do you think of this result?