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2017 Mythopoeic Award Winner
The Mythopoeic Society has announced the 2017 Mythopoeic Award winners. In the Adult Literature category the winner is:
WINNER:
- Kingfisher, Patricia A. McKillip (Ace)
FINALISTS:
- Will Do Magic For Small Change, Andrea Hairston (Aqueduct)
- Ghost Talkers, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
- The Raven Cycle, Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic)
- Thessaly Trilogy, Jo Walton (Tor)
Our congrats to Patricia A. McKillip and all the finalists. You can see the complete list of winners in all categories in the official press release.
2017 Mythopoeic Award Finalists
The Mythopoeic Society has announced the finalists for the 2017 Mythopoeic Award. For Adult Literature they are:
- Will Do Magic For Small Change, Andrea Hairston (Aqueduct)
- Ghost Talkers, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
- Kingfisher, Patricia A. McKillip (Ace)
- The Raven Cycle, Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic)
- Thessaly Trilogy, Jo Walton (Tor)
Our congrats to all the finalists. See the official press release for details on the other categories. The winners of this year’s awards will be announced during Mythcon 48, to be held July 28-31, 2017, in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
2016 Mythopoeic Award Winner
The Mythopoeic Society has announced the 2016 Mythopoeic Award winners. In the Adult Literature category the winner is:
WINNER:
- Uprooted by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
FINALISTS:
- The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black (Little, Brown)
- The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf)
- A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston (Disney/Hyperion)
- Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older (Arthur A. Levine)
Our congrats to Naomi Novik and all the finalists. You can see the complete list of winners in all categories in the official press release.
This is the third win from 6 nominations for Novik and Uprooted which already took home the Nebula and Locus Fantasy awards and is still in the hunt for the Hugo, Holdstock, and World Fantasy awards. Impressive.
2016 Mythopoeic Award Finalists
The Mythopoeic Society has announced the finalists for the 2016 Mythopoeic Award. They are:
- The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black (Little, Brown)
- The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf)
- A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston (Disney/Hyperion)
- Uprooted by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
- Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older (Arthur A. Levine)
Our congrats to all the finalists. The winners of this year’s awards will be announced during Mythcon 47, to be held August 5-8 in San Antonio, Texas.
2015 Mythopoeic Award Winner
The Mythopoeic Society has announced the 2015 Mythopoeic Award winners. In the Adult Literature category the winner is:
WINNER:
- Tales from Rugosa Coven by Sarah Avery (Dark Quest)
FINALISTS:
- The Angel of Losses by Stephanie Feldman (Ecco)
- Songs for Ophelia by Theodora Goss (Papaveria)
- The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M. Harris (Gollancz)
- Locke & Key Series by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
Our congrats to Sarah Avery and all the finalists. You can see the complete list of winners in all categories in the official press release.
2015 Mythopoeic Award Finalists Announced!
The Mythopoeic Society has announced the finalists for the 2015 Mythopoeic Award. They are:
- Tales from Rugosa Coven by Sarah Avery (Dark Quest)
- The Angel of Losses by Stephanie Feldman (Ecco)
- Songs for Ophelia by Theodora Goss (Papaveria)
- The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M. Harris (Gollancz)
- Locke & Key Series by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
Our congrats to all the finalists. The winners of this year’s awards will be announced during Mythcon 46, to be held July 31 – August 3, 2015, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
What do you think of this lineup? I’m particularly interested in the Locke & Key Series of graphic novels. I’ve seen them in the comic shop but didn’t pay much attention to them before. I shall have to remedy that.
2014 Mythopoeic Award Winner!
The Mythopoeic Society has announced the winners of this year’s Mythopoeic awards at Mythcon 45. The winner for adult literature is Helene Wecker’s The Golem and the Jinni (Harper).
You can see the full list of winners in all categories in the official press release on the Mythopoeic Society website.
Our congrats to Helene Wecker and all the finalists!
- The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (William Morrow)
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (William Morrow)
- Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone (Tor)
- Sleepless Knights by Mark H. Williams (Atomic Fez Publishing)
What do you think of this win?
2014 Mythopoeic Award Finalists Announced!
The Mythopoeic Society has announced the finalists for the 2014 Mythopoeic Award.
- The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (William Morrow)
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (William Morrow)
- Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone (Tor)
- Sleepless Knights by Mark H. Williams (Atomic Fez Publishing)
- The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker (Harper)
Our congrats to all the finalists! What looks good to you on this list?
The Mythopoeic Award on WWEnd!
Today we’re happy to announce the addition of the Mythopoeic Award to the Worlds Without End database! The award is administered by the Mythopoeic Society, and organization dedicated to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of fantastic and mythopoeic literature. Here’s the award description from their website:
The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature is given to the fantasy novel, multi-volume novel, or single-author story collection for adults published during the previous year that best exemplifies “the spirit of the Inklings”. Books not selected as finalists in the year after publication are eligible for a second year. Books from a series are eligible if they stand on their own; otherwise, the series becomes eligible the year its final volume appears.
Of all the awards we could have added this one, by far, garnered the most interest and support from our members. Once you take a look at it, especially with the cover image gallery, you’ll see why. There are more classics and fan favorites than you can shake a stick at. You’ll find Richard Adam’s classic Watership Down, John Gardner’s masterwork Grendel as well as a handful of Earthsea books from the incomparable Ursula K. Le Guin – just to name a few of the 191 books on the list.
It’s been a long time coming but it has certainly been worth the wait. Let us know what you think of this new addition and don’t forget to check your reading stats page to see how you fare for this award. We just got the last hundred or so books for the award added to the site so you may have some tagging to do. My record is not worth mentioning so it’s highly likely that yours is far better. Let us know much better in the comments below. Enjoy!
