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2017 Shirley Jackson Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2017 Shirley Jackson Award have been announced. The noms in the novel category are:
- Ill Will by Dan Chaon
- The Bone Mother by David Demchuk
- The Changeling by Victor Lavalle
- The Hole by Hye-young Pyun
- The Night Ocean by Paul La Farge
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? Any surprise inclusions?
2016 Shirley Jackson Award Winner
The 2016 Shirley Jackson Award winners have been announced at Readercon 28 in Quincy, Massachusetts.
WINNER:
- The Girls by Emma Cline (Random House)
FINALISTS:
- The Wonder by Emma Donoghue (Little, Brown)
- Lily by Michael Thomas Ford (Lethe)
- Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones (Morrow)
- I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (Gallery/Scout)
- Foxlowe by Eleanor Wasserberg (Fourth Estate UK/Penguin US)
Our congrats to Emma Cline 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?
2016 Shirley Jackson Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2016 Shirley Jackson Award have been announced. The noms in the novel category are:
- The Girls by Emma Cline (Random House)
- The Wonder by Emma Donoghue (Little, Brown)
- Lily by Michael Thomas Ford (Lethe)
- Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones (Morrow)
- I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (Gallery/Scout)
- Foxlowe by Eleanor Wasserberg (Fourth Estate UK/Penguin US)
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? Any surprise inclusions?
2015 Shirley Jackson Award Winner
The 2015 Shirley Jackson Award winners have been announced at Readercon 27 in Quincy, Massachusetts.
WINNER:
- Experimental Film by Gemma Files (ChiZine Publications)
FINALISTS:
- Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh (Penguin Press)
- The Glittering World by Robert Levy (Gallery)
- Lord Byron’s Prophecy by Sean Eads (Lethe Press)
- When We Were Animals by Joshua Gaylord (Mulholland Books)
What do you think of this result?
2015 Shirley Jackson Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2015 Shirley Jackson Award have been announced. The noms in the novel category are:
- Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh (Penguin Press)
- Experimental Film by Gemma Files (ChiZine Publications)
- The Glittering World by Robert Levy (Gallery)
- Lord Byron’s Prophecy by Sean Eads (Lethe Press)
- When We Were Animals by Joshua Gaylord (Mulholland Books)
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 in the official press release.
Our congrats to all the nominees! What do you like from this list? Any surprise inclusions?
2014 Shirley Jackson Award Winner!
The 2014 Shirley Jackson Award winners have been announced at Readercon 26 in Burlington, MA.
WINNER:
- Annihilation – Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals)
FINALISTS:
- Bird Box – Josh Malerman (Ecco)
- Broken Monsters – Lauren Beukes (Mulholland)
- Confessions – Kanae Minato (Mulholland)
- The Lesser Dead – Christopher Buehlman (Berkley)
- The Unquiet House – Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher Books)
Our congrats to Jeff VanderMeer 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?
2014 Shirley Jackson Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2014 Shirley Jackson Award have been announced. The noms in the novel category are:
- Annihilation – Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals)
- Bird Box – Josh Malerman (Ecco)
- Broken Monsters – Lauren Beukes (Mulholland)
- Confessions – Kanae Minato (Mulholland)
- The Lesser Dead – Christopher Buehlman (Berkley)
- The Unquiet House – Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher Books)
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 in the official press release.
Our congrats to all the nominees! What do you like from this list? Any surprise inclusions?
2013 Shirley Jackson Award Winner!
The 2013 Shirley Jackson Awards were presented on Sunday, July 13th at Readercon 25, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Burlington, Massachusetts, hosted by Readercon 25 Guests of Honor, Andrea Hairston and Kit Reed.
The winner in the novel category is American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett.
See the official press release for complete results in all categories.
Congratulations to Robert Jackson Bennett and all the nominees! What do you think of the results? Anyone read American Elsewhere yet?
2013 Shirley Jackson Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2013 Shirley Jackson Awards have been announced. The nominees are:
Novel
- American Elsewhere, Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit)
- The Ghost Bride, Yangsze Choo (William Morrow)
- The Accursed, Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco)
- Night Film, Marisha Pessl (Random House)
- The Demonologist, Andrew Pyper (Orion UK; Simon & Schuster US)
- Wild Fell, Michael Rowe (ChiZine)
Single-Author Collection
- North American Lake Monsters, Nathan Ballingrud (Small Beer)
- Before and Afterlives, Christopher Barzak (Lethe)
- In Search of and Others, Will Ludwigsen (Lethe)
- The Story Until Now, Kit Reed (Wesleyan)
- Everything You Need, Michael Marshall Smith (Earthling)
Anthology
- Where thy Dark Eye Glances: Queering Edgar Allan Poe, Steve Berman, ed. (Lethe)
- Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Tor)
- End of the Road, Jonathan Oliver, ed. (Solaris)
- The Grimscribe’s Puppets, Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., ed. (Miskatonic River)
- The Book of the Dead, Jared Shurin, ed. (Jurassic London)
See the complete list of nominees in all categories on the official press release. What do you think of this list?
2012 Shirley Jackson Award Winner!
The 2012 Shirley Jackson Awards were presented on Sunday, July 14th at Readercon 24, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Burlington, Massachusetts, hosted by Readercon 24 Guest of Honor, Maureen McHugh.
The winner in the novel category is Koji Suzuki‘s Edge: A Novel.
See the official press release for complete results in all categories.
Congratulations to Koji Suzuki and all the nominees! What do you think of the results? Anyone read Edge yet?
