Mythopoeic Awards
Acceptance Remarks — 1998
1998 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature
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Jane Yolen, Author, Young Merlin trilogy (consisting of Passager, Hobby and Merlin)
I knew there was magic in the air when I began the Young Merlin trilogy, but I didn't know it was THIS magic. The books, written when I was in Scotland, esconsed in our beautiful stone house Wayside, took on the color (or should I write colour) of the British countryside.
These were true books of the heart. And that they touched your hearts as well -- my myth-centered friends -- makes me doubly proud. I will now have a pride of lions to symbolize how proud I feel.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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1998 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies
Verlyn Flieger, Author, A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Road to Faerie![A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien's Road to Faerie](/assets/covers/cover-question-of-time.jpg)
Doing scholarship on Tolkien is a little like being a very small flea on the back of a very large dog. It’s of much more benefit to the flea than it is to the dog. What the world needs is more dogs, not more fleas. This notwithstanding, I am deeply grateful for the Mythopoeic Award and for the Society’s recognition of my work. Thank you all.
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1998 Mythopoeic Award for Myth and Fantasy Studies
John Clute, Author, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy![The Encyclopedia of Fantasy](/assets/covers/cover-encyclopedia-fantasy.jpg)
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