Posted on May 23, 2012

The Mythopoeic Society has announced the finalists for the 2012 Mythopoeic Awards. Download the press release in PDF format. For more information about the awards, visit the Awards section of this site; the finalists for the literature awards, text of recent acceptance speeches, and selected book reviews are also listed in this section. The winners of this year's awards will be announced during Mythcon 43, to be held August 3-6, 2012, in Berkeley, California.

You may download the official press release, in PDF format: Download Press Release

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Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature

• Lisa Goldstein, The Uncertain Places (Tachyon)
• Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus (Doubleday)
• Richard Parks, The Heavenly Fox (PS Publishing)
• Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless (Tor)
• Jo Walton, Among Others (Tor)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature

• Lisa Mantchev, Théâtre Illuminata series, consisting of Eyes Like Stars, Perchance to Dream, and So Silver Bright (Feiwel and Friends)
• Tamora Pierce, Beka Cooper series, consisting of Terrier, Bloodhound, and Mastiff (Random House)
• Delia Sherman, The Freedom Maze (Big Mouth House)
• Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races (Scholastic)
• Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Feiwel and Friends)

Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies

• Jason Fisher, ed. Tolkien and the Study of His Sources: Critical Essays (McFarland, 2011)
• Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, The Art of the Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (HarperCollins, 2011)
• Carl Phelpstead. Tolkien and Wales: Language, Literature and Identity (Univ. of Wales Press, 2011)
• Sanford Schwartz. C.S. Lewis on the Final Frontier: Science and the Supernatural in the Space Trilogy (Oxford Univ. Press, 2009)
• Steve Walker, The Power of Tolkien’s Prose: Middle-earth’s Magical Style (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)

Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth and Fantasy Studies