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2023 Mythopoeic Awards Winners Announced
Posted on August 6, 2023 by David Emerson
The Mythopoeic Society has announced the winners of the 2023 Mythopoeic Awards. For more information about the awards, visit the Awards section of this site; the finalists for the literature and scholarship awards and text of recent acceptance speeches are also listed in this section. The winners of this year’s awards were announced during the 2023 OMS, held online August 5-6, 2023, via Zoom and Discord.
The winners are:
You may download the official press release, in PDF format, here.
The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature is given to the fantasy novel, multi-volume, or single-author story collection for adults published during 2022 that best exemplifies the spirit of the Inklings. Books are eligible for two years after publication if selected as a finalist during the first year of eligibility. Books from a series are eligible if they stand on their own; otherwise, the series becomes eligible the year its final volume appears.
The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature honors books for beginning readers to age thirteen, in the tradition of The Hobbit or The Chronicles of Narnia. Rules for eligibility are otherwise the same as for the Adult literature award. The question of which award a borderline book is best suited for will be decided by consensus of the committees. Books for mature “Young Adults” may be moved to the Adult literature category.
The Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies is given to books on Tolkien, Lewis, and/or Williams that make significant contributions to Inklings scholarship. For this award, books first published during the last three years (2020–2022) are eligible, including finalists for previous years.
The Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth and Fantasy Studies is given to scholarly books on other specific authors in the Inklings tradition, or to more general works on the genres of myth and fantasy. The period of eligibility is three years, as for the Inklings Studies award.
A complete list of Mythopoeic Award winners is available on the Society web site: Awards.
The finalists for the literature and scholarship awards and text of recent acceptance speeches are also listed in this on-line section. For more information about the Mythopoeic Awards, please contact the Awards Administrator: , awards@mythsoc.org
The Mythopoeic Society has announced the winners of the 2023 Mythopoeic Awards. For more information about the awards, visit the Awards section of this site; the finalists for the literature and scholarship awards and text of recent acceptance speeches are also listed in this section. The winners of this year’s awards were announced during the 2023 OMS, held online August 5-6, 2023, via Zoom and Discord.
The winners are:
- Adult Fantasy: Sacha Lamb, When the Angels Left the Old Country
- Children's Fantasy: Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans
- Inklings Studies: Paul S. Fiddes, Charles Williams and C.S. Lewis: Friends in Co-inherence
- Myth and Fantasy Studies: Brian Attebery, Fantasy: How It Works
You may download the official press release, in PDF format, here.
The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature is given to the fantasy novel, multi-volume, or single-author story collection for adults published during 2022 that best exemplifies the spirit of the Inklings. Books are eligible for two years after publication if selected as a finalist during the first year of eligibility. Books from a series are eligible if they stand on their own; otherwise, the series becomes eligible the year its final volume appears.
The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature honors books for beginning readers to age thirteen, in the tradition of The Hobbit or The Chronicles of Narnia. Rules for eligibility are otherwise the same as for the Adult literature award. The question of which award a borderline book is best suited for will be decided by consensus of the committees. Books for mature “Young Adults” may be moved to the Adult literature category.
The Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies is given to books on Tolkien, Lewis, and/or Williams that make significant contributions to Inklings scholarship. For this award, books first published during the last three years (2020–2022) are eligible, including finalists for previous years.
The Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth and Fantasy Studies is given to scholarly books on other specific authors in the Inklings tradition, or to more general works on the genres of myth and fantasy. The period of eligibility is three years, as for the Inklings Studies award.
A complete list of Mythopoeic Award winners is available on the Society web site: Awards.
The finalists for the literature and scholarship awards and text of recent acceptance speeches are also listed in this on-line section. For more information about the Mythopoeic Awards, please contact the Awards Administrator: , awards@mythsoc.org