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2024 Mythopoeic Awards Winners Announced
Posted on August 4, 2024 by Dennis Wise
The Mythopoeic Society has announced the winners of the 2024 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 Mythcon 53, held on August 2-5, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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 2022-2023 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 Young Adult Literature honors books for Young Adult readers (ages 13-18), and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature honors books for younger readers (ages 12 or younger), 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 category of borderline books will be determined by their intended audience as named by the publisher and author.
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 (2021–2023) 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 2024 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 Mythcon 53, held on August 2-5, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The winners are:
- Adult Fantasy: Emma Törzs, Ink, Blood, Sister, Scribe (William Morrow, 2023)
- Youn Adult Fantasy: Frances Hardinge, Unraveller (Amulet Books, 2023)
- Children's Fantasy: K. O’Neill, Moth Keeper (Random House Graphic, 2023)
- Inklings Studies: José María Miranda Boto, Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Works (Walking Tree, 2022)
- Myth and Fantasy Studies: Matthew Sangster, An Introduction to Fantasy (Cambridge University Press, 2023)
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 2022-2023 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 Young Adult Literature honors books for Young Adult readers (ages 13-18), and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature honors books for younger readers (ages 12 or younger), 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 category of borderline books will be determined by their intended audience as named by the publisher and author.
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 (2021–2023) 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