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2024 Mythopoeic Awards Winners Announced
Posted on July 26, 2026 by David Emerson, Mythsoc Webmaster
The Mythopoeic Society has announced the winners of the 2026 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 54, held on July 24-27, in Weatherford, Oklahoma.
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 2024-2025 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 (2023–2025) 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 2026 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 54, held on July 24-27, in Weatherford, Oklahoma.
The winners are:
- Adult Fantasy: T. Kingfisher, Snake-Eater (47North 2025), Snake-Eater (47North 2025)
- Young Adult Fantasy: K. Ancrum, The Corruption of Hollis Brown (HarperCollins 2025)
- Children's Fantasy: Aubrey Hartman, The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest (Little, Brown 2025)
- Inklings Studies: Michael D. C. Drout, The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Creation (Norton 2025)
- Myth and Fantasy Studies: Adam Roberts, Fantasy: A Short History (Bloomsbury Academic 2025)
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 2024-2025 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 (2023–2025) 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