Mythopoeic Awards


The Mythopoeic Awards for literature and literary studies are given by the Mythopoeic Society to authors of outstanding works in the fields of myth, fantasy, and the scholarly study of these areas.
From 1971 to 1991 there were two awards, annual but not always awarded before 1981, recognizing Mythopoeic Fantasy and Mythopoeic Scholarship. Dual awards in each category were established in 1992: Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards for Adult Literature and Children's Literature; Scholarship Awards in Inklings Studies and Myth and Fantasy Studies. In 2010 a Student Paper Award was introduced for the best paper presented at Mythcon by an undergraduate or graduate student; it was renamed the Alexei Kondratiev Award several months after its creation.
The 2018 finalists were announced on May 21, and the winners were announced on July 22 at the annual conference.

Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards

In the following tables, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the novel was first published. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature". Entries with a blue background and an asterisk next to the writer's name have won the award; those with a white background are the other nominees on the shortlist.

Winners and nominees (1971–1991)

* Winners

Adult Literature winners and nominees (1992–present)

* Winners
YearAuthorNovelPublisher or publication
1992Eleanor Arnason*A Woman of the Iron PeopleWilliam Morrow & Co
1992Pamela DeanTam LinTor Books
1992Greer Ilene GilmanMoonwiseRoc
1992Patricia A. McKillipThe Sorceress and the CygnetAce Books
1992Sheri S. TepperBeautyDoubleday
1993Jane Yolen*Briar RoseTor Books
1993James P. BlaylockThe Paper GrailAce Books
1993Tim PowersLast CallWilliam Morrow & Co
1993Susan ShwartzThe Grail of HeartsTor Books
1993Connie WillisDoomsday BookBantam Spectra
1994Delia Sherman*The Porcelain DoveDutton Adult
1994Peter S. BeagleThe Innkeeper's SongAce Books
1994Patricia A. McKillipThe Cygnet and the FirebirdAce Books
1994Robin McKinleyDeerskinAce Books
1995Patricia A. McKillip*Something Rich and StrangeBantam Spectra
1995Pamela DeanThe Dubious HillsTor Books
1995Robert HoldstockThe HollowingHarperCollins
1995Rachel PollackTemporary AgencySt. Martin's Press
1996Elizabeth Hand*Waking the MoonHarperCollins
1996Michael BishopBrittle InningsBantam Books
1996James P. BlaylockAll the Bells on EarthAce Books
1996Patricia A. McKillipThe Book of Atrix WolfeAce Books
1996Kenneth MorrisThe Dragon PathTom Doherty Assoc.
1997
Terri Windling*The Wood WifeTor Books
1997
John BarnesOne for the Morning GloryTor Books
1997
Patricia A. McKillipWinter RoseAce Books
1997
Nancy SpringerFair PerilAvon Books
1997
Gene WolfeThe Book of the Long SunTor Books
1998A. S. Byatt*The Djinn in the Nightingale's EyeChatto & Windus
1998Peter S. BeagleGiant BonesRoc
1998Charles de LintTraderTor Books
1998Neil GaimanNeverwhereBBC Books
1998Patrick O'LearyThe GiftTor Books
1999Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess*StardustDC Comics
1999Charles de LintSomeplace to be FlyingTor Books
1999R. E. KleinThe History of our World Beyond the WaveHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
1999Patricia A. McKillipSong for the BasiliskAce Books
1999James StoddardThe High HouseWarner Books
2000Peter S. Beagle*TamsinRoc
2000A. S. ByattElementalsChatto & Windus
2000Lisa GoldsteinDark Cities UndergroundTor Books
2000Peg KerrThe Wild SwansAspect
2000Yves MeynardThe Book of KnightsTor Books
2001Midori Snyder*The InnamoratiTor Books
2001Win BlevinsRavenShadowForge
2001Charles de LintForests of the HeartTor Books
2001Guy Gavriel KayThe Sarantine MosaicPenguin Books Canada
2002Lois McMaster Bujold*The Curse of ChalionEos
2002Neil GaimanAmerican GodsWilliam Morrow
2002Sarah A. HoytIll Met by MoonlightAce Books
2002Ursula K. Le GuinThe Other WindHarcourt Brace & Company
2002Tim PowersDeclareHarperCollins
2003Patricia A. McKillip*Ombria in ShadowAce Books
2003Nina Kiriki HoffmanA Fistful of SkyAce Books
2003Ellen Kushner and Delia ShermanThe Fall of the KingsBantam Books
2004Robin McKinley*SunshineBerkley Publishing Group
2004Lois McMaster BujoldPaladin of SoulsEos
2004Kij JohnsonFudokiTor Books
2004Ursula K. Le GuinChanging PlanesHarcourt Inc.
2004Patricia A. McKillipIn the Forests of SerreAce Books
2005Susanna Clarke*Jonathan Strange & Mr. NorrellBloomsbury
2005Kage BakerThe Anvil of the WorldTor Books
2005Elizabeth HandMortal LoveWilliam Morrow
2005Patricia A. McKillipAlphabet of ThornAce Books
2005Gene WolfeThe Wizard KnightTor Books
2006Neil Gaiman*Anansi BoysWilliam Morrow
2006Margaret AtwoodThe PenelopiadKnopf Canada
2006Lois McMaster BujoldThe Hallowed HuntEos
2006Tanith LeeMetallic LoveBantam Spectra
2006Tim PrattThe Strange Adventures of RangergirlBantam Spectra
2007Patricia A. McKillip*Solstice WoodAce Books
2007Peter S. BeagleThe Line BetweenTachyon Publications
2007Susanna ClarkeThe Ladies of Grace AdieuBloomsbury
2007Keith DonohueThe Stolen ChildNan A. Talese
2007Susan PalwickThe Necessary BeggarTor Books
2007Tim PowersThree Days to NeverWilliam Morrow
2008Catherynne M. Valente*Orphan's TalesBantam Spectra
2008Theodora GossIn the Forest of ForgettingPrime Books
2008Nalo HopkinsonThe New Moon’s ArmsGrand Central Publishing
2008Guy Gavriel KayYsabelRoc
2008John C. WrightChronicles of ChaosTor Books
2009Carol Berg*Flesh and Spirit and Breath and BoneRoc
2009Daryl GregoryPandemoniumDel Rey
2009Ursula K. Le GuinLaviniaHarcourt
2009Patricia A. McKillipThe Bell at Sealey HeadAce Books
2009Gene WolfeAn Evil GuestTor Books
2010Jo Walton*LifelodeNESFA Press
2010Barbara CampbellTrickster's Game trilogyDAW Books
2010Greer GilmanCloud & Ashes: Three Winter's TalesSmall Beer Press
2010Robert HoldstockAvilionGollancz
2010Catherynne M. ValentePalimpsestBantam Spectra
2011Karen Lord*Redemption in IndigoSmall Beer Press
2011Guy Gavriel KayUnder HeavenRoc
2011Patricia A. McKillipThe Bards of Bone PlainAce Books
2011Devon MonkA Cup of NormalFairwood Press
2011Sharon ShinnTroubled WatersAce Books
2012Lisa Goldstein*The Uncertain PlacesTachyon Publications
2012Erin MorgensternThe Night CircusDoubleday
2012Richard ParksThe Heavenly FoxPS Publishing
2012Catherynne M. ValenteDeathlessTor Books
2012Jo WaltonAmong OthersTor Books
2013Ursula Vernon*DiggerSofawolf Press
2013Alan GarnerWeirdstone trilogyCollins, Fourth Estate
2013Caitlin R. KiernanThe Drowning GirlRoc
2013R. A. MacAvoyDeath and ResurrectionPrime Books
2013Tim PowersHide Me Among the GravesWilliam Morrow
2014Helene Wecker*The Golem and the JinniHarper
2014Yangsze ChooThe Ghost BrideWilliam Morrow
2014Neil GaimanThe Ocean at the End of the LaneWilliam Morrow
2014Max GladstoneThree Parts DeadTor Books
2014Mark H. WilliamsSleepless KnightsAtomic Fez Publishing
2015Sarah Avery*Tales from Rugosa CovenDark Quest
2015Stephanie FeldmanThe Angel of LossesEcco
2015Theodora GossSongs for OpheliaPapaveria Press
2015Joanne M. HarrisThe Gospel of LokiGollancz
2015Joe Hill and Gabriel RodriguezLocke & KeyIDW Publishing
2016Naomi Novik*UprootedDel Rey
2016Holly BlackThe Darkest Part of the ForestLittle Brown & Co
2016Kazuo IshiguroThe Buried GiantKnopf
2016E. K. JohnstonA Thousand NightsDisney-Hyperion
2016Daniel José OlderShadowshaperArthur A. Levine Books
2017Patricia A. McKillip*KingfisherAce Books
2017Andrea HairstonWill Do Magic For Small ChangeAqueduct Press
2017Mary Robinette KowalGhost TalkersTor Books
2017Maggie StiefvaterThe Raven CycleScholastic
2017Jo WaltonThessaly trilogyTor Books
2018John Crowley*Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of YmrSaga Press
2018Alice HoffmanThe Rules of MagicSimon & Schuster
2018G. A. KathrynsSnow CitySycamore Sky Books
2018Ellen KlagesPassing StrangeTor.com
2018Victor LaValleThe ChangelingSpiegel & Grau

Children's Literature winners and nominees (1992–present)

* Winners
YearAuthorNovelPublisher or publication
1992Salman Rushdie*Haroun and the Sea of StoriesGranta
1992Bruce CovilleJeremy Thatcher, Dragon HatcherHarcourt Brace Jovanovich
1992Diana Wynne JonesCastle in the AirMethuen
1992Will ShetterlyElsewhereHarcourt Brace Jovanovich
1992Zilpha Keatley SnyderSong of the GargoyleDelacorte Press
1993James D. Macdonald*Knight's WyrdHMH Books for Young Readers
1993T. A. BarronThe Ancient OnePhilomel Books
1993Bruce CovilleJennifer Murdley's ToadJane Yolen Books
1993Peni R. GriffinHobkinMargaret K. McElderry
1993Ursula K. Le GuinFish SoupAtheneum
1994Suzy McKee Charnas*The Kingdom of Kevin MaloneHarcourt Brace Jovanovich
1994Lynne Reid BanksThe Mystery of the CupboardHarperCollins Children's Books
1994Lois LowryThe GiverHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
1994Will ShetterlyNeverneverHMH Books for Young Readers
1994Patricia C. WredeCalling on DragonsHarcourt Brace Jovanovich
1995Patrice Kindl*Owl in LoveHMH Books for Young Readers
1995Emma BullThe Princess and the Lord of NightHarcourt Children's Books
1995Peni R. GriffinSwitching WellMargaret K. McElderry
1995Robin McKinleyA Knot in the Grain and Other StoriesGreenwillow Books
1995Jane YolenGood GriselleHarcourt Children's Books
1996Diana Wynne Jones*The Crown of DalemarkMandarin
1996Susan CooperThe BoggartMacmillan
1996Luli GrayFalcon's EggHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
1996Sherwood SmithWren's WarJane Yolen Books
1996Sylvia WaughThe MennymsJulia McRae
1997
Terri Windling*The Wood WifeTor Books
1997
John BarnesOne for the Morning GloryTor Books
1997
Patricia A. McKillipWinter RoseAce Books
1997
Nancy SpringerFair PerilAvon Books
1997
Gene WolfeThe Book of the Long SunTor Books
1998Jane Yolen*Young Merlin trilogyHarcourt Children's Books
1998Susan CooperThe Boggart and the MonsterMargaret K. McElderry
1998Dahlov IpcarA Dark Horn BlowingViking Press
1998Robin McKinleyRose DaughterGreenwillow Books
1999Diana Wynne Jones*Dark Lord of DerkholmGollancz
1999Kara DalkeyHeavenward PathHarcourt Children's Books
1999Gail Carson LevineElla EnchantedHarperTrophy
1999Gerald MorrisThe Squire's TaleHMH Books for Young Readers
1999J. K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneBloomsbury
2000Franny Billingsley*The Folk KeeperAtheneum
2000David AlmondSkelligHodder Children's Books
2000Tamora PierceCircle of MagicScholastic
2000J. K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanBloomsbury
2000Cynthia VoigtKingdomAtheneum / Anne Schwartz Books
2001Dia Calhoun*Aria of the SeaWinslow Press
2001Rita MurphyNight FlyingDelacorte Books for Young Readers
2001Donna Jo NapoliBeastAtheneum
2001Laurel WinterGrowing WingsHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
2001Jane YolenBoots and the Seven LeaguersHarcourt Children's Books
2002Peter Dickinson*The RopemakerDelacorte Press
2002Diane DuaneThe Wizard's DilemmaHarcourt Trade Publishers
2002Eva IbbotsonIsland of the AuntsDutton
2002Gail Carson LevineThe Two Princesses of BamarreHarperCollins
2003Michael Chabon*SummerlandMiramax
2003Holly Black'Simon & Schuster
2003Nancy FarmerThe House of the ScorpionAtheneum
2003Neil GaimanCoralineBloomsbury
2003Vivian Vande VeldeHeir ApparentHarcourt
2004Clare B. Dunkle*The Hollow KingdomHenry Holt
2004Kate DiCamilloThe Tale of DespereauxCandlewick Press
2004Cornelia FunkeInkheartChicken House
2004Shannon HaleThe Goose GirlBloomsbury
2004Terry PratchettThe Wee Free MenDoubleday
2005Terry Pratchett*A Hat Full of SkyDoubleday
2005Kevin Crossley-HollandArthur TrilogyOrion Publishing Group
2005Nancy FarmerSea of TrollsAtheneum
2005Monica FurlongDoran TrilogyRandom House Books for Young Readers
2005Garth NixThe Abhorsen TrilogyHarperCollins
2006Jonathan Stroud*The Bartimaeus TrilogyDoubleday
2006Holly Black'Simon & Schuster
2006Diane DuaneWizards at WarHarcourt Trade Publishers
2006Clare B. DunkleBy These Ten BonesHenry Holt and Co.
2007Catherine Fisher*CorbenicGreenwillow Books
2007Nina Kiriki HoffmanSpirits That Walk in ShadowViking Press
2007Diana Wynne JonesThe Pinhoe EggGreenwillow Books
2007Martine LeavittKeturah and Lord DeathFront Street
2007Terry PratchettWintersmithDoubleday
2008J. K. Rowling*Harry Potter seriesBloomsbury
2008Holly Black; ; Simon & Schuster, Margaret K. McElderry
2008Derek LandySkulduggery PleasantHarperCollins
2008Nancy SpringerDusssieWalker Books for Young Readers
2008Kate ThompsonThe New PolicemanHarperTeen
2009Kristin Cashore*GracelingHarcourt Children's Books
2009Neil GaimanThe Graveyard BookHarperCollins
2009Diana Wynne JonesHouse of Many WaysHarperCollins
2009Ingrid LawSavvyDial
2009Terry PratchettNationDoubleday
2010Grace Lin*Where the Mountain Meets the MoonLittle, Brown
2010Kage BakerThe Hotel Under the SandTachyon
2010Shannon HaleBooks of BayernBloomsbury
2010Malinda LoAshLittle, Brown
2010Lisa MantchevEyes Like StarsFeiwel & Friends
2011Megan Whalen Turner*The Queen’s Thief seriesGreenwillow Books
2011Catherine FisherIncarceron and SapphiqueDial
2011Terry PratchettI Shall Wear MidnightDoubleday
2011Polly ShulmanThe Grimm LegacyPutnam Juvenile
2011Heather TomlinsonToads and DiamondsHenry Holt and Co.
2012Delia Sherman*The Freedom MazeBig Mouth House
2012Lisa MantchevThéâtre Illuminata seriesFeiwel & Friends
2012Tamora PierceBeka Cooper seriesRandom House
2012Maggie StiefvaterThe Scorpio RacesScholastic
2012Catherynne M. ValenteThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own MakingFeiwel & Friends
2013Sarah Beth Durst*VesselMargaret K. McElderry
2013Jorge Aguirre and Rafael RosadoGiants Beware!First Second
2013Merrie HaskellThe Princess CurseHarperCollins
2013Christopher HealyThe Hero’s Guide to Saving Your KingdomWalden Pond Press
2013Sherwood SmithThe Spy PrincessViking Juvenile
2014Holly Black*Doll BonesMargaret K. McElderry
2014William AlexanderGhoulish SongMargaret K. McElderry
2014Joseph BruchacKiller of EnemiesTu Books
2014Sara Beth DurstConjuredWalker Children’s
2014Robin McKinleyShadowsNancy Paulsen Books
2015Natalie Lloyd*A Snicker of MagicScholastic
2015Jonathan AuxierThe Night GardenerHarry N. Abrams
2015Merrie HaskellThe Castle Behind ThornsKatherine Tegan Books
2015Diana Wynne Jones and Ursula JonesThe Islands of ChaldeaGreenwillow Books
2015Robin LaFeversHis Fair Assassin seriesHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
2016Ursula Vernon*Castle HangnailDial
2016Cassie BeasleyCircus MirandusDial
2016Robert BeattySerafina and The Black CloakDisney-Hyperion
2016Sarah Beth DurstThe Girl Who Could Not DreamClarion Books
2016Terry PratchettTiffany Aching SeriesDoubleday
2017Adam Gidwitz*Dutton
2017S. E. GroveThe Mapmakers TrilogyViking
2017Bridget HodderThe Rat PrinceFarrar, Straus, & Giroux
2017Grace LinWhen the Sea Turned to SilverLittle, Brown
2017Delia ShermanThe Evil Wizard SmallboneCandlewick
2018Garth Nix*Frogkisser!Scholastic
2018Cassie BeasleyTumble and BlueDial
2018Stephanie BurgisThe Dragon with the Chocolate HeartBloomsbury Children's Books
2018Nidhi ChananiPashminaFirst Second
2018A. F. HarroldThe Song from Somewhere ElseBloomsbury Children's Books

Multiple-time winners

Multiple-time finalists

Mythopoeic Scholarship Awards

There are two Mythopoeic Scholarship Awards since 1992. The Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies dates from 1971, in effect, its name was expanded in 1992.
Scholarly works have three years to win the award once and may be on the final ballot three times.

Inklings Studies