2010 Mythopoeic Society Awards

In case you hadn't seen it yet, the winners of the 2010 Mythopoeic Society Awards were announced yesterdy, July 11, at Mythcon 41 in Dallas.


Fantasy Awards, Adult Literature:

Jo Walton, Lifelode (NESFA Press)

Fantasy Awards, Children’s Literature:

Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Little, Brown)

Scholarship Awards, Inklings Studies:

Dimitra Fimi, Tolkien, Race, and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)

Scholarship Awards, Myth and Fantasy Studies:

Marek Oziewicz, One Earth, One People: The Mythopoeic Fantasy Series of Ursula K. Le Guin, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L’Engle and Orson Scott Card (McFarland, 2008)

For a list of the finalists, see the page at: Mythopoeic Awards – 2010.  I had been interested because one of the finalists was Caroline Sumpter with her The Victorian Press and the Fairy Tale (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).  The Mythopoeic Society Awards often honor fairy tale related works.  Congrats to all the winners and finalists.