2012 Mythopoeic Awards Finalists

The Mythopoeic Society has announced the 2011 Mythopoeic Award finalists. Winners will be announced at Mythcon 43, August 3-6, 2012, in Berkeley, California.

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature:

• The Uncertain Places, Lisa Goldstein (Tachyon)
• The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern (Doubleday)
• The Heavenly Fox, Richard Parks (PS)
• Deathless, Catherynne M. Valente (Tor)
• Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature:

• Théâtre Illuminata series: Eyes Like Stars, Perchance to Dream, and So Silver Bright, Lisa Mantchev (Feiwel and Friends)
• Beka Cooper trilogy: Terrier, Bloodhound, and Mastiff, Tamora Pierce (Random House)
• The Freedom Maze, Delia Sherman (Big Mouth House)
• The Scorpio Races, Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic)
• The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Catherynne M. Valente (Feiwel and Friends)

Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies:

• Tolkien and the Study of His Sources: Critical Essays, Jason Fisher, ed. (McFarland, 2011)
• The Art of the Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull (HarperCollins, 2011)
• Tolkien and Wales: Language, Literature and Identity, Carl Phelpstead (University of Wales, 2011)
•  C.S. Lewis on the Final Frontier: Science and the Supernatural in the Space Trilogy, Sanford Schwartz (Oxford University, 2009)
• The Power of Tolkien’s Prose: Middle-earth’s Magical Style, Steve Walker (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)

Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth and Fantasy Studies:

• Fairy Tales: A New History, Ruth B. Bottigheimer (SUNY, 2009)
• The Christian Goddess: Archetype and Theology in the Fantasies of George MacDonald, Bonnie Gaarden (Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2011)
• Cheek by Jowl, Ursula K. Le Guin (Aqueduct, 2009)
• The Fantastic Horizon: Essays and Reviews, Darrell Schweitzer (Borgo, 2009)
• The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films, Jack Zipes (Routledge, 2011)