The Awards : The Last Book of , by Ursula K. Le Guin When Sparrowhawk, the Archmage of Earthsea, The Nebula Awards returns from the dark land stripped of his magic The Nebula Awards are the Oscars of the Science , he finds refuge with the aging widow Tenar Fiction and awards, presented by and a crippled girl child who carries an unknown professionals to professionals. They were created destiny. in the mid-1960s, by the newly formed Writers of America. They are currently , by Ursula K. Le Guin awarded by The Science Fiction and Fantasy Shevek is a brilliant physicist, and as such he must Writers ofAmerica. question the unthinkable, and attempt to tear down

Full Name Nebula Awards the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest ofthe "civilized" universe. First year given 1966, for works published in 1965 He decides to make the unprecedented journey from his home planet Annarres to the utopian mother Who The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers ofAmerica planet, Urras, giving up family and possibly his own

What Lucite trophy, originally designed by and Judy Wish

Scope Works published or released in the US The Created in the mid-1970s, the World Fantasy Categories , novella, novelette, short Awards, associated with the annual World Fantasy story; in some years, screenplay Conventions, were established as a fantasy Fantasy Winners ; Tehanu: The Last counterpart to the Science Fiction oriented Hugo Book of Earthsea; The Awards. The World FantasyAwards are nominated Dispossessed by members of the and selected by a panel of judges to acknowledge Winning YA Titles excellence in fantasy writing. American Gods, by

When his wife, Laura, dies in a car crash, in horrific Full Name World Fantasy Awards adulterous circumstances, Shadow is released early

from prison. He encounters the enigmatic Mr. First year given 1975, for works published in 1973 , who claims to be a former god and king and 1974 ofAmerica. Together they embark on a strange and World Fantasy Convention disturbing journey through the heart ofthe USA.

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What A trophy in the form of the bust of and may drive you insane. H.P. Lovecraft, designed by The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, by PatriciaA. McKillip Scope Works published in the prior Raised on Eld Mountain and accustomed to the calendar year company only of great legendary beasts, a young

Categories Fantasy — all types. Novel, novella, wizard is drawn irrevocably into the world short fiction, and artist; plus with all its sorrows and delights when a baby comes categories for Anthology and into her care. Collection, plus two 'special' awards, professional and , by Martin Scott nonprofessional, for personal In the magical city of Turai, murder, mayhem and achievements not tied to specific works in other categories ruthless criminal brotherhoods are rife. The only people more corrupt than the politicians are the Royal Winners Little, Big; ; The Family. And the weather is awful. 's down these Forgotten Beasts of Eld; Thraxas mean, muddy streets that Thraxas, ex-soldier, failed sorcerer and epic drinker, ekes out a living as a private investigator. But when Princess D-u-Akai, World Fantasy Award Winning YA Titles third in line to the throne, employs him to look into a very delicate matter, it seems that his luck is about Little, Big, by to change. And it does. A few hours later, he's in jail Edgewood is many houses, all put inside each other, - accused of murder. or cross each other. It's filled with and surrounded by mystery and enchantment: the further in you go, the bigger it gets. Smoky Barnable, who has fallen in love with Daily Alice Drinkwater, comes to The Locus Awards Edgewood, Daily's family home, where he finds himself drawn into a world of magic. The Locus Awards are presented to winners of Locus Magazine's annual readers' poll, which was Mythago Wood, by established in the early 1970s specifically to provide The mystery ofRyhope Wood, Britain's last fragment recommendations and suggestions to Hugo Awards ofprimeval forest, consumed George Huxley's entire voters. Over the decades the Locus Awards have long life. Now, after his death, his two sons, Steven often drawn more voters than the Hugos (Science and Christian, have taken up his work. But what Fiction) and Nebulas (Science Fiction and Fantasy) they discover is numinous and perilous beyond all combined. In recent years Locus Awards are expectation. For the Wood, larger inside than out, is presented at an annual banquet. a labyrinth where love and beauty haunt your dreams

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Full Name Locus Awards and the Prisoner of Azkaban,

by J. K. Rowling First year given 1971, for works published in 1970 During his third year at Hogwarts School for

Who Readers of Locus Magazine and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront

What A plaque of varying design. the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for Publishers of winning works are his parents' deaths. Sirius Black, a prisoner who has presented with certificates escaped from the famous wizard prison, Azkaban, is determined to track down Harry Potter. Scope Works published in the prior calendar year, based on actual publication, not official publication The Wee Free Man, by Terry Prachett date Aimed only with a flying pan and her common sense, a young witch-to-be named TiffanyAching is all that Categories Novel (usually split into SF, fantasy/ horror, and first novel), short fiction, stands between the of Fairyland and the anthology, collection, nonfiction warm, green Chalk country that is her home. Forced book, art book, publisher, magazine, into Fairyland to seek her kidnapped brother, Tiffany artist allies herself with the Wee Free Men, a clan of

Winners ; Harry Potter and the sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue Prisoner of Azkaban; The Wee Free men who are as fierce as they are funny. Together Man they battle through an eerie and ever-shifting landscape, fighting , dromes, and grimhounds. Winning YA Titles

Coraline, by Neil Gaiman In Coraline's family's new flat there are twenty-one The windows and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors Founded in 1967, The is a non- open and close, but the fourteenth is locked. On the profit international literacy and educational other side is only a brick wall, until the day Coraline organization for the study, discussion and enjoyment ventures through a mysterious door into a world that of and mythic literature. Membership in the is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, Mythopoeic Society is open to all scholars, writers, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order and readers of these literatures. The Society to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three sponsors three periodicals. Mythprint is a monthly others. Coraline is their only hope of rescue. She bulletin of book reviews, articles, events and other will have to fight with all her wits and all the tools she notices of interest to Society members. is can find if she is to save the lost children, her ordinary the Society's peer-reviewed journal that publishes life, and herself. scholarly articles on mythic and fantastic literature.

33 Finally, Mythic Circle is a literary annual of original as a Folk Keeper, one who keeps the Evil Folk at poetry and short stories. bay, and discovers her heritage as a seal maiden when she is taken to live with a wealthy family in their

Full Name Mythopoeic Awards manor by the sea.

First year given 1967, for works published in 1968 The Hollow Kingdom, by Clare B. Dunkle

Who Members of the Mythopoeic In nineteenth-century England, a powerful sorcerer Society and King of the chooses Kate, the elder of

Scope Works published in the prior one to two orphan girls recently arrived at their ancestral three calendar years (depending on home, Hallow Hill, to be his bride and queen. the award)

Categories The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for The Ropemaker, by Peter Dickinson Adult Literature, The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's When the magic that protects their Valley starts to Literature, The Mythopoeic fail, Tilj a and her companions journey into the evil Scholarship Award in Inklings Empire to find the ancient Faheel, who Studies, and The Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in and originally cast those spells. Fantasy Studies

Winners Aria of the Sea; Summerland; The Folk Keeper; The Hollow Kingdom; The Ropemaker The Aurora Awards The Aurora awards are closest to the style of the Mythopoetic Award Winning YA Titles Hugo awards (Science Fiction) in the method by which they are selected. First there is a nomination Aria of the Sea, by Dia Calhoun phase to select a short list. Then a voting phase to In the magical kingdom of Windward, thirteen-year- pick the winner from the short list using the Australian old Cerinthe arrives at the Royal Dancing School, voting method (this method has the voter rank their where she finds herself torn between the two careers choices in each category). Each year a different of dancer and healer. convention or group has hosted the awards. The awards are financed by voting fees, by donations Summerland, by and by the host convention. There is no permanent Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in the history funding. of the game, finds himself recruited by a 100-year- old scout to help a band of fairies triumph over an ancient enemy. Full Name Aurora Awards

First year given The first Aurora was awarded in The Folk Keeper, by Franny Billingsley 1980 Orphan Corinna disguises herself as a boy to pose

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Who Canadian Science Fiction and are growing signs that in breaking the curse, Mark

Fantasy Association may have released a terrible evil upon the land.

What The trophy was designed by Franklyn Johnson of Alberta. It is Jack the Killer, by made of three upright aluminum In this fantasy novel Charles de Lint turns the story pieces on a wood base of Jack and the Bean Stalk into a contemporary tale set in . Jacky Rowan, feeling empty,

Scope Works published in the prior confused and rejected as she has just been dumped calendar year by her boyfriend, meets Dunrobin Finn, a who introduces her to a parallel reality. Embarking Categories There are 6 professional awards (3 upon a to save the daughter of a Laird of English and 3 French), 3 fan awards, and the artistic achievement award Kinrowan, who is being held in a Giant's Keep, (open to both pros & fans) Jackie finds both love and adventure.

Winners Black Wine; Nobody's Son; Jack the Giant Killer The Endeavour Award The Endeavour Award is presented annually to the Aurora Award Winning YA Titles best book by a writer from the Pacific Northwest. The award represents a collaboration between Black Wine, by Candas Jane Dorsey writers and fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy to Why is there an old woman, in a hanging cage, writing encourage the growth of literature in the field and her diary in blood and telling her story to a curious recognize works of excellence. It is named for H.M. young girl? To find the answer one must read Bark Endeavour, the ship of Northwest explorer Dorsey's novel about women coming to terms with Captain James Cook. The award is accompanied their identity in a barbarous . by a grant of $1,000.

Nobody's Son, by Full Name Endeavour Award

All his life, Mark has dreamed ofentering the gloomy, First year given The first Endeavour was awarded in haunted Ghostwood and breaking the dark spell that 1999 enfolds the Red Keep, a 's feat for which the

King has offered a hero's bounty: the unconditional Who The Endeavour Award is sponsored granting of a single wish. Astonishingly, Mark by Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. succeeds and chooses the hand of the King's youngest daughter, Gail. Mark abruptly finds himself What The award consists of an etched married, entangled in court politics, and unable to glass plaque produced by Kent, cope with his new responsibilities. Furthermore, there Washington, artist Ashley J. and a grant of $1,000

35 The Crawford Award Scope Works published in the previous calendar year The Crawford Award is given to the best first fantasy novel ofthe previous 18 months. It's one of several Categories Best Science Fiction or Fantasy awards presented by the International Association book by a writer from the Pacific Northwest for the Fantastic in the Arts, and is presented at the conference each March in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Winners Dinosaur Summer; The Glass Harmonica Full Name The William L. Crawford UFA Fantasy Award Award Winning YA Titles First year given The first Crawford was awarded in 1985 Dinosaur Summer, by Greg Bear Fifty years after Professor Challenger's discovery Who The Crawford Award is sponsored of the , America's last dinosaur circus by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts has gone bankrupt. Now a daring expedition plans to do the impossible: return the Jurassic to the What A prize of $ 100 wild. Two filmmakers, a circus trainer, a journalist, and young 15-year-old Peter Belzoni, the son ofthe Scope The Award is given to the best first fantasy novel of the previous 18 National Geographic photographer covering the months story, are about to have the adventure of a lifetime.

Categories Best first fantasy novel The Glass Harmonica, by Louise Marley

Eilish Eam is an Irish orphan and street musician, Winners A Scattering of Jades; Children of Amarid; The Eyre Affair living in 1761 London. She survives on pennies and applause, and nothing more, until the night Benjamin Franklin hears her playing musical glasses on the Crawford Award Winning YA Titles street. Awe-struck by her gift, Franklin takes Eilish A Scattering of Jades, by Alexander C. Irvine into his household to help tune and then play his latest The great fire of 1835 burned most of New York invention, the glass harmonica. Although Eilish is City's wooden downtown and, like many others, enamored ofthe instrument and enjoys the comfort Archie Prescott thinks he's lost all that's dear to him. of Franklin's house, she cannot forget the His home is a smoldering ruin and his wife is dead. handicapped child, Mackie, whom she left behind. Although it seems as though it's the end of everything, Complementing Eilish's tale is that of Erin Rushton, it's only the beginning. In the midst of ancient magic a classical musician living in 2018, Seattle, who is and murderous conspiracies Archie finds himself with haunted by visions of a young girl from a different the power to save the world. needing her help.

36 Children ofAmarid, by David B. Coe The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde A thousand years ago in Tobyn-Ser, Amarid and In Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, is Theron discovered magical crystals that enabled routine, cloning is a reality and literature is taken very them to bond with hawks to produce powerful seriously. England is a virtual police , the Crimean magic. Together, they started an order, dedicating War has dragged on for more than 130 years and themselves to using their powers to help their people. the Third Most Wanted criminal, Acheron Hades, is Theron was expelled from the Order for abusing his stealing characters from England's cherished literary power, but ever since, the Children ofAmarid have heritage and holding them for ransom. However, the faithfully upheld their vow using their power selflessly Special Operations Network has a Literary Division, to protect the land and its people. Now the idyllic and one of its operatives, Detective Thursday Next, ofTobyn-Ser has been shattered by news of is on the case. destroyed crops, burnt villages, and murder. Rumor has it that Theron, having returned from the dead, is responsible. Uncovering the truth and restoring peace will take a young Jaryd across the length and breadth of Tobyn-Ser, a journey he must complete before it's too late to save the Order and the world.

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