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2022
The Last Robot and Other Science Fiction Poems • Shorelines of Infinity
awards:
• Elgin Awards 2023 — chapbook — winner
“The Curious Machine” • short fiction • Asimov's Sep/Oct 2022
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2023 — poem — 2nd place
“Planting Another Brazil” • short fiction • Asimov's Nov/Dec 2022
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2023 — poem — 3rd place

2021
“Mars Rover, Curiosity” • short fiction • Asimov's Jan/Feb 2021
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2022 — poem — winner

2020
The Midnight Circus • Tachyon
awards:
• Locus Awards 2021 — collection — 4th place
“Relic” • short fiction • Asimov's Mar/Apr 2020
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2021 — poem — 4th place (tie)
“Ode to Cassini” • short fiction • Asimov's May/Jun 2020
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2021 — poem — winner

2019
“A Street Away” • short fiction • Asimov's Jan/Feb 2019
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2020 — poem — winner

2018
Mapping the Bones • novel • Philomel
awards:
• Locus Awards 2019 — young adult book — 3rd place
How to Fracture a Fairy Tale • collection • Tachyon Publications
awards:
• Locus Awards 2019 — collection — 5th place

2017
The Emerald Circus • collection • Tachyon Publications
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 2018 — collection — winner
“Run, Rabbit, Run”
anthologies:
• Mad Hatters and March Hares, ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor 2017
“Conjoined”
anthologies:
• Mad Hatters and March Hares, ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor 2017
“Challenger: A Sedoka” • short fiction • Asimov's Jul/Aug 2017
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2018 — poem — 5th place

2016
SFWA Grand Master Award 2017 — winner

2014
“Princess: A Life” • short fiction • Mythic Delirium Apr/Jun 2014
awards:
• Dwarf Stars Award 2015 — second place

2013
“The Jewel in the Toad Queen's Crown”
anthologies:
• Queen Victoria's Book of Spells, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Tor 2013

2012
“Objectifying Faerie” • short fiction • Asimov's
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2013 — poem — 4th place
“Gray”
anthologies:
• After, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Hyperion Books for Children 2012
“Andersen's Witch”
anthologies:
• Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Random House 2012

2010
“The Elephant's Bride”
anthologies:
• The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking 2010
“Foxwife” • short fiction • Asimov's Oct/Nov 2010
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2011 — poem — 3rd place

2009
“Troll”
anthologies:
• Troll's Eye View, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking 2009
“The Tsar's Dragons” (by Adam Stemple & JY)
anthologies:
• The Dragon Book, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley 2009
“Mesopotamian Fire” (by Adam Stemple & JY)
anthologies:
• Eclipse Three, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2009
Rhysling Awards 2010 — grand master poet — winner

2008
“Goodbye Billy Goat Gruff” • short fiction • Asimov's Oct/Nov 2008
awards:
• Dwarf Stars Award 2009 — third place
World Fantasy Awards 2009 — life achievement — winner

2007
“Slipping Sideways Through Eternity” • Wizards
anthologies:
• Wizards, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley 2007
“Kwaku Anansi Walks the World's Web”
anthologies:
• The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking 2007

2006
“Troll Under Bridge” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 2006
awards:
• Dwarf Stars Award 2007 — second place
“Last Unicorn” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 2006
awards:
• Dwarf Stars Award 2007 — winner
anthologies:
• Nebula Awards Showcase 2009, ed. Ellen Datlow, Roc 2009

2005
Pay the Piper (by JY & Adam Stemple) • novel • Starscape
awards:
• Locus Awards 2006 — young adult book — winner
“Except the Queen” (by JY & Midori Snyder) • The Fair Folk
anthologies:
• The Fair Folk, ed. Marvin Kaye, SFBC 2005
“A Knot of Toads” • short fiction • Nova Scotia: New Scottish Speculative Fiction
awards:
• Locus Awards 2006 — novelette — 5th place
anthologies:
• Fantasy: The Very Best of 2005, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Locus Press 2006

2003
Sword of the Rightful King • novel • Harcourt, 2003
citations:
• 2009: 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison
“Greenkid” • Swan Sister
anthologies:
• Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster 2003
As Judge — World Fantasy Awards 2003

2002
“Song of the Cailleach Bheur” • The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest
anthologies:
• The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking 2002

2001
“The Barbarian and the Queen: Thirteen Views” • Starlight 3
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 2002
• Starlight 3, ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor 2001

2000
Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories • collection • Tor
awards:
• Locus Awards 2001 — collection — 8th place
Boots and the Seven Leaguers • novel • Harcourt
awards:
• Mythopoeic Awards 2001 — children's literature — nomination
“Under the Hill” • short fiction • Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories
awards:
• Locus Awards 2001 — short story — 21st place
“Three Questions” • The New Advocate 2000
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourteenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s Griffin 2001
“Snow in Summer” • short fiction • Black Heart, Ivory Bones
awards:
• Locus Awards 2001 — short story — 29th place
anthologies:
• Black Heart, Ivory Bones, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Avon 2000
“Cinder Elephant” • A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales
anthologies:
• A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster 2000

1999
“Old Merlin Dancing on the Sands of Time” • Merlin
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s Griffin 2000

1998
The One-Armed Queen • novel • Tor
awards:
• Locus Awards 1999 — fantasy novel — 13th place
Armageddon Summer (by JY & Bruce Coville) • novel • Harcourt Brace, 1998
citations:
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
“Bird Count” • Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers
anthologies:
• Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, HarperPrism 1998
“Become a Warrior” • Warrior Princesses
anthologies:
• Warrior Women, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2015
• The Sword & Sorcery Anthology, ed. David G. Hartwell & Jacob Weisman, Tachyon Publications 2012
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s Griffin 1999

1997
“Young Merlin”: Passager; Hobby; Merlin • short fiction • Harcourt Brace 1996, 1996, 1997
awards:
• Mythopoeic Awards 1998 — children's literature — winner
“Rabbit Hole” • Wild Women
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1998
“Lost Girls” • short fiction • Realms of Fantasy Feb 1998
awards:
• Nebula Awards 1999 — novelette — winner
• Locus Awards 1999 — novelette — 11th place
anthologies:
• Nebula Awards Showcase 2000, ed. Gregory Benford, Harcourt/Harvest 2000
“Godmother Death” • Black Swan, White Raven
anthologies:
• Black Swan, White Raven, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Avon 1997

1996
Passager • novel • Harcourt Brace, 1996
citations:
• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, Neil Barron
“The House of Seven Angels” • Here There Be Angels
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Tenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s/Griffin 1997
“Sister Emily's Lightship” • short fiction • Starlight 1
awards:
• Nebula Awards 1998 — short story — winner
anthologies:
• Nebula Awards 33, ed. Connie Willis, Harvest 1999
• Starlight 1, ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor 1996
“Flattened Fauna Poem #37: Cats” • Twists of the Tale
anthologies:
• Twists of the Tale: An Anthology of Cat Horror, ed. Ellen Datlow, Dell Horror 1996

1995
Xanadu 3 • anthology • Tor
awards:
• Locus Awards 1996 — anthology — 16th place
“Women's Stories” • Sisters in Fantasy
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Ninth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1996
“The Traveler and the Tale” • Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears
anthologies:
• Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova 1995
“Swan/Princess” • Xanadu 3
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Ninth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1996
“Jacob and the Angel” • Among Angels
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Ninth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1996

1994
Xanadu 2 • anthology • Tor
awards:
• Locus Awards 1995 — anthology — 7th place
Good Griselle • novel • Harcourt Brace
awards:
• Mythopoeic Awards 1995 — children's fantasy — nomination
“Märchen” • Merveilles May 1994
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1995
“Granny Rumple” • Black Thorn, White Rose
anthologies:
• Black Thorn, White Rose, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, AvoNova Morrow 1994
“De Natura Unicorni” • Here There Be Unicorns
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1995

1993
“Knives” • Snow White, Blood Red
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1994
• Snow White, Blood Red, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, AvoNova Morrow 1993
“Inscription” • The Ultimate Witch
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1994

1992
Briar Rose • novel • Tor
awards:
• Nebula Awards 1993 — novel — nomination
• World Fantasy Awards 1993 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 1993 — fantasy novel — 3rd place
• Mythopoeic Awards 1993 — adult fantasy — winner
citations:
• 2009: 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison
• 1996: Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, T. A. Shippey & A. J. Sobczak
“Winter's King” • After the King
anthologies:
• After the King: Stories in Honor of J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1992
“Will” • short fiction • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Spring 1992
awards:
• Rhysling Awards 1993 — short poem — winner
anthologies:
• Nebula Awards 29, ed. Pamela Sargent, Harcourt Brace 1995
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1993
“The Question of the Grail” • Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurences
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1993
“Memoirs of a Bottle Djinn”
anthologies:
• Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold, ed. Paula Guran, Night Shade Books 2016

1991
“Mama Gone” • Vampires
anthologies:
• By Blood We Live, ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books 2009
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1992
“Angels Fly Because They Take Themselves Lightly” • short fiction • Asimov's Dec 1991
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1992 — poem — winner
“A Story Must Be Held” • Colors of a New Day: Writing for South Africa
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1992

1990
The Books of Great Alta • omnibus • SFBC
awards:
• Mythopoeic Awards 1991 — fantasy — nomination
“Tintagel Morning: Song” • short fiction • Asimov's Apr 1990
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1991 — poem — 3rd place (tie)

1989
White Jenna • novel • Tor
awards:
• Nebula Awards 1991 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 1990 — fantasy novel — 7th place
“Toads” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1989
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1990 — poem — 3rd place (tie)
“The Faery Flag” • The Faery Flag
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1990
“Beauty and the Beast: An Anniversary” • The Faery Flag
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1990
Skylark Award 1990 — winner

1988
The Devil's Arithmetic • novel • Viking Kestrel
awards:
• Nebula Awards 1989 — novella — nomination
• World Fantasy Awards 1989 — novella — nomination
citations:
• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, Neil Barron
Sister Light, Sister Dark • novel • Tor
awards:
• Nebula Awards 1990 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 1989 — fantasy novel — 15th place (tie)
“The Quiet Monk” • short fiction • Asimov's Mar 1988
awards:
• Locus Awards 1989 — short story — 12th place
“The Boy Who Drew Unicorns” • The Unicorn Treasury
anthologies:
• Unicorns II, ed. Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois, Ace 1992
• The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1989

1987
“Words of Power” • Visions
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1988
“Wolf/Child” • Twilight Zone Jun 1987
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Horror XVI, ed. Karl Edward Wagner, DAW 1988
“Science Fiction” • short fiction • Asimov's Jul 1987
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1988 — poem — 4th place
“Once Upon a Time, She Said” • National Storyteller Journal Spr 1987
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1988

1986
Merlin's Booke • collection • Ace
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 1987 — collection/anthology — nomination
• Locus Awards 1987 — collection — 17th place
• Mythopoeic Awards 1987 — fantasy — nomination
, for Favorite Folktales from Around the World
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 1987 — special award, professional — winner
“The Uncorking of Uncle Finn” • F&SF Nov 1986
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 13, ed. Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1987

1985
Dragonfield and Other Stories • collection • Ace
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 1986 — collection/anthology — nomination
• Locus Awards 1986 — collection — 17th place
“The Face in the Cloth” • F&SF Feb 1985
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 12, ed. Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1986

1984
Cards of Grief • novel • Ace
awards:
• Locus Awards 1985 — fantasy novel — 16th place
• Mythopoeic Awards 1985 — fantasy — winner
citations:
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
“The Foxwife” • World Fantasy Convention Program Book
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 11, ed. Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1985

1983
Tales of Wonder • collection • Schocken
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 1984 — collection/anthology — nomination
“Names” • Tales of Wonder
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series XII, ed. Karl Edward Wagner, DAW 1984

1982
Dragon's Blood • novel • Delacorte, 1982
citations:
• 2012: The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, Neil Barron
“The Malaysian Mer” • Neptune Rising
anthologies:
• The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Garyn G. Roberts, Prentice-Hall 2001
• The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 9, ed. Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1983
“The Fisherman's Wife” • Neptune Rising
anthologies:
• Mermaids!, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1986
“Boris Chernevsky's Hands” • Hecate's Cauldron
anthologies:
• Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2012

1981
“The River Maid” • F&SF Jan 1981
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 8, ed. Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1982
“The Corridors of the Sea” • F&SF Sep 1981
anthologies:
• Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep by Paula Guran, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2015

1980
“The Sleep of Trees” • F&SF Sep 1980
anthologies:
• Modern Classics of Fantasy, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 1997
• Bestiary!, ed. Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois, Ace 1985
• The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 7, ed. Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1981

1979
“Angelica” • F&SF Dec 1979
anthologies:
• Angels!, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1995

1978
“Johanna” • Shape Shifters
anthologies:
• The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories, ed. Tom Shippey, Oxford University Press 1994
“Brother Hart” • F&SF Nov 1978
anthologies:
• The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 23rd Series, ed. Edward L. Ferman, Doubleday 1980

1977
“The White Seal Maid” • Parabola 1977
anthologies:
• Mermaids!, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1986
“The Hundredth Dove” • F&SF Apr 1977
anthologies:
• The Very Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Volume 2, ed. Gordon Van Gelder, Tachyon Publications 2014

1976
“The Lady and the Merman” • F&SF Sep 1976
anthologies:
• Mermaids!, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1986



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