Where and When:
Mythcon 43,
Berkeley, CA :
August 3, 2012
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August 6, 2012
Eligibility Year:
2011
Children's Literature
- Winner: The Freedom Maze, Delia Sherman (Big Mouth House)
- Beka Cooper trilogy: Terrier, Bloodhound, Mastiff, Tamora Pierce (Random House)
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Catherynne M. Valente (Feiwel and Friends)
- The Scorpio Races, Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic)
- Théâtre Illuminata series: Eyes Like Stars, Perchance to Dream, So Silver Bright, Lisa Mantchev (Feiwel and Friends)
Inklings Studies
- Winner: Tolkien and Wales: Language, Literature and Identity, Carl Phelpstead (University of Wales)
- The Art of the Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull (HarperCollins)
- C.S. Lewis on the Final Frontier: Science and the Supernatural in the Space Trilogy, Sanford Schwartz (Oxford University)
- The Power of Tolkien's Prose: Middle-earth's Magical Style, Steve Walker (Palgrave Macmillan)
- Tolkien and the Study of His Sources: Critical Essays, Jason Fisher (McFarland)
Myth And Fantasy Studies
- Winner: The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films, Jack Zipes (Routledge)
- Cheek by Jowl: Essays, Ursula K. Le Guin (Aqueduct)
- The Christian Goddess: Archetype and Theology in the Fantasies of George MacDonald, Bonnie Gaarden (Fairleigh Dickinson University)
- Fairy Tales: A New History, Ruth B. Bottigheimer (SUNY)
- The Fantastic Horizon: Essays and Reviews, Darrell Schweitzer (Borgo)