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Delia Sherman

science fiction awards database

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2023

Skylark Award 2024 — winner

2017

“My Own Invention”

anthologies:

• Mad Hatters and March Hares, ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor 2017

2016

The Evil Wizard Smallbone • novel • Candlewick Press

awards:

• Andre Norton Award 2017 — finalist

• Locus Awards 2017 — young adult book — 3rd place

• Mythopoeic Awards 2017 — children's literature — nomination

“The Great Detective”

anthologies:

• The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume Eleven, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2017

2014

Young Woman in a Garden • collection • Small Beer Press

awards:

• Locus Awards 2015 — collection — 6th place

2013

“Queen Victoria's Book of Spells”

anthologies:

• Queen Victoria's Book of Spells, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Tor 2013

2012

“The Witch in the Wood”

anthologies:

• Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Random House 2012

2011

The Freedom Maze • novel • Small Beer Press/Big Mouth House

awards:

• Andre Norton Award 2012 — winner

• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 2012 — honor list

• Locus Awards 2012 — young adult book — 6th place

• Mythopoeic Awards 2012 — children's literature — winner

• Prometheus Awards 2012 — novel — winner (tie)

“How the Pooka Came to New York City”

anthologies:

• New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City That Never Sleeps, ed. Paula Guran, Night Shade Books 2017

• Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy, ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's Griffin 2011

“Flying”

anthologies:

• Teeth: Vampire Tales, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Harper 2011

2010

“The Selkie Speaks”

anthologies:

• The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking 2010

2009

“Wizard's Apprentice” • short fiction • Troll's Eye View

awards:

• Locus Awards 2010 — short story — 24th place

anthologies:

• The Way of the Wizard, ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books 2010

• Troll's Eye View, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking 2009

“The Red Piano” • Poe

anthologies:

• Poe, ed. Ellen Datlow, Solaris 2009

As Judge — World Fantasy Awards 2009

2008

“Gift from a Spring” • Realms of Fantasy Apr 2008

anthologies:

• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2010

• Year's Best Fantasy 9, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Tor 2009

2007

Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing (DS & Theodora Goss, eds.) • anthology • Interstitial Arts Foundation

awards:

• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 2008 — honor list

“The Fiddler of Bayou Teche” • short fiction • The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2008 — novelette — nomination

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: Twenty-first Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, St. Martin’s 2008

• The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking 2007

2006

“Walpurgis Afternoon” • short fiction • F&SF Dec 2005

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2007 — novelette — nomination

“La Fée Verte” • Salon Fantastique

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 2007: Twentieth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, St. Martin’s 2007

• Salon Fantastique, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Thunder's Mouth Press 2006

2005

“Walpurgis Afternoon” • F&SF Dec 2005

anthologies:

• Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2012

• Year’s Best Fantasy 6, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Tachyon Publications 2006

• The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror 2006: Nineteenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, St. Martin’s Griffin 2006

2004

“Catnyp” • short fiction • The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm

awards:

• Locus Awards 2005 — novelette — 34th place

anthologies:

• The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking 2004

2002

The Fall of the Kings (by Ellen Kushner & DS) • novel • Bantam Spectra

awards:

• Locus Awards 2003 — fantasy novel — 9th place

• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2003 — novel — nomination

• Mythopoeic Awards 2003 — adult literature — nomination

“Grand Central Park” • The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest

anthologies:

• New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City That Never Sleeps, ed. Paula Guran, Night Shade Books 2017

• Magic City: Recent Spells, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2014

• The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking 2002

2000

“The Months of Manhattan” • 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

“The Crone” • Black Heart, Ivory Bones

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourteenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s Griffin 2001

• Black Heart, Ivory Bones, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Avon 2000

1999

“The Parwat Ruby” • short fiction • F&SF Jun 1999

awards:

• World Fantasy Awards 2000 — short fiction — nomination

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s Griffin 2000

“Carabosse” • Silver Birch, Blood Moon

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s Griffin 2000

• Silver Birch, Blood Moon, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Avon 1999

1998

“The Faerie Cony-Catcher” • Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s Griffin 1999

• Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, HarperPrism 1998

1997

The Horns of Elfland (Ellen Kushner, DS & Donald G. Keller, eds.) • anthology • Roc

awards:

• Locus Awards 1998 — anthology — 8th place

“The Fall of the Kings” (by Ellen Kushner & DS) • short fiction • Bending the Landscape: Fantasy

awards:

• World Fantasy Awards 1998 — novella — nomination

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1998

As Judge — James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1997

1996

“The Witch's Heart” • The Sandman: Book of Dreams

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Tenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s/Griffin 1997

1995

“The Printer's Daughter” • Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Ninth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1996

• Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova 1995

1994

“Young Woman in a Garden” • short fiction • Xanadu 2

awards:

• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1995 — short list

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1995

1993

The Porcelain Dove • novel • Dutton

awards:

• Locus Awards 1994 — fantasy novel — 12th place

• Mythopoeic Awards 1994 — adult fantasy — winner

citations:

• 2012: The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn

1990

“Nanny Peters and the Feathery Bride” • F&SF Feb 1990

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1991

1989

Through A Brazen Mirror • novel • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 1989 — first novel — 23rd place

• Lambda Award 2000 — sf/fantasy — nomination

“Miss Carstairs and the Merman” • short fiction • F&SF Jan 1989

awards:

• Locus Awards 1990 — novelette — 26th place

anthologies:

• Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep by Paula Guran, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2015

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1990

1988

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer 1989 — finalist

1987

“The Maid on the Shore” • F&SF Oct 1987

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1988

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