Farah Mendlesohn
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 5
Other Awards: 5
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 36
Times Served as Judge: 9
— Career and Special Awards —
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
2014:
— Karl Edward Wagner Award for Special Achievement — winner
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(7 nominations; 1 win)
2020:
The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein (Unbound)
— related work — nomination
2013:
The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature (Edward James & FM, eds.) (Cambridge)
— related work — nomination
2010:
The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction (McFarland)
— related book — nomination
2010:
On Joanna Russ (Wesleyan)
— related book — nomination
2009:
Rhetorics of Fantasy (Wesleyan University Press)
— related book — nomination
2005:
The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (Edward James & FM, eds.) (Cambridge University Press)
— related book — winner
2001:
Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature (by Andrew M. Butler, Edward James & FM) (The Science Fiction Foundation)
— related book — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2017:
(by Michael Levy & FM) for Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction
— special award, professional — winner
2009:
for Rhetorics of Fantasy
— special award, professional — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2020:
The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein (Unbound)
— non-fiction — nomination
2013:
The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature (by Edward James & FM) (Cambridge University Press)
— non-fiction — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(7 nominations; 3 wins)
2024:
“The Female Man”
— nonfiction (long) — nomination
2020:
The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein (Unbound)
— nonfiction — winner
2013:
The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature (by Edward James & FM) (Cambridge University Press)
— nonfiction — nomination
2010:
A Short History of Fantasy (by FM & Edward James) (Middlesex University Press)
— nonfiction — nomination
2009:
Rhetorics of Fantasy (Wesleyan)
— nonfiction — winner
2007:
Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute (Old Earth Books)
— nonfiction — nomination
2004:
“Reading Science Fiction” (introduction) (The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction)
— nonfiction — winner
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(8 nominations)
2020:
The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein (Unbound)
— nonfiction — 3rd place
2013:
The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature (Edward James & FM, eds.) (Cambridge University Press)
— non-fiction — 4th place
2010:
The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction (McFarland)
— nonfiction/art book — 13th place
2009:
Rhetorics of Fantasy (Wesleyan University Press)
— nonfiction/art book — 3rd place
2006:
Diana Wynne Jones: Children's Literature and the Fantastic Tradition (Routledge)
— non-fiction — 11th place
2004:
The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (Edward James & FM, eds.) (Cambridge University Press)
— non-fiction/art — 7th place
2004:
The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod (Andrew M. Butler & FM, eds.) (Science Fiction Foundation)
— non-fiction/art — 13th place (tie)
2001:
Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature (Andrew M. Butler, Edward James & FM, eds.) (The Science Fiction Foundation)
— nonfiction — 9th place
— Other Awards —
IAFA Awards — for scholarship, grad student, and service, presented by IAFA
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2022:
— Distinguished Scholarship — winner
2022:
— Robert A. Collins Service Award — winner
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(5 nominations; 1 win)
2018:
Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction (by Michael Levy & FM) (Cambridge University Press)
— myth and fantasy studies — winner
2017:
Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction (by Michael Levy & FM) (Cambridge University Press)
— myth and fantasy studies — nomination
2011:
Rhetorics of Fantasy (Wesleyan University Press)
— myth and fantasy studies — nomination
2010:
Rhetorics of Fantasy (Wesleyan University Press)
— myth and fantasy studies — nomination
2009:
Rhetorics of Fantasy (Wesleyan University Press)
— myth and fantasy studies — nomination
SFRA Awards — for works and contributions to SF
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2016:
— Clareson Award — winner
2003:
for her review of Kim Stanley Robinson's The Years of Rice and Salt
— Mary Kay Bray Award — winner
— As Judge —
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