The Mythopoeic Awards for literature and literary studies are given annually for outstanding works in the fields of myth, fantasy, and the scholarly study of these areas.
Established by the Mythopoeic Society in 1971, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award is given for "fiction in the spirit of the Inklings", and the Scholarship Award for non-fiction work. From 1971 to 1991, there was one award per category, annual but not always awarded before 1981. Dual awards in each category were established in 1992: Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards for Adult Literature and Children's Literature; Scholarship Awards in Inklings Studies, and Myth and Fantasy Studies. it was renamed the Alexei Kondratiev Award several months after its creation. In 2024, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Young Adult Literature was established.
The 2023 winners were announced virtually at the Mythopoeic Society's Online Midsummer Seminar 2023.
Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards
In the following tables, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the novel was first published. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature". Entries with a blue background and an asterisk (*) next to the writer's name have won the award; those with a white background are the other nominees on the shortlist.
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Fantasy (1971–1991)
1970s
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Scholarly works have three years to win the award once and may be on the final ballot three times.
Inklings Studies
Winners are listed below.
External links
- Mythopoeic Awards Mythopoeic Society webpage about the Mythopoeic Awards
- Mythopoeic Awards top page in the Science Fiction Awards Database