Comme chaque année, le prix décerné par la Mythopoeic Society est censé récompenser les romans célébrant dans l’esprit les œuvres de J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis et Charles Williams.
Les vainqueurs de cette nouvelle édition seront annoncés en août prochain, lors de la Mythcon 43, en Californie.
Deux catégories principales sont représentées, les romans adultes et les romans jeunesse.

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature:

• The Uncertain Places, Lisa Goldstein (Tachyon)
• The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern (Doubleday)
• The Heavenly Fox, Richard Parks (PS)
• Deathless, Catherynne M. Valente (Tor)
• Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature:

• Théâtre Illuminata series: Eyes Like Stars, Perchance to Dream, and So Silver Bright, Lisa Mantchev (Feiwel and Friends)
• Beka Cooper trilogy: Terrier, Bloodhound, and Mastiff, Tamora Pierce (Random House)
• The Freedom Maze, Delia Sherman (Big Mouth House)
• The Scorpio Races, Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic)
• The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Catherynne M. Valente (Feiwel and Friends)

Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies:

• Tolkien and the Study of His Sources: Critical Essays, Jason Fisher, ed. (McFarland, 2011)
• The Art of the Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull (HarperCollins, 2011)
• Tolkien and Wales: Language, Literature and Identity, Carl Phelpstead (University of Wales, 2011)
• C.S. Lewis on the Final Frontier: Science and the Supernatural in the Space Trilogy, Sanford Schwartz (Oxford University, 2009)
• The Power of Tolkien’s Prose: Middle-earth’s Magical Style, Steve Walker (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)

Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth and Fantasy Studies:

• Fairy Tales: A New History, Ruth B. Bottigheimer (SUNY, 2009)
• The Christian Goddess: Archetype and Theology in the Fantasies of George MacDonald, Bonnie Gaarden (Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2011)
• Cheek by Jowl, Ursula K. Le Guin (Aqueduct, 2009)
• The Fantastic Horizon: Essays and Reviews, Darrell Schweitzer (Borgo, 2009)
• The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films, Jack Zipes (Routledge, 2011)

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