Shirley Jackson Award2010

Given by Readercon Conference on Imaginative Literature

30 Works 12,539 Books 801 Reviews ½ 3.8
In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, the Shirley Jackson Awards have been established for outstanding achievement in the show more literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.

The finalists have their own award page. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (89), Nominee (439)
Categories:
All, Anthology (87), Collection (93), Novel (96), Novelette (50), Novella (82), Short Story (31)
Years:
All, 2023 (26), 2022 (24), 2021 (21), 2020 (27), 2019 (26), 2018 (22), 2017 (21), 2016 (23), 2015 (25), 2014 (27), 2013 (27), 2012 (21), 2011 (28), 2010 (30), 2009 (31), 2008 (31), 2007 (29)
Announced:
July 2024: Winner2023 Recent

Winner 6

WorkCategoryYear
Stories: All-New Tales by Neil GaimanAnthology2010
Occultation and Other Stories by Laird BarronCollection2010
Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson BennettNovel2010
The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil GaimanNovelette2010
Mysterium Tremendum (novella) by Laird BarronNovella2010
The Things [short fiction] by Peter WattsShort Story2010

Nominee 30

WorkCategoryYear
Stories: All-New Tales by Neil GaimanAnthology2010
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales by Kate BernheimerAnthology2010
Haunted Legends by Ellen DatlowAnthology2010
Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery by Jonathan StrahanAnthology2010
Occultation and Other Stories by Laird BarronCollection2010
What Will Come After by Scott EdelmanCollection2010
What I Didn't See: Stories by Karen Joy FowlerCollection2010
The Ones That Got Away by Stephen Graham JonesCollection2010
The Third Bear by Jeff VanderMeerCollection2010
Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson BennettNovel2010
The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden BellNovel2010
Feed by Mira GrantNovel2010
The Silent Land by Graham JoyceNovel2010
Dark Matter by Michelle PaverNovel2010
A Dark Matter by Peter StraubNovel2010
The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil GaimanNovelette2010
--30-- by Laird BarronNovelette2010
The Broadsword by Laird BarronNovelette2010
The Redfield Girls by Laird BarronNovelette2010
Mysterium Tremendum (novella) by Laird BarronNovella2010
The Broken Man by Michael ByersNovella2010
One Bloody Thing After Another by Joey ComeauNovella2010
Subtle Bodies: A Fantasia on Voice, History and Rene Crevel by Peter DubeNovella2010
Chasing the Dragon by Nicholas KaufmannNovella2010
The Thief of Broken Toys by Tim LebbonNovella2010
The Things [short fiction] by Peter WattsShort Story2010
Six Six Six by Laird BarronShort Story2010
Booth's Ghost [short story] by Karen Joy FowlerShort Story2010
The Foxes by Lily HoangShort Story2010
As Red As Red by Caitlin R. KiernanShort Story2010

Descriptions

In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, the Shirley Jackson Awards have been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.

The finalists have their own award page. (English, Member-written)
In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, the Shirley Jackson Awards have been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.



The award winners have their own award page. (English, Member-written)

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