Shirley Jackson Award2022

Given by Readercon Conference on Imaginative Literature

24 Works 1,779 Books 58 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
The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors by Doug MuranoAnthology2022
We Are Here To Hurt Each Other by Paula AsheCollection2022
The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino IglesiasNovel2022
Where I End by Sophie WhiteNovel2022
What the Dead Know by Nghi VoNovelette2022
The Bone Lantern by Angela SlatterNovella2022

Nominee 24

WorkCategoryYear
The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors by Doug MuranoAnthology2022
Chiral Mad 5 by Michael BaileyAnthology2022
Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous by Ellen DatlowAnthology2022
Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology by Vince A. LiagunoAnthology2022
Your Body is Not Your Body by Alex WoodroeAnthology2022
We Are Here To Hurt Each Other by Paula AsheCollection2022
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim FuCollection2022
Hell Hath No Sorrow like a Woman Haunted by RJ JosephCollection2022
Breakable Things by Cassandra KhawCollection2022
And at My Back I Always Hear by Scott NicolayCollection2022
Splendid Anatomies by Allison WyssCollection2022
The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino IglesiasNovel2022
Where I End by Sophie WhiteNovel2022
Jackal by Erin E. AdamsNovel2022
The Dead Friends Society by Paul GandersmanNovel2022
Beulah by Christi NogleNovel2022
Unwieldy Creatures by Addie TsaiNovel2022
What the Dead Know by Nghi VoNovelette2022
This Place Is Best Shunned by David Erik NelsonNovelette2022
The Bone Lantern by Angela SlatterNovella2022
The Wehrwolf: A Short Story by Alma KatsuNovella2022
Lure by Tim McGregorNovella2022
Pomegranates by Priya SharmaNovella2022
Bound Feet (My Dark Library) by Kelsea YuNovella2022

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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