THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARDS NOMINEES

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

Nominees for the 2023 Shirley Jackson Awards (announced June 2024). The 2023 Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented in-person on Saturday, July 13 at 8pm at Readercon 33, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Quincy, Massachusetts.

NOVEL

Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt (Nightfire)

The Daughters of Block Island by Christa Carmen (Thomas & Mercer)

Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga Press/Simon and Schuster-US/Titan Books-UK)

Every Version Ends in Death by Aliya Chaudhry (Haunt Publishing)

The Militia House by John Milas (Henry Holt & Company)

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due (Saga Press/Simon and Schuster-US/Titan Books-UK)

 

NOVELLA

Broken Paradise by Eugen Bacon (Luna Press Publishing)

Getting by in Tligolian by Roppotucha Greenberg (Arachne Press)

Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris (Stelliform Press)

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (Nightfire-US/Titan Books-UK)

Sleep Alone by J.A.W. McCarthy (Off Limits Press LLC)

To the Woman in the Pink Hat by LaToya Jordan (Aqueduct Press)

 

NOVELETTE

The Lover by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Amazon Original Stories)

People Like Them by Minka Kent (Amazon Original Stories)

The Pram by Joe Hill (Amazon Original Stories)

“Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge” by Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny Magazine)

“The Swan” by Lynn C. Pitts (Infinite Constellations)

“Vampire Fiction” by Michael Wehunt (The Inconsolables)

“What’s He Building in There” by Cat Powell (Fairy Tale Review:  The Rainbow Issue)

 

SHORT FICTION

“The Dizzy Room” by Kristina Ten (Adamant Press / Nightmare Magazine)

“The First Mrs. Edward Rochester Would Like a Word” by Laura Blackwell (Aseptic and Faintly Sadistic)

“Invasion of the Baby Snatchers” by Lesley Nneka Arimah (Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror)

Kazti Girls by Sciascia DeKay (The Fabulist)

“Something is Rotten” by Jo Kaplan (Shakespeare Unleashed)

 

SINGLE-AUTHOR COLLECTION

Drinking from Graveyard Wells: Stories by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu (University Press of Kentucky)

Her Body Among Animals by Paola Ferrante (Book*hug Press)

Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic by Tobi Ogundiran (Undertow Publications)

They Will Dream in the Garden by Gabriela Damián Miravete, translated by Adrian Demopulos (Rosarium Publishing)

White Trash & Recycled Nightmares by Rebecca Rowland (Dead Sky Publishing)

EDITED ANTHOLOGY

Aseptic and Faintly Sadistic, edited by Jolie Toomajan (Cosmic Horror Monthly)

Mooncalves, edited by John WM Thompson (NO Press)

Never Whistle at Night:  An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Vintage Books)

Out There Screaming:  An Anthology of New Black Horror, edited by Jordan Peele & John Joseph Adams (Random House)

Shakespeare Unleashed, edited by James Aquilone (Monstrous Books)

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Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) wrote such classic novels as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, as well as one of the most famous short stories in the English language, “The Lottery.” Her work continues to be a major influence on writers of every kind of fiction, from the most traditional genre offerings to the most innovative literary work.

THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARDS NOMINEES

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

Nominees for the 2022 Shirley Jackson Awards

NOVEL

Beulah by Christi Nogle (Cemetery Gates Media)

The Dead Friends Society by Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall (Encyclopocalypse Publications)

The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland Books)

Jackal by Erin E. Adams (Bantam)

Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai (Jaded Ibis Press)

Where I End by Sophie White (Tramp Press)

NOVELLA

The Bone Lantern by Angela Slatter (PS Publishing)

Bound Feet by Kelsea Yu (Cemetery Gates Media)

Catastrophe by Deirdre Danklin (Texas Review Press)

Lure by Tim McGregor (Tenebrous Press)

Pomegranates by Priya Sharma (PS Publishing)

The Wehrwolf by Alma Katsu (Amazon Original Stories)

NOVELETTE

Azeman or, the Testament of Quincey Morris by Lisa Moore (Black Shuck Books)

“Challawa” by Usman T. Malik (Dark Stars:  New Tales of Darkest Horror)

“Sweetbaby” by Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld, October 2022)

“This Place is Best Shunned” by David Erik Nelson (Tor.com)

What the Dead Know by Nghi Vo (Amazon Original Stories)

 SHORT FICTION

“Brother Maternitas” by Viktor Athelstan (Your Body is Not Your Body)

“The Church of Divine Electricity” by Emily Mitchell (The Southern Review)

“Dick Pig” by Ian Muneshwar (Nightmare Magazine, Issue 112)

“Halogen Sky” by Wendy N. Wagner (VASTARIEN:  A Literary Journal, vol. 5, issue 1)

“Pre-Simulation Consultation XF007867” by Kim Fu (Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century)

 SINGLE-AUTHOR COLLECTION

And At My Back I Always Hear by Scott Nicolay (Word Horde)

Breakable Things by Cassandra Khaw (Undertow Publications)

Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted by RJ Joseph (The Seventh Terrace)

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu (Tin House)

Splendid Anatomies by Allison Wyss (Veliz Books)

We Are Here to Hurt Each Other by Paula D. Ashe (Nictitating Books)

EDITED ANTHOLOGY

Chiral Mad 5, edited by Michael Bailey (Written Backwards)

The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors, edited by Doug Murano (Bad Hand Books)

Other Terrors, edited by Vince A. Liaguno and Rena Mason (William Morrow)

Screams From the Dark:  29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous, edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor Nightfire)

Your Body is Not Your Body, edited by Alex Woodroe and Matt Blairstone (Tenebrous Press)

2022 SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARDS CEREMONY

The 2022 Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented in-person on Saturday, July 15 at 8pm at Readercon 32, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Quincy, Massachusetts. 

SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARDS NOMINEES

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

The nominees for the 2021 Shirley Jackson Awards are:

NOVEL

All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter (Titan Books)

Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer (MCD)

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga Press)

No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull (Blackstone Publishing)

Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (Nightfire)

NOVELLA

Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente (Tordotcom)

Dirty Heads: A novella of cosmic coming-of-age horror by Aaron Dries (Black T-Shirt Books)

Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn (Tordotcom)

A Rose / Arose by Michael Bailey (Written Backwards)

The Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate, translated by David Bowles (Innsmouth Free Press)

NOVELETTE

House of Crows by Lisa Unger (Amazon Original Stories)

“The Nag Bride” by A.C. Wise (The Ghost Sequences, Undertow Publications)

The Night Belongs to Us by Jess Landry (Independent Legions Publishing)

“We, the Girls Who Did Not Make It” by E. A. Petricone (Nightmare Magazine, February 2021)

The Women by Margaret Jameson (F(r)iction)

SHORT FICTION

“Dizzy in the Weeds” by L.D. Lewis (Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness)

“Forward, Victoria” by Carlie St. George (The Dark Magazine, April 2021)

“Gordon B. White is Creating Haunting Weird Horror” by Gordon B. White (Nightmare Magazine, July 2021)

“Human Reason” by Nicasio Andres Reed (Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness)

“You’ll Understand When You’re a Mom Someday” by Isabel J. Kim (khōréō magazine, August 2021)

 SINGLE-AUTHOR COLLECTION

Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons: Stories by Keith Rosson (Meerkat Press)

People from My Neighborhood by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Ted Goossen (Soft Skull Press)

Sometimes We’re Cruel by J.A.W. McCarthy (Cemetery Gates Media)

We are Happy, We are Doomed by Kurt Fawver (Grimscribe Press)

Where All is Night, and Starless by John Linwood Grant (Trepidatio Publishing)

EDITED ANTHOLOGY

Giving The Devil His Due: A Charity Anthology, edited by Rebecca Brewer (Running Wild Press)

Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World, edited by Eric J. Guignard (Dark Moon Books)

Stitched Lips: An Anthology of Horror from Silenced Voices, edited by Ken MacGregor (Dragon’s Roost Press)

There Is No Death, There Are No Dead, edited by Jess Landry & Aaron J. French (Crystal Lake Publishing)

Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness, edited by dave ring (Neon Hemlock)

SPECIAL AWARD

The Shirley Jackson Awards, Inc., also is committed to promoting the legacy of Shirley Jackson and, as part of this mission, will present a Special Award to Ms. Datlow in recognition of the anthology When Things Get Dark: Stories inspired by Shirley Jackson (Titan Books, 2021).

Ms. Datlow was a nominee for the Shirley Jackson Award for Edited Anthology for the years 2011, 2013 (with Terri Windling), 2015, 2017, and 2019, and won the award in this category for the years 2007, 2009, and 2014.

2021 SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARDS CEREMONY

The 2021 Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented in-person on October 29, 2022, as part of the Boston Book Festival, in partnership with Readercon, Conference on Imaginative Literature. The awards ceremony will be hosted by Elizabeth Hand and Paul Tremblay. 

SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARDS NOMINEES

The Shirley Jackson Awards  are given"in recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, The Shirley Jackson Awards, Inc. has been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantasy." The following are the nominees. The final awards will be given sometime in the future. 

SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARDS NOMINEES

NOVEL

The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter (Two Dollar Radio)

Curious Toys by Elizabeth Hand (Little, Brown and Co)

Goodnight Stranger by Miciah Bay Gault (Park Row Books)

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Gollancz-UK/Flatiron Books-US)

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (Ecco)

Tinfoil Butterfly by Rachel Eve Moulton (MCD x FSG Originals)

NOVELLA

Into Bones Like Oil by Kaaron Warren (Meerkat Press)

Late Returns by Joe Hill (Full Throttle)

The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht (Tor.com)

Ormeshadow by Priya Sharma (Tor.com)

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (Gallery/Saga Press)

NOVELETTE

Black Bequeathments by Simon Strantzas (Dim Shores)

The Couvade by Joanna Koch (Demain Publishing)

“Deeper, Darker Things” by Steve Dillon (Deeper, Darker Things and Other Oddities)

Luminous Body by Brooke Warra (Dim Shores)

Pwdre Ser by Kurt Fawver (Dim Shores)

“Taproot” by M. R. Carey (Ten-Word Tragedies)

SHORT FICTION

“How to Become a Witch-Queen” by Theodora Goss (Hex Life: Wicked New Tales of Witchery)

“Kali_Na” by Indrapramit Das (The Mythic Dream)

“The Truth About Josh Enloe” by Nick Straatmann (Parhelion)

“The Well” by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell (issue 55.1 of The Southern Review)

“Whistle, My Lad, and I Will Come” by Gina Ochsner (The Pink Issue of Fairy Tale Review)

SINGLE-AUTHOR COLLECTION

Collision: Stories by J. S. Breukelaar (Meerkat Press, LLC)

Every Human Love: Stories by Joanna Pearson (Acre Books)

Homesick by Nino Cipri (Dzanc Books)

Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell (Riverhead Books)

Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson (Coffee House Press)

Wounds by Nathan Ballingrud (Saga Press)

EDITED ANTHOLOGY

Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, edited by Ellen Datlow (Saga Press)

The Mythic Dream, edited by Navah Wolfe and Dominik Parisien (Saga Press)

The Twisted Book of Shadows, edited by Christopher Golden & James A. Moore (Twisted Publishing)

The Unquiet Dreamer: A Tribute to Harlan Ellison, edited by Preston Grassmann (PS Publishing)

Wonderland: An Anthology of Works Inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane (Titan Books)

HT: The Rap Sheet

THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARDS

Shirley Jackson Awards "in recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, The Shirley Jackson Awards, Inc. has been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantasy."

NOVEL

• Everything Under, Daisy Johnson (Jonathan Cape)
• In the Night Wood, Dale Bailey (John Joseph Adams Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
• Little Eve, Catriona Ward (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group)
• Social Creature, Tara Isabella Burton (Double Day/Raven Books)
• We Sold Our Souls, Grady Hendrix (Quirk Books)

NOVELLA

• Judderman, DA Northwood (Gary Budden) (Dead Ink Books/Cinder House Publishing)
• The Atrocities, Jeremy C. Shipp (Tor.com)
• The Only Harmless Great Thing, Brooke Bolander (Tor.com)
• The Sea Dreams It Is the Sky, John Hornor Jacobs (HarperCollins Publishers)
• The Taiga Syndrome, Cristina Rivera Garza (Dorothy, a Publishing Project)

NOVELETTE

• “Adriftica,” Maria Dahvana Headley (Robots vs. Fairies)
• “Blood and Smoke, Vinegar and Ashes,” D.P. Watt (The Silent Garden)
• Ghostographs: An Album, Maria Romasco Moore (Rose Metal Press)
• “Help the Witch,” Tom Cox (Help the Witch)
• “The Black Sea,” Chris Mason (Beneath the Waves – Tales from the Deep, April 2018)

SHORT FICTION

• “Back Seat,” Bracken MacLeod (Lost Highways)
• “Hell,” David Hansen (The Charcoal Issue of Fairy Tale Review, March 2018)
• “How to be a Horror Writer,” Tim Waggoner (Vastarien: A Literary Journal vol 1., issue 2 – Summer / Grimscribe Press)
• “The Astronaut,” Christina Wood Martinez (Granta 142: Animalia)
• “The Woman Dies,” Aoko Matsuda, translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton (online edition of Granta 144: genericlovestory)

SINGLE-AUTHOR COLLECTION

• All the Fabulous Beasts, Priya Sharma (Undertow Publications)
• Drawn up from Deep Places, Gemma Files (Trepidatio Publishing)
• Garden of Eldritch Delights, Lucy A. Snyder (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
• Quartier Perdu, Sean O’Brien (Comma Press)
• The Human Alchemy, Michael Griffin (Word Horde)

EDITED ANTHOLOGY

• Chiral Mad 4: An Anthology of Collaborations, edited by Michael Bailey and Lucy A. Snyder (Written Backwards)
• Robots vs. Fairies, edited by Navah Wolfe and Dominik Parisien (Saga Press)
• The Silent Garden: A Journal of Esoteric Fabulism, edited by The Silent Garden Collective (Undertow Publications)
• This Dreaming Isle, edited by Dan Coxon (Unsung Stories)
• Tiny Crimes: Very Short Tales of Mystery and Murder, edited by Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nieto (Black Balloon)

HT: The Rap Sheet

Shirley Jackson Awards

Shirley Jackson Awards, "in recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, The Shirley Jackson Awards, Inc. has been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic."
 
Best Novel:
Experimental Film, by Gemma Files (ChiZine Publications)

Also nominated: Eileen, by Ottessa Moshfegh (Penguin Press); The Glittering World, by Robert Levy (Gallery); Lord Byron’s Prophecy, by Sean Eads (Lethe Press); and When We Were Animals, by Joshua Gaylord (Mulholland)

Best Novella:
Wylding Hall, by Elizabeth Hand (PS Publishing/Open Road)

Also nominated: The Box Jumper, by Lisa Mannetti (Smart Rhino); In the Lovecraft Museum, by Steve Tem (PS Publishing); Unusual Concentrations, by S.J. Spurrier (Simon Spurrier); and The Visible Filth, by Nathan Ballingrud (This Is Horror)

Best Novelette:

“Even Clean Hands Can Do Damage,” Steve Duffy (Supernatural Tales #30, Autumn)

Also nominated: “The Briskwater Mare,” Deborah Kalin (Cherry Crow Children, Twelfth Planet Press); “The Deepwater Bride,” Tamsyn Muir (Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July-August 2015); “Fabulous Beasts,” Priya Sharma (Tor.com, July 2015); “The Thyme Fiend,” Jeffrey Ford (Tor.com, March 2015)

Best Short Fiction:

“The Dying Season,” Lynda E. Rucker (Aickman’s Heirs)

Also nominated: “A Beautiful Memory,” Shannon Peavey (Apex Magazine), “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers,” Alyssa Wong (Nightmare), “Seven Minutes in Heaven,” Nadia Bulkin (Aickman’s Heirs), “Wilderness,” Letitia Trent (Exigencies)

Best Single-Author Collection

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Stephen King (Scribner)

Also nominated: The End of the End of Everything, Dale Bailey (Arche Press), Get in Trouble, Kelly Link (Random House), Gutshot, Amelia Gray (FSG Originals), The Nameless Dark – A Collection, T.E. Grau (Lethe Press), You Have Never Been Here, Mary Rickert (Small Beer Press)

Best Edited AnthologyEDITED ANTHOLOGY

Aickman’s Heirs, edited by Simon Strantzas (Undertow Publications)

Also nominated:  Black Wings IV, edited by S.T. Joshi (PS Publishing), The Doll Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor), Exigencies, edited by Richard Thomas (Dark House Press), Seize the Night, edited by Christopher Golden (Gallery)

Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) wrote such classic novels as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, as well as one of the most famous short stories in the English language, “The Lottery.” Her work continues to be a major influence on writers of every kind of fiction, from the most traditional genre offerings to the most innovative literary work.

HT: The Rap Sheet

Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees

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

The Shirley Jackson Awards are voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics.  The awards are given for the best work published in the preceding calendar year in the following categories:  Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Single-Author Collection, and Edited Anthology.

The nominees for the 2015 Shirley Jackson Awards are:

NOVEL
Eileen, Ottessa Moshfegh (Penguin Press)
Experimental Film, Gemma Files (ChiZine Publications)
The Glittering World, Robert Levy (Gallery)
Lord Byron’s Prophecy, Sean Eads (Lethe Press)
When We Were Animals, Joshua Gaylord (Mulholland Books)

NOVELLA
The Box Jumper, Lisa Mannetti (Smart Rhino)
In the Lovecraft Museum, Steve Tem (PS Publishing)
Unusual Concentrations, S.J. Spurrier (Simon Spurrier)
The Visible Filth, Nathan Ballingrud (This Is Horror)
Wylding Hall, Elizabeth Hand (PS Publishing-UK/Open Road Media-US)

NOVELETTE
“The Briskwater Mare,” Deborah Kalin (Cherry Crow Children, Twelfth Planet Press)
“The Deepwater Bride,” Tamsyn Muir (Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July-August 2015)
“Even Clean Hands Can Do Damage,” Steve Duffy (Supernatural Tales #30, Autumn)
“Fabulous Beasts,” Priya Sharma (Tor.com, July 2015)
“The Thyme Fiend,” Jeffrey Ford (Tor.com, March 2015)

SHORT FICTION
“A Beautiful Memory,” Shannon Peavey (Apex Magazine)
“Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers,” Alyssa Wong (Nightmare)
“Seven Minutes in Heaven,” Nadia Bulkin (Aickman’s Heirs)
“The Dying Season,” Lynda E. Rucker (Aickman’s Heirs)
“Wilderness,” Letitia Trent (Exigencies)

SINGLE-AUTHOR COLLECTION
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Stephen King (Scribner)
The End of the End of Everything, Dale Bailey (Arche Press)
Get in Trouble, Kelly Link (Random House)
Gutshot, Amelia Gray (FSG Originals)
The Nameless Dark – A Collection, T.E. Grau (Lethe Press)
You Have Never Been Here, Mary Rickert (Small Beer Press)

EDITED ANTHOLOGY
Aickman’s Heirs, edited by Simon Strantzas (Undertow Publications)
Black Wings IV, edited by S.T. Joshi (PS Publishing)
The Doll Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor)
Exigencies, edited by Richard Thomas (Dark House Press)
Seize the Night, edited by Christopher Golden (Gallery)

Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) wrote such classic novels as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, as well as one of the most famous short stories in the English language, “The Lottery.”  Her work continues to be a major influence on writers of every kind of fiction, from the most traditional genre offerings to the most innovative literary work.

The 2015 Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented on Sunday, July 10, 2016, at Readercon 27, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Quincy, Massachusetts.