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Shirley Jackson Awards 2018

The 2018 Shirley Jackson Awards went to Robots vs Fairies by Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe (Edited Anthology), Little Eve by Catriona Ward (Novel) and The Taiga Syndrome by Cristina Rivera Garza (Novella), with winners in 1 more category. 20 books were nominated across 4 categories.

Winners

Edited Anthology

  1. Robots vs Fairies by Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfesource (opens in a new tab)

Novel

  1. Little Eve by Catriona Wardsource (opens in a new tab)

Novella

  1. The Taiga Syndrome by Cristina Rivera Garzasource (opens in a new tab)

Single-Author Collection

  1. All the Fabulous Beasts by Priya Sharmasource (opens in a new tab)

Nominees

Edited Anthology

  1. Chiral Mad 4: An Anthology of Collaborations by Michael Bailey and Lucy A. Snydersource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Silent Garden: A Journal of Esoteric Fabulism by The Silent Garden Collectivesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. This Dreaming Isle by Dan Coxonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Tiny Crimes: Very Short Tales of Mystery and Murder by Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nietosource (opens in a new tab)

Novel

  1. Everything Under by Daisy Johnsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. In the Night Wood by Dale Baileysource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burtonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrixsource (opens in a new tab)

Novella

  1. Judderman by D. A. Northwoodsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Atrocities by Jeremy C. Shippsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolandersource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Sea Dreams It Is the Sky by John Hornor Jacobssource (opens in a new tab)

Single-Author Collection

  1. Drawn Up from Deep Places by Gemma Filessource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Garden of Eldritch Delights by Lucy A. Snydersource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Quartier Perdu by Sean O'Briensource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Human Alchemy by Michael Griffinsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Shirley Jackson Awards

Book categories only: Novel, Novella, Single-Author Collection and Edited Anthology (the 2007-2008 Collection and Anthology categories are filed under the later names). Year is the award year the body uses (the "2007 Shirley Jackson Awards" honor 2007 books and were presented in July 2008). Winners and nominees come from the award's own winners pages (2007-2022) and nominee announcements (2023-2025). Nominees are Finalist through 2016 and Nominee from 2017, matching the page wording. The 2017 and 2019 winners pages list winners only, so those years' nominees come from the Science Fiction Awards Database (sfadb.com). Novellas that were not published as standalone books (stories inside collections, anthologies, magazines, or online only on Tor.com) are excluded, so Novella counts can be lower than the page lists.

Organization: The Shirley Jackson Awards, Inc.. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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