Mythopoeic Society - News http://www.mythsoc.org/ The Mythopoeic Society is a non-profit organization promoting the study, discussion, and enjoyment of fantastic and mythic literature through books and periodicals, annual conferences, discussion groups, awards, and more. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:30:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Mythcon 39 (August 2008): Progress Report Available http://www.mythsoc.org/news/mythcon.39.progress/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:30:05 +0000 Mythopoeic Society We have released the progress report for Mythcon 39, to be held at Central Connecticut State University in August 2008. Download the progress report in PDF format. For more information about the conference, visit the Mythcon 39 page.

]]> Mythopoeic Awards: 2008 Finalists Announced http://www.mythsoc.org/news/awards.finalists.2008/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:30:45 +0000 Mythopoeic Society We have announced the finalists for our 2008 Mythopoeic Awards.

]]> The Mythopoeic Society has announced the finalists for the 2008 Mythopoeic Awards. Download the press release in PDF format. For more information about the awards, visit the Awards section of this site.

The winners of this year’s awards will be announced during Mythcon XXXIX, to be held from August 15-18, 2008, in New Britain, Connecticut.

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature

  • Theodora Goss, In the Forest of Forgetting (Prime Books)
  • Nalo Hopkinson, The New Moon’s Arms (Grand Central Publishing)
  • Guy Gavriel Kay, Ysabel (Roc)
  • Catherynne M. Valente, Orphan’s Tales, consisting of In the Night Garden (Spectra) and In the Cities of Coin and Spice (Spectra)
  • John C. Wright, Chronicles of Chaos, consisting of Orphans of Chaos (Tor); Fugitives of Chaos (Tor), and Titans of Chaos (Tor)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature

  • Holly Black, Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale (Simon & Schuster); Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie (Simon & Schuster); Ironside: A Modern Faery’s Tale (Margaret K. McElderry)
  • Derek Landy, Skulduggery Pleasant (HarperCollins)
  • J.K. Rowling, The Harry Potter series, consisting of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s [Sorcerer’s] Stone (Bloomsbury); Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Bloomsbury); Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Bloomsbury); Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Bloomsbury); Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Bloomsbury); Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Bloomsbury); and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Bloomsbury)
  • Nancy Springer, Dusssie (Walker Books for Young Readers)
  • Kate Thompson, The New Policeman (HarperTeen)

Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies

  • Marjorie Burns, Perilous Realms: Celtic and Norse in Tolkien’s Middle-earth (University of Toronto Press, 2005)
  • Verlyn Flieger, Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien’s Mythology (Kent State University Press, 2005)
  • Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall and Edmund Weiner, The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 2006)
  • Diana Pavlac Glyer; appendix by David Bratman, The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as Writers in Community (Kent State University Press, 2007)
  • John D. Rateliff, The History of the Hobbit, Part One, Mr Baggins; Part Two, Return to Bag-End (HarperCollins, 2007)

Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth and Fantasy Studies

  • Charles Butler, Four British Fantasists: Place and Culture in the Children’s Fantasies of Penelope Lively, Alan Garner, Diana Wynne Jones, and Susan Cooper (Children’s Literature Association & Scarecrow Press, 2006)
  • Heather O’Donoghue, From Asgard to Valhalla: The Remarkable History of the Norse Myths (I.B. Tauris, 2007)
  • T.A. Shippey, editor, The Shadow-Walkers: Jacob Grimm’s Mythology of the Monstrous (Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2005)
  • Richard Carl Tuerk, Oz in Perspective: The Magic and Myth of the L. Frank Baum Books (McFarland & Co., 2007)
  • Milly Williamson, The Lure of the Vampire: Gender, Fiction and Fandom from Bram Stoker to Buffy (Wallflower, 2006)
]]> Mythcon 39 (Aug 2008): Room & Board Rates Available http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon39room.html Wed, 28 May 2008 12:00:07 +0000 Mythopoeic Society We have made available the room and board rates for Mythcon 39, to be held at Central Connecticut State University in August 2008.

]]> We have made available the room and board rates for Mythcon 39, to be held at Central Connecticut State University in August 2008. Details »

]]> Mythlore 101/102 Available http://www.mythsoc.org/mythlore/101.102/ Mon, 12 May 2008 06:41:03 +0000 Mythopoeic Society Our latest issue of Mythlore, 101/102, has been published for Spring / Summer 2008. A supplement to the Index for Mythlore 1-100 from the Mythopoeic Press covering this issue is also now available for download.

]]> Our latest issue of Mythlore, 101/102, has been published for Spring / Summer 2008. A supplement to the Index for Mythlore 1-100 from the Mythopoeic Press covering this issue is also now available for download. Details »

]]> Index for Mythlore 1-100 Available http://www.mythsoc.org/press/mythlore.index.100/ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:00:12 +0000 Mythopoeic Society Mythlore reached a milestone in 2007 when it published its 100th issue. This index covers all articles and reviews published in issues 1-100.

]]> Mythlore reached a milestone in 2007 when it published its 100th issue. This index covers all articles and reviews published in issues 1-100. Articles are indexed by author, title, and subject, and reviews by author and author of item reviewed. The index is illustrated with classic black and white artwork from early issues by Tim Kirk and Sarah Beach. This essential reference in mythopoeic studies will be updated by addenda published on the Society’s web site after the publication of each Mythlore issue. Details »

]]> Mythopoeic Awards: Call for Nominations (Closed) http://www.mythsoc.org/news/awards.call.for.nominations.2008/ Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:55:16 +0000 Mythopoeic Society Individual members of the Mythopoeic Society are invited to nominate books for the 2008 Mythopoeic Awards, and/or to volunteer to serve on any of the committees. Deadline for committee volunteers and for nominations is February 18, 2008.

]]> Individual members of the Mythopoeic Society are invited to nominate books for the 2008 Mythopoeic Awards, and/or to volunteer to serve on any of the committees. Deadline for committee volunteers and for nominations is February 18, 2008; send nominations to the Mythopoeic Awards Administrator, contact information below (e-mail preferred).

  • You need not join a committee to make a nomination.
  • Limit of five nominations per category per person.
  • Authors or publishers may not nominate their own books.
  • Books published by the Mythopoeic Press are not eligible.

(The Mythopoeic Society does not accept or review unsolicited manuscripts.)

David Oberhelman
Mythopoeic Awards Administrator
306 Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater OK, 74078
E-mail: awards@mythsoc.org

Visit the Mythopoeic Awards page for more information.

]]> Mythlore 99/100 Available http://www.mythsoc.org/mythlore/99.100/ Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:00:05 +0000 Mythopoeic Society Our latest issue of Mythlore, 99/100, has been published for Fall / Winter 2007.

]]> Our latest issue of Mythlore, 99/100, has been published for Fall / Winter 2007. Details »

]]> Mythcon 39 (Aug 2008): Call for Papers http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon39papers.html Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:40 +0000 Mythopoeic Society We have issued a call for papers for Mythcon 39, to be held at Central Connecticut State University in August 2008.

]]> We have issued a call for papers for Mythcon 39, to be held at Central Connecticut State University in August 2008. Details »

]]> Mythopoeic Awards: 2007 Winners Announced http://www.mythsoc.org/news/awards.winners.2007/ Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:57:32 +0000 Mythopoeic Society We have announced the winners for our 2007 Mythopoeic Awards.

]]> The Mythopoeic Society has announced the winners for the 2007 Mythopoeic Awards. Download the press release in PDF format. For more information about the awards, visit the Awards section of this site.

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature

  • Patricia A. McKillip, Solstice Wood (Ace Books)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature

  • Catherine Fisher, Corbenic (Greenwillow)

Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies

  • Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (Houghton Mifflin, 2006)

Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth and Fantasy Studies

  • G. Ronald Murphy, S.J., Gemstone of Paradise: The Holy Grail in Wolfram’s Parzival (Oxford University Press, 2006)
]]> Mythcon 39 (Aug 2008) Location Announced: Connecticut http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon39.html Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:14 +0000 Mythopoeic Society Mythcon 39 will be held at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut in August 2008.

]]> Mythcon 39 will be held at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut in August 2008. Details »

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