Mythopoeic Awards
Mythopoeic Awards — 2026
Announcements:
Finalists (June 2, 2026) | Winners (July 26, 2026)
| Acceptance Remarks (July 26, 2026)
There was no Alexei award presented at Mythcon 54.
Fantasy Awards
Adult Literature
T. Kingfisher, Snake-Eater (47North 2025)
Young Adult Literature
K. Ancrum, The Corruption of Hollis Brown (HarperCollins 2025)
Children’s Literature
Aubrey Hartman, The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest (Little, Brown 2025)
Scholarship Awards
Inklings Studies
Michael D.C. Drout, The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Creation (Norton 2025)
Myth and Fantasy Studies
Adam Roberts, Fantasy: A Short History (Bloomsbury Academic 2025)
Alexei Kondratiev Award
The Alexei Kondratiev Award, named in honor of Alexei Kondratiev, long-time Society member and a scholar of wide-ranging interests in mythopoeic and related studies, is given to an outstanding paper presented at Mythcon by an undergraduate or graduate student.There was no Alexei award presented at Mythcon 54.