Jane Yolen
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 4
Major Awards: 4
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 10
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 62
Times Served as Judge: 1
— Career and Special Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
2009:
— life achievement — winner
Rhysling Awards — for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
2010:
— grand master poet — winner
Skylark Award — for contribution to SF in the spirit of E.E. "Doc" Smith; presented by NESFA
1990:
— winner
— Major Awards —
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(6 nominations; 2 wins)
1999:
“Lost Girls” (Realms of Fantasy Feb 1998)
— novelette — winner
1998:
“Sister Emily's Lightship” (Starlight 1)
— short story — winner
1993:
Briar Rose (Tor)
— novel — nomination
1991:
White Jenna (Tor)
— novel — nomination
1990:
Sister Light, Sister Dark (Tor)
— novel — nomination
1989:
The Devil's Arithmetic (Viking Kestrel)
— novella — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(8 nominations; 3 wins)
2018:
The Emerald Circus (Tachyon)
— collection — winner
1993:
Briar Rose (Tor)
— novel — nomination
1989:
The Devil's Arithmetic (Viking Kestrel)
— novella — nomination
1987:
Merlin's Booke (Ace; SteelDragon)
— collection/anthology — nomination
1987:
for Favorite Folktales from Around the World
— special award, professional — winner
1986:
Dragonfield and Other Stories (Ace)
— collection/anthology — nomination
1984:
Tales of Wonder (Schocken)
— collection/anthology — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(19 nominations; 1 win)
2021:
The Midnight Circus (Tachyon)
— collection — 4th place
2019:
Mapping the Bones (Philomel)
— young adult book — 3rd place
2019:
How to Fracture a Fairy Tale (Tachyon)
— collection — 5th place
2006:
Pay the Piper (by JY & Adam Stemple) (Starscape)
— young adult book — winner
2006:
“A Knot of Toads” (Nova Scotia: New Scottish Speculative Fiction)
— novelette — 5th place
2001:
“Snow in Summer” (Black Heart, Ivory Bones)
— short story — 29th place
2001:
“Under the Hill” (Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories)
— short story — 21st place
2001:
Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories (Tor)
— collection — 8th place
1999:
The One-Armed Queen (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 13th place
1999:
“Lost Girls” (Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast; Realms of Fantasy Feb 1998)
— novelette — 11th place
1996:
Xanadu 3 (Tor)
— anthology — 16th place
1995:
Xanadu 2 (Tor)
— anthology — 7th place
1993:
Briar Rose (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 3rd place
1990:
White Jenna (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 7th place
1989:
Sister Light, Sister Dark (Tor)
— fantasy novel — 15th place (tie)
1989:
“The Quiet Monk” (Asimov's Mar 1988)
— short story — 12th place
1987:
Merlin's Booke (Ace)
— collection — 17th place
1986:
Dragonfield and Other Stories (Ace)
— collection — 17th place
1985:
Cards of Grief (Ace)
— fantasy novel — 16th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(13 nominations; 4 wins)
2023:
“The Curious Machine” (Asimov's Sep/Oct 2022)
— poem — 2nd place
2023:
“Planting Another Brazil” (Asimov's Nov/Dec 2022)
— poem — 3rd place
2022:
“Mars Rover, Curiosity” (Asimov's Jan/Feb 2021)
— poem — winner
2021:
“Ode to Cassini” (Asimov's May/Jun 2020)
— poem — winner
2021:
“Relic” (Asimov's Mar/Apr 2020)
— poem — 4th place (tie)
2020:
“A Street Away” (Asimov's Jan/Feb 2019)
— poem — winner
2018:
“Challenger: A Sedoka” (Asimov's Jul/Aug 2017)
— poem — 5th place
2013:
“Objectifying Faerie” (Asimov's)
— poem — 4th place
2011:
“Foxwife” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2010)
— poem — 3rd place
1992:
“Angels Fly Because They Take Themselves Lightly” (Asimov's Dec 1991)
— poem — winner
1991:
“Tintagel Morning: Song” (Asimov's Apr 1990)
— poem — 3rd place (tie)
1990:
“Toads” (Asimov's Jun 1989)
— poem — 3rd place (tie)
1988:
“Science Fiction” (Asimov's Jul 1987)
— poem — 4th place
Dwarf Stars Award — for short poems of 1-10 lines, voted by members of SF Poetry Association
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2015:
“Princess: A Life” (Mythic Delirium Apr/Jun 2014)
— second place
2009:
“Goodbye Billy Goat Gruff” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2008)
— third place
2007:
“Last Unicorn” (Asimov's Jun 2006)
— winner
2007:
“Troll Under Bridge” (Asimov's Jun 2006)
— second place
Elgin Awards — for poetry chapbooks and books, presented by the SF Poetry Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2023:
The Last Robot and Other Science Fiction Poems (Shorelines of Infinity)
— chapbook — winner
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(7 nominations; 3 wins)
2001:
Boots and the Seven Leaguers (Harcourt)
— children's literature — nomination
1998:
“Young Merlin”: Passager; Hobby; Merlin (Harcourt Brace 1996, 1996, 1997)
— children's literature — winner
1995:
Good Griselle (Harcourt Brace)
— children's fantasy — nomination
1993:
Briar Rose (Tor)
— adult fantasy — winner
1991:
The Books of Great Alta (Tor)
— fantasy — nomination
1987:
Merlin's Booke (Ace)
— fantasy — nomination
1985:
Cards of Grief
— fantasy — winner
Rhysling Awards — for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
1993:
“Will” (The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Spring 1992)
— short poem — winner
— As Judge —
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