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Shirley Jackson Awards 2009

The 2009 Shirley Jackson Awards went to Poe by Ellen Datlow (Edited Anthology), Big Machine by Victor LaValle (Novel) and Midnight Picnic by Nick Antosca (Novella), with winners in 1 more category. 22 books were finalists across 4 categories.

Winners

Edited Anthology

  1. Poe by Ellen Datlowsource (opens in a new tab)

Novel

  1. Big Machine by Victor LaVallesource (opens in a new tab)

Novella

  1. Midnight Picnic by Nick Antoscasource (opens in a new tab)

Single-Author Collection

  1. Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical by Robert Shearmansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Tunneling to the Center of the Earth by Kevin Wilsonsource (opens in a new tab)

Finalists

Edited Anthology

  1. Apparitions by Michael Kellysource (opens in a new tab)
  2. British Invasion by Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon and James A. Mooresource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Exotic Gothic 3 by Danel Olsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Lovecraft Unbound by Ellen Datlowsource (opens in a new tab)

Novel

  1. Last Days by Brian Evensonsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waterssource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Owl Killers by Karen Maitlandsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernansource (opens in a new tab)
  5. White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemisource (opens in a new tab)

Novella

  1. Shrike by Quentin S. Crispsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Language of Dying by Sarah Pinboroughsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Witnesses are Gone by Joel Lanesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Vardøger by Stephen Volksource (opens in a new tab)

Single-Author Collection

  1. Everland and Other Stories by Paul Witcoversource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Fugue State by Brian Evensonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales by Ludmilla Petrushevskayasource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Zoo by Otsuichisource (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.

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