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Posted 2014-02-05 11:15 AM (#6358 - in reply to #6356)
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HRO - 2014-02-05 11:43 AM

My most difficult challenge is Short Fiction because (1) a lot of what I planned to read isn't in the database and (2) there isn't any easy way to find the short fiction that IS in the database (no subgenre tag, no lists, no awards. etc).


The PKD and the Mythopeotic feature short story collections some are more obvious than others unfortunately.


Most of the prizes have a short story collection category but only the novel categories are included in the prize listings on WWEnd. I think the PKD and the Mythopoeic are the only prizes that give an award to either a novel or a collection, without separating them out into categories.

For example, Angry Candy by Harlan Ellison won the World Fantasy Award and was nominated for the Bram Stoker and the Locus Award (all for the "best collection" category). Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne Valente won the Locus Award for Best Novella and Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Collection. None of that info is included in the listing for those books here on WWEnd.

Edited by HRO 2014-02-05 11:35 AM

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