Comments: When an award has a category for adult fiction and another for young adult or children's fiction, there is a recurring question of exactly where do the borders between these two categories lie. In 1999, Stardust by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess won in the Best Adult Literature category. To a certain extent I can see why the Mythopoeic Society saw fit to classify Stardust as a work of adult fiction, but if someone had asked me whether the book was a work of adult fiction or a piece aimed at younger readers before I had seen this list, I would have replied that it was a young adult book without any hesitation. This, to me, simply reinforces the fact that the borders between categories of fiction are blurry, indistinct, and mostly idiosyncratic preferences of the observer.
Best Adult Fantasy Literature
Stardust by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess
Other Nominees:
The High House by James Stoddard
The History of Our World Beyond the Wave by R.E. KleinSomeplace to Be Flying by Charles de Lint
Song for the Basilisk by Patricia A. McKillip
Best Children's Fantasy Literature
Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
Other Nominees:
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (aka Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) by J.K. Rowling
Heavenward Path by Kara DalkeyThe Squire's Tale by Gerald Morris
Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies
C.S. Lewis: A Companion and Guide by Walter Hooper
Other Nominees:
C.S. Lewis: Writer, Dreamer & Mentor by Lionel Adey
Christian Mythmakers by Rolland Hein
Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
Myth and Fantasy Studies
A Century of Welsh Myth in Children's Literature by Donna R. White
Other Nominees:
Dreams and Wishes: Essays on Writing for Children by Susan Cooper
No Go the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling, and Making Mock by Marina WarnerOz and Beyond: The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum by Michael O. Riley
Go to previous year's nominees: 1998
Go to subsequent year's nominees: 2000
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