{"id":3482,"date":"2023-06-26T10:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/?p=3482"},"modified":"2023-06-25T10:34:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T14:34:56","slug":"my-novelette-this-place-is-best-shunned-has-been-nominated-for-a-shirley-jackson-award-read-it-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2023\/06\/my-novelette-this-place-is-best-shunned-has-been-nominated-for-a-shirley-jackson-award-read-it-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"My novelette “This Place is Best Shunned” has been nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award. Read it for free!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My story “This Place is Best Shunned<\/a>” (Tor.com<\/em>, July 2022) has been nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Shirley Jackson Awards<\/a> honor Jackson’s defining contributions to modern literature by annually recognizing “outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.” I’m tickled pink to have been nominated, as “psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic” are pretty clear the bullseye I’ve been aiming to hit for the past couple decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s their official press release:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2022 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Boston, MA (June 2023) \u2014 <\/strong>In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson\u2019s writing, and with permission of the author\u2019s estate, The Shirley Jackson Awards, Inc. has been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Shirley Jackson Awards are voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics. The awards are given for the best work published in the preceding calendar year in the following categories:  Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Fiction, Single-Author Collection, and Edited Anthology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nominees for the 2022 Shirley Jackson Awards are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOVEL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n