Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology

Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology
Awarded forThe best psychological suspense, horror, or dark fantastic anthology of at least 40,000 words, published in English in the same calendar year
LocationMassachusetts
CountryUnited States
Presented byReadercon
First award2007
Most recent winnerNadia Bulkin and Julia Rios (Why Didn’t You Just Leave)
Websiteshirleyjacksonawards.org

The Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology is a literary award given annually at Readercon as part of their Shirley Jackson Awards.

Terminology

In 2007, the inaugural award was given as the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Anthology.[1] Beginning in 2010, the award has been entitled the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology.[2]

Criteria

To be eligible for the award, an anthology must total at least 40,000 words. The anthology must contain at least 3 separate stories by at least 3 different authors. At least 50% of the anthology must be fiction, and at least 50% of the material must be previously unpublished.[3]

Winners and Finalists

  *   Winners

Year Editor Novel Publisher Ref.
2007 Ellen Datlow* Inferno Tor Books [1]
Barbara Roden
Christopher Roden 		At Ease with the Dead Ash-Tree Press [1]
Del Howison
Jeff Gelb 		Dark Delicacies 2 Running Press [1]
John Klima Logorrhea Bantam Spectra [1]
Jack Dann
Gardner Dozois 		Wizards Berkley Books [1]
2008 Sarah Eyre*
Ra Page* 		The New Uncanny Comma Press [4]
Tom English Bound for Evil Dead Letter [4]
Danel Olson Exotic Gothic 2: New Tales of Taboo Ash-Tree Press [4]
Ann VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer 		Fast Ships, Black Sails Night Shade Books [4]
Barbara Roden
Christopher Roden 		Shades of Darkness Ash-Tree Press [4]
2009 Ellen Datlow* Poe: 19 New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe Solaris Books [5]
Ellen Datlow Lovecraft Unbound Dark Horse [5]
Christopher Golden
Tim Lebbon
James A. Moore 		British Invasion Cemetery Dance Publications [5]
Michael Kelly Apparitions Undertow [5]
Danel Olson Exotic Gothic 3 Ash-Tree Press [5]
2010 Neil Gaiman*
Al Sarrantonio* 		Stories Morrow [2]
S.T. Joshi Black Wings PS Publishing [2]
Ellen Datlow
Nick Mamatas 		Haunted Legends Tor Books [2]
Kate Bernheimer My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me Penguin Books [2]
Jonathan Strahan
Lou Anders 		Swords & Dark Magic HarperCollins [2]
2011 Jack Dann*
Nick Gevers* 		Ghosts by Gaslight Harper Voyager [6]
Ellen Datlow Blood and Other Cravings Tor Books [6]
Ellen Datlow Supernatural Noir Dark Horse [6]
Ellen Datlow
Terri Windling 		Teeth HarperCollins [6]
Stephen Jones A Book of Horrors Jo Fletcher Books [6]
Ann VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer 		The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities Harper Voyager [6]
2012 Danel Olson* Exotic Gothic 4: Postscripts #28/29 PS Publishing [7]
Greg Herren
J.M. Redmann 		Night Shadows Bold Strokes Books [7]
Christopher Golden 21st Century Dead St. Martin's Press [7]
S.T. Joshi Black Wings II PS Publishing [7]
Sam Weller
Mort Castle 		Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury Morrow [7]
2013 Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.* The Grimscribe's Puppets Miskatonic River Press [8]
Jared Shurin The Book of the Dead Jurassic London [8]
Jonathan Oliver End of the Road Solaris Books [8]
Ellen Datlow Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy Tor Books [8]
Steve Berman Where thy Dark Eye Glances: Queering Edgar Allan Poe Lethe Press [8]
2014 Ellen Datlow* Fearful Symmetries ChiZine [9]
Jesse Bullington Letters to Lovecraft Stone Skin [9]
Michael Kelly Shadows & Tall Trees 14 Undertow / ChiZine [9]
Ross E. Lockhart
Justin Steele 		The Children of Old Leech Word Horde [9]
Mark Morris The Spectral Book of Horror Stories Spectral [9]
2015 Simon Strantzas* Aickman's Heirs Undertow [10]
Ellen Datlow The Doll Collection Tor Books [10]
Christopher Golden Seize the Night Gallery Press [10]
S.T. Joshi Black Wings IV PS Publishing [10]
Richard Thomas Exigencies Dark House [10]
2016 Dominik Parisien*
Navah Wolfe* 		The Starlit Wood Saga Press [11]
Kit Caless
Gary Budden 		An Unreliable Guide to London Influx Press [11]
Mike Davis Autumn Cthulhu Lovecraft eZine Press [11]
Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. The Madness of Dr. Caligari Fedogan & Bremer [11]
Kelsi Morris
Kaitlin Tremblay 		Those Who Make Us: Canadian Creature, Myth, and Monster Stories Exile Editions [11]
2017 Michael Kelly* Shadows & Tall Trees 7 Undertow [12]
Ellen Datlow Black Feathers: Dark Avian Tales Pegasus [12]
Mahvesh Murad
Jared Shurin 		The Djinn Falls in Love Rebellion Developments / Solaris Books [12]
Justin Steele
Sam Cowan 		Looming Low Volume I Dim Shores [12]
Ross E. Lockhart Tales From a Talking Board Word Horde [12]
2018 Dominik Parisien*
Navah Wolfe* 		Robots vs Fairies Saga Press [13]
Michael Bailey
Lucy A. Snyder 		Chiral Mad 4: An Anthology of Collaborations Written Backwards [13]
Dan Coxon This Dreaming Isle Unsung Stories [13]
Lincoln Michel
Nadxieli Nieto 		Tiny Crimes: Very Short Tales of Mystery and Murder Black Balloon [13]
The Silent Garden Collective The Silent Garden: A Journal of Esoteric Fabulism Undertow [13]
2019 Christopher Golden*
James A. Moore* 		The Twisted Book of Shadows Twisted Publishing [14]
Ellen Datlow Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories Saga Press [14]
Dominik Parisien
Navah Wolfe 		The Mythic Dream Saga Press [14]
Preston Grassmann The Unquiet Dreamer: A Tribute to Harlan Ellison PS Publishing [14]
Marie O'Regan
Paul Kane 		Wonderland: An Anthology of Works Inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Titan Publishing Group [14]
2020 Lee Murray*
Geneve Flynn* 		Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women Omnium Gatherum [15]
Lenore Hart The Night Bazaar Venice: Thirteen Tales of Forbidden Wishes and Dangerous Desires Northampton House [15]
Michael Kelly Shadows & Tall Trees 8 Undertow [15]
Mark Matthews Lullabies for Suffering: Tales of Addiction Horror Wicked Run [15]
Lincoln Michel
Nadxieli Nieto 		Tiny Nightmares Catapult [15]
Mark Morris After Sundown Flame Tree Publishing [15]
Doug Murano
Michael Bailey 		Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors Written Backwards [15]
2021 Eric J. Guignard* Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World Dark Moon Books [16]
dave ring* Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness Neon Hemlock [16]
Rebecca Brewer Giving The Devil His Due: A Charity Anthology Running Wild [16]
Jess Landry
Aaron J. French 		There Is No Death, There Are No Dead Crystal Lake [16]
Ken MacGregor Stitched Lips: An Anthology of Horror from Silenced Voices Dragon's Roost [16]
2022 Doug Murano* The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors Bad Hand [17]
Michael Bailey Chiral Mad 5 Written Backwards [17]
Matt Blairstone
Alex Woodroe 		Your Body is Not Your Body Tenebrous [17]
Ellen Datlow Screams From the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous Tor Nightfire [17]
Vince A. Liaguno
Rena Mason 		Other Terrors Morrow [17]
2023 Jolie Toomajan* Aseptic and Faintly Sadistic Cosmic Horror Monthly [18]
James Aquilone Shakespeare Unleashed Monstrous [18]
Shane Hawk
Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. 		Never Whistle at Night Vintage Books [18]
Jordan Peele
John Joseph Adams 		Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror Penguin Random House [18]
John WM Thompson Mooncalves NO Press [18]
2024 Nadia Bulkin*
Julia Rios* 		Why Didn’t You Just Leave Cursed Morsels [19]
Sofia Ajram Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror Ghoulish [19]
Terry J. Benton-Walker The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power Tor Books [19]
Christa Carmen
L.E. Daniels 		Monsters in the Mills Interactive Publications [19]
dave ring The Crawling Moon: Queer Tales of Inescapable Dread Neon Hemlock [19]

References

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  18. ^ a b c d e "2023 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners". Locus. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 18 Dec 2025.
  19. ^ a b c d e "2024 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners". Locus. 21 Jul 2025. Retrieved 11 Dec 2025.
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