Awards & Winners

Jane Yolen

Date of Birth 11-February-1939
Place of Birth New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Jane Hyatt Yolen
Profession Writer, Author, Novelist, Poet, Editor
Jane Hyatt Yolen is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 280 books, of which the best known The Devil's Arithmetic, a Holocaust novella. Her other works include the Nebula Award-winning short story Sister Emily's Lightship, the novelette Lost Girls, Owl Moon, The Emperor and the Kite, the Commander Toad series and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight. In 2012 she became the first woman to give the Andrew Lang lecture.

Awards by Jane Yolen

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jane Yolen.

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Young-Adult Book Pay the piper

2005


Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Sword of the rightful king
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2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature Boots and Seven Leaguers
Locus Award for Best Collection Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories
Locus Award for Best Short Story Snow in Summer
Locus Award for Best Short Story Under the Hill

1999


Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel The One-Armed Queen
Nebula Award for Best Script The Devil's Arithmetic

1998


Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature
Honored for : The young Merlin trilogy
Nebula Award for Best Novelette
Honored for : Lost Girls

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature The young Merlin trilogy
Nebula Award for Best Novelette Lost Girls

1997


Nebula Award for Best Short Story
Honored for : Sister Emily's Lightship

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nebula Award for Best Short Story Sister Emily's Lightship

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Anthology Xanadu 3

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature Good Griselle
Locus Award for Best Anthology Xanadu 2

1993


Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
Honored for : Briar Rose

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Briar Rose
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Briar Rose
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel Briar Rose

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nebula Award for Best Novel Briar Rose

1991


Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award The books of great Alta

1990


Edward E. Smith Memorial Award

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nebula Award for Best Novel White Jenna
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel White Jenna

1989


National Jewish Book Award for Children's Literature
Honored for : The Devil's Arithmetic

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nebula Award for Best Novel Sister Light, Sister Dark
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Sister Light, Sister Dark
World Fantasy Award for Best Novella The Devil's Arithmetic
Locus Award for Best Short Story The Quiet Monk

1988


Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nebula Award for Best Novella The Devil's Arithmetic

1987


World Fantasy Special Award: Professional
Honored for : Favorite Folktales From Around the World

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Merlin\u2019s Booke
Locus Award for Best Collection Merlin\u2019s Booke

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Collection Dragonfield and Other Stories

1985


Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
Honored for : Cards of Grief

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Cards of Grief
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Cards of Grief