Works by women eligible for 2010 SF Awards

This is a list of works written by women and eligible for SF awards to be given out in 2010 based on works published from January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2009. Awards that follow this eligibility format include the Hugo, the Campbell, the World Fantasy Award, the Tiptree, and the Phillip K. Dick. (The Nebulas have a rolling period of eligibility for nomination based on the specific date a work was published.) We're listing these works as a form of award activism: to bring them greater attention, to share information about them for ourselves, and to help avoid problems like the 2006 Hugo vacuum. See Eligibility and voting by award for a quick index of information about individual awards, and links to the individual award pages for more detail.

Please include here any eligible work, along with the relevant information: title, publication date, and format. For novels, it's useful to search Amazon for the author's name: the list of works has publication date and format right there.

Note: Some awards are based on first publication and other awards are based on first publication in the US, England, etc. If a work was first published outside of the time period but would be eligible for some awards, please add it and add in parentheses any restrictions or explanations about eligibility.

Related: Women eligible for 2010 SF Awards

• See Eligibility and voting by award
• See Award activism
• See 2006 Hugo vacuum

Book Length Fiction

Novels

Hugo, World Fantasy, Locus, Bram Stoker and Campbell Memorial eligible: if published in paperback in the US, Philip K. Dick eligible

• Ilona Andrews, On the Edge (The Edge, Book 1) (September 2009, Ace) Paperback
• Catherine Asaro, Diamond Star (May 2009, Baen) Hardcover
• Margaret Atwood, The Year of the Flood (September 2009, Bloomsbury) Hardcover
• Kage Baker, Not Less than Gods (December 2009, Subterranean Press) Hardcover
• Elizabeth Bear, Seven for a Secret (March 2009, Subterranean Press) Hardcover
• Elizabeth Bear, By the Mountain Bound (October 2009, Tor) Hardcover
• Lauren Beukes, Moxyland (July 2009, Angry Robot) Paperback
• Anne Bishop, The Shadow Queen (March 2009, Roc) Hardcover
• Patricia Briggs, Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, Book 4) (February 2009, Ace) Hardcover
• Lois McMaster Bujold, Horizon (The Sharing Knife, Book 4) (January 2009, Eos) Hardcover
• Jacqueline Carey, Santa Olivia (May 2009, Grand Central Publishing) Trade paperback
• Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss (June 2009, Grand Central Publishing) Hardcover
• Gail Carriger, Soulless (October 2009, Orbit) Mass Market Paperback
• Kristin Cashore, Fire (October 2009, Gollancz) Hardcover
• C. J. Cherryh, Regenesis (January 2009, DAW) Hardcover
• C. J. Cherryh, Conspirator: (Foreigner #10) (April 2009, DAW) Hardcover
• Cassandra Clare, City of Glass (March 2009, Simon and Schuster) Hardcover
• Julie Cochrane and John Ringo, Honor of the Clan (Legacy of the Aldenata) (January 2009, Baen) Hardcover
• Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire (September 2009, Scholastic Press) Hardcover
• Kate Elliott, Traitors' Gate (August 2009, Tor) Hardcover
• Jaine Fenn, The Consorts of Heaven (June 2009, Gollancz) Trade paperback
• C. S. Friedman, Wings of Wrath (February 2009, DAW) Hardcover
• Jo Graham, Hand of Isis (March 2009, Orbit) Paperback
• Kate Griffin, A Madness of Angels (April 2009, Orbit) Hardcover
• Charlaine Harris, Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 9) (May 2009, Ace) Hardcover
• Kim Harrison, White Witch, Black Curse (The Hollows, Book 7) (February 2009, Eos) Hardcover
• Kim Harrison, Once Dead, Twice Shy: A Novel (May 2009, HarperCollins)
• Robin Hobb, Dragon Keeper (September 2009, HarperVoyager) Hardcover
• Tanya Huff, The Enchantment Emporium (June 2009, DAW) Hardcover
• Kay Kenyon, City Without End (February 2009, Pyr) Hardcover
• Katharine Kerr, The Silver Mage (November 2009, DAW) Hardcover
• Caitlin R. Kiernan, The Red Tree (August 2009, RoC) Trade paperback
• Nancy Kress, Steal Across the Sky (February 2009, Tor) Hardcover
• Justine Larbalestier, Liar (September 2009, Bloomsbury) Hardcover
• Jane Lindskold, Nine Gates (August 2009, Tor) Hardcover
• Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood (November 2009, Roc) Hardcover
• Seanan McGuire, Rosemary and Rue: An October Daye Novel (September 2009, DAW) Paperback
• Fiona McIntosh, Tyrant's Blood (September 2009, HarperVoyager) Hardback
• Juliet McKenna, Irons in the Fire (April 2009, Solaris) Paperback
• Sarah Monette, Corambis (April 2009, Ace) Hardcover
• CE Murphy, The Pretender's Crown (Book Two of the Inheritors' Cycle) (May 2009 Del Rey) Trade Paperback
• CE Murphy, Walking Dead (The Walker Papers: Book Five) (September 2009 Luna) Trade Paperback
• Naomi Novik, In His Majesty's Service (October 2009, Del Rey) Hardcover
• Helen Oyeyemi, White is for Witching (June 2009, Nan A. Talese) Hardcover
• Mary Pearson, The Miles Between (September 2009, Henry Holt and Co.) Hardcover
• Diana Peterfreund, Rampant (August 2009, HarperTeen) Hardcover
• Cherie Priest, Boneshaker (September 2009, Tor) Paperback
• Justina Robson, Chasing the Dragon (Quantum Gravity, Book 4), (August 2009, Pyr) Paperback
• Carrie Ryan, The Forest of Hands and Teeth, (March 2009, Delacorte Press) Hardcover
• Michelle Sagara, Cast in Silence (The Chronicles of Elantra) (August 2009, Luna) Paperback
• Sharon Shinn, Gateway (October 2009, Viking Juvenile) Hardcover
• Janni Lee Simner, Bones of Faerie (January 2009, Random House) Hardcover
• Maria V. Snyder, Storm Glass (Glass, Book 1) (April 2009, Mira) Paperback
• Catherynne Valente, Palimpsest (February 2009, Spectra) Paperback
• Jo Walton, Lifelode (February 2009, NESFA Press) Hardcover
• Kaaron Warren Slights (July 2009, Angry Robot) Paperback
• Kit Whitfield, In Great Waters (October 2009, Del Rey) Paperback
• Liz Williams, The Shadow Pavilion (2009, Night Shade) Hardcover

First Novel

Locus and Bram Stoker eligible

• Lauren Beukes, Moxyland (July 2009, Angry Robot) Paperback
• Gail Carriger, Soulless (October 2009, Orbit) Mass Market Paperback
• Amanda Downum, The Drowning City (October 2009, Orbit) Mass Market Paperback
• Carrie Ryan, The Forest of Hands and Teeth, (March 2009, Delacorte Press) Hardcover
• Kaaron Warren, Slights (July 2009, Angry Robot) Paperback

Collections

World Fantasy, Stoker and Locus eligible - single author, original or reprint, single or multiple editors

• Returning My Sister's Face by Eugie Foster (March 2009, Norilana Books) Hardcover
• Push of the Sky by Camille Alexa (June 2009, Hadley Rille Press) Paperback
• A Book of Endings by Deborah Biancotti (August 2009, Twelfth Planet Press) Paperback
• Quatrain by Sharon Shinn (October 2009, Ace) Hardcover
• Scenting the Dark and Other Stories by Mary Robinette Kowal (November 2009, Subterranean Press) Hardcover

Anthologies

World Fantasy, Stoker and Locus eligible - multiple author original or reprint, single or multiple editors

• A Fantasy Medley, ed. Yanni Kuznia (March 2009, Subterranean Press) Hardcover
• New Ceres Nights, ed. Alisa Krasnostein and Tehani Wessely (March 2009, Twelfth Planet Press) Paperback

Short Fiction

Short Stories

Hugo, Locus, World Fantasy, and Sturgeon eligible. World Fantasy is under 10,000 words

January - April

• Cowgirls in Space by Deborah Coates -- Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2009
• Murder in Laochan by Aliette de Bodard -- New Ceres Nights, ed Alisa Krasnostein and Tehani Wessely (April 2009, Twelfth Planet Press)
• The First Time We Met by Maria Deira -- Strange Horizons [1]
• The Widow's Seven Candles by Thoraiya Dyer -- New Ceres Nights, ed Alisa Krasnostein and Tehani Wessely (April 2009, Twelfth Planet Press)
• The Bird Painter in Time of War by Carol Emshwiller -- Asimov's Science Fiction, Feburary 2009
• Four Last Things: A Disruption of Boschtown by Toiya Kristen Finley - Farrago's Wainscot [2]
• Within Your Soul I Sightless See by Eugie Foster -- H.P. Lovecraft’s Magazine of Horror
• Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast by Eugie Foster -- Interzone
• Slow Stampede by Sara Genge -- Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2009
• Candle to the Devil by Sue Isle -- New Ceres Nights, ed Alisa Krasnostein and Tehani Wessely (April 2009, Twelfth Planet Press)
• Paper Dragons by Sue Isle -- Shiny Issue 5
• The Sharp Shooter by Sylvia Kelso -- New Ceres Nights, ed Alisa Krasnostein and Tehani Wessely (April 2009, Twelfth Planet Press)
• Jaiden's Weaver by Mary Robinette Kowal in Diamonds in the Sky, ed. Mike Brotherton [3]
• Unintended Behavior by Nancy Kress -- Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2009
• Exegesis by Nancy Kress -- Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2009
• The Unstrung Zither by Yoon Ha Lee -- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
• Pipsqueak by Angel Leigh McCoy -- Ravens in the Library, ed. Phil Brucato and Sandra Buskirk [4]
• Jump Space by Mary Anne Mohanraj -- Thoughtcrime Experiments [5]
• From Russia, With Love by CE Murphy -- A Fantasy Medley, ed. Yanni Kuznia (March 2009, Subterranean Press)
• Nira and I by Shweta Narayan -- Strange Horizons [6]
• Minya's Astral Angels by Jennifer Pelland -- The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Three, ed George Mann
• Prosperine When it Sizzles by Tansy Rayner Roberts -- New Ceres Nights, ed Alisa Krasnostein and Tehani Wessely (April 2009, Twelfth Planet Press)
• Not Like Us by Tansy Rayner Roberts -- Shiny Issue 5
• Johnny So Long at the Fair by Lezli Robyn in Jim Baen's Universe, February 2009
• The Piece of Ice in Miss Windermere's Heart by Angela Slatter -- New Ceres Nights, ed Alisa Krasnostein and Tehani Wessely (April 2009, Twelfth Planet Press)
• Root by Emily Mah Tippets -- Shiny Issue 5
• Tontine Mary by Kaaron Warren -- New Ceres Nights, ed Alisa Krasnostein and Tehani Wessely (April 2009, Twelfth Planet Press)
• An Ordinary Day with Jason by Kate Wilhelm -- Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2009
• The Ambassador's Staff by Sherry D. Ramsey -- Thoughtcrime Experiments [7]

May - August

• Diamond Shell by Deborah Biancotti in A Book of Endings, ed Alisa Krasnostein and Ben Payne
• Hush by Deborah Biancotti in A Book of Endings, ed Alisa Krasnostein and Ben Payne
• Coming Up for Air by Deborah Biancotti in A Book of Endings, ed Alisa Krasnostein and Ben Payne
• Problems of Light and Dark by Deborah Biancotti in A Book of Endings, ed Alisa Krasnostein and Ben Payne
• Six Suicides by Deborah Biancotti in A Book of Endings, ed Alisa Krasnostein and Ben Payne
• This Time, Longing by Deborah Biancotti in A Book of Endings, ed Alisa Krasnostein and Ben Payne
• Six by Leah Bobet in Clockwork Phoenix 2, ed. Mike Allen
• Different Day by K. Tempest Bradford in Federations, ed. John Joseph Adams
• Elan Vital by K. Tempest Bradford -- Sybil's Garage No. 6 [8]
• Enmity by K. Tempest Bradford -- Electric Velocipede issue 17/18
• Once a Goddess by Marie Brennan in Clockwork Phoenix 2, ed. Mike Allen
• The Death of Sugar Daddy by Toiya Kristen Finley -- Electric Velocipede issue 17/18
• Eating Ritual by Toiya Kristen Finley -- Sybil’s Garage No. 6
• The Fish of Al-Kawthar's Fountain by Joanna Galbraith in Clockwork Phoenix 2, ed. Mike Allen
• At the Edge of Dying by Mary Robinette Kowal in Clockwork Phoenix 2, ed. Mike Allen
• "The Monsters of Morgan Island" by Sandra McDonald -- Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2009
• "Shoes-To-Run" by Sara Genge -- Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2009
• "Camp Nowhere" by Kit Reed -- Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2009
• "Turbulence" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch -- Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2009
• The Consciousness Problem by Mary Robinette Kowal -- Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2009
• Rosemary, That's For Remembrance by Barbara Krasnoff in Clockwork Phoenix 2, ed. Mike Allen
• The Endangered Camp by Ann Leckie in Clockwork Phoenix 2, ed. Mike Allen
• Swanwatch by Yoon Ha Lee -- Federations, ed. John Joseph Adams
• The Fourth Horseman by Yoon Ha Lee -- Electric Velocipede issue 17/18
• The Bones of Giants by Yoon Ha Lee -- F&SF, Aug/Sep
• Like They Always Been Free by Georgina Li -- Federations, ed. John Joseph Adams
• From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7 by Nnedi Okorafor -- Clarkesworld Magazine [9]
• ...That Has Such People in It by Jennifer Pelland -- Apex Magazine [10]
• Down in the Flood by Nisi Shawl -- Podcastle [11]
• Running on Two Legs by Eugie Foster -- The Fleas They Carried: Animal Aid Anthology
• The Executioner by Jennifer Brissett -- Warrior Wisewoman 2
• Beautiful Winter by Eugie Foster -- InterGalactic Medicine Show
• Charms by Shweta Narayan -- Strange Horizons [12]
• Coquettrice by Angel Leigh McCoy -- Vile Things: Extreme Deviations of Horror, Comet Press, ed. Cheryl Mullenax [13]
• Silence and Roses by Suzanne Palmer -- Interzone 223
• The Secret History of Mirrors by Catherynne M. Valente in Clockwork Phoenix 2, ed. Mike Allen

September - December

• In Their Garden by Brenda Cooper -- Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2009
• Away From Here by Lisa Goldstein -- Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2009
• Non-Zero Probabilities by N. K. Jemisin -- Clarkesworld Magazine September 2009, Issue #36
• Deadly Sins by Nancy Kress -- Asimov's Science Fiction, October/November 2009
• Where the Time Goes by Heather Lindsley -- Asimov's Science Fiction, October/November 2009
• Benchwarmer by Lezli Robyn and Mike Resnick -- 50th Anniversary Twilight Zone Anthology, ed. Carol Serling
• The Dawn of Reason by Lezli Robyn -- Origins, ed. Eric Reynolds
• Tending the Mori Birds by Caroline M. Yoachim -- Fantasy Magazine, September 24, 2009 [14]

Novelettes

Hugo eligible; Hugo rules say a novelette is roughly 7,500-17,500 words, which may count as a novella for the World Fantasy and Stoker, or a short story for the World Fantasy or Sturgeon

• "Lion Walk" by Mary Rosenblum -- Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2009
• "The Long, Cold Goodbye" by Holly Phillips-- Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2009
• The Widow's Seven Candles by Thoraiya Dyer -- New Ceres Nights, ed Alisa Krasnostein and Tehani Wessely (April 2009, Twelfth Planet Press)
• Murder in Laochan by Aliette de Bodard -- New Ceres Nights, ed Alisa Krasnostein and Tehani Wessely (April 2009, Twelfth Planet Press)
• The Warlock and the Man of the Word by M. K. Hobson -- Postscripts 19, November 2009
• The Sharp Shooter by Sylvia Kelso -- New Ceres Nights, ed Alisa Krasnostein and Tehani Wessely (April 2009, Twelfth Planet Press)
• "The Armies of Elfland" by Eileen Gunn and Michael Swanwick-- Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2009
• The Pain of Glass by Tanith Lee -- Clockwork Phoenix 2, ed. Mike Allen, July 2009
• "Soulmates" by Mike Resnick and Lezli Robyn -- Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2009
• Siren Beat by Tansy Rayner Roberts - Twelfth Planet Press Double, October 2009
• "Flotsam" by Elissa Malchon -- Asimov's Science Fiction, October/November 2009
• The Land of Empty Shells by Caroline M. Yoachim - Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue #20, July 2009 [15]

Novellas

Hugo, Stoker, Locus and World Fantasy eligible; Hugo rules say a novella is roughly 17,500-40,000 words, World Fantasy is 10,000-40,000 words

• "Pelago" by Judith Berman -- Asimov's Science Fiction, Feburary 2009
• "Act One" by Nancy Kress -- Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2009
• "The Spires of Denon" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch -- Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2009
• The Red in the Sky Is Our Blood by Elizabeth Bear -- METAtropolis, August 2009
• "Broken Windchimes" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch-- Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2009
• Siren Beat by Tansy Rayner Roberts - Twelfth Planet Press Double, October 2009
• Flight by Sharon Shinn -- Quatrain, October 2009
• Blood by Sharon Shinn -- Quatrain, October 2009
• Gold by Sharon Shinn -- Quatrain, October 2009
• Flame by Sharon Shinn -- Quatrain, October 2009
• "Ars Memoriae" by Beth Bernobich -- PS Publishing, October 2009

Non-Fiction

Related Books

Hugo, Stoker (as Non-Fiction) and Locus eligible, non-fiction book relating to the genre

• On Joanna Russ (Wesleyan) - Farah Mendlesohn
• The Secret Feminist Cabal (Aqueduct) - Helen Merrick
• The WisCon Chronicles Volume 3 - Carnival of Feminist SF - Liz Henry
• Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy - Robin Reid