Mythopoeic Society

07/27/2026

Congratulations to all of our 2026 Mythopoeic Awards winners!

Fantasy Award for Adult Literature: T. Kingfisher, Snake-Eater (47North, 2025)
Fantasy Award for Young Adult Literature: K. Ancrum, The Corruption of Hollis Brown (HarperCollins, 2025)
Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature: Aubrey Hartman, The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest (Little, Brown, 2025)
Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies: Michael D. C. Drout, The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation (Norton, 2025)
Scholarship Award in Myth & Fantasy Studies: Adam Roberts, Fantasy: A Short History (Bloomsbury Academic, 2025)

For more information, check out our full press release: https://mythsoc.org/awards/awards-2026.htm

07/10/2026

Just in time for ! Scholar GOH Joe R. Christopher's new book In Plain Sight Behind a Wardrobe Door: Essays on C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia just published by Mythopoeic Press! https://mythsoc.org/press/in-plain-sight.htm

06/04/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 Mythopoeic Awards Finalists!

Adult Literature
• Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts
• Holly Black, The Charlatan Duology: Book of Night and Thief of Night
• Martin Cahill, Audition for the Fox
• Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword
• T. Kingfisher, Snake-Eater
• Jared Pechaček, The West Passage
• Samantha Sotto Yambao, Water Moon
• Emily Tesh, The Incandescent

Young Adult Literature
• K. Ancrum, The Corruption of Hollis Brown
• Amber McBride, The Leaving Room
• Margaret Owen, Little Thieves series: Little Thieves, Painted Devils, and Holy Terrors
• Vanessa L. Torres, On the Wings of La Noche

Children’s Literature
• Sachiko Kashiwaba, The Village Beyond the Mist, translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa
• Victor Pinñeiro, The Island of Forgotten Gods
• David A. Robertson, The Misewa Saga: The Barren Grounds, The Great Bear, The Stone Child, The Portal Keeper, The Sleeping Giant , and The World’s End

Inklings Studies
• Anahit Behrooz, Mapping Middle-earth: Environmental and Political Narratives in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Cartographies
• Michael D. C. Drout, The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Creation
• Verlyn Flieger, A Real Taste for Fairy-Stories
• Thomas P. Hillman, Pity, Power, and Tolkien’s Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many
• Giuseppe Pezzini, Tolkien and the Mystery of Literary Creation
• Hamish Williams, J.R.R. Tolkien’s Utopianism and the Classics

Myth and Fantasy Studies
• Patrick Curry, Art and Enchantment: How Wonder Works
• Sophus Helle, editor, Enheduanna: The Complete Poems of the World’s First Author
• Adam Roberts, Fantasy: A Short History
• Paul R. Rovang, The Archetype of the Dying and Rising God in World Mythology
• Dennis Wilson Wise, editor, Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival: A Critical Anthology

for more information about the awards and finalists: https://mythsoc.org/news/news-2026-06-02.htm

06/04/2026

The editors of The Mythic Circle are still looking for images to use in issue #48, due out in July of 2026. Some of our potential contributors had to withdraw their work when it was published elsewhere, leaving us with only a very few images to use in our pages. If you draw, paint, photograph, watercolor, or create other visual works relevant to the fantasy genre (without the assistance of A.I.), and if they have not yet been published, please submit them. We publish the work of both amateur and professional artists. The images accepted for this issue will appear on interior pages in grayscale; portrait orientation fits best on full- or quarter-page spaces, and landscape orientation works best on half-pages, so your work might share space with a short poem or the end of a story. Special consideration for members of the Mythopoeic Society. Submit by saving your image as a jpeg or pdf file and attach it to an e-mail addressed to [email protected]. Please contribute TODAY—deadlines are approaching!

05/20/2026

Mythcon Steward Tim was interviewed by the Associated Press on behalf of the Mythopoeic Society about Colbert's contributions to Tolkien fandom!

Stephen Colbert's run on “The Late Show” ends Thursday, marking the conclusion of his on-air feud with President Donald Trump.

05/13/2026

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02/14/2026

Lee Alan Speth

12/3/1944 - 2/3/2026

Lee Alan Speth, was born December 3, 1944 in Los Angeles, California. He passed away peacefully on February 3, 2026 in Alhambra, California where he was born and raised.

Lee was born to Jack and Josephine Buchea the second of 4 children. He is preceded in death by his brother Roy and Sister Dana. Lee attended Alhambra schools, graduating from San Gabriel Mission High School in 1962. In keeping with his lifelong interest in the printed word, Lee briefly attended John Bosco Tech in Los Angeles where he studied printing, and then attended Cal State University in Los Angeles where he graduated with a BA in US and European History, specializing in American, English, and French studies.

Lee had a 44 year career with the Voter of Registrars as an Election Supervisor. Lee often corresponded with friends and family on election history, predictions and results.

Lee is survived by his wife Dolores Espinosa Speth of 41 years, his brother Terry Speth, his Niece Lea Thorin, husband Ian Sullivan, their children Jasmine and Brendan, Lorena Speth-Jung, husband Michael Jung, Nephew Marc Speth, and his wife Sadaf Hosseini, Sister-in-Law Maryellen Forman and was Uncle Lee to many great nieces and nephews.

Lee’s passion for fraternal organizations was far and wide. He was a longtime member and former office holder of the Mythopoeic Society. Additionally, We shall miss his acute intelligence and occasional wicked sense of humor.

He was an avid fan and member of the Wizard of Oz Club and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Lee also belonged to the Gourmet Club and the Friends of Freddy. As a devout Catholic, Lee’s interests included affiliation with Catholic Charities and Peter’s Pence, and sharing his Faith with others.

Lee was truly one of a kind, with his acute intelligence and occasional wicked sense of humor. He leaves behind a large hole no one person will ever be able to fill.

A funeral mass will take place on Tuesday February 17th, 2026 at 1:30pm at Holy Family Catholic Church at Holy Family Catholic Church - 1501 Fremont Ave. South Pasadena 91030.

A reception to follow at Charlie's Trio - 5769 Huntington Dr. N. Los Angeles 90032 - less than a mile from the church starting around 3pm.

Dolores has requested no flowers. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Peter's Pence, United Way or UNICEF - in Lee's name.