
Johnson at Swecon 2018
Born	Katherine Irenae Johnson (1960-01-20) January 20, 1960 (age 65) Harlan, Iowa, U.S.
Occupation	Writer, professor of English
Education	St. Olaf College (BA) North Carolina State University (MFA)^[1]
Website
kijjohnson.com

Kij Johnson (/kɪʒ/; born Katherine Irenae Johnson January 20, 1960 in Harlan, Iowa)^[2] is an American writer of fantasy. She is a faculty member at the University of Kansas.

Life and career

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Kij Johnson was born in Harlan, Iowa.^{[citation needed]} She received her BA from St. Olaf College in 1982,^[3] studied creative writing and literature at the University of Minnesota,^{[citation needed]} at University of Kansas,^{[citation needed]} and at Goddard College,^{[citation needed]} then earned an MFA in creative writing from North Carolina State University in 2012.^[4] She joined the University of Kansas English Department as assistant professor of fiction writing in fall 2012, where she is associate director of The Center for the Study of Science Fiction.^[5] In 2017, she was promoted to associate professor.^{[citation needed]}

Johnson has worked extensively in publishing: managing editor for Tor Books and TSR (later Wizards of the Coast), collections editor for Dark Horse Comics, and content manager working on the Microsoft Reader. In her time at Wizards of the Coast, she was also continuity manager for Magic: The Gathering and creative director for AD&D settings Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms. Johnson serves as a final judge for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award.

Johnson is the author of three novels and more than 50 short works of fiction. She is the winner of the 1994 Theodore Sturgeon Award for "Fox Magic", the 2001 Crawford Award from the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts for best new fantasist, the 2008 World Fantasy Award for "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss", the 2009 Nebula Award for "Spar",^[6] the 2010 Nebula (tied) for "Ponies",^[7] and the 2012 Nebula Award and Hugo Award for best novella for "The Man Who Bridged the Mist".^[8] She was a finalist for the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 Hugo Awards; the 2008, 2010 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2016 Nebula Awards; and the 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2019 World Fantasy Awards.^[9]

In January 2013, Johnson gave the inaugural Tolkien Lecture at Pembroke College, Oxford, speaking on the topic of fantasy literature.^[10]

Selected awards and nominations

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Hugo Award

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Winner, Novella (2012). "The Man Who Bridged the Mist".^[8]
Finalist, Novella (2017). The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe.
Finalist, Short Story (2013). "Mantis Wives".
Finalist, Short Story (2011). "Ponies (short story)".
Finalist, Short Story (2010). "Spar (short story)".
Finalist, Short Story (2009). "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss."

Nebula Award

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Winner, Novella (2012). "The Man Who Bridged the Mist".
Winner, Short Story (2011). "Ponies".
Winner, Short Story (2010). "Spar".
Finalist, Novella (2017). The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe.
Finalist, Short Story (2009). "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss".
Finalist, Novelette (2008). "The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change".

World Fantasy Award

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Winner, Novella (2019). The Privilege of the Happy Ending.^[11]
Winner, Long Fiction (2017). The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe.^[12]
Winner, Short Fiction (2009). "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss".
Finalist, Collection (2013). At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories.
Finalist, Short Fiction (2011). "Ponies".
Finalist, Novelette (2008). "The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park after the Change".
Finalist, Novel (2004). Fudoki.

William L. Crawford Fantasy Award

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Winner (1999). The Fox Woman.

Theodore A. Sturgeon Award

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Winner (1994). "Fox Magic".

Shirley Jackson Award

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Finalist, Novella (2017). The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe.

James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award

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Short list (2004). Fudoki.
Long list (1993). "Schrödinger's Cathouse".

Selected published works

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Books

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Dragon's Honor. With Greg Cox. New York: Pocket Books, 1996. Print. Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- [As Die Ehre des Drachen]. Munich: Heyne, 1997. Print (German).
The Fox Woman. New York: Tor Books, 2000. Print and ebook.
- [As Das Geheimnis der Fuchsfrau.] Munich: Piper Verlag, 2007. Print (paperback) (German).
- [As Kicune.] Budapest: Torii Könyvkiadó, 2008. Print (Hungarian).
Tales for the Long Rains. Seattle: Scorpius Digital, 2001. Ebook. Short story collection.
Fudoki. New York: Tor Books, 2003. Print and ebook.
Las Chicas Míthicas/Myth Girls. Medellín: Proyecto Liquído, 2010. Print. Bilingual art book.
At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories. Easthampton : Small Beer Press, 2012. Print and ebook.
Pinselstriche auf glattem Reispapier [Brushstrokes on Rice Paper]. Berlin: Golkonda, 2014. Print (German). Short story collection.
霧に橋を架ける [The Man Who Bridged the Mist: Stories]. Tokyo: Tokyo Sogensha, 2014. Print (Japanese).
Un pont sur la brume [A Bridge Over The Mist]. Saint Mammès: Le Bélial, 2016. Print (French). Series: Une heure-lumière.
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe. New York: Tor Books, 2016. Print and ebook.
- Asheville: Talking Book, 2017. Audiobook.
- Saint Mammès: Le Bélial, 2018. Print (French).
- Milan: Edizione Hypnos, 2018. Print (Italian). Series: Visioni.
- Istanbul: Ithaki, in press (2018). Print (Turkish).
- Budapest: Fumax Kiadó, in press (2018). Print (Hungarian).
- Science Fiction World, Aug 2018. Print (Chinese).
The River Bank. Easthampton: Small Beer Press, 2017. Print and ebook.
- Asheville: Talking Book, 2017. Audiobook.

Short stories

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"Roadkill" (Tales of the Unanticipated No. 3, 1988)
"FERATA" (Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine No. 1, Fall 1988)
"Wolf Trapping" (The Twilight Zone Magazine, April 1989; At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories)
"Solving the Homeless Problem" (Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine No. 8, Summer 1990)
"Hera's Madness" (Weird Tales No. 298, Fall 1990)
"I [heart] my [dogface]" (Tales of the Unanticipated No. 8, 1991)
"Ursula Redux" (with Phillip C. Jennings) (Amazing Stories, March 1991)
"Canine Intervention" (Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine No. 11, Spring 1991)
"Questing" (Tales of the Unanticipated No. 10, 1991)
"Last Dance at Dante's" (Tales of the Unanticipated No. 11, 1993)
"The Emperor's New Prose" (Swashbuckling Editor Stories, 1993)
"Schrödinger's Cathouse". (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Mar 1993)
- (Galaxy's Edge 1. Mar 2013. Print.)
- (Galaxy's Edge 1. Mar 2013. Ebook.)
"Fox Magic". (Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Dec 1993)
- (Axxon 60. 1994. Print [Spanish].)
- (Emblemes 6: Extrême-Orient. Montpelier: Editions de l'Oxymore, 2002. Print [French].)
- (科幻世界 [Science Fiction World]. Aug 2010. Print [Chinese].)
- (Utopiales 2018. Paris: ActuSF, 2018. Print.)
"The Renaissance Fair". (Sirius Visions. Sep 1994)
"Myths"/"Myth Girls". (Andrew Vachss's Underground 3. Ed. Andrew Vachss. Milwaukie OR: Dark Horse Comics, 1994)
- (Girls Who Bite Back: Witches, Mutants, Slayers and Freaks. Ed. Emily Pohl-Weary. Toronto: Sumach Press, 2004)
"What Dogs Hunt in their Dreams". (Buried Treasures: An Anthology of Unpublished Pulphouse Stories. Ed. Jerry Oltion. Eugene: Eugene Professional Writers Workshops, 1996)
"The Heart of a Minotaur". (The Duelist 21. Jan 1998)
"The Knife's Edge". (The Duelist 23. Mar 1998)
"Old Wars". (The Duelist 25. May 1998)
"Crovax's Tale". (Rath and Storm. Renton: TSR, 1998)
"Chenting, in the Land of the Dead". (Realms of Fantasy. Oct 1999)
- (Galaxy's Edge. May, 2018. Print.)
- (Galaxy's Edge. May, 2018. Ebook.)
"The Horse Raiders". (Analog Magazine. May 2000)
- (Nowa Fantastyka 218. Nov 2000. Print [Polish].)
- (Tekściątka zebrine. 2002. Print [Polish].)
"The Snow Wife". (Tales for the Long Rains. Seattle: Scorpius Digital, 2001)
- (El Colombiano. 20 Dec 2009. Print [Spanish].)
- (Galaktika 295. Trans. Sohár Anikó. Oct 2014. Print [Hungarian].)
"The Knife Birds". (Tales for the Long Rains. Seattle: Scorpius Digital, 2001)
- (Aeon 4. Aug 2005. Ebook.)
"Dia Chjerman's Tale"/"Dia Chjerman's Tale: The Delmoni Atrocity". (Tales for the Long Rains. Seattle: Scorpius Digital, 2001)
- (Aeon 10. Jun 2007. Ebook.)
"At the Mouth of the River of Bees" ([novelette]. www.Scifiction.com. Oct 2003)
- (Galaxy's Edge 21. Jul 2016. Print.)
- (Trochu Divné Kusy 2. Ed. Martin Šust. Hluboka Nad Vltavou: Laser Books, 2005. Print [Czech].)
"The Empress Jingū Fishes". (Conqueror Fantastic. Ed. Pamela Sargent. New York: Pocket Books, 2004)
- (Small Beer Podcast 16. 15 Jan 2013. Podcast.)
- (Temporal Turn: Art and Speculation in Contemporary Asia. Lawrence: Spencer Museum of Art, 2016. Print.)
"Elfrithe's Ghost". (Realms of Fantasy. Aug 2004)
"Coney World". (Coney Island Wonder Stories. Eds. John Ordover and Robert J. Howe. Rockville: Wildside Press, 2006)
"The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change". (The Coyote Road. Eds. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. New York: Viking, 2007)
- (Podcastle 60. Jul 2009. Podcast.)
- (Drabblecast. Apr 2016. Podcast.)
- (Newark: Audible Books. In press. Audio book.)
- (Edited By. Ed. Ellen Datlow. Burton: Subterranean Press, in press. Print and Ebook.)
- (SF マガジン [Science Fiction Magazine] Dec 2008. Print [Japanese].)
- (Nowa Fantastyka 321. Jun 2009. Print [Polish].)
- (Fiction Kult. Jan 2011. Web [Hungarian].)
"26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss". (Asimov's Magazine. Jul 2008)
- (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 3. Ed. Jonathan Strahan. San Francisco: Nightshade Books, 2009. Print and Ebook.)
- (The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction. Ed. Allan Kaster. Infinivox, 2009. Audiobook.)
- (Starship Sofa 72. 2 Apr 2009. Podcast.)
- (Escape Pod 195. 18 Apr 2009. Podcast.)
- (Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top. Ed. Ekaterina Sedia. Gaithersburg: Prime Books, 2012. Print.)
- (Galaxy's Edge 6. Jan 2014. Print.)
- (Galaxy's Edge 6. Jan 2014. Ebook.)
- (The Canary Press 6. Jan 2015 . Print.)
- (Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: A Decade of Hugo & Nebula Award Winning Stories, 2005-2015. Ed. Sheila Williams. Geithersburg: Prime Books, 2019. Print.)
- (SF マガジン [Science Fiction Magazine]. Dec 2008. Print [Japanese].)
- (科幻世界 [Science Fiction World]. Mar 2009. Print [Chinese].)
- (Magira: Jahrbuch zur Fantasy 2008. Ed. Michael Scheuch. Munich: Fantasy Club e. V., 2010. Print [German].)
- (Galaktika 232. Trans. Tamás Gábor. Jul 2009. Print [Hungarian].)
- (Dagon 2. Nov 2012. Web [Portuguese].)
- (Cuentos par Algernon. 16 Mar 2013. Web [Spanish].)
- (Cuentos par Algernon: Año 1. Ed. Maria Pilar San Roman. 30 Oct 2013. Ebook [Spanish].)
"Wife Reincarnated as a Solitaire—Exposition on the Flaws in my Spouse's Character—The Nature of the Bird—The Possible Causes—Her Final Disposition". (kijjohnson.com. 31 Aug 2008)
"The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles". (Tor.com. 14 Jul 2009)
- (Tor.com. 14 Jul 2009. Audio.)
- (The Stories: Five Years of Original Fiction on Tor.com. Ed unattributed. New York: Tor Books, 2013. Ebook.)
- (Part 1: Galaktika 289, 306, 320. Trans. Sohár Anikó. Apr 2014. Print. [Hungarian].)
"Spar". (Clarkesworld Magazine 37 Oct 2009)
- (Clarksworld Magazine Podcast. Narr. Kate Baker. Oct 2009. Podcast.)
- (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 4. Ed. Jonathan Strahan. San Francisco: Nightshade Books, 2010. Print and Ebook.)
- (Clarksworld Year Four. Stirling: Wyrm Publishing, 2013. Print.)
- (Escape Pod 248. 8 Jul 2010. Podcast.)
- (Gendered Text Project. Nov 2018. Web.)
- (Galaktika 244. Trans. Tamás Gábor. Jul 2010. Print [Hungarian].)
- (Angle Mort. 4 Jul 2011. Web [French].)
- (SF マガジン [Science Fiction Magazine]. Apr 2011. Print [Japanese].)
- (Cuásar 50/51. Nov 2010. Print [Portuguese].)
- (Książki Polter. 29 Feb 2012. Web [Polish].)
- (25 Minutos en el Futuro: Nueva Ciencia Ficción Northeamericana. Eds. Pepe Rojo and Bernardo Fernández. Oaxaca: Almadía, 2014. Print [Spanish].)
- (Robot 72. Sep 2014. Print [Italian].)
"Names for Water". (Asimov's Magazine. Oct/Nov 2010)
- (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 5. Ed. Jonathan Strahan. San Francisco: Nightshade Books, 2011. Print.)
- (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 5. Ed. Jonathan Strahan. San Francisco: Nightshade Books, 2011. Ebook.)
- (Starship Sofa 170. 4 Jan 2011. Podcast.)
"Ponies". (Tor.com. 17 Nov 2010)
- (Ponies. New York: Tor Books, 2010. Ebook. "A Tor.com Original".)
- (Tor.com. 17 Nov 2010. Audio.)
- (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 5. Ed. Jonathan Strahan. San Francisco: Nightshade Books, 2011. Print.)
- (2011 Nebula Awards Showcase. Eds. Jim Kelly and John Kessel. Amherst: Pyr Books, 2012. Print.)
- (Architects of Wonder: Fifty Years of Nebula Award-Winning Short Fiction. Ed. Robin Wayne Bailey. New York: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, in press. Print.)
- (Bronies: For the Love of Ponies. Ed. L. Lambert Lawson. Escondido: Kazka Publishing, 2012. Print.)
- (Galaxy's Edge 20. May 2016. Print.)
- (Worlds Seen in Passing. Ed. Ruoxi Chen. New York: Tor Books, 2018. Print.)
- (科幻世界 [Science Fiction World]. 2011. Web [Chinese].)
- (SFMag Szerkesztőség. 26 Oct 2011. Web [Hungarian].)
- (Książki Polter. 6 Dec 2011. Web [Polish].)
- (Angle Mort. 20 Jun 2012. Web [French].)
- (Phantastisch! 55. Jul 2014. Print [German].)
- (Politikin Zabavnik. In press. Print [Serbian].)
"The Man Who Bridged the Mist". (Asimov's Magazine. Oct/Nov 2011)
- (The Man Who Bridged the Mist. Rockville: ARC Manor, 2012. Print. Chapbook.)
- (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 6. Ed. Jonathan Strahan. San Francisco: Nightshade Books, 2012. Print and Ebook.)
- (The Year's Best Science Fiction 29th Annual Edition. Ed. Gardner Dozois. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2012. Print and Ebook.)
- (The Year's Best Science Fiction Short Novels. Ed. Allan Kaster. Infinivox, 2012. Audiobook.)
- (The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy. Ed. Rich Horton. New York: Leisure Books, 2012. Print.)
- (The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 25. Ed. Gardner Dozois. London: Mammoth Books, 2012. Print and Ebook.)
- (2013 Nebula Awards Showcase: The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy. Ed. Catherine Asaro. Amherst: Pyr Books, 2013. Print.)
- (Esli. Oct 2012. Print [Russian].)
- (SF マガジン [Science Fiction Age]. Mar 2013. Print [Japanese].)
- (Nowa Fantastyka. May 2013. Print [Polish].)
"Story Kit". (Eclipse 4. Ed. Jonathan Strahan. San Francisco: Nightshade Books, 2011)
"The Bitey Cat". (At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories. Easthampton: Small Beer Press, 2012)
- (Galaxy's Edge. Jan 2018. Print and Ebook.)
"Mantis Wives". (Clarkesworld Magazine 71. Aug 2012. Web and Print)
- (Clarkesworld Magazine Podcast 71. Narr. Kate Baker. Aug 2012. Podcast.)
- (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 7. Ed. Jonathan Strahan. San Francisco: Nightshade Books, 2012. Print and Ebook.)
- (The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five. Ed. Ellen Datlow. San Francisco: Nightshade Books, 2013. Print and Ebook.)
- (Escape Pod 409. 16 Aug 2013. Podcast.)
- (Clarkesworld Year Six. Eds. Neil Clarke and Sean Williams. Stirling: Wyrm Publishing, 2014. Print.)
- (The Humanity of Monsters. Ed. Michael Matheson. Chicago: Chizine, 2015. Print.)
"I Wrote His Number on the Back of my Hand But It Washed Off". (Pinball 6. Dec 2012. Web)
"Spar (The Bacon Remix)". (Clarkesworld Magazine 79. Apr 2013. Web and Print)
- (Clarkesworld Magazine Podcast 79. Narr. Kate Baker. Apr 2013. Podcast.)
- (Bacon-Palooza. New York: John Ordover, 2013. Print. Program book for New York NY fundraiser for children with autism.)
("The Apartment Dweller's Bestiary". Clarkesworld Magazine 100. Jan 2015. Web and Print)
- (Clarkesworld Magazine Podcast 100. Narr. Kate Baker. Jan 2015. Podcast.)
- (The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016. Ed. Karen Joy Fowler. New York: Mariner Books, 2017. Print.)
- (Clarkesworld Year Nine, Vol. 1. Eds. Neil Clarke and Sean Williams. Stirling: Wyrm Publishing, 2018. Print.)
"Coyote Invents the Land of the Dead". (Clarkesworld Magazine 114. Mar 2016. Web and Print)
- (Clarkesworld Magazine Podcast 114. Narr. Kate Baker. Mar 2016. Podcast.)
- (Clarkesworld Year Ten. Eds. Neil Clarke and Sean Williams. Stirling: Wyrm Publishing, In press. Print.)
- (Science Fiction World. 2018. Print [Chinese].)
"Tool-Using Mimics". (Clarkesworld Magazine 138. Mar 2018. Web and Print)
- (Clarkesworld Magazine Podcast 138. Narr. Kate Baker. Mar 2018. Podcast.)
"The Privilege of the Happy Ending". (Clarkesworld Magazine 143. Aug 2018. Web and Print)

Poetry

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"Why She Howls: A Coyote Love Story". (Journal of Mythic Arts. 2006. Web)
"Why I Don't Brush My Teeth Anymore". (Boldprint: Bugs. Ed. Eddie George Ing. Oakville: Rubicon Publishing, 2012. Print)
"bitter and dark". (The Haiku Foundation. Jul 2014. Web.)
- (The Haiku Foundation. Jul 2014. iPhone app.)
"cardboard boxes in rain". (Waldorf Literary Review. May 2015. Print)

Other published works

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Essay: "Deciding to Live". (This I Believe. 30 Aug 2008. Radio broadcast)
- (thisibelieve.org. 31 Aug 2008. Web.)
- (This I Believe: Life Lessons. New York: John Wiley, 2011. Print.)
Essay: "The Care and Feeding of Authors". (The New York Review of Science Fiction. Dec 2010. Print)
Essay: "The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish". (Cascadia Subduction Zone 2.1. Jan 2012. Web)
Essay: "Feel Things Out". (Now Write! Speculative Fiction: Writing Exercises from Today's Best Sci-fi, Fantasy & Horror Writers. Ed. Laurie Lamson. New York: Tarcher/Penguin, 2013. Print)
Review essay: "The Vorrh by B. Catling: A Forest in Which to Grow Fancies". (Slate, 5 Jun 2015. Web.)
Editorial. (West Branch Wired. Fall 2015. Web.)
Podcast: "Kij Johnson on Scale and Complexity". (Odyssey Podcast 93. Mar 2016. Podcast. Edited from lectures given at 2015 Odyssey Workshop, Manchester NH, 6–10 Jul 2015.)
Podcast: "Kij Johnson on Choosing and Prioritizing Descriptive Detail". (Odyssey Podcast 94. Mar 2016. Podcast. Edited from lectures given at 2015 Odyssey Workshop, Manchester NH, 6–10 Jul 2015.)
Podcast: "Kij Johnson on Description". (Odyssey Podcast 95. May 2016. Podcast. Edited from lectures given at 2015 Odyssey Workshop, Manchester NH, 6–10 Jul 2015.)
Essay: "Writing Women into The Wind in the Willows Revitalises the Canon". (The Guardian, 11 Oct 2017. Web)

Edited

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Nebula Awards Showcase 2014, 2014

References

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^ "Kij Johnson Biography". April 21, 2015. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
^ "Locus Online Perspectives: Kij Johnson: Inversions". October 3, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
^ Sorg, Arley (October 2023). "Heartbreak and Happy Endings: A Conversation with Kij Johnson". Clarkesworld Magazine. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
^ "MFA in Creative Writing". english.chass.ncsu.edu. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
^ Kit Johnson, archived from the original on August 23, 2017, retrieved October 14, 2015
^ Kevin Standlee (May 15, 2010). "Nebula Awards Results". Science Fiction Awards Watch. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
^ "2011 Nebula Award Winners".
^ ^a ^b Lauren Davis (September 2, 2012). "Congrats to the winners of the 2012 Hugo Awards!". io9. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
^ World Fantasy Convention (2010). "Award Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
^ PDF version of the first PLFL, The J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature, 8 February 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
^ "2019 World Fantasy Awards Winners". November 3, 2019.
^ "2017 World Fantasy Awards Winners". November 5, 2017.

External links

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Official website
2012 interview at Locus. On writing: "The idea I have had requires a metric fuckton of research...."
Interview at Clarkesworld Magazine, March 2010
Kij Johnson profile at Lawrence Journal-World, January 25, 2016
Kij Johnson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
"Kij Johnson :: Pen & Paper RPG Database". Archived from the original on February 21, 2005. Retrieved February 17, 2020.

World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction

1975–2000

"Pages from a Young Girl's Journal" by Robert Aickman (1975)
"Belsen Express" by Fritz Leiber (1976)
"There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding" by Russell Kirk (1977)
"The Chimney" by Ramsey Campbell (1978)
"Naples" by Avram Davidson (1979)
"Mackintosh Willy" by Ramsey Campbell (1980, tie)
"The Woman Who Loved the Moon" by Elizabeth A. Lynn (1980, tie)
"The Ugly Chickens" by Howard Waldrop (1981)
"The Dark Country" by Dennis Etchison (1982, tie)
"Do the Dead Sing?" by Stephen King (1982, tie)
"The Gorgon" by Tanith Lee (1983)
"Elle Est Trois, (La Mort)" by Tanith Lee (1984)
"The Bones Wizard" by Alan Ryan (1985, tie)
"Still Life with Scorpion" by Scott Baker (1985, tie)
"Paper Dragons" by James Blaylock (1986)
"Red Light" by David J. Schow (1987)
"Friend's Best Man" by Jonathan Carroll (1988)
"Winter Solstice, Camelot Station" by John M. Ford (1989)
"The Illusionist" by Steven Millhauser (1990)
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess (1991)
"The Somewhere Doors" by Fred Chappell (1992)
"Graves" by Joe Haldeman (1993, tie)
"This Year's Class Picture" by Dan Simmons (1993, tie)
"The Lodger" by Fred Chappell (1994)
"The Man in the Black Suit" by Stephen King (1995)
"The Grass Princess" by Gwyneth Jones (1996)
"Thirteen Phantasms" by James Blaylock (1997)
"Dust Motes" by P. D. Cacek (1998)
"The Specialist's Hat" by Kelly Link (1999)
"The Chop Girl" by Ian R. MacLeod (2000)

2001–present

"The Pottawatomie Giant" by Andy Duncan (2001)
"Queen for a Day" by Albert E. Cowdrey (2002)
"Creation" by Jeffrey Ford (2003)
"Don Ysidro" by Bruce Holland Rogers (2004)
"Singing My Sister Down" by Margo Lanagan (2005)
"CommComm" by George Saunders (2006)
"Journey Into the Kingdom" by M. Rickert (2007)
"Singing of Mount Abora" by Theodora Goss (2008)
"26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson (2009)
"The Pelican Bar" by Karen Joy Fowler (2010)
"Fossil-Figures" by Joyce Carol Oates (2011)
"The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu (2012)
"The Telling" by Gregory Norman Bossert (2013)
"The Prayer of Ninety Cats" by Caitlín R. Kiernan (2014)
"Do You Like to Look at Monsters?" by Scott Nicolay (2015)
"Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" by Alyssa Wong (2016)
"Das Steingeschöpf" by G. V. Anderson (2017)
"The Birding: A Fairy Tale" by Natalia Theodoridou (2018)
"Like a River Loves the Sky" by Emma Törzs / "Ten Deals with the Indigo Snake" by Mel Kassel (2019)
"Read After Burning" by Maria Dahvana Headley (2020)
"Glass Bottle Dancer" by Celeste Rita Baker (2021)
"(emet)" by Lauren Ring (2022)

v t e Hugo Award for Best Novella
Retro Hugos	Who Goes There? by Don A. Stuart (1939) "If This Goes On—" by Robert A. Heinlein (1941) Waldo by Robert A. Heinlein (1943) The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1944) Killdozer! by Theodore Sturgeon (1945) Animal Farm by George Orwell (1946) The Man Who Sold the Moon by Robert A. Heinlein (1951) A Case of Conscience by James Blish (1954)
1968–1980	Riders of the Purple Wage by Philip José Farmer / Weyr Search by Anne McCaffrey (1968) Nightwings by Robert Silverberg (1969) Ship of Shadows by Fritz Leiber (1970) Ill Met in Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber (1971) The Queen of Air and Darkness by Poul Anderson (1972) The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin (1973) The Girl Who Was Plugged In by James Tiptree Jr. (1974) A Song for Lya by George R. R. Martin (1975) Home Is the Hangman by Roger Zelazny (1976) By Any Other Name by Spider Robinson / Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree Jr. (1977) Stardance by Spider Robinson and Jeanne Robinson (1978) The Persistence of Vision by John Varley (1979) Enemy Mine by Barry B. Longyear (1980)
1981–1990	Lost Dorsai by Gordon R. Dickson (1981) The Saturn Game by Poul Anderson (1982) Souls by Joanna Russ (1983) Cascade Point by Timothy Zahn (1984) Press Enter by John Varley (1985) 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai by Roger Zelazny (1986) Gilgamesh in the Outback by Robert Silverberg (1987) Eye for Eye by Orson Scott Card (1988) The Last of the Winnebagos by Connie Willis (1989) The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold (1990)
1991–2000	The Hemingway Hoax by Joe Haldeman (1991) Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress (1992) Barnacle Bill the Spacer by Lucius Shepard (1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele (1996) Blood of the Dragon by George R. R. Martin (1997) ...Where Angels Fear to Tread by Allen Steele (1998) Oceanic by Greg Egan (1999) The Winds of Marble Arch by Connie Willis (2000)
2001–2010	The Ultimate Earth by Jack Williamson (2001) Fast Times at Fairmont High by Vernor Vinge (2002) Coraline by Neil Gaiman (2003) The Cookie Monster by Vernor Vinge (2004) The Concrete Jungle by Charles Stross (2005) Inside Job by Connie Willis (2006) A Billion Eves by Robert Reed (2007) All Seated on the Ground by Connie Willis (2008) The Erdmann Nexus by Nancy Kress (2009) Palimpsest by Charles Stross (2010)
2011–2020	The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (2011) The Man Who Bridged the Mist by Kij Johnson (2012) The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson (2013) Equoid by Charles Stross (2014) (No award given) (2015) Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (2016) Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (2017) All Systems Red by Martha Wells (2018) Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (2019) This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (2020)
2021–present	The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo (2021) A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (2022) Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire (2023) Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher (2024)

v t e Nebula Award for Best Short Story
1966–1980	""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison (1966) "The Secret Place" by Richard McKenna (1967) "Aye, and Gomorrah" by Samuel R. Delany (1968) "The Planners" by Kate Wilhelm (1969) "Passengers" by Robert Silverberg (1970) "Good News from the Vatican" by Robert Silverberg (1972) "When It Changed" by Joanna Russ (1973) "Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death" by James Tiptree Jr. (1974) "The Day Before the Revolution" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1975) "Catch That Zeppelin!" by Fritz Leiber (1976) "A Crowd of Shadows" by Charles L. Grant (1977) "Jeffty Is Five" by Harlan Ellison (1978) "Stone" by Edward Bryant (1979) "giANTS" by Edward Bryant (1980)
1981–2000	"Grotto of the Dancing Deer" by Clifford D. Simak (1981) "The Bone Flute" by Lisa Tuttle (refused, 1982) "A Letter from the Clearys" by Connie Willis (1983) "The Peacemaker" by Gardner Dozois (1984) "Morning Child" by Gardner Dozois (1985) "Out of All Them Bright Stars" by Nancy Kress (1986) "Tangents" by Greg Bear (1987) "Forever Yours, Anna" by Kate Wilhelm (1988) "Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge" by James K. Morrow (1989) "Ripples in the Dirac Sea" by Geoffrey A. Landis (1990) "Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson (1991) "Ma Qui" by Alan Brennert (1992) "Even the Queen" by Connie Willis (1993) "Graves" by Joe Haldeman (1994) "A Defense of the Social Contracts" by Martha Soukup (1995) "Death and the Librarian" by Esther Friesner (1996) "A Birthday" by Esther Friesner (1997) "Sister Emily's Lightship" by Jane Yolen (1998) "Thirteen Ways to Water" by Bruce Holland Rogers (1999) "The Cost of Doing Business" by Leslie What (2000)
2001–2020	"macs" by Terry Bisson (2001) "The Cure for Everything" by Severna Park (2002) "Creature" by Carol Emshwiller (2003) "What I Didn't See" by Karen Joy Fowler (2004) "Coming to Terms" by Eileen Gunn (2005) "I Live With You" by Carol Emshwiller (2006) "Echo" by Elizabeth Hand (2007) "Always" by Karen Joy Fowler (2008) "Trophy Wives" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (2009) "Spar" by Kij Johnson (2010) "How Interesting: A Tiny Man" by Harlan Ellison / "Ponies" by Kij Johnson (2011) "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu (2012) "Immersion" by Aliette de Bodard (2013) "If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love" by Rachel Swirsky (2014) "Jackalope Wives" by Ursula Vernon (2015) "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" by Alyssa Wong (2016) "Seasons of Glass and Iron" by Amal El-Mohtar (2017) "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™" by Rebecca Roanhorse (2018) "The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington" by P. Djèlí Clark (2019) "Give the Family My Love" by A. T. Greenblatt (2020)
2021–present	"Open House on Haunted Hill" by John Wiswell (2021) "Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather" by Sarah Pinsker (2022) "Rabbit Test" by Samantha Mills (2023) "Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200" by R. S. A. Garcia (2024)

Dungeons & Dragons

Basics

General	Adventurers League Controversies Editions Gen Con Popular culture Film series Related products Retro-clones Sources and influences
Gameplay	Adventures Alignment Attribute Dungeon Master Game mechanics Magic Magic item Miniatures Psionics
Creators	Gary Gygax Dave Arneson Keith Baker Richard Baker David Cook Monte Cook Ed Greenwood Jeff Grubb Rob Heinsoo Tracy Hickman Harold Johnson Robert J. Kuntz Mike Mearls Frank Mentzer Tom Moldvay Chris Perkins Jon Pickens Jonathan Tweet Jim Ward Margaret Weis Skip Williams Steve Winter
Companies	TSR Wizards of the Coast Grenadier Models Judges Guild Paizo Ral Partha Strategic Simulations WizKids
Licenses	Open Game License Game System License System Reference Document

Geography and cosmology

Campaign settings

Birthright
Council of Wyrms
Dark Sun
Dragonlance
Dragon Fist
Eberron
Exandria
Forgotten Realms
- Faerûn
- Al-Qadim
- Kara-Tur
Ghostwalk
Greyhawk
Jakandor
Kingdoms of Kalamar
Magic: The Gathering planes
- Ravnica
- Strixhaven
- Theros
Mahasarpa
Mystara
- Blackmoor
- Savage Coast
- Hollow World
Nentir Vale
Pelinore
Planescape
Ravenloft
- Masque of the Red Death
Rokugan
Spelljammer

Planes of existence

Material Plane
- Aebrynis
- Abeir-Toril
- Athas
- Krynn
- Eberron
- Mystara
- Oerth
- Underdark
Inner Planes
Outer Planes
- Sigil

Characters and beings

Races and lineages	Dragonborn Dwarf Elf Drow Gnome Half-elf Half-orcs Halfling Human Kender Tiefling Triton Warforged
Classes	Artificer Barbarian Bard Cleric Druid Fighter Monk Paladin Ranger Rogue Sorcerer Warlock Wizard List of alternative classes
Character lists	Dragonlance Greyhawk Ravenloft
Notable characters	Alias Catti-brie Drizzt Do'Urden Elminster Volothamp Geddarm Gord the Rogue Iggwilv Lord Soth Raistlin Majere Minsc Mordenkainen Tenser Strahd von Zarovich Wulfgar
Creatures and monsters	Beholders Centaur Devils Dragons Gelatinous cube Giants Goblins Illithid (mind flayer) Lich Mimic Owlbear Orcs Reptilian humanoids Kobolds Slaadi Trolls Vampires List of 2nd edition monsters List of 3rd edition monsters
Deities and powers	Bahamut Corellon Larethian Eilistraee Greyhawk deities Tharizdun Vecna Moradin Mystra Tiamat

Publications

Core rulebooks

Classic boxed sets

Supplements

Arms and Equipment Guide Battlesystem Book of Exalted Deeds Book of Vile Darkness Deities & Demigods Draconomicon Fiend Folio Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting Libris Mortis Manual of the Planes Player's Option: Combat & Tactics Player's Option: Skills & Powers Player's Option: Spells & Magic Unearthed Arcana
High-level rules	Wrath of the Immortals Dungeon Master Option: High-Level Campaigns Epic Level Handbook
Psionics Handbook	AD&D 2nd edition D&D 3rd edition D&D v3.5 Expanded and Complete

Notable
modules

Online tools