Title: Selkie Stories Are for Losers

Title: Selkie Stories Are for Losers Title Record # 1555716
Author: Sofia Samatar
Date: 2013-01-07
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Language: English
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Year	Title
2015	Selkie Stories Are for Losers [as by Sophia Samatar]

Year	Language	Title
2014^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	Romanian	Poveștile cu selkie sunt pentru păguboși^?Povestile cu selkie sunt pentru pagubosi
2020^ⓘTranslated by unknown	Japanese	セルキー譚は負け犬のもの^?セルキーたんはまけいぬのもの Serukī Tan ha Makeinu no Mono Serukii Tan ha Makeinu no Mono Serukī Tan wa Makeinu no Mono Serukii Tan wa Makeinu no Mono [as by ソフィア・サマター^?Sofia Samatā Sofia Samataa ]

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination	2013 BSFA	Best Short Fiction
2	2014 Hugo	Best Short Story
Nomination	2014 Nebula	Short Story
Nomination	2014 World Fantasy	Best Short Fiction

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Strange Horizons, 7 January 2013	2013-01-07	ed. Niall Harrison	strangehorizons.com				webzine^?Used for Internet-based periodical publications which are otherwise not downloadable as an "ebook".	mag
BSFA Awards 2013	2014-04-00	ed. uncredited	BSFA (BSFA Awards Annual Collections)			64	A4^?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	anth	Vincent Chong
StarShipSofa, No 332	2014-04-09	ed. Tony C. Smith	District of Wonders		$0.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	mag
The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Eight	2014-05-00	ed. Jonathan Strahan	Solaris	978-1-78108-215-7	£12.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	614	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Dominic Harman
The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Eight	2014-05-00	ed. Jonathan Strahan	Solaris	978-1-84997-666-4	$7.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Dominic Harman
The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Eight	2014-05-13	ed. Jonathan Strahan	Solaris	978-1-78108-216-4	$19.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	614+ [4]	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Dominic Harman
Escape Pod, EP461	2014-09-12	ed. Norm Sherman	Escape Artists, Inc.		$0.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	mag
Almanah Anticipația 2015^?Almanah Anticipatia 2015 Almanah Anticipatsia 2015	2014-11-21	ed. Alexandru Mironov	Editura Nemira ( Almanah Anticipația^?Almanah Anticipatia Almanah Anticipatsia #21)			240	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Les Edwards
Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2013	2014-12-00	ed. Alisa Krasnostein, Julia Rios	Twelfth Planet Press	978-1-922101-28-0	A$6.99^?A$: Australian dollar. ISO code: AUD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Amanda Rainey
Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2013	2015-02-04	ed. Alisa Krasnostein, Julia Rios	Twelfth Planet Press	978-1-922101-27-3	$16.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	422	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Amanda Rainey
Nebula Awards Showcase 2015	2015-12-08	ed. Greg Bear	Pyr	978-1-63388-090-0	$18.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	349	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	John Harris
Nebula Awards Showcase 2015	2015-12-08	ed. Greg Bear	Pyr	978-1-63388-091-7	$9.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	John Harris
Tender	2017-04-00	Sofia Samatar	Small Beer Press	978-1-61873-126-5	$24.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	273+ [4]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tender	2017-04-17	Sofia Samatar	Small Beer Press	978-1-61873-127-2	$14.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The New Voices of Fantasy	2017-07-00	ed. Peter S. Beagle, Jacob Weisman	Tachyon Publications	978-1-61696-257-9	$16.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	325	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Camille André
The New Voices of Fantasy	2017-08-08	ed. Peter S. Beagle, Jacob Weisman	Tachyon Publications	978-1-61696-258-6			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Camille André
Tender	2019-04-02	Sofia Samatar	Small Beer Press	978-1-61873-165-4	$17.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	273	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Babelzine, Vol. 1	2020-06-20	ed. Editors of Babelzine	バベルうお^?Baberu u o		¥1,000^?¥: Japanese yen. ISO code: JPY	200	A5^?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag

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