Mike Allen

Personal life Allen is married to Anita Allen, with whom he runs Mythic Delirium Books. In his day job, he is a news reporter and arts and culture columnist for a daily newspaper in Roanoke, Virginia, was a finalist for the 2008 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. In 2015, his debut short story collection Unseaming was a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award for best single author collection. In 2017, an anthology he edited, Clockwork Phoenix 5, was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award—Anthology. In 2021, Allen received a second Shirley Jackson Award nomination for his 2020 collection Aftermath of an Industrial Accident: Stories.

Allen has won the Rhysling Award for best speculative poem three times, in 2003, 2006, and 2007.

"Epochs in Exile: A Fantasy Trilogy" (co-authored with Charles M. Saplak), Rhysling Award, Best Long Poem, 2003 (winner) "The Strip Search," Rhysling Award, Best Short Poem, 2006 (winner) "The Journey to Kailash," Rhysling Award, Best Long Poem, 2007 (winner) "The Button Bin," Nebula Award, Best Short Story, 2008 (nominee) Unseaming, Shirley Jackson Award, Best Collection, 2014 (nominee) Clockwork Phoenix 5, World Fantasy Award, Best Anthology, 2017 (nominee) World Fantasy Award, Special Award—Non-professional, for Mythic Delirium, 2019 (nominee) Aftermath of an Industrial Accident: Stories, Shirley Jackson Award, Best Collection, 2020 (nominee)