''Winners'' is a collection of

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

award-winning short fiction by American writer

Poul Anderson Poul William Anderson ( ; November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. Anderson also wrote historical novels. He won the Hugo Award seven times an ...

, first published in paperback by

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in August 1981. The pieces were originally published between 1960 and 1972 in the magazines ''

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science-fiction magazine, first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Bouche ...

'', '' Analog'', and '' Galaxy Magazine''. The book contains five novellas and novelettes by the author, all of which won literary awards.

No Truce With Kings "No Truce With Kings" is a science fiction novella by American writer Poul Anderson. It won the Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction in 1964, and the Prometheus Award for Classic Fiction (the Hall of Fame award) in 2010. The title is taken from Rud ...

" (winner, 1964 Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction, 2010 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award) *" The Longest Voyage" (winner, 1961 Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction) *" The Sharing of Flesh" (winner, 1969

Hugo Award for Best Novelette The Hugo Award for Best Novelette is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novelette award is available for works of fiction of ...

) *" The Queen of Air and Darkness" (winner, 1972

Hugo Award for Best Novella The Hugo Award for Best Novella is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novella award is available for works of fiction of between ...

Nebula Award for Best Novelette The Nebula Award for Best Novelette is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) to a science fiction or fantasy novelette. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novelette if it is between 7,5 ...

, Locus Award for Best Short Fiction) *" Goat Song" (winner, 1973

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1981 short story collections Short story collections by Poul Anderson Books with cover art by Michael Whelan {{1980s-sf-story-collection-stub

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