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{{Short description|Fantasy anthology edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson}}
{{Infobox book | 
| name = Amazons!
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = SalmonsonAmazons.jpg
| caption = Cover of the first edition
| editor = [[Jessica Amanda Salmonson]]
| cover_artist = [[Michael Whelan]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = [[Fantasy fiction|Fantasy]]
| publisher = [[DAW Books]]
| release_date = 1979
| English_release_date =
| media_type = Print (paperback)
| pages = 206
| isbn = 0-87997-503-2
| oclc = 5951403
| preceded_by =
| followed_by = [[Amazons II]]
}}

'''''Amazons!''''' is an [[anthology]] of [[fantasy]] stories, edited by [[Jessica Amanda Salmonson]], with a cover and frontispiece by [[Michael Whelan]]. It was first published in paperback by [[DAW Books]] in December 1979, and was the first significant fantasy anthology of works featuring female protagonists by (mostly) female authors.<ref name="ISFDB">{{isfdb title|id=35379}}</ref> It received the 1980 [[World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology]].<ref name="ISFDB"/> A follow-up anthology, ''[[Amazons II]]'', was released in 1982. The story "Agbewe's Sword" by [[Charles R. Saunders]] was adapted into the 1986 film ''[[Amazons (1986 film)|Amazons]]''.<ref name="Ellsworth">{{cite book |last1=Ellsworth |first1=Lawrence |title=Cinema of Swords: A Popular Guide to Movies about Knights, Pirates, Barbarians, and Vikings (and Samurai and Musketeers and Gladiators and Outlaw Heroes) |date=June 15, 2023 |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |isbn=9781493065639 |page=17 |url=https://www.google.fi/books/edition/Cinema_of_Swords/IKyzEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Agbewe%27s+Sword%22+%22amazons%22&pg=PA17&printsec=frontcover}}</ref>

==Summary==
The book collects 14 short stories, novelettes and poems by various fantasy authors, with an introduction by Salmonson and an essay on additional reading by Salmonson and [[Susan Wood (science fiction)|Susan Wood]].

==Contents==
*"Amazons" (poem) ([[Melanie Kaye]])
*"Introduction: Our Amazon Heritage" ([[Jessica Amanda Salmonson]])
*"The Dreamstone" ([[C. J. Cherryh]])
*"Wolves of Nakesht" ([[Janrae Frank]])
*"Woman of the White Waste" ([[T. J. Morgan]])
*"The Death of Augusta" (poem) ([[Emily Brontë]]; edited by [[Joanna Russ]])
*"Morrien's Bitch" ([[Janet Fox (author)|Janet Fox]])
*"Agbewe's Sword" ([[Charles R. Saunders]])
*"Jane Saint's Travails (Part One)" ([[Josephine Saxton]])
*"The Sorrows of Witches" ([[Margaret St. Clair]])
*"Falcon Blood" ([[Andre Norton]])
*"The Rape Patrol" ([[Michele Belling]])
*"Bones for Dulath" ([[Robin Hobb|Megan Lindholm]])
*"Northern Chess" ([[Tanith Lee]])
*"The Woman Who Loved the Moon" ([[Elizabeth A. Lynn]])
*"Additional Reading" ([[Jessica Amanda Salmonson]] and [[Susan Wood (science fiction)|Susan Wood]])

==Awards==
The collection won the 1980 [[World Fantasy Award—Collection|World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology/Collection]], placed fourth in the 1980 [[Locus Award|Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology]], and was nominated for both the 1980 and 1981 [[Balrog Award]] for Collection/Anthology.<ref name="ISFDB"/><ref name="Encyclopedia.com">{{cite web |title=SALMONSON, Jessica Amanda |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/salmonson-jessica-amanda |website=[[Encyclopedia.com]] |access-date=12 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614114919/https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/salmonson-jessica-amanda |archive-date=14 June 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{World Fantasy Award Best Collection}}

[[Category:1979 anthologies]]
[[Category:Fantasy anthologies]]
[[Category:DAW Books books]]
[[Category:World Fantasy Award–winning works]]
[[Category:Books with cover art by Michael Whelan]]

Amazons! - Revision history

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