By way of Ellen Datlow's blog comes news of the Shirley Jackson Award for "outstanding achievementin the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic." There's not a lot of info up on the award website yet, but evidently the award "will be voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics, with input from a Board of Advisors. The awards will be given for the best work published in the preceding calendar year in the following categories: Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Single-Author Collection, and Edited Anthology." Information on deadlines and how to submit works will be forthcoming.