Six-Gun Snow White

Six-Gun Snow White
	First edition
Author	Catherynne M. Valente
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy; Western
Set in	American west
Publisher	Subterranean Press
Publication date	February 28, 2013
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover, paperback)
Pages	167 pp.
OCLC	828097718
Dewey Decimal	813/.6

Six-Gun Snow White is a 2013 fantasy novella by American author Catherynne M. Valente, retelling the story of Snow White in a mythical version of the American frontier, where she is born to a Crow woman and white man. It was published by Subterranean Press.

Reception

Publishers Weekly considered it "witty" with "complex reverberations", and lauded "the originality of the atmosphere" and "the simple pleasure of savoring Valente’s exuberant writing".^[1] Kirkus Reviews praised Valente's "enjoyably distinctive voice", and the "fascinating details" of the setting, judging the whole as "engaging and delightfully written", but noting that the conclusion "rushes in unexpectedly".^[2]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2013	Nebula Award	Novella	Finalist	^[3]
2014	Hugo Award	Novella	Finalist	^[4]
Locus Award	Novella	Won	^[5]
World Fantasy Award	Novella	Finalist	^[6]

References

^ Six-Gun Snow White, reviewed at Publishers Weekly; published December 10, 2012; retrieved May 2, 2018
^ SNOW WHITE by Catherynne M. Valente^{[permanent dead link]}, reviewed at Kirkus Reviews; published August 18, 2015; retrieved May 2, 2018
^ "2013 Nebula Awards Winners". Locus. May 17, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
^ "2014 Hugo and Campbell Awards Winners". Locus. August 15, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
^ "2014 Locus Awards Winners". Locus. June 28, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
^ "World Fantasy Awards Winners 2014". Locus. November 9, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2025.

[PW-1] Six-Gun Snow White, reviewed at Publishers Weekly; published December 10, 2012; retrieved May 2, 2018

[Kirkus-2] SNOW WHITE by Catherynne M. Valente^{[permanent dead link]}, reviewed at Kirkus Reviews; published August 18, 2015; retrieved May 2, 2018

[nebula2013-3] "2013 Nebula Awards Winners". Locus. May 17, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2025.

[hugo2014-4] "2014 Hugo and Campbell Awards Winners". Locus. August 15, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2025.

[locus2014-5] "2014 Locus Awards Winners". Locus. June 28, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2025.

[wfa2014-6] "World Fantasy Awards Winners 2014". Locus. November 9, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2025.

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v t e Locus Award for Best Novella
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2010s	The Women of Neill Gwynne's by Kage Baker (2010) The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (2011) Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. Valente (2012) After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress (2013) Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente (2014) Yesterday's Kin by Nancy Kress (2015) Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds (2016) Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (2017) All Systems Red by Martha Wells (2018) Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (2019)
2020s	This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar (2020) Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (2021) Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (2022) A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (2023) Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher (2024)
Best Novel (1971–1981) Best SF Novel (1980–present) Best Fantasy Novel (1978–present) Best First Novel (1981–present) Best Horror Novel (1989–1997, 1999, 2017–present) Best Young Adult Book (2003–present) Best Novella (1973–present) Best Novelette (1975–present) Best Short Story (1971–present)