2024 ITW Thriller Awards finalists

International Thriller Writers has announced the finalists for the 2024 Thriller Awards, including several titles and authors of genre interest.

Best Hardcover Novel

  • All the Sinners Bleed, S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
  • The Drift, C.J. Tudor (Ballantine)

Best Paperback Original Novel

  • Hide, Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)
  • The Paleontologist, Luke Dumas (Atria)
  • The Spy Coast, Tess Gerritsen (Thomas & Mercer)
  • Cave 13, Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin’s
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2024 Future Worlds Prize Shortlist

The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour has announced its eight-title shortlist:

  • “The Unbound Atlas”, Zita Abila
  • “Blood on Shadowed Blades”, Nelita Aromona
  • “The Suit Sellers of Kowloon”, Ese Erheriene
  • “Ek Haseena Thi”, Isha Karki
  • “The Yawn of the Pond”, Inigo Laguda
  • “Walk in Fire”, Ruairidh MacLean
  • “Tribe of the Snow Leopards”, Farah Maria Rahman
  • “Let None Through”, M.A. Seneviratne

The judges are M.H. Ayinde,

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2024 Jhalak Prize Longlists

Both the 12-title Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year and the Children’s & Young Adult prize longlists were announced today.

The awards “seek to celebrate books by British/British resident BAME writers” and “accept entries published in the UK by writers of colour. These include (and not limited to) fiction, non-fiction, short stories, graphic novels, poetry and all other genres.” The prize awards £1000 to each winner, along with “a ...Read More

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People & Publishing Roundup, March 2024

MILESTONES

DAVID-CHRISTOPHER GAL­HEA is now represented via Ginger Clark Literary.

DANI RAANAN is now repre­sented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency.

J. FEDERLE is now a client of Ginger Clark Literary.

 

AWARDS

SUSAN COOPER is the 40th recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, presented via the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association. She will be honored June 6-9, 2024, at the 59th Nebula Awards Ceremony in ...Read More

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93rd Annual California Book Awards Finalists

The finalists for the 93rd Annual California Book Awards, presented by the Commonwealth Club of California, have been announced. Titles and authors of genre interest include Empty Theatre by Jac Jemc (MCD) in the Fiction category. There are eight categories of awards, including Poetry, Californiana, and more.

The awards honor “the writers who have come to define California to the world.” The winners will be announced in May.

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2023 Aurealis Awards Shortlist

The 2023 Aurealis Awards shortlist, recognizing the best in Australian speculative fiction, has been announced.

Best Science Fiction Novel

  • Minds of Sand and Light, Kylie Chan (HarperCollins)
  • The Comforting Weight of Water, Roanna McClelland (Wakefield)
  • Aliens: Bishop, T.R. Napper (Titan)
  • Dronikus, Marko Newman (AndAlso)
  • Time of the Cat, Tansy Rayner Roberts (self-published)
  • Traitor’s Run, Keith Stevenson (coeur de lion)

Best Science Fiction Novella

  • “Eight
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2023 Nebula Awards Ballot

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has released the final ballot for the 2023 Nebula Awards.

Novel

  • The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)
  • The Water Outlaws, S.L. Huang (Tordotcom; Solaris UK)
  • Translation State, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
  • The Terraformers, Annalee Newitz (Tor; Orbit UK)
  • Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi (DAW; Gollancz)
  • Witch King, Martha
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2024 Dublin Literary Award Longlist

The 70-title longlist for the Dublin Literary Awards has been announced. Titles and authors of genre interest include:

  • Chain-Gang All-Stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Pantheon)
  • Limberlost, Robbie Arnott (Atlantic)
  • The Crane Husband, Kelly Barnhill (Tordotcom)
  • The House of Fortune, Jessie Burton (Bloomsbury)
  • Solenoid, Mircea Cărtărescu (Deep Vellum)
  • Birnam Wood, Eleanor Catton (Farrar, Straus, Giroux)
  • The Axeman’s Carnival, Catherine Chidgey (Te Herenga Waka University Press)
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2023 Libby Book Awards Winners

Winners of the inaugural Libby Book Awards, “chosen by a vote from over 1,700 librarians and library workers across North America,” have been announced, including winners of genre interest.

Best Science Fiction

  • System Collapse, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)

Best Fantasy

  • Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower)

Best Young Adult Fiction

  • Divine Rivals, Rebecca Ross (Wednesday)

Best Romantasy

  • Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower)

Best Historical Fiction

  • Let
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2024 Aspen Words Finalists

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Pantheon) is one of the five finalists for the 2024 Aspen Words Literary Prize.

The winner will be announced during a ceremony on April 25, 2024 in New York, NY. The $35,000 prize is awarded to “an influential work of fiction focused on vital contemporary issues.” Finalists and winner are chosen by jury. This year’s judges are Lan Samantha Chang, Christina Baker Kline, Anthony ...Read More

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2024 Carol Shields Prize Longlist

The longlist has been announced for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. Longlisted works of genre interest include:

  • You Were Watching from the Sand, Juliana Lamy (Red Hen)
  • The Future, Catherine Leroux, translated by Susan Ouriou (Biblioasis)
  • A Council of Dolls, Mona Susan Power (Mariner)
  • Chrysalis, Anuja Varghese (House of Anansi)
  • Land of Milk and Honey, C. Pam Zhang (Riverhead)

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2024 Yoto Carnegie Medals Shortlists

The shortlists for the 2024 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing and Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration have been announced. Titles and authors of genre interest follow.

Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing

  • The Song Walker, Zillah Bethell (Usborne)
  • Away with Words, Sophie Cameron (Little Tiger)
  • The Boy Lost in the Maze, Joseph Coelho, illustrated by Kate Milner (Otter-Barry Books)

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Tanith Lee Wins Infinity Award

Tanith Lee (1947-2015) has been named the recipient of the second Infinity Award.

The award is presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) to “posthumously honor acclaimed creators who passed away before they could be considered for a Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. This new award aims to recognize that even though those celebrated worldbuilders, storytellers, and weavers of words are no longer with us, their ...Read More

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2024 Edgar Awards Nominations

Several authors and works of genre interest are among the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) 2024 Edgar Awards finalists.

Best Novel

  • Flags on the Bayou, James Lee Burke (Atlantic Monthly)
  • All the Sinners Bleed, S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
  • An Honest Man, Michael Koryta (Mullholand)
  • The River We Remember, William Kent Krueger (Atria)
  • Crook Manifesto, Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)

Best First Novel

  • Murder by Degrees, Ritu Mukerji
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Otherwise Award Hiatus

The Otherwise Award, “an award encouraging the exploration and expansion of gender,” is going on hiatus. In a blog post on the Otherwise Award website, chair Sumana Harihareswara wrote:

Our Motherboard met recently to discuss how to move forward. We remain dedicated to our mission: to celebrate science fiction, fantasy, and other forms of speculative narrative that expand and explore our understanding of gender. But we’re discussing how, as an ...Read More

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2024 Peter Nicholls Prize

The SF Foundation has announced Domenico Di Rosa as the winner of the 2024 Peter Nicholls Essay Prize. The prize recognizes “an original article on any topic, period, theme, author, film or other media within the field of science fiction and its academic study”. Di Rosa’s winning essay will appear in the Spring 2024 issue of Foundation.

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2023 Foreword INDIES Finalists

Foreword Reviews has announced the finalists for the 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards, including several titles and authors of genre interest.

Fantasy

  • Belly of the Beast, Charles Armstrong (Sorce)
  • The Winter Knight, Jes Battis (ECW)
  • West of Jaws, Capes (Capas)
  • Savage Wild Hearts, Sean Fletcher (self-published)
  • Mantle of the World Ruler, Kate Gateley (self-published)
  • Beyond the Gloaming Pass, Rebecca Holmes (self-published)
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2024 British Book Awards Shortlists

The Bookseller has announced the shortlists for the 2024 British Book Awards, including several titles and authors of genre interest.

Fiction

  • Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang (Borough Press)
  • The Ghost Ship, Kate Mosse (Mantle)
  • Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros (Piaktus)

Pageturner

  • Icebreaker, Hannah Grace (Simon & Schuster)
  • It Starts with Us, Colleen Hoover (Simon & Schuster)
  • The Lost Bookshop, Evie Woods (One More Chapter)
  • Fourth Wing
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2024 SFWA Givers Fund Grants

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) announced the recipients of the 2024 Givers Fund Grants for organizations which further SFWA’s mission: “To promote, advance, and support science fiction and fantasy writing in the United States and elsewhere, by educating and informing the general public and supporting and empowering science fiction and fantasy writers.”

Grant recipients can be “any 501(c)(3) or similar organization… with a program related to ...Read More

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2024 Women’s Prize Longlist

The 16-title longlist has been announced for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction. Nominees of genre interest include And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott (Allen & Unwin) and The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord (Gollancz).

The prize celebrates “the power of individuality with each one showcasing a unique writing style, subject and theme.”

The shortlist will be announced in April, and the winner on June 13, 2024. The

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2024 Jim Baen Memorial Award Finalists

Baen Books has announced the ten finalists for the 2024 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award:

  • Nik Alexander
  • Zack Be
  • Gustavo Bondoni
  • S.L. Davis
  • Trent Guillory
  • C. Stuart Hardwick
  • William Paul Jones
  • Jason Lairamore
  • Avery Parks
  • Marie Vibbert

The Grand Prize winner will be featured on the Baen website. The author will be given a trophy and paid professional rates.

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Winnette Shortlisted for 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award

Users by Colin Winnette (Soft Skull), has been shortlisted for the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

The prize “honors the best published works of fiction by American citizens in a calendar year.” This year’s judges are Xochitl Gonzalez, Alan Michael Parker, and Lynn Steger Strong

The winner, to be announced in April, will receive $15,000. Finalists each receive $5,000. For more information, including the complete five-title shortlist, see the PEN/Faulkner ...Read More

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2024 Audie Award Winners

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced the winners for the 2024 Audie Awards, “recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.” Winners of genre interest include:

Science Fiction

  • WINNER: Cassandra in Reverse, Holly Smale, narrated by Kristin Atherton (HarperAudio)
  • Dual Memory, Sue Burke, narrated by André Santana (Dreamscape)
  • Wool, Hugh Howey, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
 (Blackstone)
  • The Deep Sky, Yume Kitasei, narrated by Sarah Skaer
 (Macmillan
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2024 REH Foundation Awards Finalists

The Robert E. Howard (REH) Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Robert E. Howard Awards.

The Atlantean – Outstanding Achievement, Book (non-anthology/collection)

  • The Weird Tales Boys, Stephen Jones (PS Publishing)

The Valusian – Outstanding Achievement, Book

  • Hither Came Conan, Bob Byrne & Jason M. Waltz, eds. (Rogue Blades Foundation)
  • Beyond the Black Stranger and Others: New Essays On Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft,
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2024 FAAn Awards Winners

The winners of the 2024 Fan Activity Achievement Awards (FAAns) were announced at Corflu 41, held February 29 – March 3, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV.

Best Personal Zine

  • This Here…

Best Genzine

  • SF Commentary

Best Special Publication

  • Beyond Fandom

Best Fan Writer 

  • Mark Plummer

Best Letterhack

  • Jerry Kaufman

Best Fan Artist

  • Ulrika O’Brien

Best Fanzine Cover Art

  • IDEA #13, Sue Mason

Corflu Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Joe Siclari and Edie
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2023 Clarkesworld Readers’ Poll Winners

The results of the annual Clarkesworld readers’ poll for best stories and cover art of 2023 were announced in the March 2024 issue.

Best Short Story

  • WINNER: “Better Living Through Algorithms”, Naomi Kritzer (5/23)
  • 2nd Place: “Day Ten Thousand”, Isabel J. Kim (6/23)
  • 3rd Place: “Window Boy”, Thomas Ha (8/23)

Best Novelette/Novella

  • WINNER: “To Sail Beyond the Botnet”, Suzanne Palmer (5/23)
  • 2nd Place: “Light Speed Is Not a Speed”, Andy
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2023 BSFA Shortlist

 

 

 

The shortlist for the 2023 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards has been announced, with newly revised and expanded categories.

Best Novel

  • The Green Man’s Quarry, Juliet E. McKenna (Wizard Tower)
  • Descendant Machine, Gareth L. Powell (Titan)
  • Airside, Christopher Priest (Gollancz)
  • HIM, Geoff Ryman (Angry Robot)
  • Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi (Gollancz)

Best Shorter Fiction (for novelettes and

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Hugo Awards Tampering Expanded

Hugo tampering was previously reported, but is updated and expanded below:

On February 14, 2024, Chris M. Barkley and Jason Sanford released ‘‘The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion’’, an extensive look at the irregularities in the recent Hugo Awards presented in Chengdu, China, including a set of leaked emails from Diane Lacey, one of the awards eligibility researchers. The earlier release of the Hugo Awards nomination ...Read More

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Doherty Wins Heinlein Award

Tor Books founder Tom Doherty is the winner of the 2024 Robert A. Heinlein Award, given for “outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space.” This award is “in recognition of Mr. Doherty’s work in bringing the inspiring books of hundreds of authors writing about our future in Space to public awareness.”

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2024 Philip K. Dick Award Judges

The five judges for the Philip K. Dick Award for works of science fiction published as paperback originals in the US during the year 2024 have been announced:

  • Maurice Broaddus, 533 E. 32nd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46205-3871; pdf files to Broaddus.Assistant@gmail.com
  • C.S. Friedman, 585 Grove St, Ste 145 #642, Herndon VA 20170-4791 (USPS shipments only); epub files to Wkdata99@gmail.com
  • Rajan Khanna, 6 Willig Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19125-3325; epub files to
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Chandrasekera Wins Crawford

Vajra Chandrasekera’s The Saint of Bright Doors (Tor) is the winner of the 2024 Crawford Award, presented annually by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) for a first book of fantasy fiction.

The awards committee also named honorable mentions:

  • Summer Fishing in Lapland, Juhani Karila (Pushkin)
  • Dry Land, B. Pladek (University of Wisconsin Press)
  • Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi
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SFPA Announces 2024 Grand Masters

The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) has named F.J. Bergmann as their 2024 Grand Master.

The title is given “to an individual living at the time of selection whose body of work reflects the highest artistic goals of the SFPA, who has been actively publishing within the target genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a period of no fewer than 20 years, and whose poetry has been ...Read More

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