BooktubeSFF Awards Winners
Winners of the fifth annual BooktubeSFF Awards have been announced. The awards were created “as a way to encourage more engagement among the emergent SFF fandom community on YouTube,” and the judges are “booktubers,” or “YouTube creators whose channels focus on books and reading.”
Nominees were chosen from 281 reader ballots, with winners voted on separately by readers and judges. For categories with differing results, both selections were named as winners.
Fantasy
- WINNER (popular vote): Circe, Madeleine Miller (Little, Brown)
- WINNER (judges’ vote): Grey Sister, Mark Lawrence (Orbit)
- Foundryside, Robert Jackson Bennett (Crown)
Science Fiction
- WINNER: Record of a Spaceborn Few, Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager US)
- The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
- Vengeful, V.E. Schwab (Tor)
Young Adult
- WINNER (popular vote): Skyward, Brandon Sanderson (Delacorte)
- WINNER (judges’ vote): Muse of Nightmares, Laini Taylor (Little, Brown)
- The Cruel Prince, Holly Black (Little, Brown)
Middle Grade
- WINNER: Wundersmith: The Calling of Morirgan Crow, Jessica Townsend (Little, Brown)
- Aru Shah and the End of Time, Roshani Chokshi (Rick Riordan Presents)
- City of Ghosts, Victoria Schwab (Scholastic)
Debut Novel
- WINNER (popular vote): The Poppy War, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US)
- WINNER (judges’ vote): Trail of Lightning, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
- Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt)
Short Work
- WINNER: Artificial Condition, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
- Beneath the Sugar Sky, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
- Binti: The Night Masquerade, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com Publishing)
Graphic Work
- WINNER: Monstress, Volume 3: Haven, Marjorie M. Liu & Sana Takeda (Image)
- The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins, Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy, Carey Pietsch (First Second)
- Aquicorn Cove, Katie O’Neill (Oni)
For more information, see the award website.
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