2020 Dragon Awards Ballot

Best Science Fiction Novel

• The Testaments, Margaret Atwood (Nan A. Talese)
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E. Harrow (Redhook)
• Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Future of Another Timeline, Annalee Newitz (Tor)
• The Last Emperox, John Scalzi (Tor)
• The Rosewater Redemption, Tade Thompson (Orbit)
• Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
• Wanderers, Chuck Wendig (Del Rey)

Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)

• Ninth House, Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron)
• Jade War, Fonda Lee (Orbit)
• Gods of Jade and Shadow, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Jo Fletcher)
• The Starless Sea, Erin Morgenstern (Doubleday)
• Dead Astronauts, Jeff VanderMeer (MCD)
• The Burning White, Brent Weeks (Orbit)

Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel

• Finch Merlin and the Fount of Youth, Bella Forrest (Nightlight)
• Catfishing on CatNet, Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
• The Grace Year, Kim Liggett (Wednesday)
• Force Collector, Kevin Shinick (Disney Lucasfilm)
• The Poison Jungle, Tui T. Sutherland (Scholastic)
• Cog, Greg van Eekhout (Harper)

Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel

• Savage Wars, Jason Anspach & Nick Cole (Galaxy’s Edge)
• Edge of Valor, Josh Hayes (Aethon)
• Aftershocks, Marko Kloos (47North)
• Defiance, Bear Ross (Aethon)
• Howling Dark, Christopher Ruocchio (DAW)
• System Failure, Joe Zieja (Saga)

Best Alternate History Novel

• The Girl with No Face, M.H. Boroson (Talos)
• Witchy Kingdom, D.J. Butler (Baen)
• Revolution, W.L. Goodwater (Ace)
• As Our World Ends, Jack Hunt (Direct Response)
• Up-time Pride and Down-time Prejudice, Mark H Huston (Ring of Fire)
• A Nation Interrupted, Kevin McDonald (Braveship)

Best Media Tie-In Novel

• Firefly: The Ghost Machine, James Lovegrove (Titan)
• Star Trek: Picard: The Last Best Hope, Una McCormack (Gallery)
• Star Trek: Discovery: The Enterprise War, John Jackson Miller (Pocket)
• Star Wars: Resistance Reborn, Rebecca Roanhorse (Del Rey)
• Aliens: Phalanx, Scott Sigler (Titan)

Best Horror Novel

• Imaginary Friend, Stephen Chbosky (Grand Central)
• Scavenger Hunt, Michaelbrent Collings (Written Insomnia)
• The Twisted Ones, T. Kingfisher (Saga)
• The Pursuit of William Abbey, Claire North (Orbit)
• The Toll, Cherie Priest (Tor)

Best Comic Book

• Avengers, Jason Aaron & Ed McGuinness (Marvel)
• Bitter Root, David F. Walker, Chuck Brown & Sanford Greene (Image)
• Immortal Hulk, Al Ewing & Joe Bennett (Marvel)
• Monstress, Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda (Image)
• Spider-Woman, Karla Pacheco, Pere Perez & Paulo Siqueira (Marvel)
• Undiscovered Country, Charles Soule, Scott Snyder, Daniele Orlandini, Giuseppe Camuncoli & Matt D. Wilson (Image)

Best Graphic Novel

• Batman Universe, Brian Michael Bendis & Nick Derington (DC)
• Battlestar Galactica: Counterstrike!, John Jackson Miller & Daniel HDR (Dynamite)
• Black Bolt, Saladin Ahmed, Christian Ward, Frazier Irving & Stephanie Hans (Marvel)
• Dragon Hoops, Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
• Mister Miracle, Tom King & Mitch Gerads (DC)
• Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1, James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera & Miquel Muerto (BOOM!)

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series

• Altered Carbon
• The Expanse
• Lost in Space
• Star Trek: Picard
• The Mandalorian
• The Witcher
• Watchmen

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie

• Ad Astra
• Fast Color
• Joker
• The Lion King
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
• Terminator: Dark Fate

Finalists in various gaming-related categories were also announced. For more information, visit the Dragon Awards website.

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