2021 Geffen Awards Finalists

Best Translated Science Fiction Book

• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins, translated by Yael Achmon (Kinneret Zmorah-Dvir)
• Vox, Christina Dalcher, translated by Yoav Katz (Dani Sfarim)
• The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, Theodora Goss, translated by Hamutal Yellin (Dov Ladaat)
• The Institute, Stephen King, translated by Inga Michaeli (Modan)
• Old Man’s War series [Old Man’s War, The Ghost Brigades, and The Last Colony], John Scalzi, translated by Tzafrir Grossman & Raz Greenberg (Opus)

Best Translated Fantasy Book

• Hidden Legacy [Burn For Me, White Hot, and Wildfire], Ilona Andrews, translated by Yael Achmon (Alma Books and Ahavot)
• Wendigo, Algernon Blackwood, translated by Jonathan Dayan (Pardes)
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E. Harrow, translated by Lee Evron (Tamir)
• The Buried Giant, Kazuo Ishiguro, translated by Eleanor Berger (The New Library, Hakibbutz Hameuchad – Sifriat Poalim)
• The Fall of Gondolin, J.R.R. Tolkien, translated by Emmanuel Lotem (Keter)

Best Translated YA Book

• Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi, translated by Yael Achmon (Kinneret Zmorah-Dvir)
• A Properly Unhaunted Place [A Properly Unhaunted Place and A Festival of Ghosts], William Alexander, translated by Vered Tochterman (Utz)
• The Girl with the Dragon Heart, Stephanie Burgis, translated by Noa Shavit (Utz)
• The Spellcoats, Diana Wynne Jones, translated by Inbal Saggiv Nakdimon (Utz)
• Space Hostages, Sophia McDougall, translated by Noa Shavit (Utz)

Best Original Hebrew Book

• He Alone, Sarita Barzali (Simple Story)
• Souls, Roi Chen (Keter)
• The World Under the Rug, Lee Evron (Yediyot & Tal-Mai)
• Amber and Gold, Yotam Shapira (Orion)
• Who Wants Superpowers?: The Beginning, Cliff Songs (Sigaliot)

Best Original Hebrew Short Story

• “Relocate & Renovate”, Rotem Baruchin (Once Upon a Future 2020)
• “Open (or: The Light through the Keyhole)”, Hila Benyovits-Hoffman (Once Upon a Future 2020)
• “The Princess and the Demon”, Marina Berlin (Once Upon a Future 2020)
• “Lean”, Avichai Dominitz (Bli Panika)
• “Stitches & Scratches”, Keren Landsman (Once Upon a Future 2020)