2021 Deutscher Science Fiction Preis Winners

Best German Language Short Story

• WINNER: “Wagners Stimme”, Carsten Schmitt (Wie künstlich ist Intelligenz?)

• “Stromsperre”, Stephan Becher (Rebellion in Sirius City)
• “Die letzte Jungfrau”, T. Elling (Nova 29)
• “Angereichert”, Karsten Kruschel (Spektrum der Wissenschaft)
• “Die Sapiens-Integrale”, Michael Marrak (Wie künstlich ist Intelligenz?)

Best German Language Novel

• WINNER: Die Sprache der Blumen, Sven Haupt (Mystic Verlag)

• Erstkontakt [Koloniewelten Band 4, 2172 – 2230], Galax Acheronian (Twentysix)
• Salzgras und Lavendel, Gabriele Behrend (p.machinery)
• Perlenwelt [Der letzte Admiral Band 2], Dirk van den Boom (Cross Cult)
• Fallender Stern, Christoph Dittert (Piper-Verlag)
• Kohärenz, Ralf Edenhofer (Belle Epoque Verlag)
• Was Preema nicht weiß, Sameena Jehanzeb (self-published)
• Kikis Geheimnis [Qualityland 2.0], Marc Uwe Kling (Ullstein Buchverlage)
• Vakuum, Philip P. Peterson (Fischer TOR)

Winners were chosen by jury, and receive a €1,000 prize. Awards will be presented during PentaCon 2021, the SFCD’s annual convention, to be held November 5-7, 2021 in Dresden, Germany. For more, see the award site.

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