2023 Dragon Awards Ballot

Best Science Fiction Novel

• The Spare Man, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
• Translation State, Ann Leckie (Orbit)
• The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey)
• Eversion, Alastair Renolds (Orbit)
• Children of Memory, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit)
• Neom, Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon)
• The Icarus Plot, Timothy Zahn (Baen)

Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)

• The Atlas Paradox, Olivie Blake (Tor)
• Tower of Silence, Larry Correia (Baen)
• Into the Vortex, Charles E. Gannon (Baen)
• Babel, R. F. Kuang (Harper Voyager)
• Tress of the Emerald Sea, Brandon Sanderson (Tor)
• The Witch King, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)

Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel

• The Scratch Daughters, H. A. Clarke (Erewhon)
• Bloodmarked, Tracy Deonn (Simon & Schuster)
• Foul Lady Fortune, Chloe Gong (Margaret K. McElderry)
• Rust in the Root, Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)
• The Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
• Academy Arcanist, Shami Stovall (Capital Station)

Best Alternate History Novel

• Halcyon, Elliot Ackerman (Knopf)
• The Mother, B.L. Blanchard (47North)
• The Revolutionary War, Christopher G. Nuttall (Elsewhen)
• Lost In Time, A.G. Riddle (Head of Zeus)
• Hidden Voices, Dan Willis (self-published)

Best Horror Novel

• The Devil Takes You Home, Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland)
• A House With Good Bones, T. Kingfisher (Nightfire)
• Reluctant Immortals, Gwendolyn Kiste (Saga)
• No Gods For Drowning, Hailey Piper (Agora)
• The Only One Left, Riley Sager (Dutton)
• The Pallbearers Club, Paul Tremblay (William Morrow)

Best Illustrative Cover

• Wraithbound, Tim Akers, art by Jeff Brown (Baen)
• Tower of Silence, Larry Correia, art by Kurt Miller (Baen)
• Ashes of Man, Christopher Ruocchio, art by Kieran Yanner (DAW)
• But Not Broken, edited and art by Cedar Sanderson (self published)
• River of Ashes, Alexandrea Weis, art by Sam Shearon (Vesuvian)
• Titan Mage: Apocalypse, Edie Skye, art by Jackson Tjota (Spice Rack)

Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel

• Night Fever, Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips & Jacob Phillips (Image)
• Kaya, Wes Craig (Image)
• X-Men, Gerry Duggan & Joshua Cassara (Marvel)
• Dune: House Harkonnen, Brian Herbert, Kevin J Anderson & Michael Shelfer (Del Rey)
• Wolverine, Benjamin Percy & Juan Jose Ryp (Marvel)
• Dawn of DC: Green Arrow, Joshua Williamson & Sean Izaakse (DC)

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series, TV or Internet

• Andor
• House of the Dragon
• The Last of Us
• The Mandalorian
• Picard
• The Sandman
• Strange New Worlds

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie

• Avatar: The Way of Water
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Guardians of the Galaxy 3
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Finalists in various gaming-related categories were also announced. Winners will be announced at Dragon Con, to be held August 31 – September 4, 2023 in Atlanta, GA.

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