2023 Dragon Awards, Julie Award, and Mike Resnick Memorial Award Winners
Winners have been announced for the 2023 Dragon Awards, presented at Dragon Con, held August 31 – September 4, 2023 in Atlanta GA.
Best Science Fiction Novel
- WINNER: The Icarus Plot, Timothy Zahn (Baen)
- 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)
Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)
- WINNER: Witch King, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)
- 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)
Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel
- WINNER: The Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
- 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)
- Academy Arcanist, Shami Stovall (Capital Station)
Best Alternate History Novel
- WINNER: Lost In Time, A.G. Riddle (Head of Zeus)
- Halcyon, Elliot Ackerman (Knopf)
- The Mother, B.L. Blanchard (47North)
- The Revolutionary War, Christopher G. Nuttall (Elsewhen)
- Hidden Voices, Dan Willis (self-published)
Best Horror Novel
- WINNER: A House With Good Bones, T. Kingfisher (Nightfire)
- The Devil Takes You Home, Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland)
- 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
- WINNER: Tower of Silence, Larry Correia, art by Kurt Miller (Baen)
- Wraithbound, Tim Akers, art by Jeff Brown (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
- WINNER: Dune: House Harkonnen, Brian Herbert, Kevin J Anderson & Michael Shelfer (Del Rey)
- Night Fever, Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips & Jacob Phillips (Image)
- Kaya, Wes Craig (Image)
- X-Men, Gerry Duggan & Joshua Cassara (Marvel)
- 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
- WINNER: The Sandman
- Andor
- House of the Dragon
- The Last of Us
- The Mandalorian
- Picard
- Strange New Worlds
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie
- WINNER: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Guardians of the Galaxy 3
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Winners in various gaming-related categories were also announced. For more information, visit the Dragon Awards website.
The winners of the 2023 Julie Award for lifetime achievement in multiple genres and the 2023 Mike Resnick Award for an unpublished SF story by a new author were also announced during the same ceremony:
Julie Award
- WINNER: Marty Krofft
Mike Resnick Memorial Award Winner:
- WINNER: “For the Great and Immortal”, Daniel Burnbridge
- “Spare Parts”, M. Thomas Diskint
- “Just Another Day”, Cecilia Kang
- “Lag”, Pierre-Alexandre Sicart
- “Deep Sadness”, Sophia Tao
For more information, visit the Mike Resnick Memorial Award website.
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