2023 Prix ActuSF de l’Uchronie shortlist

ActuSF has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Prix de l’Uchronie. The prize is awarded to works in the alternate history genre, written or translated into French and published between September 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.

Prix Littéraire

  • Guerre et Peur, Johan Heliot (Mnémos)
  • La Fureur des siècles, Johan Heliot (Critic)
  • Burning Sky, Stéphane Przybylski (Denoël Lunes d’encre)
  • Les Chants de Nüying, Émilie Querbalec (Albin Michel Imaginaire)
  • Sur la Lune [The Relentless Moon], Mary Robinette Kowal, translated by Patrick Imbert (Denoël Lunes d’encre)

Prix Spécial

  • Hello Tomorrow!
  • L’uchronie. Histoire(s) alternative(s), Laurent Bazin (Presses Universitaires Blaise Pascale collection L’Opportune)
  • Uchronies Sibériennes, Le Trans Alaska sibérien, Patricia Chichmanova (Les Carnets de l’Aléatoire)
  • L’exposition Uchronie, Vincent Fournier
  •  La Trilogie du Singe, Pierre Léauté (Mille Cent Quinze)

The graphic novel category will not be awarded this year. Winners will be chosen by a jury and announced in November. For more information, see the announcement from ActuSF.


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