2023 (And Final) Kitschies Shortlists
Finalists for the 2023 Kitschies, awarded for “the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining fiction that contains elements of the speculative or fantastic,” have been announced.
The directors of the award have announced that this, their 15th year, will “be the final year of the prize, citing the increased time-commitment required both of the prize’s administrators and its judges. They note, however, that this year’s diverse lists make the perfect swan-song for the award.”
The Red Tentacle (Novel)
- Infinity Gate, M.R. Carey (Orbit)
- In Ascension, Martin MacInnes (Atlantic)
- Julia, Sandra Newman (Granta)
- Jungle House, Julianne Pachico (Serpent’s Tail)
- The Premonition, Banana Yoshimoto, translated by Asa Yoneda (Faber & Faber)
The Golden Tentacle (Debut)
- Shark Heart, Emily Habeck (Arcadia)
- The Cloisters, Katy Hays (Transworld)
- Your Wish is My Command, Deena Mohamed (Granta)
- The Centre, Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi (Picador)
- Bang Bang Bodhisattva, Aubrey Wood (Solaris)
The Inky Tentacle (Cover Art)
- Remember, Mr Sharma, A.P. Firdaus, design by Nathan Burton (Sceptre)
- The Vegan, Andrew Lipstein, design by Cecilia R. Zhang (FSG)
- Julia, Sandra Newman, design by Luke Bird (Granta)
- Out There Screaming, Jordan Peele & John Joseph Adams, eds., design by Janay Nachel Frazier & Stuart Wilson and art by Arnold J. Kemp (Picador)
- Lioness, Emily Perkins, design by Greg Heinimann Design (Bloomsbury)
Finalists were chosen from 278 submissions, from over 65 publishers. Novel and debut winners will be selected by judges Anne Charnock, Leila Abu El Hawa, Nick Mamatas, and Molly Tanzer. Winners will receive tentacle trophies and a total prize of £2,000, sponsored by Blackwell’s.
Awards will be presented in a ceremony at the end of November in London. For more, see the Kitschies website.
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