The Women’s Prize Trust has announced the winners for the 2023 Discoveries Prize. Paige Cowan-Hall has won the prize for her historical fiction novel, Marooned. As the winner, she receives £5,000, an offer of representation by Curtis Brown Literary Agency, and a place on Curtis Brown Creative’s six-week online course. She will also join the writers longlisted for Discoveries 2023 in attending the two-week Discoveries Writing Development course in ...Read More

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has awarded Givers Fund Grants to 29 organizations, activities, and programs for 2023 projects. Qualifying recipients include “any 501(c)(3) or similar organization… with a program related to the speculative fiction genres.” The grants ranged in value from $165 to $4,235 and were funded by donors to SFWA.

The 2023 recipients are:

Dhonielle Clayton’s The Marvellers is one of ten finalists for The Week Junior Book Awards in the Older Fiction category. The category “rewards the entry that demonstrates the highest standards of storytelling, captivating readers from start to finish with a well-crafted plot, exceptional writing, and diverse and engaging characters.”

The winners are chosen by online voters, and will be announced on October 2, 2023. For more information, and the full ...Read More

The Authors’ Club has announced the winner of their Best First Novel Award. The £2,500 award goes to Ayanna Lloyd Banwo for her novel, When We Were Birds (Hamish Hamilton).

The award is open to any debut novel written in English and published in the UK. The winner is selected from a shortlist made by a panel of members from the Authors’ Club. Banwo was presented the award at a ...Read More

The Ignyte Awards Committee has announced the finalists for the 2023 Ignyte Awards, which “seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror by recognizing incredible feats in storytelling and outstanding efforts toward inclusivity of the genre.”

Leigh Bardugo’s story “The Disappearance” (Marple) has been shortlisted for The Crime Writers’ Association’s 2023 Short Story Dagger Award. The CWA Dagger Awards celebrate the best in crime-writing each year, and the winners will be announced on July 6, 2023 at the Dagger Awards night in London.

Other titles of interest include historical steampunk novel The Clockwork Girl by Anna Mazzola, which has been shortlisted for the Gold ...Read More

The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour, for “unpublished writers of colour based in the UK” announced the winner of the Future Worlds prize.

Finalists for the 2022 Kitschies, awarded for “the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining fiction that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic,” have been announced.

The Mythopoeic Society has announced the 2023 Mythopoeic Awards finalists. Winners will be announced during the society’s Online Midsummer Seminar 2023, “Fantasy Goes to Hell,” to be held August 5-6, 2023 on Zoom and Discord.

Winners of the 2023 Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) Poetry Contest have been announced.

The first place winner receives $100, second place receives $75, and third place receives $50, with all winners also receiving ...Read More

Finalists for the 2023 Colorado Book Awards have been announced, including their SF/F category.

The Bookseller announced the winners for the 2023 British Book Awards. Awards recipients of genre interest included Babel by R.F. Kuang (HarperVoyager) in the Fiction category and Tyger by SF Said, illustrated by Dave McKean (David Fickling), in the Children’s Fiction category. As previously announced, the shortlist featured a number of authors and titles of genre interest.

When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (Doubleday/Hamish Hamilton) is the overall winner of the 2023 One Caribbean Media Bocas Prize. Banwo was honored during the three-day Bocas Lit Fest, held April 28-30, 2023. The even is “Trinidad and Tobago’s premier annual literary festival: a lively celebration of books, writers, writing, and ideas, with a Caribbean focus and international scope.” The award includes a $10,000 prize.

For more information, ...Read More

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) announced winners of the 2022 Nebula Awards at the 58th Annual Nebula Banquet during the 2023 SFWA Nebula Conference.

The 2023 Aurora Awards ballot for works by Canadians has been announced. The Aurora Awards are nominated by members of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association. The top five nominated works were selected, with additional works included when there was a tie for fifth place.