The finalists for the 2023 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History have been announced.

The Sidewise Awards have been presented since 1995 ...Read More

Clare Winger Harris is the winner of the 2024 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award, intended to bring attention to lesser-known SF and fantasy authors.

Mrs. Harris (1891-1968) was a true pioneer of the field of genre science fiction, and was the first woman to write regularly for the early Science Fiction pulps such as Amazing Stories and Science Wonder Stories under her own name. She published a dozen stories between 1926 ...Read More

The winners of the 2023 Shirley Jackson Awards for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction have been announced.

The shortlist for the 2024 Prix Rosny Aîné has been announced. The prize is awarded to SF novels and short stories written in French and published in print in 2023.

Best Novel

• Les Contes suspendus, Guillaume Chamanadjian (Forges Vulcan)
• L’Armée fantoche, Claire Duvivier (Forges Vulcan)
• La Cité diaphane, Anouck Faure (Argyll)
• Paideia, Claire Garand (Volte)
• Tonnerre après les ruines, Floriane Soulas (Argyll)

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Winners of the Heinlein Society’s annual undergraduate scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic year were announced on July 7, 2024, Robert A. Heinlein’s 116th birthday.

This year’s winners are Gabriel Black, Elizabeth Bradshaw, Maya Krolik, and Luxanna Sands. The scholarship awards $4,000 to each recipient. Winners were selected from a record 744 applications, including 40 international submissions from 28 different countries.

Krolik received the Virginia Heinlein Memorial Scholarship, which is dedicated ...Read More

The Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association (CSFFA) announced three inductees to the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame for 2024: Astronaut Chris A. Hadfield  and authors Nalo Hopkinson and Jo Walton.

This year’s jury included Ryah Deines, Gordon Johansen, Rebecca Lovatt, Michelle Sagara, and chair David Clink.

For more information, see the CSFFA website.

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PulpFest has announced the nominees for the 2024 Munsey Award, given to “an individual or organization that has bettered the pulp community.” Nominees are selected by the general pulp community, with the winner selected by a vote of past Lamont, Munsey, and Rusty Awards winners. The nominees are:

The shortlist has been announced for the 2024 Phantastikpreis der Stadt Wetzlar, a speculative fiction prize awarded by the city of Wetzlar, Germany:

The winner will be announced in mid-July, with a public award ceremony in September 2024. The winner receives €4000. For more information, visit the award website.

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The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) announced the winners for the 2024 Dagger Awards.

Jake Lamar’s Viper’s Dream (No Exit Press) won in the Historical Dagger category, and Anthony Horowitz won The Dagger in the Library, for “a body of work by an established writer of crime fiction or non-fiction who has long been popular with borrowers from libraries.”

As previously announced, James Lee Burke and Lynda La Plante were joint ...Read More

The Libertarian Futurist Society (LFS) has announced Critical Mass by Daniel Suarez (Dutton) as the winner of the Prometheus Award in the Best Novel category, honoring pro-freedom works published in 2023. Other nominees were:

The Truth ...Read More

Winners for the 2024 Sir Julius Vogel Awards have been announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand (SFFANZ).

The longlist has been announced for this year’s Mo Siewcharran Prize, which “aims to nurture talent from under-represented backgrounds writing in English.” This year’s submission call was for YA and adult fantasy novels. Shortlisted entries include:

The first Hugo Award trophy, presented to Forrest J Ackerman by Isaac Asimov at the 1953 Worldcon, was put up for sale by Hindman Auctions in May 2024. The Worldcon Heritage Organization won the auction with a $12,350 bid, with the money pledged by fans. The trophy will be added to exhibits showcased at future Worldcons. Hugo Gernsback’s 1960 Hugo Award trophy was also auctioned off, going for $6,985 to ...Read More

Literature Wales has announced the English-language winners of the 2024 Wales Book of the Year Awards. Of genre interest, Skrimsli by Nicola Davies (Firefly) won the Bute Energy Children & Young People Award.

The Awards are held annually to celebrate “outstanding literary talent from Wales across many genres and in both English and Welsh.” There are 12 total awards in English and Welsh, and all winners split the £14,000 collective ...Read More

The finalists for the 2024 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction for “stories that are irreplaceable, that inspire, enlighten, and entertain” have been announced:

The 2024 Indie Book Awards Winners have been announced. Yellowface by R. F. Kuang (William Morrow/The Borough Press) won in the Fiction category, and The Golden Mole: and Other Vanishing Treasure by Katherine Rundell with illustrations by Tayla Baldwin (Faber & Faber UK) won in the Nonfiction category. There were several other titles and authors of genre interest on the 2024 shortlist, including Weyward by Emilia Hart (The Borough Press) ...Read More

The National Fantasy Fan Federation (N3F) has announced the winners of the 2024 National Fantasy Fan Federation Laureate Awards (AKA the Neffy Awards). 

The 14-title longlist for the seventh annual Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award has been announced. Titles of genre interest include:

The winning title will be announced on September 26, 2024, and the author will receive a handmade glass bell and a cash ...Read More

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (Sceptre) was shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize. “Celebrating debut fiction in all its forms, the prize highlights the importance of discovering and championing new talent and acts as an extension of the alchemy of bookseller word-of-mouth recommendation.”

The award is “open to all debut fiction, including genre fiction such as crime, sci-fi and fantasy as well as fiction in translation.” The ...Read More

The winners and runners-up of the 2024 Society of Authors’ Awards have been announced. Titles and authors of genre interest follow.

The winners share a prize fund of over £140,000.

For more information, including the complete winners and shortlists, see the Society of Authors’ website. ...Read More

Joseph Coelho has been awarded the 2024 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing for The Boy Lost in the Maze, illustrated by Kate Milner (Otter-Barry).

The awards are presented by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). Winners receive £500 worth of books to donate to local libraries, a golden medal, and a £5,000 Colin Mears Award cash prize.

For more information, including the full list of winners ...Read More

The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation (NCSFF) has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Manly Wade Wellman Award. The award recognizes “outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy novels written by North Carolina authors.”

Winners have been announced for the 2024 Prix Imaginales, honoring the best works of fantasy published in France.

Winners have been announced for the second annual Science Fiction Planet Awards, a Chinese award honoring contributions to science fiction including works of literature, film/television, and technology.

Best Novel

The REH Foundation has announced the winners of the 2024 Robert E. Howard Awards, honoring work that is “substantively devoted to the life and/or work of Robert E. Howard” or that “carries on the spirit and tradition of Robert E. Howard, to better recognize and celebrate his influence on future generations of writers.”