The winners of the 2021 National Fantasy Fan Federation Speculative Fiction Awards (the Neffys) have been announced on Facebook.
Best Novel (tie)
Younger Readers (tie)
Best Book Editor
Best Pro Artist
Best Non-N3F Fanzine
The FIYAHCON 2021 committee has announced the winners for the 2021 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.” Winners were presented at an online ceremony on September 18, 2021.
Best Novel — Adult
The National Book Awards Fiction 10-title longlist has been announced, including works of genre interest:
There were 415 books submitted for the 2021 Fiction category. The judges are Alan Michael Parker, Emily Pullen, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, Luis Alberto Urrea (chair), and Charles Yu.
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The National Book Awards Translated Literature 10-title longlist has been announced, including works of genre interest:
Beowulf: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley (FSG) is the winner of the $1,000 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award, which recognizes “a published translation of poetry from any language into English that shows literary excellence.” The 2021 judge was Indran Amirthanayagam.
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Fix, Grist‘s “solutions lab,” has announced three winners for their Imagine 2200 Short Story Contest. The contest aimed “to envision a clean, just future… [and] create stories of life in that future.” The theme was “Climate fiction for future ancestors.” Winners are:
Other finalists were:
The National Book Awards Young People’s Literature 10-title longlist has been announced, including titles of genre interest:
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The Omega Sci-Fi Awards have announced the creation of the Feminist Futures Award. The Feminist Futures Award will be co-presented by Artemis Journal, and “will be awarded to a distinct winner for an outstanding feminist sci-fi story.”
This award recognizes a science fiction story that embraces feminist themes. Top entries will exemplify excellence in feminist storytelling. We encourage stories that capture the complexities and other aspects of identity, as well ...Read More
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The six-title shortlist for the 2021 Booker Prize has been announced, and includes Bewilderment by Richard Powers (Norton).
The £50,000 prize is “open to works by writers of any nationality, written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.” This year’s judges are Horatia Harrod, Maya Jasanoff (chair), Natascha McElhone, Chigozie Obioma, Rowan Williams.
Shortlisted authors receive £2,500 and a “specially bound edition of their book.” Winners will be
The shortlists for the 2021 Polari Prizes have been announced, and the Polari Book Prize includes the following titles of genre interest:
The Polari Book Prize is given to writers born or based in the UK and Ireland who are “emerging and established LGBTQ+ literary talent.” The award is sponsored by DHH Literary Agency, ...Read More
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The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) has opened submissions for the 12th Annual Imagining Indigenous Futurisms Award for “emerging authors who use science fiction to address issues of Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination” until November 1, 2021.
Applicants must send a “200-word statement with background & goals in writing SF” and a “4,000-word maximum writing sample addressing Indigenous perspectives” to Professor Grace L. Dillon at dillong@pdx.edu. For ...Read More
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Karen Tei Yamashita will receive the National Book Foundation‘s 2021 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, to be presented during the annual National Book Award ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on November 17. David Steinberger, chair of the NBF Board of Directors, said,
A bold and groundbreaking writer, Yamashita’s deeply creative body of work has made an enduring impact on our literary landscape. Whether it’s an evocative exploration of ...Read More
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The Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA) has announced the 2021 Dwarf Stars Award winners.
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Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury) is the winner of the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction, chosen from a shortlist of six titles.
The Women’s Prize for Fiction celebrates “excellence, originality and accessibility in writing by women throughout the world.” The winner receives £30,000 and a bronze “Bessie” trophy. The 2021 judges were Elizabeth Day, Bernardine Evaristo (chair), Vick Hope, Nesrine Malik, and Sarah-Jane Mee.
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Winners for the 2021 Deutsche Science Fiction Preis, presented by Science Fiction Club Deutschland (SFCD), have been announced.
Best German Language Short Story
Best German
The winner of the inaugural Mike Resnick Memorial Award for Short Fiction has been announced:
Other finalists were:
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Dragon Con has announced the winners for the 2021 Dragon Awards.
Best Science Fiction Novel
Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)
The winner of the 2021 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction has been announced:
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The winner for the eighth annual Baen Fantasy Adventure Award has been announced:
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“Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon” by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Dominion) won the 2020 Otherwise Award (formerly the James Tiptree, Jr. Award), given annually to works of science fiction or fantasy that explore and expand gender roles. Ekpeki will receive $1,000, original artwork, and chocolate.
The award jury released an “honor list” recognizing other noteworthy works:
Winners for the This Is Horror Awards 2020 have been announced:
Novel of the Year
Novella of the Year
The finalists for the 2019 and 2020 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History have been announced.
2020 Finalists
Long Form
Short Form
Bouchercon announced winners for the 2021 Anthony Awards honoring the best in crime fiction. Categories with winning works of genre interest include:
Best Hardcover Novel
Best Short Story
The Cybil Awards are looking for judges in the 2021 awards process. The awards aim to “recognize the children’s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and popular appeal.”
Open categories of genre interest include Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction and YA Speculative fiction.
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The Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) is looking for jurors to read applications for the Working Class Writers’ Grant, which aims to “assist writers of speculative literature to working class, blue-collar, poor, and homeless writers who have been historically underrepresented in speculative fiction, due to the financial barriers which have made it much harder for them to have access to the writing world.”
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Joan Lubin has been chosen as the 2021 Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellow.
The $2,000 fellowship, sponsored by the University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA), is awarded “to encourage research within collections in the area of feminist science fiction.”
SCUA houses the papers of Suzette Haden Elgin, Kate Elliot, Sally Miller Gearhart, Molly Gloss, Damon Knight, Ursula K. Le Guin, Laurie Marks, Joanna Russ, Jessica ...Read More
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Results of the 2020 Asimov’s Readers’ Awards have been announced.
Best Novella
Best Novelette
Winners have been announced for the Splatterpunk Awards, “honoring superior achievement for works published in 2020 in the sub-genres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror.”
Best Novel
Rich Harvey is the winner of the 2021 Munsey Award, presented annually by PulpFest “to an individual or institution that has bettered the pulp community.” Nominees are selected by the general pulp community, and the winner is selected by a vote of past Lamont, Munsey, and Rusty Awards winners. Harvey received a fine art print by David Saunders as his award.
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The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (Harper) is one of six finalists for the 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in the Fiction category. The prize “is the first and only annual U.S. literary award recognizing the power of the written word to promote peace,” and includes $10,000 for the winners of each category and $5,000 for runners-up.
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NPR announced “Your 50 Favorite Sci-Fi And Fantasy Books of the Past Decade”, a list that began with their 2021 summer reader poll, with a top 50 selected by Amal El-Mohtar, Ann Leckie, Fonda Lee, and Tochi Onyebuchi. Titles are separated into categories, such as “Worlds To Get Lost In” and “Will Mess With Your Head”, and include a range of subgenres and interests, such as Joe Abercrombie’s Age of ...Read More
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Grand Master Gene Wolfe (1931-2019) is part of the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s (CLHOF) 2021 class of inductees, which includes “four extraordinary Chicago writers whose work influenced positive changes.” Inductees will be honored in a ceremony on September 19, 2021 at the City Lit Theater in Chicago IL. “The program will feature short presentations and performances covering the life and work of each inductee, as well as short speeches ...Read More
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