The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced six recipients of its $500 diversity grants, given “to underrepresented, diverse people who have an interest in the horror writing genre, including, but not limited to writers, editors, reviewers, and library workers.” The recipients are Jacqueline Dyre, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Gabino Iglesias, Nicole Givens Kurtz, Tejaswi Priyadarshi, and Sumiko Saulson.

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The Washington Science Fiction Association is now accepting nominations of “works published for the first time in the English language in 2020” for its Small Press Award, given annually to an outstanding story of “imaginative literature” (17,500 words or fewer) published in the small press. Authors and small-press publishers are among those eligible to nominate, and need not be members of WSFA. Finalists are selected “by a committee of five ...Read More

The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey (Peepal Tree) has won the 2020 Costa Novel award.

The Costa Book Awards recognizes “some of the most enjoyable books of the year, written by authors based in the UK and Ireland.” Each winner in the five individual categories receives £5,000. The Costa Book of the Year, an award accompanied by a £30,000 prize, will be selected from the category winners and ...Read More

Public voting is now open for the Analog Science Fiction and Fact Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) and Asimov’s Science Fiction Readers’ Awards, covering works published in their 2020 issues. Readers can select three favorite choices from each magazine in novella, novelette, short story, poem, and cover categories, as well as a “Best Science Fact” article from Analog. The deadline to vote is February 1, 2021.

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Finalists for the 2020 Children’s and Young Adults Bloggers’ Literary Awards (Cybils) have been announced. Books of genre interest follow.

Judges for the 2021 Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction have been announced: Indra Das, Saad Z. Hossain, and Malka Older.

The annual award is open to original fiction of 10,000 words or fewer written in English by authors who must be “currently residing in Pakistan, or be of Pakistani birth/descent.” Submissions are open now through July 31, 2021. The winning story will receive $500 and publication on the award website, ...Read More

The new Science Fiction and Fantasy Rosetta Awards (SFFRA) were launched December 26, 2020, “initiated and organized by a group of SFF enthusiasts with faith to promote and recognize the SFF literatures from various cultures and languages along with the efforts of those authors and translators.”

The awards will be given in long- and short-form categories, as well as a special service award category. Eligible works must be science fiction ...Read More

The longlists for the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards have been announced, and include several works of genre interest.

Winners for the 2020 Darrell Awards, “presented annually in support of Midsouth Literacy by recognizing the best published Science Fiction, Fantasy and/or Horror in Short Story, Novella, Novel, Young Adult & Other Media formats,” have been announced:

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The Carl Brandon Society has announced the winners of its Parallax and Kindred Awards.

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (Make Me a World) is the winner of the 2019 Carl Brandon Parallax Award, given to “works of speculative fiction created by a self-identified person of color.”

“Doll Seed” by Michele Tracy Berger (FIYAH Summer ’19) is the winner of the 2019 Carl Brandon Kindred Award, for “any work of speculative fiction ...Read More

Nigerian writer Justin Clement has won the 2020 Gulliver Travel Grant, given by the Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) “to assist writers of speculative literature (in fiction, poetry, drama, or creative nonfiction) in their research.” The $1,000 grant is intended to cover airfare, lodging, or other travel expenses.

For more information, see the SLF website.

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Winners of the inaugural Shaded Choice Awards, “created to celebrate new releases in 2020 from BlPOC Authors,” have been announced, including several titles of genre interest.

Winners for the 13th annual Children’s and Teen Choice Book Awards have been announced.

Titles of genre interest include Teen Choice Book Award winner Mirror, Mirror: A Twisted Tale by Jen Calonita (Disney-Hyperion), and Pandora’s Legacy by Bones Leopard, illustrated by Kelly Matthews and Nichole Matthews (BOOM! Studios/KaBOOM!) which received Honor in the Fifth–Sixth Grade category.

The Mythopoeic Society has announced the 2020 Mythopoeic Awards finalists. Winners will be announced in early 2021.

Vanity Fair has released its list of the 15 Best Books of 2020, including several authors and titles of genre interest:

Ann & Jeff VanderMeer have announced Martha Grover and Kai Ashante Wilson as the winners of the inaugural VanderMeer Creative Spotlight Award, intended “to recognize talent and reward it for creativity and risk-taking.” Each winner receives $1,000 and a medallion.

“VanderMeer Creative represents the creative endeavors of Ann and Jeff VanderMeer and engages in charitable giving to arts organizations, environmental groups, and political efforts on a local, national, and international ...Read More

The Australian Science Fiction Foundation (ASFF) has announced Gillian Polack as the winner of the 2020 A. Bertram Chandler Award, given for “Outstanding Achievement in Australian Science Fiction.” The winner is usually announced at the annual Australian Science Fiction Convention.

For more information, see the ASFF website.

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Audible.com has announced their Best of 2020 lists, selected by their editorial team. Titles of genre interest follow.

Winners of the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards for the “best books of 2020,” as chosen by users of the site, have been announced. There are several winners of genre interest.

The Libertarian Futurist Society (LFS) has named the finalists for the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Fiction.

All members of the LFS are eligible to vote. The winner will be presented during the ...Read More

The Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) announced that Kanyinsola Olorunnisola has won the 2020 Diverse Writers Grant for his work “How Dead Men Come Back Home”, and Tatiana Schlote-Bonne has won the 2020 Diverse Worlds Grant for her work “The Afterlife Memoirs”.

The Diverse Writers Grant is “intended to support new and emerging writers from underrepresented and underprivileged groups, such as writers of color, women, queer writers, disabled writers, working-class writers, ...Read More

Patrice Caldwell and Molly Knox Ostertag are on the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Media category.

Caldwell is the founder of People of Color in Publishing and the editor of A Phoenix First Must Burn. Ostertag is the author and illustrator of the Witch Boy graphic novel series and co-creator and illustrator of the Strong Female Protagonist webcomic (with Brennan Lee Mulligan).

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