Author Alexander Chee and translator Edward Gauvin are among the 2021 Guggenheim Fellows, announced by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Fellowships were awarded to 184 recipients across 49 fields of study “on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise.”

The Foundation was started in 1925 and has awarded grants totaling nearly $400 million. Fellowships are through two annual competitions: one for citizens and permanent residents of the US ...Read More

Orion was named Publisher of the Year and Orion’s genre imprint Gollancz was declared Imprint of the Year at the 2021 British Book Awards. The Bookseller announced the winners on May 13, 2021 during a virtual event. Several titles of genre interest were also included in the shortlist.

Analog has announced the launch of the Analog Award for Emerging Black Voices, open to “any writer over 18 years of age who customarily identifies as Black, has not published nor is under contract for a book, and has three or less paid fiction publications.”

Submissions will be read blind. Please remove all identifying information from the document before sending it. The file name should be the title of the ...Read More

The Robert E. Howard Foundation announced the final ballot for its 2020 and 2021 REH Foundation Awards.

2020 Nominees

The African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) has announced the longlists for the 2021 Nommo Awards, given to works “by Africans as defined by the ASFS and Nommo Awards Guidelines.” All works are speculative fiction, published between January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2020. Works on the the longlists were nominated by members of the ASFS. Shortlists will be announced at the end of May 2021.

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Finalists have been announced for the 2021 Premios Kelvin 505 Awards, presented by the Celsius 232 festival and honoring the best science fiction, fantasy, or horror novels published in Spain.

Mejor Novela Original (Best Original Novel)

The 2021 Aurora Awards ballot 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.

The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (Oneworld) and A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet (Norton) are on the four-title shortlist for the 2021 James Tait Black Prize in the fiction category. The £10,000 award is presented by the University of Edinburgh for books published during the previous year. Winners will be announced during the Edinburgh International Book Festival, to be held August 14-30, 2021 at the Edinburgh College of ...Read More

Bouchercon has announced nominees for the 2021 Anthony Awards, honoring the best in crime fiction. Authors and works of genre interest include:

Best Hardcover Novel

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury) and The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (One World) are on the five-title shortlist for the 2021 Encore Award, given by the Royal Society of Literature (RSL) to the best second novel of the year. The judges for 2021 are Sian Cain, Nikita Lalwani, and Paul Muldoon. The winner of the £10,000 will be announced May 20, 2021. Each of the four other finalists ...Read More

Julian Barnes has won the 2021 Jerusalem Prize, given “to a writer whose work best expresses and promotes the idea of ‘freedom of the individual in society.'” The $10,000 prize was announced May 3, 2021 during the online Jerusalem International Book Forum. Judges for 2021 were Nurit Gertz (chair), Alit Karp, and Dror Mish’ani.

For more information, see the Jerusalem Prize website.

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Winners of the inaugural Barnes & Noble Children’s & YA Book Awards have been announced. Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston (Balzer + Bray) won the Young Readers category. Other finalists of genre interest include:

“Meet You at the Galaxy Diner” by Gina Femia has won the 2021 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for Playwriting, given by the Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College. “Some of Us Exist in the Future” by Nkenna Akunna was the runner-up. Other finalists were:

Several authors of genre interest are on the 15-title longlist for the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award:

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin) won the 2021 Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) in the Book of the Year for Older Children category. Other finalists of genre interest included:

Winners of the 2021 Oregon Book Awards were announced by Literary Arts on May 2, 2021. Molly Gloss received the C.E.S. Wood Distinguished Writer Award. A Game of Fox and Squirrels by Jenn Reese (Henry Holt) won the Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children’s Literature. Judges for the Children’s Literature category were Nikki McClure, Eliot Schrefer, and Wendy Wahman.

For more information, see the Literary Arts website.

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Winners of the 2021 Minnesota Book Awards, given by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, were announced in a virtual ceremony. Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) won the Novel and Short Story category, What If a Fish by Anika Fajardo (Simon & Schuster) won the Middle Grade Literature category, and Big Papa and the Time Machine by Daniel Bernstrom, illustrated ...Read More

Authors and works of genre interest are among the winners of the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) 2021 Edgar Awards, “honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television.” The Companion by Katie Alender (Putnam) won in the Best Young Adult category, and Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock by Christina Lane (Chicago Review) won for Best Critical/Biographical.

Witch by Finbar Hawkins (Head of Zeus) and Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray (Puffin) are among the seven titles shortlisted for the 2021 Branford Boase Award,  “given annually to the author of an outstanding debut novel for children.” The author and editor of the winning title each receive an engraved trophy, and the author receives £1,000. Judges are Zoey Dixon, Julia Eccleshare (chair), Scott Evans, Liz Hyder, and ...Read More

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury) is among the six titles on the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist.

Mexicona, the first Mexican virtual convention of speculative fiction, has launched the Premio Imaginación y Futuro (Imagination and Future Award) “to celebrate, recognize and uplift speculative works created by people of Mexican origin” and to “strengthen and build a more diverse and vibrant SFF community in Mexico and Latin America.”

The award will consist of an honor list, accepting recommendations until April 30, 2021, and a short story collection prize, ...Read More

The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour, formerly the Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award, is open now to submissions from unpublished writers of color based in the UK until June 25, 2021. The winner will receive £4,000, one runner-up £2,000, and up to six shortlisted authors will each receive £800. All will also receive mentoring from one of the prize’s publishing partners. ...Read More

Finalists for the This Is Horror Awards 2020 have been announced:

The FIYAHCON 2021 committee has announced the finalists 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.”

The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (Harper) won the 2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize, awarded to “an influential work of fiction focused on vital contemporary issues.” The $35,000 prize was announced in an online ceremony on April 21, 2021. Other finalists of genre interest were:

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