The African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Nommo Awards, given to works “by Africans as defined by the ASFS and Nommo Awards Guidelines.”

The PEN/Faulkner Foundation has announced Ted Chiang as the winner of the 2024 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story, which “recognizes writers who have demonstrated exceptional achievement in the short story form.”

Chiang will be honored at the annual PEN/Malamud Award Ceremony, held in partnership with American University, on December 1, 2024. For more, see the PEN/Faulkner Foundation website.

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The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the winners for the 36th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating “the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books.” Winners of genre interest include:

The shortlist and honorable mentions have been announced for the Frank R. Paul awards, which honor “outstanding work in book and magazine cover art.”

Best Book Cover

• Pawel Dabrowski for Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance by Tobias S. Buckell (Apex)
• Serena Malyon for Where Peace Is Lost by Valerie Valdes (Harper Voyager)
• Maurizio Manzieri for The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 7 edited by Allan Kaster

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) announced the winners of the 2023 Nebula Awards at the 2024 Nebula Conference and Awards, held June 6-9, 2024 at the Westin Pasadena in Pasadena CA, and virtually online.

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

The National Centre For Writing has announced the 2024 ILX10, including writers of genre interest Ayanna Lloyd Banwo and Lucy Holland.

The ILX10 is a list of ten “exciting, dynamic, and thought-provoking early-career writers based in the UK whose work has the powerful potential to speak to and engage with global literary audiences.” It is part of the International Literature Exchange program, a network of literary professionals. For more information, ...Read More

The Chautauqua Institution has announced The Reformatory by Tananarive Due (Saga) as the winner of the the 2024 Chautauqua Prize, awarded to “a book of fiction or literary/narrative nonfiction that provides a richly rewarding reading experience and honors the author for a significant contribution to the literary arts.”

The winner receives $7,500. The award will be presented during a celebratory event on August 19, 2024 in Chautauqua NY. For more ...Read More

Yanekon, the 62nd Japan Science Fiction Convention, has announced the winners for the 2024 Seiun Awards, honoring the best original and translated works published last year in Japan.

Winners of the 2024 Kurd Laßwitz Preis have been announced. The prize is awarded to German-language SF works published in the previous year.

International Thriller Writers has announced the winners for the 2024 Thriller Awards, including several titles and authors of genre interest.

Best Hardcover Novel

The Mythopoeic Society has announced the 2023 Mythopoeic Awards finalists. Winners will be announced during Mythcon 53,to be held August 2-5, 2024 in Minneapolis MN.

The winners of the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards were announced by the Horror Writers Association at a gala during StokerCon 2024, held May 30 – June 2, 2024 at the San Diego Marriott Mission Valley in San Diego CA.

Superior Achievement in a Novel

The Crime Writers of Canada has announced the winners of the 2024 Award of Excellence. The winning stories include authors of genre interest Craig H. Bowlsby’s Requiem for a Lotus for Best Unpublished Crime Novel, Cherie Dimaline’s Funeral Songs for Dying Girls (Tundra Books) for Best Juvenile/YA Crime Book, Marcelle Dubé’s “Reversion” (Mystery Magazine) for Best Crime Short Story, and André Marois’s La sainte paix (Héliotrope) for Best French Language ...Read More

The Commonwealth Foundation has announced the regional winners of the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The winning authors include author of genre interest Portia Subran for her short story, “The Devil’s Son.”

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has announced Jennell Jaquays as the posthumous recipient of the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award “for distinguished contributions to the science fiction and fantasy community.”

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David Brin has been announced as a 2024 recipient of the Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award, the university’s highest honor for alumni. Brin was honored with the award “for his enduring excellence in storytelling, examining how change, science, and technology affect the human condition in his New York Times-bestselling science fiction novels; for his support of revolutionary ideas in space science and engineering through NASA’s Innovative and Advanced Concepts Program.”

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The shortlist for the 2024 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, given by The Orwell Foundation to novels and short story collections published in the UK which explore major political and social themes through a fictional lens, includes at least four titles of genre interest:

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The winner of the Dublin Literary Award is Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu.

The initial 70 titles on the longlist were “nominated by 80 libraries from 35 countries around the world.” The shortlist featured “6 books nominated by 6 libraries from 6 countries.” The judges were Lucy Collins, Anton Hur, Daniel Medin, Chris Morash (non-voting chair), Irenosen Okojie, and Ingunn Snædal. The winner received €100,000 and was announced May 23, 2024. ...Read More

The Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA) has announced winners for the 2024 Romantic Novel Awards.

Finalists have been announced for the 2024 Premios Kelvin 505 Awards, presented by the Celsius 232 festival and honoring the best science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels published in Spain.

Mejor Novela Original (Best Original Novel)

• Teseo en Llamas, Beatriz Alcaná (Ediciones del Viento)
• Intermnemosis, Celia Corral-Vázquez (Crononauta)
• Ardiente sol de la infancia, Guillem López (Alianza)
• Hija de la frontera, Asier Moreno Vizuete (Minotauro)

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The winners of the 2024 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire, honoring the best SF/F work published in France in 2023, have been announced.

The winners of the 2023 Aurealis Awards, recognizing the best in Australian speculative fiction, have been announced.

The 2024 Hugo Voter Packet is available for download by members of Glasgow 2024, the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention.

An announcement has been sent to all members who registered their email addresses with the convention. The packet can be downloaded from the Worldcon site in the “Hugo Voter Packet” section. The packet will be available for download until voting closes at 20:17 GMT on July 20, 2024.

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Winners for the 2024 CrimeFest Awards have been announced, including authors and titles of genre interest.

The winner of the the Tähtivaeltaja Award is Tällä tavalla hävitään aikasota [This Is How You Lose the Time War] by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (Hertta), translated by Kaisa Ranta.

The award honors the best science fiction book published in Finland in the previous year, and is sponsored by the Helsinki Science Fiction Society.

The Barnes & Noble Children’s & YA Book Awards have announced their winners, including Powerless by Lauren Roberts (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) in the YA category and A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee (Random House Children’s Books) as the overall winner.

The Awards “discovers, champions, and celebrates the very best in Children’s publishing in three categories: Picture Books, Young Readers and YA.”

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The Associazione World SF Italia announced the finalists for the 2024 Premio Ernesto Vegetti, an Italian SF award.