The results of the annual Clarkesworld readers’ poll for best stories and cover art of 2023 were announced in the March 2024 issue.
Best Short Story
Best Novelette/Novella
The shortlist for the 2023 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards has been announced, with newly revised and expanded categories.
Best Novel
Best Shorter Fiction (for novelettes and
Hugo tampering was previously reported, but is updated and expanded below:
On February 14, 2024, Chris M. Barkley and Jason Sanford released ‘‘The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion’’, an extensive look at the irregularities in the recent Hugo Awards presented in Chengdu, China, including a set of leaked emails from Diane Lacey, one of the awards eligibility researchers. The earlier release of the Hugo Awards nomination ...Read More
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Tor Books founder Tom Doherty is the winner of the 2024 Robert A. Heinlein Award, given for “outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space.” This award is “in recognition of Mr. Doherty’s work in bringing the inspiring books of hundreds of authors writing about our future in Space to public awareness.”
The selection committee consists of science fiction writers and was ...Read More
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The five judges for the Philip K. Dick Award for works of science fiction published as paperback originals in the US during the year 2024 have been announced:
Vajra Chandrasekera’s The Saint of Bright Doors (Tor) is the winner of the 2024 Crawford Award, presented annually by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) for a first book of fantasy fiction.
The awards committee also named honorable mentions:
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) has named F.J. Bergmann as their 2024 Grand Master.
The title is given “to an individual living at the time of selection whose body of work reflects the highest artistic goals of the SFPA, who has been actively publishing within the target genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a period of no fewer than 20 years, and whose poetry has been ...Read More
Read moreFinalists have been announced for the 2023 Prix Bob Morane, recognizing French-language works in the science fiction, fantasy, espionage, and thriller genres.
Roman traduit (Translated Novels)
Finalists for the 2023 Analog Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) Awards, and the 38th Asimov’s Readers’ Awards, have been announced, with many finalists available to read online.
Analog Science Fiction and Fact Analytical Laboratory Award Finalists
BEST NOVELLAS
“To Fight the Colossus“, Adam-Troy Castro (July/August 2023)
“The Tinker and the Timestream“, Carolyn Ives Gilman (March/April 2023)
“The Elephant-Maker”, Alec Nevala-Lee (January/February 2023)
“Flying Carpet“, Rajnar Vajra (November/December 2023)
“Poison“, Frank Wu & ...Read More
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Finalists have been announced for the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. Categories and works of genre interest follow.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction
Fiction
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the final ballot for the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards:
Superior Achievement in a Novel
Superior Achievement in
“Lolo’s Last Run” by Emma Kerkman is the winner of the 2024 Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing.
The complete list of honors is:
Nominees have been announced for the Splatterpunk Awards, “honoring superior achievement for works published in 2023 in the sub-genres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror.”
Best Novel
Best Novella
The Associazione World SF Italia announced the finalists for the 2024 Premio Ernesto Vegetti, an Italian SF award.
Novel
Nonfiction
Winners for the 2023 Children’s and Young Adults Bloggers’ Literary Awards (Cybils) have been announced. Books of genre interest follow.
Young Adult Speculative Fiction
The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced the finalists for the 2024 Audie Awards, “recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.” Finalists of genre interest include:
Science Fiction
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R.L. STINE and KATHERINE HALL PAGE have been named the 2024 Mystery Writers of America Grand Masters. MICHAELA HAMILTON of Kensington Publishing will receive the Ellery Queen Award. The recipients will be honored at the annual Edgar Awards ceremony on May 1, 2024 in New York ...Read More
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Chris M. Barkley and Jason Sanford have released The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion, an extensive look at the irregularities in the recent Hugo Awards presented in Chengdu China.
Leaked emails from Diane Lacey, a member of the Hugo Award administration team, reveal that several works and authors that should have made the ballot were ruled ineligible for political reasons. Those works include Babel by R.F. ...Read More
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Results of the New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA) Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Story Contest were announced at Boskone 61, held February 9-11, 2024.
John Scalzi is the recipient of the 2023 Edward E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (AKA the Skylark Award), and Ellen Kushner & Delia Sherman are the winners of the 2024 award. The awards were presented by the New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA) at Boskone 61, held February 9-11, 2024 in Boston.
The Skylark is given to “some person, who, in the opinion of the membership, has contributed ...Read More
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The Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) has announced the finalists for the 2024 Compton Crook Award:
Splinter in the Sky, Kemi Ashing-Giwa (Saga)
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey)
These Burning Stars, Bethany Jacobs (Orbit)
Deathwind, Brad Pawlowski (Sunquake)
The award honors the best first SF/fantasy/horror novel of the year, and “includes a framed ...Read More
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The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has announced the late James Hosek (October 13, 1964 – December 3, 2023) as the winner of the 2024 Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. Service to SFWA Award. The award is presented to “a volunteer of SFWA who best exemplifies the ideal of service to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.”
Deputy Executive Director Terra LeMay says,
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Chengdu Worldcon, the 81st World Science Fiction Convention, received 1,674 valid ballots, down from 2,235 at Chicon 8. There were 1,847 valid nominating ballots (1,843 electronic, four paper), up from 1,368.
Nomination statistics weren’t released until the very last of the 90 days allowed, just before our deadline. They don’t include author names for nominees, and generally don’t offer explanations for why several items were dropped as “not eligible.” To ...Read More
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The five-title shortlist for the Tähtivaeltaja Award has been announced, honoring the best science fiction published in Finland. The award is sponsored by Helsingin Science Fiction seura (Helsinki Science Fiction Society). The nominees are:
Phantastische Akademie announced the finalists for the 2024 SERAPH, a German fantasy award.
Best Debut
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has named Susan Cooper the 40th recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award.
SFWA President Jeffe Kennedy said,
Susan Cooper possesses the rare gift of being able to write for young people with a resonance that endures all through their adult lives. I feel as if The Dark Is Rising books have always been a part of my life. I ...Read More
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The ten-title 2024 PEN/Faulkner longlist includes a number of titles and authors of genre interest:
The prize “honors the best published works of fiction by American citizens in a calendar year.” This year’s judges
The 2024 Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction is open, and the judges for 2023 have been announced: Vajra Chandrasekera, S.B. Divya, and Max Gladstone.
The annual award is open to original fiction of 10,000 words or fewer written in English by authors who “must either be currently residing in Pakistan, or be of Pakistani birth/descent.” Submissions are open through July 31, 2024.
The winning story will receive Rs 50,000 and ...Read More
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The longlist for the 2024 Branford Boase Award has been announced, and includes several titles of genre interest:
Hachette UK’s The Future Bookshelf has opened submissions for this year’s Mo Siewcharran Prize, which “aims to nurture talent from under-represented backgrounds writing in English.” This year’s submission call is for YA and adult fantasy novels, and submissions are open from February 1 to May 1, 2024.
The winner receives £2,500, feedback and mentorship from an editor at Hodderscape, a ticket to the 2025 London Book Fair, and various additional ...Read More
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Nominations are now open for the Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, to be presented at Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon for Our Futures, the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention, to be held August 8-12, 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland. The convention says,
The first stage, nomination, is open to anyone who has a WSFS Membership in the previous or ...Read More
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The longlist for the 2024 International Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced, and includes The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova (Atlantic Books).
The annual Dylan Thomas prize, in partnership with Swansea University, awards £20,000 “to the best published or produced literary work in the English language, written by an author aged 39 or under.” This year’s judges are Namita Gokhale, Jon Gower, Seán Hewitt, Julia Wheeler, and Tice Cin.
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