Winners of the inaugural Libby Book Awards, “chosen by a vote from over 1,700 librarians and library workers across North America,” have been announced, including winners of genre interest.

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Pantheon) is one of the five finalists for the 2024 Aspen Words Literary Prize.

The winner will be announced during a ceremony on April 25, 2024 in New York, NY. The $35,000 prize is awarded to “an influential work of fiction focused on vital contemporary issues.” Finalists and winner are chosen by jury. This year’s judges are Lan Samantha Chang, Christina Baker Kline, Anthony ...Read More

The longlist has been announced for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. Longlisted works of genre interest include:

• You Were Watching from the Sand, Juliana Lamy (Red Hen)
• The Future, Catherine Leroux, translated by Susan Ouriou (Biblioasis)
• A Council of Dolls, Mona Susan Power (Mariner)
• Chrysalis, Anuja Varghese (House of Anansi)
• Land of Milk and Honey, C. Pam Zhang (Riverhead)

The prize recognizes “creativity ...Read More

The shortlists for the 2024 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing and Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration have been announced. Titles and authors of genre interest follow.

The awards are presented by the Chartered Institute of ...Read More

Tanith Lee (1947-2015) has been named the recipient of the second Infinity Award.

The award is presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) to “posthumously honor acclaimed creators who passed away before they could be considered for a Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. This new award aims to recognize that even though those celebrated worldbuilders, storytellers, and weavers of words are no longer with us, their ...Read More

Several authors and works of genre interest are among the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) 2024 Edgar Awards finalists.

Best First Novel

• Murder by Degrees, Ritu Mukerji

The SF Foundation has announced Domenico Di Rosa as the winner of the 2024 Peter Nicholls Essay Prize. The prize recognizes “an original article on any topic, period, theme, author, film or other media within the field of science fiction and its academic study”. Di Rosa’s winning essay will appear in the Spring 2024 issue of Foundation.

The 2025 Peter Nicholls Essay Prize competition is accepting entries until January 6, ...Read More

Foreword Reviews has announced the finalists for the 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards, including several titles and authors of genre interest.

Fantasy

The Bookseller has announced the shortlists for the 2024 British Book Awards, including several titles and authors of genre interest.

Fiction

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) announced the recipients of the 2024 Givers Fund Grants for organizations which further SFWA’s mission: “To promote, advance, and support science fiction and fantasy writing in the United States and elsewhere, by educating and informing the general public and supporting and empowering science fiction and fantasy writers.”

Grant recipients can be “any 501(c)(3) or similar organization… with a program related to ...Read More

The 16-title longlist has been announced for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction. Nominees of genre interest include And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott (Allen & Unwin) and The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord (Gollancz).

Baen Books has announced the ten finalists for the 2024 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award:

The Grand Prize winner will be featured on the Baen website. The author will be given a trophy and paid professional rates.

Grand Prize, second, and third place winners each receive free ...Read More

Users by Colin Winnette (Soft Skull), has been shortlisted for the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

The prize “honors the best published works of fiction by American citizens in a calendar year.” This year’s judges are Xochitl Gonzalez, Alan Michael Parker, and Lynn Steger Strong

The winner, to be announced in April, will receive $15,000. Finalists each receive $5,000. For more information, including the complete five-title shortlist, see the PEN/Faulkner ...Read More

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced the winners for the 2024 Audie Awards, “recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.” Winners of genre interest include:

The Robert E. Howard (REH) Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Robert E. Howard Awards.

The winners of the 2024 Fan Activity Achievement Awards (FAAns) were announced at Corflu 41, held February 29 – March 3, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV.

Best Personal Zine

The results of the annual Clarkesworld readers’ poll for best stories and cover art of 2023 were announced in the March 2024 issue.

The shortlist for the 2023 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards has been announced, with newly revised and expanded categories.

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

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

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 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

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

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

“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.

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.”

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

Winners for the 2023 Children’s and Young Adults Bloggers’ Literary Awards (Cybils) have been announced. Books of genre interest follow.