The 2023 Aurealis Awards shortlist, recognizing the best in Australian speculative fiction, has been announced.
Best Science Fiction Novel
Best Science Fiction Novella
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has released the final ballot for the 2023 Nebula Awards.
Novel
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.
Best Science Fiction
Best Fantasy
Best Young Adult Fiction
Best Romantasy
Best Historical Fiction
Several authors and works of genre interest are among the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) 2024 Edgar Awards finalists.
Best Novel
Best First Novel
The Bookseller has announced the shortlists for the 2024 British Book Awards, including several titles and authors of genre interest.
Fiction
Pageturner
The Robert E. Howard (REH) Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Robert E. Howard Awards.
The Atlantean – Outstanding Achievement, Book (non-anthology/collection)
The Valusian – Outstanding Achievement, Book
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
Best Genzine
Best Special Publication
Best Fan Writer
Best Letterhack
Best Fan Artist
Best Fanzine Cover Art
Corflu Lifetime Achievement Award
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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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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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the final ballot for the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards:
Superior Achievement in a Novel
Superior Achievement in
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
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
The 2024 Glasgow Worldcon chair Esther MacCallum-Stewart has released a statement regarding the committee’s commitment to ensuring transparency in the coming Hugo Award cycle, in the aftermath of the 2023 Hugo Awards debacle.
As Chair of Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon for Our Futures, I unreservedly apologise for the damage caused to nominees, finalists, the community, and the Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards.
Kat Jones has resigned with immediate effect as
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.
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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 Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the preliminary ballot for the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards.
Superior Achievement in a Novel
The official Hugo Awards website posted the 2023 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award, and Astounding Award Nominating and Final Ballot statistics from the Chengdu Worldcon. The statistics and voting progression for both the final ballots and the nominations are available here in a PDF.
There were several entries ruled ineligible by the Hugo Awards administrators, including R.F. Kuang’s Babel, fan writer nominee Paul Weimer, Astounding nominee Xiran Jay Zhao, and ...Read More
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Updated January 16, 2024.
The judges for the 2024 World Fantasy Awards have been empaneled.
The judges will read and consider eligible materials from 2023 between now and June 1, 2024. To be considered for awards, all materials must be received by all five judges and Peter Dennis Pautz by June 1, 2024. “If… something is received on May 31 the judges may well have only one day to read
Finalists 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 2023 Chesley Awards nominees have been announced.
Best Hardback Illustration
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (SFWJ) have announced the finalists for the 44th Japanese SF Awards:
Finalists were selected by SFWJ members. The winner will be ...Read More
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Winners of the 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards for the “best books of 2023,” as chosen by users of the site, have been announced. There are several winners of genre interest.
Best Fiction
Best Science Fiction
Best Fantasy
Best Young Adult Fantasy
Best Romantasy
The New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA) has announced the winners for the 2023 New England Book Awards.
Fiction
Young Adult
BizarroCon has announced the winners for the 2023 Wonderland Book Awards for Excellence in Bizarro Fiction.
Best Novel
Best Collection
National Book Tokens have announced the winners of the 2023 Books Are My Bag Readers Awards. The awards aim to “reflect the truly diverse tastes of real booklovers and the bookshops they love to visit”. Winners of genre interest include:
Fiction
Children’s Fiction
Greetings from beyond the paywall! We have been posting new content monthly on our Patreon Archive Feed – scans of vintage Locus and audio clips from author interviews and more – and wanted to share a little of what that feed looks like by making some of our earlier posts public. Check out this post with the entire issue 46 of Locus.
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Winners for the 2022 Australian Shadows Awards have been announced. The award is given by the Australasian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) for “the finest in horror and dark fiction published by an Australasian within the calendar year.”
Novel
The World Fantasy Awards winners for works published in 2022 have been announced during the 2023 World Fantasy Convention, held October 26-29, 2023 at the Sheraton Crown Center in Kansas City MO.
The Life Achievement Awards, presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service to the fantasy field, went to Peter Crowther and John Douglas.
The World Fantasy Awards winners are:
Best Novel
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) has announced the winners for the 2023 CCBC Book Awards. Titles of genre interest follow.
Amy Mathers Teen Book Award
Arlene Barlin Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy
The An Post Irish Book Awards have announced their 2023 shortlist, featuring writing across 19 categories. The awards “celebrate and promote Irish writing to the widest range of readers possible. Each year it brings together a vast community passionate about books – readers, authors, booksellers, publishers and librarians – to recognise the very best of Irish writing talent.”
Titles and authors of genre interest follow.
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The Ignyte Awards Committee has announced the winners for the 2023 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.”
Best Novel: Adult
