2023 Imadjinn Awards Finalists

Finalists for the 2023 Imadjinn Awards have been announced.

Best Science Fiction Novel

  • Rimworld – Diplomatic Immunity, J.L. Curtis (self-published)
  • Omitted Pieces, Stephanie Hansen (Fire & Ice)
  • Sunrise Over Shippo, Melissa Olthoff (‎Theogony)
  • Consquences, Nick Steverson (Theogony)

Best Fantasy Novel

  • Sovereign Fourth, Saph Dodd (Jumpmaster)
  • The Raven and The Crow: The Gray Throne, Michael K. Falciani (Three Ravens)
  • The Fate Of The Realm,
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2023 Locus Awards Weekend, June 21-24

The Locus Awards Weekend will be held virtually again June 21-24, 2023! But wait, there’s more! This year we are adding a LIVE IN-PERSON EVENT for the awards, including a ceremony with the fabulous MC Maggie Tokuda-Hall, special guest Connie Willis, a catered reception with food by Havana Restaurant (plus bar), and more, to be held Saturday, June 24 at Locus HQ at the historic Preservation Park in downtown Oakland ...Read More

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35th Annual Lambda Awards Finalists

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced finalists for the 35th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating “the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books.” Nominees of genre interest follow.

LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction

  • The Book Eaters, Sunyi Dean (Tor)
  • The Paradox Hotel, Rob Hart (Ballantine)
  • The Wicked and the Willing,  Lianyu Tan (Shattered Scepter)
  • Into the Riverlands, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
  • The Circus Infinite, Khan Wong
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92nd Annual California Book Awards Finalists

The finalists for the 92nd Annual California Book Awards, presented by the Commonwealth Club of California, have been announced.

Titles and authors of genre interest include The Furrows by Namwali Serpell (Hogarth) which was one of three finalists for the Fiction category, Out There by Kate Folk (Random House) which was one of five finalists for the First Fiction category, and Cold by Mariko Tamaki (Roaring Brook) which was one ...Read More

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2023 Jim Baen Memorial Award Finalists

Baen Books has announced the ten finalists for the 2023 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award:

  • Zack Be
  • J.M. Eno
  • Meghan Feldman
  • William Paul Jones
  • K.D. Julicher
  • Marshall J. Moore
  • Avery Parks
  • Hûw Steer
  • Rudy Vener
  • Brad Zeiger

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

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2023 PEN/Faulkner Finalists

The five-title 2023 PEN/Faulkner finalists list includes titles and authors of genre interest:

  • Fruiting Bodies, Kathryn Harlan (Norton)
  • The Book of Goose, Yiyun Li (Farrar, Straus, Giroux)

The prize “honors the best published works of fiction by American citizens in a calendar year.” This year’s judges are Christopher Bollen, R.O. Kwon, and Tiphanie Yanique.

The longlist was announced in February. The winner will be announced in April. The

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2023 Audie Awards Finalists

The Audio Publishers Association has announced the 2023 Audie Awards finalists, recognizing excellence in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment.

Audie finalists of genre interest follow.

Science Fiction

  • Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc, Ash Bishop, narrated by Scott Brick and Suzanne Elise Freeman (CamCat Books)
  • Ymir, Rich Larson, narrated by Alan Medcroft (Hachette Audio)
  • How High We Go in the Dark, Sequoia Nagamatsu, narrated by Julia Whelan, Brian Nishii, Keisuke
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2022 Ray Bradbury Prize Finalists

Finalists for this year’s Ray Bradbury Prize for “Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction” were announced as part of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes:

  • The Book of the Most Precious Substance, Sarah Gran (Dreamland)
  • Spear, Nicola Griffith (Tordotcom)
  • The Ballad of Perilous Graves, Alex Jennings (Redhook)
  • The Mountain in the Sea, Ray Nayler (MCD)
  • Liberation Day, George Saunders (Random House)

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2022 Zsoldos Péter Award Finalists

The finalists for the Zsoldos Péter Award have been announced, honoring Hungarian works speculative fiction.

Novels
  • Szerződési szabadság, Moskát Anita (A hazugság tézisei, GABO Kiadó)
  • Az utolsó tanú, Lőrinczy Judit (GABO Kiadó)
  • Második magyar köztársaság, Kondor Vilmos (Open Books)

Short Stories

  • “Ha elég mélyre nyúlsz”, Gaura Ágnes: (Az év magyar science fiction és fantasynovellái 2022)
  • “Hétszerte”, Kiss Gabriella (Az év magyar science fiction és
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2021 Endeavour Award Finalists

Finalists for the Endeavour Award have been announced:

  • Jade Legacy, Fonda Lee (Orbit)
  • Calculated Risks, Seanan McGuire (Daw)
  • How to Get to Apocalypse, Erica L. Satifka (Fairwood)
  • Blood of the Chosen, Django Wexler (Orbit)
  • On Fragile Waves, E. Lily Yu (Erewhon)

The award was suspended in January 2021 and reopened to submissions in November 2022. The Endeavour is given to “a distinguished science fiction or ...Read More

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AnLab Awards 2022 Finalists

Finalists for the 2022 Analog Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) Awards have been announced, with many finalists available to read online.

BEST NOVELLAS

”Burning the Ladder”, Adam-Troy Castro (May/June 2022) “Communion”,Jay Werkheiser & Frank Wu (January/February 2022) ”Kingsbury 1944”, Michael Cassutt (September/October 2022)

BEST NOVELETTES

”Cloud Chaser”, Tom Jolly (January/February 2022) ”In Transit”, J.T. Sharrah (March/April 2022) ”Shepherd Moons”, Jerry Oltion (September/October 2022) ”The Journeyman: at the Bluffs of Sinjin Trell”, Michael

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2023 REH Foundation Awards Finalists

The Robert E. Howard (REH) Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Robert E. Howard Awards.

The Atlantean – Outstanding Achievement, Book (non-anthology/collection)

  • Robert E. Howard in the Pulps, Dennis McHaney, ed. (self-published)

The Hyrkanian – Outstanding Achievement, Essay

  • “‘Is That Robert E. Howard?’: A Look at Two Photographs”, John Bullard & Bill Cavalier (Adventures Fantastic 6/19/22)
  • “Gender Performativity in Howard’s ‘Sword Woman’”, Nicole Emmelhainz (New Edge Sword
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2023 Compton Crook Award Finalists

The Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) has announced the finalists for the 2023 Compton Crook Award:

  • Obsidian, Sarah J. Daley (Angry Robot)
  • The Ballad of Perilous Graves, Alex Jennings (Redhook)
  • The Bone Orchard, Sara Mueller (Tor)
  • Bluebird, Ciel Pierlot (Angry Robot)
  • Daughter of the Moon Goddess, Sue Lynn Tan (Harper Voyager)
  • The Genesis of Misery, Neon Yang (Tor)

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2023 Oregon Book Awards Finalists

Finalists for the 2023 Oregon Book Awards have been announced. The awards feature several categories, and include a number of titles and authors of genre interest.

Ken Keasey Award for Fiction

  • Sinking Islands, Cai Emmons (Red Hen)
  • The Boy With a Bird in His Chest, Emme Lund (Atria)
  • Denial, Jon Raymond (Simon & Schuster)
  • Thrust, Lidia Yuknavitch (Riverhead)

Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature

  • Little
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Philip K. Dick Award 2023 Finalists

The 2023 Philip K. Dick Award finalists have been announced:

  • Arboreality, Rebecca Campbell (Stelliform)
  • Widowland, C.J. Carey (Sourcebooks Landmark)
  • Ymir, Rich Larson (Orbit US)
  • January Fifteenth, Rachel Swirsky (Tordotcom)
  • The Legacy of Molly Southbourne, Tade Thompson (Tordotcom)
  • The Extractionist, Kimberly Unger (Tachyon)

The award is presented annually to a distinguished work of science fiction originally published in paperback form in the United States. The

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2023 The Story Prize Finalists

Bliss Montage by Ling Ma (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) and Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty (Tin House) are among the three finalists for The Story Prize, “honoring the author of an outstanding collection of short fiction.” Director Larry Dark and founder Julie Lindsey select finalists, and “three independent judges” select the winner. Both runners-up receive $5,000 and the winner receives $20,000 and an engraved silver bowl. The winner ...Read More

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2022 Cybils Awards Finalists

Finalists for the 2022 Children’s and Young Adults Bloggers’ Literary Awards (Cybils) have been announced. Books of genre interest follow.

Young Adult Speculative Fiction

  • How to Succeed in Witchcraft, Aislinn Brophy (Putnam)
  • The Weight of Blood, Tiffany D. Jackson (Katherine Tegen)
  • A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
  • The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea, Axie Oh (Feiwel & Friends)
  • Little Thieves,
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2021 Emeka Walter Dinjos Award Finalists

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki announced the finalists for the 2021 Emeka Walter Dinjos Awards for Disability in Speculative Fiction.

Disabled Writers Category

  • “Sonskins”, Dare Segun Falowo (Baffling 1/1/21)
  • “So Your Grandmother Is a Starship Now: A Quick Guide for the Bewildered”, Marissa Lingen (Nature 2/24/21)
  • “Echoes of a Broken Mind”, Christine Lucas (Future SF 12/22/21)
  • “Treatment Plan”, Seanan McGuire (Vital)
  • “Cannibalism in the Inhuman Age”, Jaye Viner (Drabblecast 3/4/21)
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Morris Award Finalists

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White (Peachtree) and Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne (Wednesday) are among the five finalists for the William C. Morris YA Debut Award, given by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) to “a previously unpublished author, or authors, who have made a strong literary debut in writing for young adult readers.”

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2022 Canopus Awards Finalists

Finalists for the 100 Year Starship (100YSS) 2022 Canopus Awards for Excellence in Interstellar Writing have been announced. Canopus recognizes “the finest fiction and non-fiction works that expand our understanding of the challenges, opportunities, pitfalls, and rewards of interstellar space exploration.”

Published Long-Form Fiction (40,000 words or more)

  • Sweep of Stars, Maurice Broaddus (Tor)
  • Escaping Exodus, Nicky Drayden (HarperVoyager)
  • Light Chaser, Peter F. Hamilton and Garth L.
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2023 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Finalists

The Libertarian Futurist Society (LFS) has named the finalists for the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Fiction.

  • “Free Men”, Robert Heinlein (The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein)
  • “Primary Education of the Camiroi”, R.A. Lafferty (Galaxy 12/66)
  • That Hideous Strength, C.S. Lewis (The Bodley Head)
  • Circus World, Barry B. Longyear (Nelson Doubleday)
  • The Truth, Terry Pratchett (Doubleday/Transworld)

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2022 Dream Foundry Contest Finalists

Dream Foundry, a “non-profit dedicated to bolstering the careers of nascent professionals working with the speculative arts,” has announced the finalists for its 2022 contests.

Writing Contest

  • Angela Acosta
  • Sarah Ang
  • Laura Chilibeck
  • Davida Kilgore
  • Nico Montoya
  • Georgie Morvis
  • Audrey Obuobisa-Darko
  • Ry Rosenhirsch
  • Katlina Sommerberg
  • Takim WIlliams

Art Contest

  • Albokhari Mohamed Tahir Bashir
  • Elemei
  • Daniela Ivanova
  • Nino
  • Clare Reid
  • Winter Ross
  • Serene Illustrations
  • Eryk Souza
  • Jeff Stirling
  • Larissa Usuki

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2022 Governor General’s Literary Awards Finalists

The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Awards finalists. There are six categories, in both English and French: Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Drama, Young People’s Literature — Text, Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books, and Translation.

Several authors and titles of genre interest made the list.

Fiction

  • Pure Colour, Sheila Heti (Farrar, Straus, Giroux)

Young People’s Literature — Text

  • Step, Deborah Ellis (Groundwood)
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2022 National Book Awards Finalists

Finalists for the National Book Awards (NBA) in the Fiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature categories have been announced, including titles and authors of genre interest.

The Fiction category includes The Birdcatcher by Gayl Jones (Beacon).

The Translated Literature category includes A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls (Transit); Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda, translated by Sarah Booker (Coffee House); Seven Empty Houses by Samanta ...Read More

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2022 Premio Italia Finalists

Finalists for the 2022 Premio Italia Awards have been announced:

International SF Novel

  • Piranesi, Susanna Clarke (Fazi)
  • Il cielo di pietra [The Stone Sky], N. K. Jemisin (Mondadori)
  • I fuochi di Elysium [Elysium Fire], Alastair Reynolds (Mondadori)
  • La malvenue, Claude Seignolle (Hypnos)
  • La stirpe di Nettuno [Neptune’s Brood], Charles Stross (Urania)

Science Fiction Novel

  • La follia di Eos, Piero Schiavo Campo
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2022 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalists

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (Simon & Schuster) and The Love Songs of W.E.B Du Bois are two finalists for the 2022 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in the Fiction category. How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith (Little, Brown) is one of the finalists for the Nonfiction category.

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2022 Prix Utopiales Finalists

Shortlists for the 2022 Prix Utopiales (for best French SF) have been announced.

  • Subtil Béton, Les Aggloméré·e·s (L’Atalante)
  • Vertèbres, Morgane Caussarieu (Au Diable Vauvert)
  • La nuit du faune, Romain Lucazeau (Albin Michel Imaginaire)
  • Tè Mawon, Michael Roch (La Volte)
  • Les Oubliés de l’Amas, Floriane Soulas (ScriNéo)

The winner of the €2,000 prize will be announced at the Nantes International Science Fiction Festival, October 29 – November

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2022 WSFA Small Press Award Finalists

Finalists for the 2022 Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) Small Press Award for Short Fiction have been announced:

  • “Space Pirate Queen of the Ten Billion Utopias”, Elly Bangs (Lightspeed 11/21)
  • “Eight Mile and the City”, Steven Harper (When Worlds Collide)
  • “Standing Orders”, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Derelicts)
  • “The Birdsong Fossil”, DK Mok (Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures)
  • “Laughter Among the Trees”, Suzan Palumbo
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2022 Mike Resnick Memorial Award Finalists

Finalists for the second annual Mike Resnick Memorial Award for Short Fiction have been announced:

  • “It Matches the Color of Your Eye”, Matt Broomfield
  • “Parallels”, Akshayarka Alammyan Deka
  • “What Would You Pay for a Second Chance?”, Chris Kulp
  • “Seedpod”, Ellen Parent
  • “On the Left”, Sandra Sigienski

The award — sponsored by Galaxy’s Edge, Arc Manor, and Dragon Con — is given to the best unpublished science fiction short story by ...Read More

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2022 Prix Utopiales Jeunesse Finalists

Finalists for the 2022 Prix Utopiales Jeunesse for Best French SF for Young Adults have been announced.

Prix Utopiales Jeunesse

  • LX18, Kamel Benaouda (Gallimard Jeunesse)
  • Sable bleu, Yves Grevet (Syros)
  • Le jardin des chimères, Johan Heliot (ScriNéo)
  • Le troisième exode, Daniel Mat (ScriNéo)
  • L’île, Vincent Villeminot (PKJ)

The prize will be presented at Les Utopiales, Festival International De Science-Fiction hosted October 22 – November 1, 2022.

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2022 World Fantasy Awards Finalists

The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2021 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2022 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for November 3-6, 2022 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, in Louisiana.

The Life Achievement Awards, presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service to the fantasy field, will go to Samuel R. Delany and Terri Windling. The World Fantasy Awards finalists are:

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2022 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award Finalists

Finalists for the ninth annual Baen Fantasy Adventure Award have been announced:

  • “On Cultivating A Chosen One”, Christopher Baxter
  • “Shadow and Full Dark”, Chris Cornetto
  • “Generous Handful of Fresh Unja Berries”, Jessica Federle
  • “To Sleep, Perchance to Wake”, Jonathan Ficke
  • “All the Colors of Everything”, Alex Fox
  • “Colossi of Zakatla”, Gregory D. Mele
  • “Red Lanterns”, Marshall J. Moore
  • “The Carryman”, Jon R. Osborne
  • “Exchanged”, Brittany Rainsdon
  • “My Mother, Dragonslayer”, Edward
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