Finalists for the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book have been announced by Glasgow 2024, the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention. There were 1,720 valid nominating ballots received and counted from members of the 2023 and 2024 World Science Fiction Conventions for the 2024 Hugo Awards. Voting on the final ballot will open during April 2024.

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

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

Best Hardcover Novel

The finalists for the 93rd Annual California Book Awards, presented by the Commonwealth Club of California, have been announced. Titles and authors of genre interest include Empty Theatre by Jac Jemc (MCD) in the Fiction category. There are eight categories of awards, including Poetry, Californiana, and more.

The awards honor “the writers who have come to define California to the world.” The winners will be announced in May.

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The 2023 Aurealis Awards shortlist, recognizing the best in Australian speculative fiction, has been announced.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has released the final ballot for the 2023 Nebula Awards.

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.

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

Fiction

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

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

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

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the final ballot for the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards:

Superior Achievement in a Novel

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.”

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

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:

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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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

Updated January 16, 2024.

The judges for the 2024 World Fantasy Awards have been empaneled.

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

The 2023 Chesley Awards nominees have been announced.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (SFWJ) have announced the finalists for the 44th Japanese SF Awards:

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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.

The New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA) has announced the winners for the 2023 New England Book Awards.

Fiction

BizarroCon has announced the winners for the 2023 Wonderland Book Awards for Excellence in Bizarro Fiction.

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: