2023 British Fantasy Awards Winners
The winners for the 2023 August Derleth and Robert Holdstock awards have been announced at FantasyCon.
August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel:
WINNER:
- Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey (Hodder & Stoughton)
SHORTLIST:
- Full Immersion by Gemma Amor (Angry Robot)
- The Hollows by Daniel Church (Angry Robot)
- Miracle Growth by Tim Mendees (Eerie River)
- Sundial by Catriona Ward (Viper)
Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel:
WINNER:
- The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez (Del Rey)
SHORTLIST:
- Path of War by David Green (Eerie River)
- Cast Long Shadows by Cat Hellisen (Luna)
- Glitterati by Oliver K. Langmead (Titan)
- The Bone Orchard by Sara A. Mueller (Tor)
- The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri (Orbit)
Our congrats to Sarah Gailey and Simon Jimenez and all the shortlist authors.
Locus has the results from all categories.
2023 Aurora Award Winner
The 2023 Aurora Award winners have been announced, celebrating the “best works and activities done by Canadians in 2022.” In the Best Novel category:
WINNER:
- The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield, HarperVoyager
FINALISTS:
- All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay, Penguin Canada
- The Void Ascendant by Premee Mohamed, Solaris Books
- The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey
- Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Our congrats to Kate Heartfield and all the finalists! Locus has the full list of winners in all categories.
2023 Arthur C. Clarke Award Winner
The 2023 Arthur C. Clark Award has been announced.
WINNER:
- Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman (Sceptre)
FINALISTS:
- The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz)
- Plutoshine by Lucy Kissick (Gollancz)
- The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier, translated by Adriana Hunter (Michael Joseph)
- The Coral Bones by E.J. Swift (Unsung Stories)
- Metronome by Tom Watson (Bloomsbury)
Our congrats to Ned Beauman and all the finalists.
2023 Mythopoeic Award Winner
The Mythopoeic Society has announced the 2023 Mythopoeic Award winners. In the Adult Literature category the winner is:
WINNER:
- When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb (Levine Querido)
FINALISTS:
- When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill (Doubleday; Hot Key)
- The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings (Redhook; Orbit UK)
- Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott (Anchor Books)
- The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd (Orion; Morrow)
Our congrats to Sacha Lamb and all the finalists. You can see the complete list of winners in all categories over at Locus.
2023 British Fantasy Awards Shortlists Announced
The British Fantasy Society has released the shortlists for the 2023 British Fantasy Awards.
2023 Robert Holdstock Award Shortlist (Fantasy):
- Path of War by David Green (Eerie River)
- Cast Long Shadows by Cat Hellisen (Luna)
- The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez (Del Rey)
- Glitterati by Oliver K. Langmead (Titan)
- The Bone Orchard by Sara A. Mueller (Tor)
- The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri (Orbit)
2023 August Derleth Award Shortlist (Horror):
- Full Immersion by Gemma Amor (Angry Robot)
- The Hollows by Daniel Church (Angry Robot)
- Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey (Hodder & Stoughton)
- Miracle Growth by Tim Mendees (Eerie River)
- Sundial by Catriona Ward (Viper)
Our congrats to all the nominees. Locus has the complete list of nominees in all categories.
What do you think of the lineups for these 2 awards?
2023 World Fantasy Award Finalists
The 2023 World Fantasy Awards finalists have been announced.
The finalists in the Best Novel category are:
- Saint Death’s Daughter by C.S.E. Cooney (Solaris)
- Spear by Nicola Griffith (Tordotcom)
- The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings (Redhook; Orbit UK)
- Babel by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
- Siren Queen by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
World Fantasy Awards for Life Achievement have been awarded to: Peter Crowther and John Douglas.
Our congrats to all the finalists! You can see the full list of finalists in all categories on the Locus website. The awards will be presented at the 2023 World Fantasy Convention, October 26-29, 2023 at the Sheraton Crown Center, Kansas City.
What do you think of this lineup?
2022 Shirley Jackson Award Winner
The 2022 Shirley Jackson Award winners have been announced. In the Novel category they are:
WINNERS (TIE):
- The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland)
- Where I End by Sophie White (Tramp)
FINALISTS:
- Jackal by Erin E. Adams (Bantam)
- The Dead Friends Society by Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall (Encyclopocalypse)
- Beulah by Christi Nogle (Cemetery Gates)
- Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai (Jaded Ibis)
Our congrats to Gabino Iglesias and Sophie White and all the finalists! You can see the complete list of winners in all categories over at Locus. What do you think of this result?
2023 Prometheus Award Winner
The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the winner of the 2023 Prometheus Award, honoring pro-freedom works published in 2022.
- WINNER: Cloud-Castles by Dave Freer (Magic Isle)
- Widowland by C.J. Carey (Quercus)
- Captain Trader Helmsman Spy by Karl. K. Gallagher (Kelt Haven)
- A Beast Cannot Feign by Dr. Insensitive Jerk, AKA Gordon Hanka (self-published)
- Summer’s End by John Van Stry (Baen)
Our congrats to Dave Freer and all the noms!
2023 Hugo Award Finalists
The 2023 Hugo Award finalists have been announced. The noms in the Best Novel category are:
- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (Cryptid; Tor)
- Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
- The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
- The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey; Jo Fletcher)
- Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
- The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi (Tor; Tor UK)
See the full list of noms in all categories on the Locus website.
Our congrats to all the finalists. What do you think of this crop of books? Any favorites in the list?
2022 Shirley Jackson Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2022 Shirley Jackson Award have been announced. The noms in the novel category are:
- Jackal by Erin E. Adams (Bantam)
- The Dead Friends Society by Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall (Encyclopocalypse)
- The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland)
- Beulah by Christi Nogle (Cemetery Gates)
- Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai (Jaded Ibis)
- Where I End by Sophie White (Tramp)
The Shirley Jackson Awards are voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics, with input from a Board of Advisors. The awards are given for the best work published in the preceding calendar year in the following categories: Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Single-Author Collection, and Edited Anthology. You can see the complete list of noms in all categories at Locus.
Our congrats to all the nominees! What do you like from this list?