The Kitschies: 2022 Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle Winners
The 2022 Kitschies winners have been announced. They are:
- Winner: The Last Blade Priest by W.P. Wiles (Angry Robot)
- Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez; translated by Megan McDowell (Granta)
- Beyond the Burn Line by Paul McAuley (Gollancz)
- Twelve Percent Dread by Emily McGovern (Picador)
- The Coral Bones by E.J. Swift (Unsung Stories)
- Winner: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield (Picador)
- When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (Hamish Hamilton)
- Brother Alive by Zain Khalid ( Grove Press)
- The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Naylor (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
- The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara (Atlantic)
See Locus for the full details for all categories. Our congrats to Mariana Enriquez and Julia Armfield and all the nominees.
2022 Kitschies Awards Shortlists
The shortlists for the 2022 Kitschies Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle awards have been announced! The Kitschies reward the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic published in the UK.
- Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez; translated by Megan McDowell (Granta)
- Beyond the Burn Line by Paul McAuley (Gollancz)
- Twelve Percent Dread by Emily McGovern (Picador)
- The Coral Bones by E.J. Swift (Unsung Stories)
- The Last Blade Priest by W.P. Wiles (Angry Robot)
- Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield (Picador)
- When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (Hamish Hamilton)
- Brother Alive by Zain Khalid ( Grove Press)
- The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Naylor (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
- The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara (Atlantic)
Our congrats to all the nominees. What looks good to you from these lists? As usual, Locus Online has all the details.
The Kitschies: 2021 Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle Winners
The 2021 Kitschies winners have been announced. They are:
- WINNER: The Galaxy And The Ground Within by Becky Chambers (Hodder Fiction)
- Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Head Of Zeus)
- The Cabinet by Un-Su Kim (Angry Robot)
- The Last House On Needless Street by Catriona Ward (Serpent’s Tail)
- Black Water Sister by Zen Cho (Macmillan)
- WINNER: Temporary by Hilary Leichter (Faber)
- Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke (Hodder Studio)
- Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell (Orbit)
- Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (Rock The Boat)
- Composite Creatures by Caroline Hardaker (Angry Robot)
See Locus for the full details for all categories. Our congrats to Becky Chambers and Hilary Leichter and all the nominees.
2021 Kitschies Awards Shortlists
The shortlists for the 2021 Kitschies Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle awards have been announced! The Kitschies reward the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic published in the UK.
- Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Head Of Zeus)
- The Galaxy And The Ground Within by Becky Chambers (Hodder Fiction)
- The Cabinet by Un-Su Kim (Angry Robot)
- The Last House On Needless Street by Catriona Ward (Serpent’s Tail)
- Black Water Sister by Zen Cho (Macmillan)
- Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke (Hodder Studio)
- Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell (Orbit)
- Temporary by Hilary Leichter (Faber)
- Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (Rock The Boat)
- Composite Creatures by Caroline Hardaker (Angry Robot)
Our congrats to all the nominees. What looks good to you from these lists? As usual, Locus Online has all the details.
The Kitschies: 2020 Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle Winners
The 2020 Kitschies winners have been announced. They are:
- WINNER: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
- A Tall History of Sugar by Curdella Forbes (Canongate)
- The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
- The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley (Bloomsbury)
- The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
- WINNER: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (Hodder & Stoughton)
- Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara (Chatto & Windus)
- Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko (Hot Key Books)
- The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay (Scribe)
- Sharks in the Time of Saviours by Kawai Strong Washburn (Canongate)
See Locus for the full details for all categories. Our congrats to Susanna Clarke and Micaiah Johnson and all the nominees.
The Kitschies: 2020 Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle Finalists
The finalists for the 2020 Kitschies Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle awards have been announced!
The Kitschies reward the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic published in the UK.
- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
- A Tall History of Sugar by Curdella Forbes (Canongate)
- The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
- The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley (Bloomsbury)
- The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
- Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara (Chatto & Windus)
- Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko (Hot Key Books)
- The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (Hodder & Stoughton)
- The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay (Scribe)
- Sharks in the Time of Saviours by Kawai Strong Washburn (Canongate)
Awards will be presented in a ceremony on July 21, 2021. For more, see the Kitschies website.
Our congrats to all the finalists! What do you think of this crop of books? Anything stand out to you?
The Kitschies: 2019 Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle Winners
The 2019 Kitschies winners have been announced. They are:
Red Tentacle: The Fire Starters by Jan Carson
Golden Tentacle: Jelly by Clare Rees
See Locus for the full details for all categories. Our congrats to Jan Carson and Clare Rees and all the nominees.
The Kitschies: 2019 Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle Finalists
The finalists for the 2019 Kitschies Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle awards have been announced!
The Kitschies reward the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic published in the UK.
- The Fire Starters by Jan Carson
- This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
- Always North by Vicki Jarrett
- The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
- From The Wreck by Jane Rawson
- My Name Is Monster by Katie Hale
- The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
- She Would Be King by Wayetu Moore
- Wilder Girls by Rory Power
- Jelly by Clare Rees
Our congrats to all the finalists! What do you think of this crop of books? Anything stand out to you?
The Kitschies: 2018 Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle Winners
The 2018 Kitschies winners have been announced. They are:
Red Tentacle: Circe Madeline Miller (Bloomsbury)
Golden Tentacle: Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi (Oneworld)
See Locus for the full details for all categories. Our congrats to Madeline Miller and Ahmed Saadawi and all the nominees.
The Kitschies: 2018 Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle Finalists
The finalists for the 2018 Kitschies Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle awards have been announced!
The Kitschies reward the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic published in the UK.
- Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager)
- The Smoke by Simon Ings (Titan)
- Circe by Madeline Miller (Bloomsbury)
- Rosewater by Tade Thompson (Orbit)
- Unholy Land by Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon)
- Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt)
- Semiosis by Sue Burke (Harper Voyager)
- The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager)
- Sweet Fruit, Sour Land by Rebecca Ley (Sandstone)
- Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi (Oneworld)
Our congrats to all the finalists! What do you think of this crop of books? Anything stand out to you?