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The Kitschies: 2022 Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle Winners Posted at 8:00 AM by Dave Post

Dave Post

The 2022 Kitschies winners have been announced. They are:

The Last Blade Priest Kitschies: Red Tentacle

The Red Tentacle (Novel)


Our Wives Under the Sea Kitschies: Golden Tentacle

The Golden Tentacle (Debut)

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 Posted at 12:47 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

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.

Kitschies: Red Tentacle

RED
TENTACLE

Our Share of Night Beyond the Burn Line Twelve Percent Dread The Coral Bones The Last Blade Priest

Red Tentacle (Novel)

Kitschies: Golden Tentacle

GOLDEN
TENTACLE

Our Wives Under the Sea When We Were Birds Brother Alive The Mountain in the Sea The Immortal King Rao

Golden Tentacle (Debut)

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 Posted at 11:34 AM by Dave Post

Dave Post

The 2021 Kitschies winners have been announced. They are:

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

The Red Tentacle (Novel)

 

Temporary

The Golden Tentacle (Debut)

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 Posted at 2:54 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

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 The Galaxy, and the Ground Within The Cabinet The Last House on Needless Street Black Water Sister

The Red Tentacle (Novel)

Several People are Typing Winter's Orbit Temporary Iron Widow Composite Creatures

The Golden Tentacle (Debut)

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 Posted at 9:53 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

The 2020 Kitschies winners have been announced. They are:

Piranesi

The Red Tentacle (Novel)

 

The Space Between Worlds

The Golden Tentacle (Debut)

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 Posted at 7:58 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

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 A Tall History of Sugar The City We Became The Lost Future of Pepperharrow The Ministry for the Future

The Red Tentacle (Novel)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Raybearer The Space Between Worlds The Animals in That Country Sharks in the Time of Saviors

The Golden Tentacle (Debut)

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 Posted at 8:30 AM by Dave Post

Dave Post

The Fire Starters Jelly

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 Posted at 8:00 AM by Dave Post

Dave Post

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 This Is How You Lose the Time War Always North The Memory Police From the Wreck

The Red Tentacle (Novel)

My Name Is Monster The Ten Thousand Doors of January She Would Be King Wilder Girls Jelly

The Golden Tentacle (Debut)

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 Posted at 11:28 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

Circe Frankenstein in Baghdad

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 Posted at 5:59 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

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 The Smoke Circe Rosewater Unholy Land

The Red Tentacle (Novel)

Children of Blood and Bone Semiosis The Poppy War Sweet Fruit, Sour Land Frankenstein in Baghdad

The Golden Tentacle (Debut)

Our congrats to all the finalists! What do you think of this crop of books? Anything stand out to you?