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The winners for the 2022 August Derleth and Robert Holdstock awards have been announced at FantasyCon.

August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel:

WINNER:

• The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (Viper)

SHORTLIST:

• A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson (Nyx Publishing / Orbit)
• My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (Titan)
• Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (Titan)
• A Broken Darkness by Premee Mohamed (Solaris)
• The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig (Penguin)

Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel:

WINNER:

• She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (Tor)

SHORTLIST:

• The Black Coast by Mike Brooks (Orbit)
• The Unbroken by C.L. Clark (Orbit)
• Sistersong by Lucy Holland (Tor)
• The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (Orbit)
• This is Our Undoing by Lorraine Wilson (Luna)

Our congrats to Catriona Ward and Shelley Parker-Chan and all the shortlist authors.

Locus has the results from all categories.

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The 2022 Hugo Awards have been announced. In the Best Novel category the winner is:

A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (Tor; Tor UK).

Our congrats to Arkady Martine and all the finalists!

• Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (Tor; St. Martin’s)
• The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton)
• A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom; Orbit UK)
• She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (Tor; Mantle)
• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Ballantine; Del Rey)

You can see the complete list of winners in all categories over at Locus.

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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.

The Red Tentacle (Novel)

• 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)

The Golden Tentacle (Debut)

• 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.

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The African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) has announced the winners for the 2022 Nommo Awards, given to speculative fiction works by African authors. The Best Novel category winner is:

• The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu (Tor)

Locus has the full list of winners in all categories. Our congrats to T. L. Huchu and all the nominees.

• The Madhouse by TJ Benson (Penguin South Africa)
• The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna (Delacorte; Usborne)
• Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• They Made Us Blood and Fury by Cheryl S. Ntumy (Self published)
• Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

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