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2021 Shirley Jackson Award Winner
The 2021 Shirley Jackson Award winners have been announced.
WINNER:
- My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga)
FINALISTS:
- Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (Nightfire)
- All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter (Titan)
- No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull (Blackstone)
- Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer (MCD)
Our congrats to Stephen Graham Jones for his second consecutive Shirley Jackson Award. Congratulations also to all the finalists! You can see the complete list of winners in all categories over at Locus. What do you think of this result?
2022 Arthur C. Clarke Award Winner
The 2022 Arthur C. Clark Award has been announced.
WINNER:
- Deep Wheel Orcadia by Harry Josephine Giles (Picador)
FINALISTS:
- Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (Faber & Faber)
- A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (Tor UK)
- A River Called Time by Courttia Newland (Canongate)
- Wergen: The Alien Love War by Mercurio D. Rivera (NewCon)
- Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley (Solaris)
Our congrats to Harry Josephine Giles and all the finalists.
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 Shirley Jackson Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2021 Shirley Jackson Award have been announced. The noms in the novel category are:
- My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga)
- Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (Nightfire)
- All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter (Titan)
- No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull (Blackstone)
- Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer (MCD)
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?
