2016 Andre Norton Award Nominees
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the nominees for the 2016 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy.
- Seriously Wicked by Tina Connolly (Tor Teen)
- Court of Fives by Kate Elliott (Little, Brown)
- Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan UK 5/14; Amulet)
- Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace (Big Mouth House)
- Zeroboxer by Fonda Lee (Flux)
- Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older (Levine)
- Bone Gap by Laura Ruby (Balzer + Bray)
- Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (HarperTeen)
- Updraft by Fran Wilde (Tor)
Our congrats to all the nominees! Updraft was also just nominated for the Nebula so it’s a particularly good day for Fran Wilde. Eight out of nine nominees are women which continues the tradition of female dominance of this award and YA books in general it seems. What do you think of this lineup?
2015 Andre Norton Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2015 Andre Norton Award were announced recently and we’ve just added the award to WWEnd. The Norton is for Young Adult science fiction and fantasy and we think it’s a great addition to our coverage on the site. The nominees are:
- Unmade, Sarah Rees Brennan (Random House)
- Salvage, Alexandra Duncan (Greenwillow)
- Love Is the Drug, Alaya Dawn Johnson (Levine)
- Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future, A.S. King (Little, Brown)
- Dirty Wings, Sarah McCarry (St. Martin’s Griffin)
- Greenglass House, Kate Milford (Clarion)
- The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, Leslye Walton (Candlewick)
Our congrats to all the nominees. Good luck to you all. The winners will be announced in conjunction with the Nebula Award at the 50th Nebula Awards Weekend which will be held June 4th-7th, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois.
What do you think of this crop of noms? Anything you would recommend? Are you a YA fan? If you’re not familiar with the Norton take a look at all the winners and noms since 2006. There are a lot of great books in that list.