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The British Science Fiction Association has announced the shortlist for the 2022 BSFA Awards.

• The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz)
• Stars and Bones by Gareth Powell (Titan)
• The This by Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
• The Coral Bones by E. J. Swift (Unsung Stories)
• City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Head of Zeus)

See Locus for the complete shortlists in all categories. The winners will be announced at Conversation, this year’s Eastercon, which runs April 7-10, 2023 at the Birmingham NEC Hilton.

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The Horror Writers Association has announced the 2022 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot. The finalists for Superior Achievement in a Novel are:

• The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias (Mullholland)
• The Fervor by Alma Katsu (Putnam)
• Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste (Saga)
• Daphne by Josh Malerman (Del Rey)
• Sundial by Catriona Ward (Nightfire)

See Locus for the nominees in all categories. Our congrats to all the finalists.

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The 2021 Otherwise Award (formerly the James Tiptree, Jr. Award), for works of speculative fiction which explore and expand gender, has been announced.

Winners:

• Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (Tor)
• Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (MCD; #Merky)

Honor List:

• A Natural History of Transition by Callum Angus (Metonymy)
• Danged Black Thing by Eugen Bacon (Transit Lounge)
• The Actual Star by Monica Byrne (Harper Voyager US)
• Bestiary by K-Ming Chang (One World)
• Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore (Feiwel & Friends)
• Chouette by Claire Oshetsky (Ecco)
• She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (Tor; Mantle)
• The Unraveling by Benjamin Rosenbaum (Erewhon)
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (Swoon Reads)

Our congrats to Ryka Aoki, Rivers Solomon and all the Honor List members. You can read more details about each selection on the official Otherwise website.

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The 2023 Philip K. Dick Award nominees have been announced:

• Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell (Stelliform)
• Widowland by C.J. Carey (Sourcebooks Landmark)
• Ymir by Rich Larson (Orbit US)
• January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky (Tordotcom)
• The Legacy of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson (Tordotcom)
• The Extractionist by Kimberly Unger (Tachyon)

The award is presented annually to a distinguished work of science fiction originally published in paperback form in the United States from the previous calendar year. The winner and any special citations will be announced April 7, 2023 at Norwescon 45, to be held April 6-9, 2023 in SeaTac WA.

Have you read any of these? What looks good to you on the list?

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The 2022 World Fantasy Awards winners have been announced. In the Novel category:

WINNER:

• The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

FINALISTS:

• Black Water Sister by Zen Cho (Ace; Macmillan)
• A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom; Orbit UK)
• The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros (Inkyard)
• The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (Nightfire; Viper UK)

Our congrats to Tasha Suri and all the finalists. See the complete list of winners in all categories.

This win also secures a place for Suri on our ever growing Award Winning Books by Women Authors list.

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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?

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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.

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The 2021 Kitschies winners have been announced. They are:

The Red Tentacle (Novel)

• 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)

The Golden Tentacle (Debut)

• 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.

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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?

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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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