OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT

for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience

• BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/Saga Press)
• METAL FROM HEAVEN – August Clarke (Erewhon Books)
• THE EMPEROR AND THE ENDLESS PALACE – Justinian Huang (Mira)
• WINNER THE SENTENCE – Gautam Bhatia (Westland IF)
• WOMB CITY – Tlotlo Tsamaase (Erewhon Books)

OUTSTANDING NOVEL: YOUNG ADULT

for novel-length (40k+ words) works intended for the young adult audience

• WINNER HEIR – Sabaa Tahir (G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR) 
• MOONSTORM – Yoon Ha Lee (Delacorte Press)
• SHEINE LENDE – Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
• SPELLS TO FORGET US – Aislinn Brophy (G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR)
• THE POISONS WE DRINK – Bethany Baptiste (Sourcebooks Fire)

OUTSTANDING MIDDLE GRADE

for works intended for the middle grade audience

• AMARI AND THE DESPICABLE WONDERS – B. B. Alston (Storytide) 
• BENNY RAMÍREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED – Jose Pable Iriarte (Knopf BYR)
• SONA AND THE GOLDEN BEASTS – Rajani Larocca (Quill Tree Books)
• THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE – Eden Royce (Walden Pond Press)
• WINNER THE LAST RHEE WITCH – Jenna Lee-Yun (Disney Hyperion)

OUTSTANDING NOVELLA

for speculative works ranging from 17,500-39,999 words

• FRACTAL KARMA – Arula Ratnakar (Clarkesworld)
• WINNER LOST ARK DREAMING – Suyi Okungbowa Davies (Tordotcom)
• THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST – Premee Mohamed (Tordotcom)
• THE DRAGONFLY GAMBIT – A. D. Sui (Neon Hemlock)
• THE PRACTICE, THE HORIZON, AND THE CHAIN – Sofia Samatar (Tordotcom)

OUTSTANDING NOVELETTE

for speculative works ranging from 7,500-17,499 words

• A STRANGER KNOCKS – Tananarive Due (Uncanny Magazine)
• JOANNA’S BODIES – Eugenia Triantafyllou (Psychopomp)
• NEGATIVE SCHOLARSHIP ON THE FIFTH STATE OF BEING – A.W. Prihandita (Clarkesworld)
• ¡SANGRONAS! UN LISTA DE TERROR – M.M. Olivas (Uncanny Magazine)
• WINNER WE WHO WILL NOT DIE – Shingai Njeri Kagunda (Psychopomp) 

OUTSTANDING SHORT STORY

for speculative works ranging from 2,000-7,499 words

• AGNI – Nibedita Sen (The Sunday Morning Transport)
• PARTHENOGENESIS – Stephen Graham Jones (Reactor)
• THE SPINDLE OF NECESSITY – B. Pladek (Strange Horizons)
• WINNER WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ | WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ – Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed Magazine)
• WHALE FALL – J.L. Akagi (Strange Horizons)

OUTSTANDING SPECULATIVE POETRY

• AFTER THEY BLASTED YOUR HOME PLANET TO SHRAPNEL – P.H. Low (Haven Speculative)
• HIJACKED INTERIORS – Leena Aboutaleb (Strange Horizons)
• I SAID | मैंने कहा – Sourav Roy, translated by Carol D’Souza (Samovar) 
• WINNER RELIVING: POST TRAUMA OF THE LEKKI TOLLGATE MASSACRE – Fasasi Ridwan (Strange Horizons)
• THE PERSON WHO REMINDS THE OTHER PERSON TO CAST THE SPELL – Bogi Takács (Strange Horizons)

CRITICS AWARD

for reviews and analysis of the field of speculative literature

• Ancillary Review of Books
• Archita Mittra
• BlackGayComicGeek
• Gabino Iglesias
• WINNER Maya Gittelman

OUTSTANDING FICTION PODCAST

for excellence in audio performance and production for speculative fiction

• Cast of Wonders
• Khōréō Magazine
• WINNER Podcastle
• Pseudopod
• The Nosleep Podcast

OUTSTANDING ARTIST

for contributions in visual speculative storytelling

• Alyssa Winans
• Carly A-F
• Micaela Alcaino
• WINNER Tran Nguyen

OUTSTANDING COMICS TEAM

for comics, graphic novels, and sequential storytelling

• WINNER LUNAR BOY – Jes and Cin Wibowo (Harper Alley)
• LUNAR NEW YEAR LOVE STORY – Gene Luen Yang and Leuyen Pham (First Second)
• THE WORST RONIN – Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Faith Schaffer (Harper Alley)

OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY/COLLECTED WORKS

• A SUNNY PLACE FOR SHADY PEOPLE – Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell (Hogarth)
• DEEP DREAM: SCIENCE FICTION EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF ART – Indrapramit Das (The MIT Press)
• THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE – Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell (Flatiron Books)
• THROUGH THE NIGHT LIKE A SNAKE: LATIN AMERICAN HORROR STORIES – Sarah Coolidge (Two Lines Press)
• WINNER THYME TRAVELLERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PALESTINIAN SPECULATIVE FICTION – Sonia Sulaiman (Roseway Publishing)

OUTSTANDING CREATIVE NONFICTION

for works related to the field of speculative fiction

• WINNER AFRO-CENTERED FUTURISMS IN OUR SPECULATIVE FICTION – Eugen Bacon, ed. Featuring works by Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga, Cheryl S. Ntumy, Dilman Dila, Nerine Dorman, Nuzo Onoh, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, Stephen Embleton, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Tobi Ogundiran and Xan van Rooyen (Bloomsbury Academic)
• ALL INSURRECTIONS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL: ON WRITING RESISTANCE AFTER JANUARY 6TH – Micaiah Johnson (Reactor)
• FLAMBOYANTS: THE QUEER HARLEM RENAISSANCE I WISH I’D KNOWN – George M. Johnson, Charley Palmer (FSG BYR)
• IN OTHER WOR(L)DS – Shrinidhi Harasimhan (Strange Horizons)
• WHY A.I. ISN’T GOING TO MAKE ART – Ted Chiang (The New Yorker)

THE EMBER AWARD

for unsung contributions to genre

• Charlie Jane Anders
• Indrapramit Das
• Nisi Shawl
• Renay
• WINNER Sonia Sulaiman

THE COMMUNITY AWARD

for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre

WOLE TALABI

WINNER AUTHORS AGAINST BOOK BANS

SAMOVAR MAGAZINE

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