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# Here Are the 2021 Dragon Award Finalists
- URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/here-are-the-2021-dragon-award-finalists/
- Published: 2021-08-12T04:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-12T01:55:44.000Z
- Author: Andrew Liptak
- Tags: News, Science Fiction, Fandom, Fantasy, Books

Dragon Con, the massive multimedia convention held annually in Atlanta, Georgia, has announced this year’s slate of finalists for its annual Dragon Awards.

The awards are a fan-driven affair: anyone can sign up to nominate and participate, regardless of whether or not you’re attending the convention.

The awards have been presented each year at Dragon Con since 2016, and honor works published in fifteen separate categories. Where other literary awards work off of a calendar year of releases, books, comics, films, games, and TV shows released between July 1st, 2020, and June 30th, 2021 are eligible for the Dragon Awards. Nominations were held up through July 19th of this year, after which, the convention organizers went and compiled the results.

To vote in the awards, you’ll need to sign up with your name and email over on the [convention’s awards site](https://application.dragoncon.net/dc%5Ffan%5Fawards%5Fsignup.php?ref=andrewliptak.com). Ballots are handled via SurveyMonkey, and after signing up, the convention says they’ll send out new batches of nominees twice a week. Those who are already signed up should have received their ballot.

Here’s the full list of finalists:

****Best Science Fiction Novel**

- **Machine* by Elizabeth Bear
- **Ready Player Two* by Ernest Cline
- **Attack Surface* by Cory Doctorow
- **A Desolation Called Peace* by Arkady Martine
- **Black Sun* by Rebecca Roanhorse
- **The Ministry of the Future* by Kim Stanley Robinson
- **Project Hail Mary* by Andy Weir

****Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)**

- **Battle Ground* by Jim Butcher
- **Piranesi* by Susanna Clarke
- **Once and Future Witches* by Alix E. Harrow
- **Rhythm of War* by Brandon Sanderson
- **The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue* by V.E. Schwab
- **Dead Lies Dreaming* by Charles Stross

****Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel**

- **Elatsoe* by Darcie Little Badger
- **The Scapegracers* by Hannah Abigail Clarke
- **A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking* by T. Kingfisher
- **A Deadly Education* by Naomi Novik
- **The Tinderbox: Soldier of Indira* by Lou Diamond Phillips
- **A Peculiar Peril* by Jeff VanderMeer

****Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel**

- **Sentenced to War* by J.N. Chaney, Jonathan Brazee
- **Gun Runner* by Larry Correia, John D. Brown
- **Orders of Battle* by Marko Kloos
- **Direct Fire* by Rick Partlow
- **Demon in White* by Christopher Ruocchio
- **Fleet Elements* by Walter Jon Williams

****Best Alternate History Novel**

- **A Master of Djinn* by P. Djèlí Clark
- **Axiom’s End* by Lindsay Ellis
- **1637: No Peace Beyond The Line* by Eric Flint, Charles Gannon
- **The Russian Cage* by Charlaine Harris
- **The Relentless Moon* by Mary Robinette Kowal
- **Daggers in Darkness* by S.M. Stirling

****Best Media Tie-In Novel**

- **Penitent* by Dan Abnett
- **MacGyver: Meltdown* by Eric Kelley, Lee Zlotoff
- **Firefly: Generations* by Tim Lebbon
- **Shadows Rising World of Warcraft: Shadowlands* by Madeleine Roux
- **Star Wars: Light of the Jedi* by Charles Soule
- **Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy* by Timothy Zahn

****Best Horror Novel**

- **Synchronicity* by Michaelbrent Collings
- **The Taxidermist’s Lover* by Polly Hall
- **The Only Good Indians* by Stephen Graham Jones
- **The Hollow Places* by T. Kingfisher
- **True Story: A Novel* by Kate Reed Perry
- **Survivor Song* by Paul Tremblay

****Best Comic Book**

- **Immortal Hulk* by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett
- **Once & Future* by Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora
- **X-Men* by Jonathan Hickman, Mahmud Asrar
- **Monstress* by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda
- **Invisible Kingdom* by G. Willow Wilson, Christian Ward
- **Daredevil* by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto

****Best Graphic Novel**

- **Pulp* by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips
- **Dracula, Motherf\*\*ker* by Alex de Campi, Erica Henderson
- **The Magicians: New Class* by Lev Grossman, Lilah Sturges, Pius Bak
- **The Green Lantern Season Two* by Grant Morrison, Liam Sharp
- **The Magic Fish* by Trung Le Nguyen
- **The Book Tour* by Andi Watson

****Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series**

- **The Expanse*, Amazon
- **Loki*, Disney+
- **The Nevers*, HBO
- **Resident Alien*, SYFY
- **Shadow & Bone*, Netflix
- **Star Trek: Discovery,* Paramount+
- **WandaVision*, Disney+

****Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie**

- **Bill & Ted Face the Music* by Dean Parisot
- **Godzilla vs Kong* by Adam Wingard
- **Justice League* by Zack Snyder
- **The Old Guard* by Gina Prince-Bythewood
- **Space Sweepers* by Sung-hee Jo
- **Tenet* by Christopher Nolan
- **Wonder Woman 1984* by Patty Jenkins

****Best Science Fiction or Fantasy PC/Console Game**

- **Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla*, Ubisoft
- **Crusader Kings III*, Paradox Interactive
- **Cyberpunk 2077*, CD Projekt
- **Ghost of Tsushima*, Sony Interactive Entertainment
- **Hades*, Supergiant Games
- **Star Wars: Squadrons*, Electronic Arts

****Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Mobile Game**

- **Alba: A Wildlife Adventure*, Ustwo & Plug in Digital
- **Empire of Sin*, Paradox Interactive
- **Genshin Impact*, miHoYo
- **Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells*, Zynga
- **Orwell’s Animal Farm*, The Dairymen Ltd.
- **South of the Circle*, State of Play Games

****Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game**

- **Curious Cargo*, Capstone Games
- **Dune: Imperium*, Dire Wolf Games
- **Marvel United*, CMON Games
- **Oceans,* North Star Games
- **Pandemc: Legacy Season 0*, Z-Man Games
- **Sleeping Gods*, Red Raven Games

****Beset Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures / Collectible Card / Roleplaying Game**

- **Cyberpunk RED*, R. Talsorian Games
- **Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount*, Wizards of the Coast
- **Magic: The Gathering, Strixhaven: School of Mages*, Wizards of the Coast
- **Magic: The Gathering, Zendikar Rising*, Wizards of the Coast
- **Pokemon TCG: Champion’s Path Elite Trainer Box*, Pokemon
- **Warhammer: Age of Sigmar: Soulbound Role-Playing Game*, Cubicle 7

  
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