> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.andrewliptak.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Even more awards - URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-awards-ignyte-arthur-c-clarke-shirley-jackson-seiun/ - Published: 2026-06-10T18:14:36.000Z - Updated: 2026-06-10T19:00:34.000Z - Description: SF/F awards season is upon us - Author: Andrew Liptak - Tags: Awards, News, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Books The award season for the SF/F community is in full swing, and we've already seen the winners for the [Bram Stoker](https://www.andrewliptak.com/bram-stoker-award-stephen-graham-jones-buffalo-hunter-winners-horror/), [Locus](https://www.andrewliptak.com/locus-award-winners-2026-harrow-okorafor-jones/), and [Nebula](https://www.andrewliptak.com/nebula-award-winners-2026-sfwa-science-fiction-fantasy-books/) Awards, as well as the nominations for the [Hugos](https://www.andrewliptak.com/hugo-awards-finalists-2026-science-fiction-fantasy-books/). Also, as a bit of a programming note, I've added a new tag, "[Awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/tag/awards/)" that'll gather up the coverage here in one place. It's barebones at the moment, but I'll be going back into the archives to add the tag to prior posts soon. In the last week or so, conventions and organizations around the world have released their picks for the finalists for their respective awards. Here's a roundup of some of the bigger ones. First, earlier this spring, I did another one of these [awards roundups](https://www.andrewliptak.com/british-science-fiction-bram-stoker-la-times-awards-finalists/), and it's time for an update. I did a post for the Bram Stoker Awards (linked above) but the other two have issued their results: The British Science Fiction Association [announced their winners](https://bsfa.co.uk/Past-Winners?ref=andrewliptak.com) in April: - Best Novel: *When There Are Wolves Again* by E.J. Swift - Best Shorter Fiction: “[The Apologists](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/thompson%5F11%5F25/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Tade Thompson - Best Short Fiction: “[Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike](https://podcastle.org/2025/07/29/podcastle-902-godzilla-as-a-young-man-named-mike/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by E.M Faulds - Best Collection: *Blood in the Bricks* by Neil Williamson - Best Fiction for Younger Readers: *Doctor Who: The Robot Revolution* by Una McCormack - Best Long Non-Fiction: *Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction* by Paul Kincaid - Best Short Non-Fiction: “[Spec Fic and the Politics of Identity: Finding the Self in Other](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/spec-fic-and-the-politics-of-identity-finding-the-self-in-other/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Eugen Bacon - Best Translated Short Fiction: “[Liecraft](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine/post/liecraft?srsltid=AfmBOorzsHaS2JiYuLkUApI3xp8sInqVJjKNvIXYOUiM88dYnMkgLQj4&ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Anita Moskat, translated by Austin Wagner - Best Artwork: *Fractal Series* (12 book tessellated cover) by Nick Wells - Best Original Audio Fiction: *The Dex Legacy Series 3* by Emily Inkpen And [*The L.A. Times* selected](https://www.latimes.com/events/festival-of-books/book-prizes?ref=andrewliptak.com#poetry) *Luminous* by Silvia Park for its winner for the Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction category. ## Sign up for Transfer Orbit A newsletter about science fiction, reading, and the future Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. Okay, here are the latest handful of finalists: --- ## Ignyte Awards First up, the Ignyte Awards announced their finalists for 2026\. This award was founded in 2020 alongside FIYAHCON, as an "attempt to correct representative gaps in traditional spec lit awards and have grown into a coveted and cherished addition to the awards landscape." These awards honor the "vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror by recognizing incredible feats in storytelling and outstanding efforts toward inclusivity of the genre." Here's a selection of this year's finalists: ### Outstanding Novel: Adult - *A Song of Legends Lost* by M.H. Ayinde - *Cursed Daughters* by Oyinkan Braithwaite - *Motheater* by Linda H. Codega - *The Buffalo Hunter Hunter* by Stephen Graham Jones - *Harmattan Season* by Tochi Onyebuchi ### Outstanding Novella - *The Iron Below Remembers* by Sharang Biswas - *Audition for the Fox* by Martin Cahill - *The River Has Roots* by Amal El-Mohtar - *Psychopomp & Circumstance* by Eden Royce - "[Descent](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/talabi%5F05%5F25/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Wole Talabi ### Outstanding Novelette - “[Uncertain Sons](https://undertowpublications.com/uncertain-sons?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Thomas Ha (Uncertain Sons) - “[We Begin Where Infinity Ends](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ihezue%5F02%5F25/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Somto Ihezue (*Clarkesworld* 2/25) - “[What I Saw Before the War](https://reactormag.com/what-i-saw-before-the-war-alaya-dawn-johnson/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Alaya Dawn Johnson (*Reactor* 1/22/25) - “[Human Voices](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/human-voices/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Isabel J. Kim (*Lightspeed* 9/25) - “[Never Eaten Vegetables](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/pak%5F01%5F25/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by H.H. Pak (*Clarkesworld* 1/25) ### Outstanding Short Story - “[Ichthyosis](https://psychopomp.com/fantasy/issue-99/ichthyosis/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by M.L. Krishnan (*Fantasy* 1/2/25) - “Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels” by Albert Nkereuwem (*Will This Be a Problem?* Issue V) - “[Because I Held His Name Like a Key](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/because-i-held-his-name-like-a-key/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Aimee Ogden (*Strange Horizons* 6/16/25) - “[Autogas Ferryman](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/autogas-ferryman/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Champ Wongsatayanont (*Nightmare* 9/25) - “[The Octopus Dreams of Personhood](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-122b-the-octopus-dreams-of-personhood-by-hannah-yang/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Hannah Yang (*Diabolical Plots* 4/16/25) You can see the full list of finalists [here](https://ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/current-finalists/?ref=andrewliptak.com). Anyone can vote in these awards, and you can do that until August 16th [here](https://ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote/?ref=andrewliptak.com). --- ## Arthur C. Clarke Award Next up, the Arthur C. Clarke Award [announced its finalists](https://clarkeaward.substack.com/p/announcing-the-shortlist-for-the-1c1) for this year's award. This prize has been handed out annually since 1987, and it honors the best works of science fiction published in the past year, which are selected by a panel of jurors. The winner gets a trophy and cash prize (£2026.00; which started at 2001 and which has risen incrimentally since). Here are the finalists: - *Dungeon Crawler Carl* by Matt Dinniman - *The Dream Hotel* by Laila Lalami - *Luminous* by Silvia Park - *There Is No Antimemetics Division* by qntm - *When There Are Wolves Again* by E.J. Swift - *The Salt Oracle* by Lorraine Wilson The winner of this year's award will be announced on Wednesday 12th August 2026. --- ## Shirley Jackson Awards On the horror and dark fiction front, we have the Shirley Jackson Awards, which [announced their finalists](https://www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/2026/05/28/nominees-announced-for-the-2025-shirley-jackson-awards/?ref=andrewliptak.com) for 2025\. **T**hese awards seek to recognize "the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing" by honoring "outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic." The nominees are selected by a jury of writers, editors, critics and academics. ### Novel - *Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng* by Kylie Lee Baker - *How to Fake a Haunting* by Christa Carmen - *The Lamb* by Lucy Rose - *Moonflow* by Bitter Karella - *Old Soul* by Susan Barker - *Witchcraft for Wayward Girls* by Grady Hendrix ### Novella - *The Cold House* by A. G. Slatter - *The Death of Mountains* by Jordan Kurella - *DuMort* by Michelle Tang - *The Glass Garden* by Jessica Lévai - *Psychopomp & Circumstance* by Eden Royce ### Novelette - *The Confirmed Bachelors* by Stephen Volk (Black Shuck Books) - “Emily” by Vanessa Santos (*Make a Home of Me*) - *Letter Slot* by Owen King (Amazon Original Stories) - “[The Millay Illusion](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-millay-illusion/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Sarah Pinsker (*Uncanny Magazine* Issue Sixty-Seven) - “The Severity of Things” by Mo Moshaty (*Clairviolence: Tales of Tarot and Torment*) ### Short Fiction - “Bitter Skin” by Kaaron Warren (*Night & Day*) - “Lapse” by Kirsty Logan (*Unquiet Guests*) - “Mother’s Mother’s Daughter” by Audrey Zhou (*Silk and Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora*) - “Room 24” by Caroline Kepnes (*The End of the World As We Know It*) - “Silver Boots” by Donna Lynch (*HOWL: An Anthology of Werewolves from Women-in-Horror*) The winners will be revealed on Saturday, July 11 at [Readercon 35](https://readercon.org/?ref=andrewliptak.com) in Burlington, Massachusetts. --- ## 2026 Finalists for the Theodore A. Sturgeon Memorial Award Next up, we have the Theodore A. Sturgeon Memorial Award, which is issued by The Center for the Study of Science Fiction at Kansas University. This prize has been handed out since 1987, and it honors the best short fiction in the prior year. Here are the [finalists](https://sfcenter.ku.edu/sturgeon-award?ref=andrewliptak.com): - “[Six People to Revise You](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/six-people-to-revise-you/?ref=andrewliptak.com),” J.R. Dawson, *Uncanny Magazine* (January 2025) - “[The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn](https://kaleidotrope.net/archives/autumn-2025/the-nine-crashes-of-flight-lieutenant-hilla-quinn-by-louise-hughes/?ref=andrewliptak.com),” Louise Hughes (*Kaleidotrope*, September 2025) - “[The Shadow on the Nest](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-shadow-on-the-nest/?ref=andrewliptak.com),” Alaya Dawn Johnson (*Uncanny Magazine*, September 2025) - “[Wire Mother](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim%5F10%5F25/?ref=andrewliptak.com),” Isabel J. Kim (*Clarkesworld*, September 2025) - “[The Sack of Burley Cottage](https://reactormag.com/the-sack-of-burley-cottage-rich-larson/?ref=andrewliptak.com),” Rich Larson (*Reactor*, June 2025) - “[his love's ashes on his tongue](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/issue-37/his-loves-ashes/?ref=andrewliptak.com),” Monte Lin (*The Deadlands*, January 2025) - “[Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-123b-laser-eyes-aint-everything-by-effie-seiberg/?ref=andrewliptak.com),” Effie Seiberg (*Diabolical Plots*, May 2025) - “[We, the Fleet](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/singer%5F05%5F25/?ref=andrewliptak.com),” Alex T. Singer (*Clarkesworld*, May 2025) - “[Missing Helen](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro%5F07%5F25/?ref=andrewliptak.com),” Tia Tashiro (*Clarkesworld*, July 2025) - “[Woolly](https://asimovs.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Woolly-Carrie-Vaughn-w-STELLARIUM.pdf?ref=andrewliptak.com),” Carrie Vaughn, *Asimov's* (February 2025) The winner will be announced later in the summer, and will be honored as a guest of honor at the annual [Sturgeon Symposium](https://sfcenter.ku.edu/sturgeon-symposium?ref=andrewliptak.com), which will take place on October 15th and 16th. --- ## Dragon Awards Nominations for the annual Dragon Awards are now open. This year marks their 10th anniversary – they were [founded as the literary award for Atlanta, Georgia's DragonCon in 2016](https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/13/12461038/dragon-awards-shortlist-dragoncon-science-fiction-fantasy?ref=transfer-orbit.ghost.io). These awards recognize a broad range of science fiction, fantasy, horror, YA comics, games, literature, movies, and television shows. They're nominated and voted upon by attendees and the general public, and [voting has since opened](https://applyto.dragoncon.org/fan%5Fawards/dc%5Ffan%5Fawards%5Fnominations.php?ref=andrewliptak.com) for this year's award. (It'll be open through July 12th). The winners will be announced at this year's convention, which will be held between 3rd and 7th. --- ## Seiun Awards And finally: Japan's Hellcon has [announced the winners](https://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2026result.html?ref=andrewliptak.com) of this year's Seiun Awards. This award is the Japanese equivilent of the Hugos, and it's awarded every year to not only Japanese fiction, but also translated works. ### Best Translated Novel - *The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands* by Sarah Brooks and translated by Yasuko Kawano - ***Babel* by R.F. Kuang** **and translated by Yoshimichi Furusawa** - *The Book of Elsewhere* by China Miéville & Keanu Reeves and translated by Masayuki Uchida & Rei Yasuno - *The Tusks of Extinction* by Ray Nayler and translated by Hiroshi Kaneko - ***Eversion* by Alastair Reynolds** **and translated by Naoya Nakahara** - *Some Desperate Glory* by Emily Tesh and translated by Hiroshi Kaneko - *The Paradox Hotel* by Rob Hart and translated by Ken Mogi - *Shambling Towards Hiroshima* by James Morrow and translated by Masayuki Uchida ### Best Translated Short Story - **“After Zero” by Greg Egan and translated by Makoto Yamagishi (*Hayakawa SF* 2/25)** - “Hémisphères” by Tristan Garcia and translated by Kei Takahashi - “Five Views of the Planet Tartarus” by Rachel K. Jones and translated by Chiori Sada (*The Silverfish Notebook* 8/25) - “Two Truths and a Lie” by Sarah Pinsker and translated by Izumi Ichida (*A Place That Once Existed Somewhere)* - “Security Check” by Han Song and translated by Tachihara Touya (*Hayakawa SF* 10/25) - “Blowout” by Wole Talabi and translated by Masato Naruniwa (*Hayakawa SF* 12/25) Here [are the rest of the winners and finalists](https://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2026result.html?ref=andrewliptak.com). The awards will be presented at this year's Hellcon, Japan SF Convention in Oita, Japan, which will be held in July. --- That's a lot: I'll probably do an update later in the summer for some of these. In the meantime, it's another good list of books and shorter stories to check out.