Recent News: Awards
News / July 28, 2017

Welcome to our regular update on genre awards, where we keep you up to date with all the major awards. Midwinter is a quiet time for ceremonies, but there’s plenty of other activity underway – we’ve got the details on the latest awards and upcoming deadlines. Did we miss an award you think we should be keeping track of? Let us know and we’ll get right on it. RECENT AWARDS          LATEST SHORTLISTS          COMING SOON RECENT AWARDS GEMMELL AWARDS         SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARDS          THEODORE STURGEON MEMORIAL GEMMELL AWARDS Legend (Best Novel) John Gwynne, Wrath (Tor) Jay Kristoff, Nevernight (Thomas Dunne Books) Mark Lawrence, The Wheel of Osheim (Ace Books) Brandon Sanderson, The Bands of Mourning (Tor) Gav Thorpe, Warbeast (Black Library) *WINNER Morningstar (Best Debut) Mark De Jager, Infernal (Del Rey) Christopher Husberg, Duskfall (Titan Books) Megan E. O’Keefe, Steal the Sky (Angry Robot) *WINNER Adrian Selby, Snakewood (Orbit) Jon Skovron, Hope and Red (Orbit) Ravenheart (Best Cover Art) Alessandro Baldasseroni for Black Rift by Josh Reynolds *WINNER Jason Chan for The Wheel of Osheim by Mark Lawrence Sam Green for The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson Kerby Rosanes for Nevernight by Jay Kristoff Paul Young for Wrath by John Gwynne   Shirley Jackson Awards …

Recent News: Awards
News / May 4, 2017

Welcome to our regular update on genre awards, where we keep you up to date with all the major awards. Award season is in full swing and we’ve got the details on the latest awards and nominations. Did we miss an award you think we should be keeping track of? Let us know and we’ll get right on it. RECENT AWARDS          LATEST SHORTLISTS          COMING SOON RECENT AWARDS Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in a Novel Elizabeth Hand, Hard Light: A Cass Neary Crime Novel (Minotaur Books) Stephen Graham Jones, Mongrels (William Morrow) John Langan, The Fisherman (Word Horde) *WINNER Bracken MacLeod, Stranded: A Novel (Tor Books) Paul Tremblay, Disappearance at Devil’s Rock (William Morrow) Superior Achievement in a First Novel Barbara Barnett, The Apothecary’s Curse (Pyr Books) Greg Chapman, Hollow House (Omnium Gatherum Media) Tom Deady, Haven (Cemetery Dance Publications) *WINNER Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason, Mayan Blue (Sinister Grin Press) Stephanie Wytovich, The Eighth (Dark Regions Press) Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel Maria Alexander – Snowed (Raw Dog Screaming Press) *WINNER Jennifer Brozek, Last Days of Salton Academy (Ragnarok Publishing) Elle Cosimano, Holding Smoke (Hyperion-Disney) Jeyn Roberts, When They Fade (Knopf Books for Young Readers) Alexandra…

Recent News: Awards
News / February 24, 2017

Welcome to our regular update on genre awards, where we keep you up to date with all the major awards. There’s been a flurry of shortlists in advance of the first awards of the year – we’ve got all the details on shortlists and upcoming deadlines for nominations or voting. Did we miss an award you think we should be keeping track of? Let us know and we’ll get right on it. RECENT AWARDS         LATEST SHORTLISTS         NOMINATIONS CLOSING          COMING SOON RECENT AWARDS IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award Charlie Jane Anders – All The Birds In The Sky (Tor) *WINNER Rose Lemberg – Marginalia to Stone Bird (Aqueduct) Maria Turtschaninoff – Maresi (Pushkin/Abrams) Michael Wehunt – Greener Pastures (Shock Totem)   RUSA Reading List Fantasy Daniel O’Malley – Stiletto: A Novel (Little, Brown) * WINNER Mishell Baker – Borderline (Saga Press) Guy Gavriel Kay – Children of Earth and Sky (New American Library) Mary Robinette Kowal – Ghost Talkers (Tor) Frederic S. Durbin – A Green and Ancient Light (Saga Press) Horror Thomas Olde Heuvelt – Hex (Tor) *WINNER Cherie Priest – The Family Plot (Tor) Joe Hill – The Fireman: A Novel (William Morrow) Grady Hendrix – My Best Friend’s Exorcism: A Novel (Quirk Books) Christopher Buehlman – Suicide Motor…