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Nancy Omondi is the recipient of this year's Working Class Writers Grant, presented by the Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF). The $1,000 grant is given annually to assist working class, blue-collar, poor, and homeless writers who have been historically underrepresented in speculative fiction due to financial barriers which make it hard to access the writing world.

Nancy Omondi is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer whose work is defined by atmosphere …Read More

Writer and organizer M.R. Hilde Hildebrand, 80, died in her home in Glendale AZ on March 4, 2026, after entering home hospice care for rheumatoid arthritis in 2025.

Hildebrand was born in 1946. In the 1970s, she became an active member, organizer, and host in Phoenix AZ fandom, working to help with conventions including Leprecon, Coppercon, and the 1978 Worldcon. She ran staff lounges and a book-selling service at various …Read More

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has released the finalists for the 2025 Nebula Awards.

Novel

• When We Were Real, Daryl Gregory (Saga)
• The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones (Saga; Titan UK)
• Katabasis, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
• Death of the Author, Nnedi Okorafor (Morrow; Gollancz)
• The Incandescent, Emily Tesh (Tor; Orbit UK)
• Sour Cherry, Natalia Theodoridou (Tin House; Wildfire)
• Wearing the Lion, …Read More

CURTIS C. CHEN is now represented by Sara Megibow of Megibow Literary Agency.

JOSUE OF PACHUCA is now represented by Arley Sorg of kt literary.

MARTHA WELLS was presented the Alamo Literary Arts Maintenance Organization Copperhead Award at AggieCon 55 for contributions to Texas fandom.

STEPHEN KING and PETER STRAUB sold Other Worlds Than These, the final book of the Talisman Trilogy, to …Read More

Short fiction writer and editor Lee Martindale died March 10, 2026 after a brief illness.

Martindale was born in 1949 and raised in rural Kentucky. She sold her first story, YearBride , in 1992 at the age of 43. Her stories have since appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including the Sword and Sorceress anthology series, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy, Sorcerous Signals, Bubbas of the Apocalypse (2001), Catopolis (2008), Chicks …Read More

The REH Foundation has announced the nominees for the 2026 Robert E. Howard Awards, honoring work that is substantively devoted to the life and/or work of Robert E. Howard or that carries on the spirit and tradition of Robert E. Howard, to better recognize and celebrate his influence on future generations of writers.

Members of the REH Foundation vote on the awards. Voting ends March 15, 2026.

The Atlantean-Outstanding …Read More

International Thriller Writers has announced the finalists for the 2026 Thriller Awards. Titles and authors of genre interest include:

Best Series Novel

• The Big Empty, Robert Crais (G.P. Putnam's Sons)

Best First Novel

• Death at the White Hart, Chris Chibnall (Pamela Dorman)

Best Young Adult Novel

• This Stays Between Us, Margot McGovern (Penguin Young Readers)
• Shiny Happy People, Clay McLeod Chapman (Delacorte)
• The …Read More

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced the winners of the 2026 Audie Awards, recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. Books and authors of genre interest among categories with winning titles of interest include:

Audiobook of the Year

• WINNER: Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins, narrated by Jefferson White (Scholastic Audio)

• King of Ashes, S.A. Cosby, narrated by Adam Lazarre-White (Macmillan Audio)
• Wild Dark Shore, Charlotte …Read More

The Bookseller has announced the shortlists for the 2026 British Book Awards. Titles and authors of genre interest include:

Author of the Year

• Elif Shafak
• A.F. Steadman

Fiction

• Dream Count, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (4th Estate)
• Boleyn Traitor, Philippa Gregory (HarperFiction)
• The Rose Field: The Book of Dust, Philip Pullman (Knopf Books for Young Readers)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

• The Devils, Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz)
• Ice, Jacek …Read More

Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, and Locus Award-winner Stephen Graham Joneswill be joining us as a Guest of Honor at the Locus Awards Weekend on May 29-31, 2026, in Oakland, California! We're very happy to welcome him. Jones joins fellow Guests of Honor Nnedi Okorafor and Tananarive Due, as well as a program of amazing local creators, for an unforgettable celebration.

From his website: Stephen Graham Jones is the NYT bestselling …Read More

The 16-title longlist has been announced for the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction. Titles and authors of genre interest include:

• Paradiso 17, Hannah Lillith Assadi (Knopf US; 4th Estate UK)
• Audition, Katie Kitamura (Riverhead US; Fern UK)
• A Guardian and a Thief, Megha Majumdar (Knopf US; Scribner UK)
• A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing, Alice Evelyn Yang (William Morrow US; Dead Ink UK)

The prize is aimed at championing …Read More

The shortlist for the 2025 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards has been announced.

BestNovel

• A Granite Silence, Nina Allan (Riverrun)
• Project Hanuman, Stewart Hotston (Angry Robot)
• When There Are Wolves Again, E.J. Swift (Arcadia)
• Edge of Oblivion, Kirk Weddell (Troubador)
• The Salt Oracle, Lorraine Wilson (Solaris)

Best Shorter Fiction (for novelettes and novellas)

• Cities Are Forests Waiting to Happen, Cécile Cristofari (Newcon)
• The River …Read More

The results of the annual Clarkesworld readers' poll for best stories and cover art of 2025 have been announced in an editorial by Neil Clarke.

Best Short Story

• WINNER: Missing Helen , Tia Tashiro (7/25)

• In My Country , Thomas Ha (4/25)
• Numismatic Archetypes in the Year of Five Regents , Louis Inglis Hall (2/25)
• Abstraction Is When I Design Giant Death Creatures and …Read More

From Upstream by Sophia Aki Kawamura of the University of Washington is the winner of the 2026 Must Read Books Award, previously the Dell Magazines Award,for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing.

The complete list of honors is:

• First Runner-up: Kinesis by Emma Kerkman from Hamilton College
• Second Runner-up: Silent Song by Jadyn Straigis from Goucher College
• Third Runner-up (tie): Akasabata by Hyunjin (Claire) Cho from …Read More

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of a Missouri computer scientist whose copyright application was rejected for a work of AI-generated art. The decision sets a precedent that works without human authors are ineligible for copyright registration, although it does not stop all future litigation on the matter.

In 2018, Stephen Thaler applied for a copyright for a piece of artwork called A Recent Entrance to …Read More

The winners of the 2026 Fan Activity Achievement Awards (FAAns) were announced at Corflu 43, held February 27 - March 1, 2026 Santa Rosa CA.

Best Personal Zine

• This Here...

Best Genzine

• Idea

Best Special Publication

• Dancing to Architecture

Best Fan Writer

• Nic Farey

Best Letterhack

• Leigh Edmonds

Best Fan Artist

• Brad W. Foster

Best Fanzine …Read More

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has announced that writer Tananarive Due will be toastmaster at the 61st Annual Nebula Awards, to be held June 3-7, 2026 in Chicago IL.

SFWA Executive Director Isis Asare said, Due is an exceptional speaker – brilliantly insightful, delightfully funny – and deeply generous in her commitment to elevating the craft of speculative fiction writing across media. She is the perfect toastmaster …Read More

World Fantasy, Bram Stoker, and Shirley Jackson Award-winner Tananarive Due will be joining us as a Guest of Honor at the Locus Awards Weekend on May 29-31, 2026, in Oakland, California! We're delighted to welcome her. Due joins fellow Guests of Honor Nnedi Okorafor and Stephen Graham Jones, as well as a program of amazing local creators for an unforgettable celebration.

From her website: TANANARIVE DUE (tah-nah-nah-REEVE doo) is …Read More

Dan Simmons, 77, award-winning author of 31 novels and short story collections, passed away on February 21, 2026 in Longmont, Colorado. Many of his books won honors ranging from the Hugo Award, science fiction's most prestigious award, to two World Fantasy Awards, three Bram Stoker Awards for horror, a dozen Locus Awards, and the Shirley Jackson Award. His titles have been translated into at least 20 languages and published in …Read More

TheBaltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) has announced the finalists for the 2026 Compton Crook Award:

• A Song of Legends Lost, M.H. Ayinde (Saga)
• Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory, Yaroslav Barsukov (Caezik SF & Fantasy)
• All the Water in the World, Eiren Caffall (St. Martin's)
• The Book of Lost Hours, Hayley Gelfuso (Atria)
• The Raven Scholar, Antonia Hodgson (Orbit US / Hodderscape UK)
• Splinter Effect, Andrew Ludington (St. Martin's/Minotaur)