Speculative Literature News
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The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the winners of the 38th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the Lammys ), celebrating the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books. Winning titles and authors of genre interest, and their competing finalists of genre interest, include the...
LAcon V has announced the Hugo Awards Base will be designed by Scott Lefton, and the Lodestar Award Base will be designed by H. Emiko Ogasawara.
Lefton specializes in multiple artistic forms, including metal, glass, wood, electronics, and digital design. He designed the 2004 Hugo...
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CJ CHERRYH announced her retirement from writing on Facebook. She thanks her publisher Betsy Wollheim and wife Jane, who is all things.
KELLY MURASHIGE is now represented by Ashley Reisinger of Triada US. Murashige sold...
Author Jane Yolen, 87, died peacefully in her home, surrounded by family, in Hatfield MA on June 11, 2026.
Jane Hyatt Yolen was born February 11, 1939 in New York City NY. She graduated Smith College with a BA in 1960, at which time she was already writing poetry and articles, and...
The British Fantasy Society, HWS, and Karen Fishwick have revealed preliminary plans for Fantasycon 2027. Fantasycon 2027 will include some aspects of World Fantasy Convention including the World Fantasy Awards. This is alongside all the usual Fantasycon content of panels, readings, books, art...
The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour has announced its eight-title shortlist for short fiction:
- A Song of Shir'ja , Harps Aujla
- Zonbi , Zarah Elouis-Ro
- Crooked Straits , Olivia Ho
- One Thousand and One...
The finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction story have been announced by the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction.
- Six People to Revise You , J.R. Dawson (Uncanny 1-2/25)
- The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant...
The Omega Sci-Fi Awards has revealed the winners of its Tomorrow Prize short story competition:
- FIRST PLACE: File: Anna Bishop , Abigail Lee
- SECOND PLACE: The Continuity States of America , Jadyn Manguera Shin
- THIRD PLACE: Bellwethers , Theodore Kinsella ...
The five regional winners of the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize have been announced. Works and authors of genre interest include Mehendi Nights by Sharon Aruparayil. The winning stories have been published online by Granta.
After a final round of judging, the overall winner...
The Ignyte Awards Committee has announced the finalists for the 2026 Ignyte Awards, which seek to celebrate 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...
After a long career of publishing gorgeous limited editions, collections, art books, and novellas, publisher Bill Schafer has shared the news that Subterranean Press will be permanently closing in the coming years. Subterranean intends to continue publishing work through the end of 2027, which...
The shortlist for the 39th annual Arthur C. Clarke Award, celebrating the best science fiction novel published in the UK, has been announced.
- Dungeon Crawler Carl, Matt Dinniman (Dandy House US; Michael Joseph UK) amazon / bookshop ...
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the winners of the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards at an awards banquet during StokerCon 2026, held June 4-7, 2026 in Pittsburgh PA and streamed virtually.
Superior Achievement in a Novel
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WINNER:The...
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has released the winners of the 2025 Nebula Awards.
Novel
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WINNER:The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones (Saga; Titan UK) amazon / bookshop
- When We Were Real,...
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Introducing SFWA’s 61st Annual Nebula Award Winners
Introducing SFWA’s 61st Annual Nebula Award Winners
San Francisco, CA – Saturday, June 6, 2026
The Science Fiction and Fantasy...
The longlist for the 2026 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic was announced May 25, 2026:
- The Drowned Man's Daughter, C.J. Lavigne (NeWest) amazon / bookshop
- The Works of Vermin, Hiron Ennes (Tor) amazon /...
Hellcon, the 64th Japan Science Fiction Convention, has announced the winners of the 2026 Seiun Awards (the Japanese equivalent of the Hugo Awards), honoring the best original and translated works published last year in Japan.
Best Translated Novel
- WINNER:...
The winners have been announced for the 2026 Prix Imaginales, honoring the best works of fantasy published in France.
French Novel
- WINNER: Festin de larmes, Morgane Caussarieu & Vincent Tassy (ActuSF)
- La Nuit...
The Nuremberg 2028 Worldcon bid has announced its withdrawal from the race after a decision by a crew-committee assembly.
This decision comes from a mix of personal, organisational and timing reasons. Since our introduction at Smofcon in November, we have received wonderful support from...
The Locus Science Fiction Foundation announced the winners in each category of the 2026 Locus Awards on May 30, 2026, during the Bay Area Book Festival. Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, and Nnedi Okoraforwere Guests of Honor, withFeatured Local Artist Alyssa Winans. Additional...
By Goblin Futures.
Station to Station is a fishpunk game of building a better world. It is a hybrid card/tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) in the vein of works such as Avery...
By Goblin Futures.
Station to Station is a fishpunk game of building a better world. It is a hybrid card/tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) in the vein of works such as Avery...
The 2025 Shirley Jackson Awards nominees for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction have been announced.
Novel
- Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng, Kylie Lee Baker (Hanover Square)
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Hum by Helen Phillips (Marysue Rucci) [amazon / bookshop] has been announced as the winner of the second annual Climate Fiction Prize. Founded by Leo Barasi, Rose Goddard, and Imran Khan, and supported by Climate Spring, the prize seeks to celebrate the most inspiring novels...
Lalana Dararutana, 49, died May 18, 2026. She had cervical cancer.
Dararutana was born September 15, 1976 in Syracuse NY. In her childhood she was a caregiver to her younger sister and brother. She began publishing books in her thirties after attending a writing conference in 2009. As an...
The British Fantasy Society (BFS) has announced the shortlists for the 2026 British Fantasy Awards:
Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)
- A Song of Legends Lost, M.H. Ayinde (Orbit)
- The Outcast Mage,...
The Afterlives of Greek Drama in Science Fiction Theatre: A Review on the Occasion of the 10-Year Anniversary of TALOS V
By Yichun Zhang
You are not just watching the fifth Talos Science Fiction Theatre Festival—...
The Afterlives of Greek Drama in Science Fiction Theatre: A Review on the Occasion of the 10-Year Anniversary of TALOS V
By Yichun Zhang
You are not just watching the fifth Talos Science Fiction Theatre Festival—...
Bouchercon has announced the nominees for the 2026 Anthony Awards, honoring the best in crime fiction. Authors and works of genre interest include:
Best Hardcover Novel
- King of Ashes, S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
- All This Could Be...
Shahriar Shaams is the recipient of the 2026 A.C. Bose Grant for South Asian Speculative Literature, presented by the Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) and DesiLit.
The $1,000 grant is given annually to a South Asian / South Asian diaspora writer developing speculative fiction...
The winners of the 2026 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire, honoring the best SF/F work published in France in 2025, were announced on May 18, 2026.
French Novel
- WINNER: Aatea, Anouck Faure (Argyll)
- Festin de larmes...
Science fiction editor, publisher, critic, and translator Tom Clegg, 68, died suddenly May 5, 2026. He was known in the SFF community for his deep affection for science fiction, and he became an important channel for translated works in France through his work at Bragelonne SF.
Thomas...
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JON COURTENAY GRIMWOOD is now represented by John Jarrold Literary Agency.
LYNNE M. THOMAS and MICHAEL DAMIAN THOMAS were amicably divorced on April 2. Uncanny Magazine is now entirely under the ownership of...
Speculative poet and critic Donald Sidney-Fryer, 91, died May 2, 2026 in Chatham MA. He was in palliative care for bone cancer.
Sidney-Fryer was born September 8, 1934. He published well over 100 works of speculative poetry, starting as early as 1968 with Connaissance Fatale and...
Winners of the 2026 Steve Miller Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) Annual Poetry Contest have been announced.
- 1st Place: Terracotta Warrior , Y.M. Pang
- 2nd Place: Starlight Bathing , Vivian McInerny
- 3rd Place: The Planet that Learned our Fear , Ayesha...
The winners have been announced for the 2026 Kurd Laßwitz Preis. The prize is awarded to German-language SF works published in the previous year.
BestGerman SFNovel
- WINNER: Lyneham, Nils Westerboer (Klett-Cotta)
- We...
The Bookseller has announced the winners of the 2026 British Book Awards, including the Book of the Year Winners. Winning titles and authors of genre interest, and other finalists of interest in those categories, include:
Author of the Year
- WINNER: A...
