Speculative Literature News
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Winners of the Heinlein Society's annual undergraduate scholarships for the 2026-2027 academic year were announced on July 7, 2026, Robert A. Heinlein's 119th birthday.
This year's winners are Riya Gupta, Nora Kane, Leslie Manga-Abomo, William Mar, and Evan Sturdivant. The scholarship...
Finalists for the 2026 Deutsche Science Fiction Preis, presented by Science Fiction Club Deutschland (SFCD), have been announced.
Best German-Language SF Novel:
- We Burn the Sun, Anika Beer (Piper Verlag)
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The five-title shortlist for the 2026 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic was announced July 6, 2026:
- The Works of Vermin, Hiron Ennes (Tor) amazon / bookshop
- Horsefly, Mireille Gagné, tr. Pablo Strauss (...
Author and historian JAMES RAY COMER, who wrote as J. Comer, 59, died in late April or early May 2026.
Comer was born August 5, 1966. He wrote several pieces of short fiction, including Soldier's Coat (2015), Scratch (2016), The Wooing of Etroklos (2016), Star Thistle (...
Three debuts, Danielle J. Jensen's The Inadequate Heir (Del Rey), K.M. Moronova's Once Upon a Demon's Heart (Bloom), and Jaymin Eve's Night Witch (Mira), each debuts on both the USA Today and Publishers Weekly lists.
Title Debut...
Author and editor TED WHITE, 88, died May 24, 2026. He was in palliative care.
Theodore Edwin White was born February 4, 1938. He contributed to SF fanzines at a young age and won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 1968. He was assistant editor at F&SF ...
The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation (NCSFF) has announced the finalists for the 2026 Manly Wade Wellman Award. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy novels written by North Carolina authors.
- The Unseen, Ania...
Simon & Schuster has announced that Atria Gallery Group will relaunch the Pocket Books imprint as a core romance imprint that will also publish additional genres including romantic thrillers, dark romance, and horror. Anh Schluep, who is joining Atria Gallery, will be vice president,...
The Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association (CSFFA) announced three inductees to the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame for 2026: author Kelley Armstrong, author James Alan Gardner, and past president of Fanzine Writers of America Mike Glicksohn.
This year's jury...
Looking Back and Moving Forward
Dear writer,
We’ve had an incredible year at SFWA. We charted new Constellations and visited a Quasar on our professional journey to the latest Nebulas....
Starlog, the magazine devoted to visionary sci-fi and cutting-edge science, has announced its return to print for November 13, 2026. The magazine will be published annually; there will also be a weekly email newsletter, Lodestar.
Annalee Newitz will serve as editor-in-...
The Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust has announced the shortlist for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, awarding a $25,000 cash prize to the author of a book that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula's own work.
The nine shortlisted titles are:
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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...
MILESTONES
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...
