Ignyte awards
I failed to vote in the Ignyte awards this year, and I don't love some of the outcomes, which feels related even though the odds are slim that my one vote would have changed anything. Anyways, here, or behind the cut with my comments.
Best Novel - Adult
WINNER: Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Vagabonds, Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (Saga)
The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones (Saga)
Midnight Bargain, C.L. Polk (Erewhon)
I haven't read Vagabonds or Only Good Indians, but I would have voted for Black Sun ahead of City or Midnight, so hey.
Best Novel - YA
WINNER: Legendborn, Tracy Deonn (Margaret K. McElderry)
Raybearer, Jordan Ifueko (Amulet)
Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
A Song Below Water, Bethany Morrow (Tor Teen)
A Sky Beyond the Storm, Sabaa Tahir (Razorbill)
On the other hand I would have put Legendborn way behind Raybearer or Elatsoe. (Haven't read the other two.)
Best in MG
WINNER: Ghost Squad, Claribel A. Ortega (Scholastic)
Maya and the Rising Dark, Rena Barron (HMH)
Frightville: Curse of the Wish Eater, Mike Ford (Scholastic)
Race to the Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Disney)
A Wish in the Dark, Christina Soontornvat (Candlewick)
I haven't read any of these.
Best Novella
WINNER: Riot Baby, Tochi Onyebuchi (Tordotcom)
Ring Shout, P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom)
Stone and Steel, Eboni Dunbar (Neon Hemlock)
The Four Profound Weaves, R.B. Lemberg (Tachyon)
Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
I'm surprised anything beat Ring Shout. Also of the four I've read here, Riot Baby is definitely fourth.
Best Novelette
WINNER: “The Inaccessibility of Heaven“, Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny 7-8/20)
“The Transition of Osoosi”, Ozzie M. Gartrell (Fiyah Winter ’20)
“One Hand in the Coffin”, Justin C. Key (Strange Horizons 1/20/20)
“The Night Sun”, Zin E. Rocklyn (Tor.com 3/11/20)
“Love Hangover”, Sheree Renée Thomas (SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire)
Would have liked to see that Neon Yang novelette on this list, that was good.
Best Short Story
WINNER: “You Perfect, Broken Thing“, C.L. Clark (Uncanny 1-2/20)
“Express to Beijing West Railway Station | 开往西站的特别列车”, Congyun ‘Mu Ming’ Gu, translated by Kiera Johnson (Samovar 10/26/20)
“Rat and Finch Are Friends”, Innocent Chizaram Ilo (Strange Horizons 3/2/20)
“Body, Remember”, Nicasio Andres Reed (Fireside 11/20)
“My Country Is a Ghost”, Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny 1-2/20)
"My Country Is a Ghost" was so good, darn it.
Best in Speculative Poetry
WINNER: “The Harrowing | Desgarrador“, Gabriel Ascencio Morales, translated by Juan Martínez (Strange Horizons 11/30/20)
“The Alt-history of King Kong”, Renoir Gaither (Speculative City Fall ’20)
“Fin”, Terese Mason Pierre (Uncanny 9-10/20)
“Hungry Ghost”, Millie Ho (Uncanny 3-4/20)
“Tequila Mockingbird | Matar un Ruiseñor”, Raúl Gallardo Flores, translated by Juan Martínez (Strange Horizons 11/30/20)
Critics Award
WINNER: Stitch (Stitch’s Media Mix)
Maria Haskins
Jesse (Bowties & Books)
Charles Payseur (Quick Sip Reviews)
A.C. Wise
Best Fiction Podcast
WINNER: Nightlight Podcast, Tonia Ransom
PodCastle, Jen R. Albert, Cherae Clark, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Setsu Uzume & Peter Adrian Behravesh
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Scott H. Andrews, ed.
Escape Pod, Mur Lafferty, S.B. Divya, Benjamin C. Kinney, Tina Connolly, Alasdair Stuart, Summer Brooks, Adam Pracht & the entire Escape Pod team
The Magnus Archives, Jonathan Sims, Alexander J Newall, Lowri Ann Davies & Rusty Quill
Best Artist
WINNER: Odera Igbokwe
Rovina Cai
Paul Lewin
Nilah Magruder
John Picacio
Best Comics Team
WINNER: Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings (Abrams)
Cuisine Chinoise: Five Tales of Food and Life, Zao Dao, Diana Schutz & Brandon Kandor (Dark Horse)
Far Sector, N.K. Jemisin & Jamal Campbell (DC)
Giga, Alex Paknadel & John Lê (Vault)
You Brought Me the Ocean, Alex Sanchez & Jul Maroh (DC)
I am less than a quarter of the way into that Parable adaptation for Hugo reading and I am not into it and I don't see what it being a comic is bringing to it, bah.
Best Anthology/Collected Works
WINNER: A Phoenix First Must Burn, Patrice Caldwell, ed. (Viking)
Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with a Fresh Bite, Zoraida Cordova & Natalie C. Parker, eds. (Imprint)
Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World that Wouldn’t Die, dave ring, ed. (Neon Hemlock)
Nine Bar Blues, Sheree Renée Thomas (Third Man)
Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction, Joshua Whitehead, ed. (Arsenal Pulp)
Best in Creative Nonfiction
WINNER: “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest”, Tochi Onyebuchi (Tor.com 6/1/20)
“How to Make a Family: Queer Blood Bonds in Black Feminist Vampire Novels”, Tamara Jerée (Strange Horizons 1/27/20)
“The African Superhero and the Legacy of Captain Africa”, Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Tor.com 8/24/20)
“Fine Weather, Isn’t It?”, Tochi Onyebuchi (SFWA Bulletin #215)
“Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Excellence”, Nibedita Sen (Uncanny 9-10/20)
The Ember Award
WINNER: Dhonielle Clayton
K. Tempest Bradford
Clarion West
Tananarive Due
Michi Trota
The Community Award
WINNER: #PublishingPaidMe, L.L. McKinney & Tochi Onyebuchi
Anathema Magazine: Spec from the Margins, Michael Matheson, Andrew Wilmot & Chinelo Onwualu
Beth Phelan
Diana M. Pho
Writing The Other: Online Classes and Workshops, Nisi Shawl & K. Tempest Bradford
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Best Novel - Adult
WINNER: Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Vagabonds, Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (Saga)
The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones (Saga)
Midnight Bargain, C.L. Polk (Erewhon)
I haven't read Vagabonds or Only Good Indians, but I would have voted for Black Sun ahead of City or Midnight, so hey.
Best Novel - YA
WINNER: Legendborn, Tracy Deonn (Margaret K. McElderry)
Raybearer, Jordan Ifueko (Amulet)
Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
A Song Below Water, Bethany Morrow (Tor Teen)
A Sky Beyond the Storm, Sabaa Tahir (Razorbill)
On the other hand I would have put Legendborn way behind Raybearer or Elatsoe. (Haven't read the other two.)
Best in MG
WINNER: Ghost Squad, Claribel A. Ortega (Scholastic)
Maya and the Rising Dark, Rena Barron (HMH)
Frightville: Curse of the Wish Eater, Mike Ford (Scholastic)
Race to the Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Disney)
A Wish in the Dark, Christina Soontornvat (Candlewick)
I haven't read any of these.
Best Novella
WINNER: Riot Baby, Tochi Onyebuchi (Tordotcom)
Ring Shout, P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom)
Stone and Steel, Eboni Dunbar (Neon Hemlock)
The Four Profound Weaves, R.B. Lemberg (Tachyon)
Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
I'm surprised anything beat Ring Shout. Also of the four I've read here, Riot Baby is definitely fourth.
Best Novelette
WINNER: “The Inaccessibility of Heaven“, Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny 7-8/20)
“The Transition of Osoosi”, Ozzie M. Gartrell (Fiyah Winter ’20)
“One Hand in the Coffin”, Justin C. Key (Strange Horizons 1/20/20)
“The Night Sun”, Zin E. Rocklyn (Tor.com 3/11/20)
“Love Hangover”, Sheree Renée Thomas (SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire)
Would have liked to see that Neon Yang novelette on this list, that was good.
Best Short Story
WINNER: “You Perfect, Broken Thing“, C.L. Clark (Uncanny 1-2/20)
“Express to Beijing West Railway Station | 开往西站的特别列车”, Congyun ‘Mu Ming’ Gu, translated by Kiera Johnson (Samovar 10/26/20)
“Rat and Finch Are Friends”, Innocent Chizaram Ilo (Strange Horizons 3/2/20)
“Body, Remember”, Nicasio Andres Reed (Fireside 11/20)
“My Country Is a Ghost”, Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny 1-2/20)
"My Country Is a Ghost" was so good, darn it.
Best in Speculative Poetry
WINNER: “The Harrowing | Desgarrador“, Gabriel Ascencio Morales, translated by Juan Martínez (Strange Horizons 11/30/20)
“The Alt-history of King Kong”, Renoir Gaither (Speculative City Fall ’20)
“Fin”, Terese Mason Pierre (Uncanny 9-10/20)
“Hungry Ghost”, Millie Ho (Uncanny 3-4/20)
“Tequila Mockingbird | Matar un Ruiseñor”, Raúl Gallardo Flores, translated by Juan Martínez (Strange Horizons 11/30/20)
Critics Award
WINNER: Stitch (Stitch’s Media Mix)
Maria Haskins
Jesse (Bowties & Books)
Charles Payseur (Quick Sip Reviews)
A.C. Wise
Best Fiction Podcast
WINNER: Nightlight Podcast, Tonia Ransom
PodCastle, Jen R. Albert, Cherae Clark, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Setsu Uzume & Peter Adrian Behravesh
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Scott H. Andrews, ed.
Escape Pod, Mur Lafferty, S.B. Divya, Benjamin C. Kinney, Tina Connolly, Alasdair Stuart, Summer Brooks, Adam Pracht & the entire Escape Pod team
The Magnus Archives, Jonathan Sims, Alexander J Newall, Lowri Ann Davies & Rusty Quill
Best Artist
WINNER: Odera Igbokwe
Rovina Cai
Paul Lewin
Nilah Magruder
John Picacio
Best Comics Team
WINNER: Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings (Abrams)
Cuisine Chinoise: Five Tales of Food and Life, Zao Dao, Diana Schutz & Brandon Kandor (Dark Horse)
Far Sector, N.K. Jemisin & Jamal Campbell (DC)
Giga, Alex Paknadel & John Lê (Vault)
You Brought Me the Ocean, Alex Sanchez & Jul Maroh (DC)
I am less than a quarter of the way into that Parable adaptation for Hugo reading and I am not into it and I don't see what it being a comic is bringing to it, bah.
Best Anthology/Collected Works
WINNER: A Phoenix First Must Burn, Patrice Caldwell, ed. (Viking)
Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with a Fresh Bite, Zoraida Cordova & Natalie C. Parker, eds. (Imprint)
Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World that Wouldn’t Die, dave ring, ed. (Neon Hemlock)
Nine Bar Blues, Sheree Renée Thomas (Third Man)
Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction, Joshua Whitehead, ed. (Arsenal Pulp)
Best in Creative Nonfiction
WINNER: “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest”, Tochi Onyebuchi (Tor.com 6/1/20)
“How to Make a Family: Queer Blood Bonds in Black Feminist Vampire Novels”, Tamara Jerée (Strange Horizons 1/27/20)
“The African Superhero and the Legacy of Captain Africa”, Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Tor.com 8/24/20)
“Fine Weather, Isn’t It?”, Tochi Onyebuchi (SFWA Bulletin #215)
“Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Excellence”, Nibedita Sen (Uncanny 9-10/20)
The Ember Award
WINNER: Dhonielle Clayton
K. Tempest Bradford
Clarion West
Tananarive Due
Michi Trota
The Community Award
WINNER: #PublishingPaidMe, L.L. McKinney & Tochi Onyebuchi
Anathema Magazine: Spec from the Margins, Michael Matheson, Andrew Wilmot & Chinelo Onwualu
Beth Phelan
Diana M. Pho
Writing The Other: Online Classes and Workshops, Nisi Shawl & K. Tempest Bradford
This entry was originally posted at https://psocoptera.dreamwidth.org/549467.html. Please comment there using OpenID.