Winners of the Inaugural Ignyte Awards Announced

The winners of the inaugural Ignyte Awards have been announced.

The awards 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 inclusivity of the genre.

Best Novel — Adult

• Gods of Jade and Shadow, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey)

Best Novel — YA

• We Hunt the Flame, Hafsah Faizal (FSG)

Best in MG for works intended for the middle grade audience

• Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, Kwame Mbalia (Disney Hyperion)

Best Novella

• This Is How You Lose the Time War, Max Gladstone & Amal El-Mohtar (Saga)

Best Novelette

• “Emergency Skin”, N.K. Jemisin (Forward)

Best Short Story

• “A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy”, Rebecca Roanhorse (The Mythic Dream)

Best in Speculative Poetry

• “A Conversation Between the Embalmed Heads of Lampião and Maria Bonita on Public Display at the Baiano State Forensic Institute, Circa Mid-20th Century”, Woody Dismukes (Strange Horizons 9/30/19)

Critics Award

• Alex Brown (Tor.com)

Best Fiction Podcast

• LeVar Burton Reads, LeVar Burton

Best Artist

• Grace P Fong

Best Comics Team

• These Savage Shores, Ram V, Sumit Kumar, Vitorio Astone, Aditya Bidikar & Tim Daniel (Vault)

Best Anthology / Collected Works

• New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color, Nisi Shawl, ed. (Solaris)

Best in Creative Nonfiction

• “Black Horror Rising”, Tananarive Due (Uncanny 5-6/19)

The Ember Award for unsung contributions to genre

• LeVar Burton

The Community Award for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre

• Strange Horizons