The Kitschies Book Awards 2021 Shortlist Announced

The shortlist for The Kitschies Awards, for works published in the UK during 2021, have been announced.

The Kitschies are presented annually for 'the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic.'

 

The winners will be announced in October 2022.

The Red Tentacle (Novel)

• The Galaxy and the Ground Within, Becky Chambers (Hodder Fiction)
• Black Water Sister, Zen Cho (Macmillan)
• The Cabinet, Un-Su Kim (Angry Robot)
• Bear Head, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Head of Zeus)
• The Last House On Needless Street, Catriona Ward (Serpent’s Tail)

The Golden Tentacle (Debut)

• Composite Creatures, Caroline Hardaker (Angry Robot
• Several People Are Typing, Calvin Kasulke (Hodder Studio)
• Temporary, Hilary Leichter (Faber
• Winter’s Orbit, Everina Maxwell (Orbit)
• Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao (Rock the Boat)

The Inky Tentacle (Cover Art)

• A Desolation Called Peace, Arkady Martine, cover art/design by Jaime Jones (Tor)
• Velvet Was The Night, Silvia Morena-Garcia, cover art/design by Faceout Studio: Tim Green (Jo Fletcher Books)
• The Seep, Chana Porter, cover art/design by Julia Lloyd (Titan)
• Nightbitch, Rachel Yoder, cover art/design by Suzanne Dean (Harvill Secker)
• Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao, cover art/design by Ashley Mackenzie (Rock the Boat)