Winners of the 2022 Ignyte Awards Announced

The winners of the 2022 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.

 

The awards were announced on September 17 2022.

Best Novel — Adult

• A Master of Djinn, P Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom)

Best Novel — YA

• A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)

Best in MG for works intended for the middle grade audience

• Root Magic, Eden Royce (Walden Pond Press)

Best Novella

• And This is How to Stay Alive, Shingai Njeri Kagunda (Neon Hemlock)

Best Novelette

• The Future Library, Peng Shepherd (Tordotcom)

Best Short Story

• If the Martians have Magic, P Djèlí Clark (Uncanny Magazine)

Best in Speculative Poetry

• Post Massacre Psyche Evaluation, Abu Bakr Sadiq (Uncanny Magazine)

Critics Award for reviews and analysis of the field of speculative literature

• Alex Brown

Best Fiction Podcast

• Khōréō Magazine

Best Artist

• Morgan Madeline

Best Comics Team

• Nubia: Real One, LL McKinney & Robyn Smith (DC Comics)

Best Anthology / Collected Works

• We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020, CL Clark, Charles Payseur, eds. (Neon Hemlock)

Best in Creative Nonfiction

• We Are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protagonist, Vida Cruz (Fantasy Magazine)

The Ember Award for unsung contributions to genre

• Tananarive Due

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

• The Submission Grinder, David Steffen