The 46th Saturn Award Nominees Announced

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films have revealed the nominations for the 46th Annual Saturn Awards for films / tv series released / aired between July 15 2019 thru November 15 2020. 

The Saturn Awards are dedicated to honouring the finest in genre entertainment in film, television and home entertainment.

Best Comic-to-Motion Picture Picture Release:

• Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
• Bloodshot
• Joker
• The New Mutants
• The Old Guard

Best Science Fiction Film Release:

• Ad Astra
• Gemini Man
• Lucy in the Sky
• Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
• Tenet
• Terminator: Dark Fate
  

Best Fantasy Film Release:

• Bill & Ted Face the Music
• Jumanji: The Next Level
• The Lion King
• Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
• Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• The Witches

Best Horror Film Release:

• Doctor Sleep
• Freaky
• The Invisible Man
• It Chapter Two
• Midsommar
• Ready or Not
• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Best Action / Adventure Film Release:

• 1917
• Bad Boys for Life
• El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
• Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
• The Gentlemen
• Mulan

Best Thriller Film Release:

• Da Five Bloods
• The Good Liar
• The Irishman
• Knives Out
• Mank
• Uncut Gems

Best Actor in a Film:

• Daniel Craig (Knives Out)
• Delroy Lindo (Da Five Bloods)
• Ewan McGregor (Doctor Sleep)
• Gary Oldman (Mank)
• Aaron Paul (El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie)
• Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
• John David Washington (Tenet)

Best Actress in a Film:

• Rebecca Ferguson (Doctor Sleep)
• Yifei Liu (Mulan)
• Elisabeth Moss (The Invisible Man)
• Natalie Portman (Lucy in the Sky)
• Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker)
• Margot Robbie (Birds of Prey (and The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn))
• Charlize Theron (The Old Guard)

Best Supporting Actor in a Film:

• Adam Driver (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker)
• Chris Evans (Knives Out)
• Bill Hader (It Chapter Two)
• Ian McDiarmid (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker)
• Robert Pattinson (Tenet)
• Donnie Yen (Mulan)

Best Supporting Actress in a Film:

• Zazie Beetz (Joker)
• Ellen Burstyn (Lucy in the Sky)
• Jamie Lee Curtis (Knives Out)
• Ana De Armas (Knives Out)
• Linda Hamilton (Terminator: Dark Fate)
• Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
• Jurnee Smollett (Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn))

Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Film:

• Ella Jay Basco (Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One  Harley Quinn))
• Julia Butters (Once Upon a Time….in Hollywood)
• Kyliegh Curran (Doctor Sleep)
• Roman Griffin-Davis (Jojo Rabbit)
• Lexy Kolker (Freaks)
• JD McCrary (The Lion King)

Best Film Director:

• J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker)
• Niki Caro (Mulan)
• Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep)
• Christopher Nolan (Tenet)
• Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Old Guard)
• Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time….in Hollywood)
• Leigh Whannell (The Invisible Man)

Best Film Screenplay:

• Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep)
• Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Lauren Hynek, Elizabeth Martin (Mulan)
• Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin-won (Parasite)
• Christopher Nolan (Tenet)
• Todd Phillips, Scott Silver (Joker)
• Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time….in Hollywood)
• Chris Terrio, J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker)

Best Film Editing:

• Maryann Brandon, Stefan Grube (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker)
• Bob Ducsay (Knives Out)
• Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep)
• Jennifer Lame (Tenet)
• Fred Raskin (Once Upon a Time….in Hollywood)
• Jinmo Yang (Parasite)

Best Film Production Design:

• Rick Carter, Kevin Jenkins (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker)
• Nathan Crowley (Tenet)
• Mark Friedberg (Joker)
• Barbara Ling (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood)
• Patrick Tatopoulos (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil)
• Ra Vincent (Jojo Rabbit)

Best Film Composer:

• Ludwig Göransson (Tenet)
• Nathan Johnson (Knives Out)
• Jaeil Jung (Parasite)
• Thomas Newman (1917)
• Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (Mank)
• John Williams (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker)

Best Film Costume:

• Erin Benach (Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn))
• Bina Daigeler (Mulan)
• Michael Kaplan (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker)
• Arianne Phillips (Once Upon a Time….in Hollywood)
• Mayes C. Rubeo (Jojo Rabbit)
• Albert Wolsky (Ad Astra)

Best Film Make-Up:

• Bill Corso, Dennis Liddiard, Stephen Kelly, Bianca Appice (Bill & Ted Face the Music)
• Robert Kurtzman, Bernadette Mazur (Doctor Sleep)
• Shane Zander, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. (It Chapter Two)
• Arjen Tuiten, David White (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil)
• Norman Cabrera, Mike Hill, Mike Elizalde (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark)
• Amanda Knight, Neal Scanlan (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker)

Best Film Special / Visual Effects:

• Scott R. Fisher, Allen Maris (Ad Astra)
• Mark Hawker, Yael Majors, Greg Steele (Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emanciption of One Harley Quinn))
• Kristy Hollidge, Nicholas Brooks (It Chapter Two)
• Ken Egly, Robert Legato (The Lion King)
• Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, Dominic Tuohy (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker)
• Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley, Scott Fisher, Mike Chambers (Tenet)
• Neil Corbould, Eric Barba, Vinod Gundre, Sheldon Stopsack (Terminator: Dark Fate)

Best Independent Film Release:

• Angel of Mine
• Encounter
• The Aeronauts
• Color Out of Space
• Freaks
• Palm Springs
• Possessor

Best International Film Release:

• JoJo Rabbit
• The Nightingale
• Official Secrets
• Parasite
• Sputnik
• The Whistlers

Best Animated Film Release:

• Abominable
• The Addams Family
• Frozen II
• Onward
• Spies in Disguise
• Trolls: World Tour

Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series:

• Batwoman
• The Boys
• The Flash
• Stargirl
• Supergirl
• The Umbrella Academy
• Watchmen

Best Science Fiction Television Series:

• Doctor Who
• Lost in Space
• Pandora
• Raised by Wolves
• Star Trek: Discovery
• Star Trek: Picard
• Westworld

Best Fantasy Television Series:

• The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
• For All Mankind
• Locke & Key
• The Magicians
• Outlander
• The Twilight Zone
• The Witcher

Best Action/Thriller Television Series:

• Better Call Saul
• Castle Rock
• The Outpost
• Pennyworth
• Riverdale
• Snowpiercer
• Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan

Best Horror Television Series:

• Creepshow
• Evil
• Fear the Walking Dead
• Lovecraft Country
• Servant
• The Walking Dead
• What We Do in the Shadows

Best Animated Television Series:

• Bojack Horseman
• Family Guy
• Primal
• Rick and Morty
• The Simpsons
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Best Film Presentation on Streaming Media:

• Enola Holmes
• Extraction
• Shirley
• The Vast of Night

Best Television Presentation (Under 10 Episodes):

• Amazing Stories
• Dracula
• The Haunting of Bly Manor
• His Dark Materials
• The Mandalorian
• Perry Mason

Best Actor on a Television Series:

• Henry Cavill (The Witcher)
• Mike Colter (Evil)
• Grant Gustin (The Flash)
• Sam Heughan (Outlander)
• Jonathan Majors (Lovecraft Country)
• Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
• Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: Picard)

Best Actress on a Television Series:

• Caitriona Balfe (Outlander)
• Melissa Benoist (Supergirl)
• Regina King (Watchmen)
• Sonequa Martin-Green (Star Trek: Discovery)
• Thandie Newton (Westworld)
• Candice Patton (The Flash)
• Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul)

Best Supporting Actor on a Television Series:

• Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)
• Tony Dalton (Better Call Saul)
• Michael Emerson (Evil)
• Doug Jones (Star Trek: Discovery)
• Richard Rankin (Outlander)
• Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead)
• Luke Wilson (Stargirl)

Best Supporting Actress on a Television Series:

• Natasia Demetriou (What We Do in the Shadows)
• Cynthia Erivo (The Outsider)
• Melissa McBride (The Walking Dead)
• Colby Minifie (Fear the Walking Dead)
• Danielle Panabaker (The Flash)
• Sophie Skelton (Outlander)
• Tessa Thompson (Westworld)

Best Performance by a Younger Actor on a Television Series:

• Freya Allan (The Witcher)
• Brec Bassinger (Stargirl)
• Isa Briones (Star Trek: Picard)
• Maxwell Jenkins (Lost in Space)
• Madison Lintz (Bosch)
• Cassady McClincy (The Walking Dead)
• Erin Moriarty (The Boys)

Best Guest Starring Performance on Television:

• Jon Cryer (Supergirl)
• Giancarlo Esposito (The Mandalorian)
• Mark Hamill (What We Do in the Shadows)
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead)
• Kate Mulgrew (Mr. Mercedes)
• Billy Porter (The Twilight Zone)
• Jeri Ryan (Star Trek: Picard)

Best Classic Film DVD / BD Release:

• 4D Man
• The Day the Earth Caught Fire (Special Edition)
• Dr. Cyclops (Special Edition)
• Hercules in the Haunted World (Special Edition)
• The Magic Sword
• Robocop (Director’s Cut)
• The War of the Worlds (1953)

Best Television Series DVD / BD Release:

• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Complete Collection
• Creepshow: Season One
• The Librarians (The Complete Series)
• Mission: Impossible – The Complete Original TV Series
• The Outsider: The First Season
• Shazam: The Complete Live Action Series
• The Simpsons: The Nineteenth Season

Best Film Collection DVD / BD Release:

• Abbott and Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection
• The Fly Collection
• Gamera: The Complete Collection
• Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975
• Hitchcock: British International Pictures Collection
• Laurel and Hardy: The Definitive Restoration
• Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman

Best 4K Film Release:

• The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection
• Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut
• Flash Gordon Limited Edition
• Jaws 45th Anniversary
• Knives Out
• Mad Max
• The Shining
• War of the Worlds (2005)

2020 British Fantasy Awards Winners Announced

The winners of the 2020 British Fantasy Awards have been announced by the British Fantasy Society.

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)

• The Bone Ships – RJ Barker (Orbit)

 

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)

• The Reddening – Adam Nevill (Ritual Limited)

 

Best Newcomer (the Sydney J Bounds Award)

• Ta-Nehisi Coates, for The Water Dancer (Penguin)

 

Best Novella

• Ormeshadow – Priya Sharma (Tordotcom)

 

Best Short Fiction

• The Pain-Eater’s Daughter – Laura Mauro (Undertow)

 

Best Anthology 

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

 

Best Collection

• Sing Your Sadness Deep – Laura Maro (Undertow)

 

Best Non-Fiction

• The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games – Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (New York University Press)

 

Best Independent Press

• Rebellion Publishing

 

Best Magazine / Periodical

• Fiyah

 

Best Audio

• PodCastle

 

Best Comic / Graphic Novel

• DIE – Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans (Image)

 

Best Artist

• Ben Baldwin

 

Best Film / Television Production

• Us – Jordan Peele (Monkeypaw Productions et al.)

The Geeky Nerfherder 9th Anniversary & My 2020 Favourites

2020, in hindsight, was not exactly a standard year, and to be honest, just glad we're nearly done with it!

 

But with all that has gone on in the world outside, and the cancellation of so many activities that I took as the norm - visits to the cinemas, attending comic cons, browsing comic shops, rummaging through secondhand bookstores, etc, there has still been enough things to escape with in a geeky and nerdy bubble; such as as enjoying new TV series, books, comics, and games. And I've listed a few of my favourites from 2020 below.

 

It's also a Happy Birthday to The Geeky Nerfherder, as it's been 9 years to the day since this nerdy blog began with a blog post way back on this day in 2011. The Geeky Nerfherder, is a one man band, just me, Andy, and has come a long way over the years, but the aim is always to showcase awe-inspiring art, whether it's poster art, comic art, cover art or art from the latest new contemporary exhibitions, and the artists that make them.

My social media profiles, where I sometimes post bonus content, such as the #OnThisDay feature where I post some of my favourite films, books, comics that were first released or published on a particular date, continues to gain new followers, with the number of followers now in the thousands! WOW! Thank you so much!! It's always great to know that people are also enjoying the artworks I'm posting and hopefully discovering new artists along the way as well. But if you’re not already following, here are the links to my social media profiles:

on Twitter (@GeekyNerfherder)
on Instagram (@geekynerfherder)
on Tumblr (GeekyNerfherder)
on Pinterest
on YouTube
on Ello (@geekynerfherder)
on Goodreads

Stores:
on Threadless (GeekyNerfherder)
on Red Bubble (GeekyNerfherder)
on Society6 (GeekyNerfherder)

I continue to feature the latest poster releases and highlighting some of the pop culture inspired and new contemporary art shows on the blog, as well as my 'Artist Spotlight' series showcasing art from some of my favourite artists, plus beginning each day with an #ArtOfTheDay post. I'm also trying to add more reviews of the books and movies I read and watch over the year.

As always, a big thanks to everyone that drops by the blog and/or follows me through the various socials I post to. I hope that you continue to enjoy my posts of cool art and pop culture geekery.

You can also help support the blog by using these Affiliate Links when shopping online:

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And so, it's that time of year once again, where everybody lists all their favourites from the year, and here are mine:

2020 NOMMO Awards Winners Announced by the ASFS

The 2020 NOMMO Awards winners have been announced by the ASFS (African Speculative Fiction Society), an organization of African writers, artists, editors, and publishers in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and related genres.

The NOMMO Awards recognize works of speculative fiction by Africans, defined as "Science Fiction and Fantasy, and the broadest possible definition of speculative/fantastical fiction including horror, slipstream, interstitial, stories based on traditional beliefs, alternate history etc. An inclusive rather than exclusive term designed to include most especially any distinctively African forms that may develop."

The awards take their name from Dogon cosmology, and the ancestral spirits / deities who take a variety of forms, including appearing on land as fish, walking on their tails.

 

The awards were announced in an online ceremony during the Aké Arts & Book Festival.

Best Novel (The Ilube Award)

• 'David Mogo, Godhunter', Suyi Davies Okungbowa  (Abaddon)

Best Novella

• 'Incompleteness Theories' (from single-author anthology 'Incomplete Solutions'), Wole Talabi (Luna Press)

Best Short Story

• 'Tiny Bravery', Ada Nnadi (Omenana)
• 'Sin Eater', Chikodili Emelumadu (Omenana)

Best Graphic Novel

• 'Danfo' by Morakinyo Araoye and Steven Akinyemi (authors), & Ogim Ekpezu (artist) (TAG Comics)

Winners Of The 2020 Chesley Awards Announced

The winners of the 2020 Chesley Awards, for works and achievements in the period from January 1 to December 31 2019, have been announced.

The Chesley Awards, named after astronomical artist Chesley Bonestell, were established by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) in 1985 as a means for the Science Fiction and Fantasy art community to recognize individual works and achievements in a given year.

 

Best Cover: Hardback Book

Eric Wilkerson
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia (Rick Riordan Presents / October 2019)

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

Finalists For The 2020 British Fantasy Awards Announced

The finalists for the 2020 British Fantasy Awards have been announced by the British Fantasy Society.

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)

• The Bone Ships – RJ Barker (Orbit)
• The Migration – Helen Marshall (Titan)
• The Poison Song – Jen Williams (Headline)
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January – Alix E Harrow (Orbit)

 

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)

• The Institute – Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton)
• The Migration – Helen Marshall (Titan)
• Mistletoe – Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher Books)
• The Plague Stones – James Brogden (Titan)
• The Reddening – Adam Nevill (Ritual Limited)
• The Twisted Ones – T. Kingfisher (Titan)

 

Best Newcomer (the Sydney J Bounds Award)

• Ta-Nehisi Coates, for The Water Dancer (Penguin)
• Alix E Harrow, for The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Orbit)
• Penny Jones, for Suffer Little Children (Black Shuck Books)
• Tamsyn Muir, for Gideon the Ninth (Tordotcom)
• Nina Oram, for The Joining (Luna Press)

 

Best Novella

• The Ascent to Godhood – Neon Yang (Tordotcom)
• Butcher’s Table – Nathan Ballingrud (Gallery / Saga Press)
• The Deep – Rivers Solomon (Gallery / Saga Press)
• Ormeshadow – Priya Sharma (Tordotcom)
• Ragged Alice – Gareth L Powell (Tordotcom)
• The Survival of Molly Southbourne – Tade Thompson (Tordotcom)

 

Best Short Fiction

• Dendrochronology – Penny Jones (Hersham Horror)
• I Say, I Say, I Say – Robert Shearman (The Shadow Booth)
• The Pain-Eater’s Daughter – Laura Mauro (Undertow)
• Tomorrow, When I Was Young – Julie Travis (Eibonvale Press)

 

Best Anthology 

• A Secret Guide to Fighting Elder Gods, ed. Jennifer Brozek (Pulse Publishing)
• The Big Book of Classic Fantasy, ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer (Vintage)
• New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction for People of Color, ed. Nisi Shawl (Solaris)
• Once Upon a Parsec: The Book of Alien Fairy Tales, ed. David Gullen (NewCon)
• Wonderland, ed. Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane (Titan)
• The Woods, ed. Phil Sloman (Hersham Horror)

 

Best Collection

• The Boughs Withered When I Told Them My Dreams – Maura McHugh (NewCon)
• Growing Things – Paul Tremblay (Titan)
• This House of Wounds – Georgina Bruce (Undertow)
• Of Wars, And Memories, And Starlight – Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean Press)
• Sing Your Sadness Deep – Laura Maro (Undertow)

 

Best Non-Fiction

• Coffinmaker’s Blues: Collected Writings on Terror – Stephen Volk (PS Publishing)
• The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games – Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (New York University Press)
• The Full Lid – Alasdair Stuart
• Joanna Russ (Modern Masters of SF) – Gwyneth Jones (University of Illinois Press)
• Notes from the Borderland – Lynda E Rucker, for Black Static (TTA Press)
• The Pleasant Profession of Robert E Heinlein – Farah Mendlesohn (Unbound)

 

Best Independent Press

• Aqueduct Press
• Black Shuck Books
• Luna Press 
• NewCon Press
• Rebellion Publishing
• Undertow Publications

 

Best Magazine / Periodical

• Black Static
• The Dark
• F&SF
• Fiyah
• Gingernuts of Horror
• Shoreline of Infinity

 

Best Audio

• Breaking the Glass Slipper
• PodCastle
• PseudoPod
• Speculative Spaces

 

Best Comic / Graphic Novel

• 2000AD, ed. Matt Smith (Rebellion)
• Basketful of Heads #1 – Joe Hill (DC)
• B.P.R.D. The Devil You Know, Vol. 3: Ragna Rok – Mike Mignola, Scott Allie, Laurence Campbell et al. (Dark Horse)
• DCeased #1-6 – Tom Taylor, Trevor Hairsine, Stefano Gaudiano et al. (DC)
• DIE – Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans (Image)
• The Ozone Diary – Pentti Otsamo & Tero Mielonen (Luna Press)

 

Best Artist

• Ben Baldwin
• Vince Haig
• Jackie Morris
• David Rix

 

Best Film / Television Production

• Game of Thrones: The Long Night – David Benioff & DB Weiss (HBO / Sky Atlantic)
• Us – Jordan Peele (Monkeypaw Productions et al.)
• Watchmen: It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice – Damon Lindelof (HBO / Sky Atlantic)
• The Witcher: Rare Species – Haily Hall (Netflix)

 

Winners Of The 2020 Dragon Awards Announced

The winners of the 2020 Dragon Awards have been announced.

The Dragon Awards are a program of fan-chosen awards to recognize outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy literature, comics, gaming and filmed entertainment, and was introduced as part of Dragon*Con’s 30th Anniversary celebration in 2016.

Winners were announced during an online presentation, 'Dragon Con Goes Virtual', September 3-7 2020.

2020 Dragon Award Winners

Best Science Fiction Novel

• The Last Emperox by John Scalzi

Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)

• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel

• Finch Merlin and the Fount of Youth by Bella Forrest

Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel

• Savage Wars by Jason Anspach & Nick Cole

Best Alternate History Novel

• Witchy Kingdom by DJ Butler

Best Media Tie-In Novel

• Firefly – The Ghost Machine by James Lovegrove

Best Horror Novel

• The Twisted Ones by T Kingfisher

Best Comic Book

• Avengers by Jason Aaron, Ed McGuinness

Best Graphic Novel

• Battlestar Galactica Counterstrike by John Jackson Miller, Daniel HDR

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series

• The Mandalorian – Disney+

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie

• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by JJ Abrams

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy PC / Console Game

• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – Respawn Entertainment & Electronic Arts

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Mobile Game

• Minecraft Earth – Mojang Studios & Xbox Game Studios

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game

• Tapestry – Stonemaier Games

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures / Collectible Card / Role-Playing Game

• Magic: The Gathering: Throne of Eldraine – Wizards of the Coast

Finalists for the 2020 Harvey Awards Announced

The finalists for the 2020 Harvey Awards have been announced.

The Harvey Awards are named in honour of the late Harvey Kurtzman, the cartoonist and founding editor of MAD magazine, and are voted on entirely by comics professionals.

The winners will be announced in an online livestream during New York Comic Con’s Metaverse in October.

Book of the Year

• Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden (First Second)
• Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
• Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (Drawn and Quarterly)
• The Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor Davis (Drawn and Quarterly)
• Invisible Kingdom Vol. 1 by G. Willow Wilson and Christian Ward (Dark Horse Books / Berger Books)
• Little Bird: The Fight for Elder's Hope by Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram (Image Comics)
• Making Comics by Lynda Barry (Drawn and Quarterly)
• Reincarnation Stories by Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics)
• Rusty Brown by Chris Ware (Pantheon Graphic Library)
• Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera (BOOM! Studios)

Digital Book of the Year

• Afterlift by Chip Zdarsky and Jason Loo (comiXology Originals)
• The Eyes by Javi De Castro
• Fried Rice Comic by Erica Eng
• Harley Quinn: Black White & Red edited by Chris Conroy, Maggie Howell, Andy Khouri, and Amedeo Turturro (DC Comics / DC Digital First)
• The Nib edited by Matt Bors

Best Children or Young Adult Book

• Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir by Robin Ha (HarperCollins / Balzer + Bray)
• Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
• Guts by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)
• Stargazing by Jen Wang (First Second)
• Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru (DC Comics)

Best Adaptation from Comic Book / Graphic Novel

• Blacksad: Under the Skin video game by Microïds, based on Blacksad (Dark Horse Comics)
• I Am Not Okay With This by Netlfix, based on I Am Not Okay With This (Fantagraphics)
• Joker by Warner Bros. Pictures, based on Batman (DC Comics)
• Legion: Season 3 by FX Productions and Marvel Television, based on X-Men (Marvel Comics)
• Locke & Key: Season 1 by Netflix, based on Locke & Key (IDW Publishing)
• The Old Guard by Netflix, based on The Old Guard (Image Comics)
• The Sandman audio drama by Audible, based on The Sandman (DC Comics / Vertigo)
• Stumptown: Season 1 by ABC, based on Stumptown (Oni Press)
• The Umbrella Academy: Season 2, by Netflix, based on The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse Comics)
• Watchmen by HBO, based on Watchmen (DC Comics)

Best Manga

• HP Lovecraft's At Mountains of Madness by Gou Tanabe (Dark Horse Manga)
• The Man Without Talent by Yoshiharu Tsuge (New York Review Comics)
• The Poe Clan by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics)
• The Way of the Househusband by Kousuke Oono (VIZ Media)
• Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama (Kodansha Comics)

Best International Book

Note: This category has been reconfigured for 2020 from 2019's "Best European Book" to be more inclusive of other works.

• Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (Drawn and Quarterly)
• The House Paco Roca (Fantagraphics)
• Portrait of a Drunk by Olivier Schrauwen, Florent Ruppert and Jérôme Mulot (Fantagraphics)
• Stay by Lewis Trondheim and Hubert Chevillard (Magnetic Press)
• Year of the Rabbit by Tian Veasna (Drawn and Quarterly)

Finalists For The 2020 Chesley Awards Announced

The finalists for the 2020 Chesley Awards, for works and achievements in the period from January 1 to December 31 2019, have been announced.

The Chesley Awards, named after astronomical artist Chesley Bonestell, were established by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) in 1985 as a means for the Science Fiction and Fantasy art community to recognize individual works and achievements in a given year.

Best Cover: Hardback Book

• Tommy Arnold — Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Tor / September 2019)
• Tran Nguyen — The Storm Crow by Kalyn Josephson (Source Books Fire / July 2019)
• Karla Ortiz – Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter (Orbit / July 2019)
• Feifei Ruan — The Descendant of the Crane by Joan He (Albert Whitman / April 2019)
• Michael Whelan — Empire of Grass by Tad Williams (DAW Books / May 2019)
• Eric Wilkerson — Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia (Rick Riordan Presents / October 2019)

Best Cover: Paperback or Ebook

• David Curtis — Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh (Tor/Forge Tor.com / June 2019)
• Jamie Jones — The Warrior Moon by K Arsenault Rivera (Tor / September 2019)
• Amanda Makepeace — The Long List Anthology Volume 5 by David Steffen (Diabolical Books / December 2019)
• David Palumbo — Wildcards IX: The Jokertown Shuffle edited by George RR Martin (Tor / April 2019)
• Dan Dos Santos — The Cunning Man by DJ Butler and Aaron Michael Ritchey (Baen / November 2019)
• Jeremy Wilson — Seven Blades in Black by Sam Sykes (Orbit / April 2019)

Best Magazine Illustration

• Yoshitaka Amano — Blood Borne #12 / June 2019
• Evan Cagle — Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Chosen Ones #1 / August 2019
• Matt Dixon — Clarkesworld #152 / May 2019
• Tiffany England — Into the Wild Blue Yonder, Cricket Magazine / October 2019
• Tithi Luadthong — Lightspeed #109 / June 2019
• Reiko Murakami — Lightspeed #104 / January 2019

Best Interior Illustration

• Francois Baranger — The Call of Cthulhu Design (Studio Press / November 2019)
• Audrey Benjaminsen — Time Variance of Snow by E Lily Yu (Tor.com / December 2019)
• Amanda Makepeace — “Fanfare for Rose” (Amazing Stories, Spring 2019, Vol 76)
• John Picacio — Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron Books/Macmillan / September 2019)
• Armando Veve —  Knowledgeable Creatures (Tor.com / March 2019)
• Allen Williams — Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke (Katherine Tegen Books / July 2019)

Best Gaming Related Illustration

• Wylie Beckert — Rosethorn Acolyte: Throne of Eldraine Magic Card (WotC / October 2019)
• Iris Compiet — Brazen Borrower: Throne of Eldraine Magic Card (WotC / October 2019)
• Melissa Gay — Summer Dandelion: Olde Fae Card Game (Changeling Artist Collective / June 2019)
• Winona Nelson — Lonesome Unicorn: Throne of Eldraine Magic Card (WotC / October 2019)
• Omar Rayyan — Flaxen Intruder: Throne of Eldraine Magic Card (WotC / October 2019)
• Charles Urbach – King By His Own Hand Official VIG (Very Important Gamer) Attendee Badge and Art Print for GameHole Con Gaming Convention (October 2019)

Best Product Illustration

• Oliver Barrett — Full Metal Jacket (Mondo Poster / June 2019)
• Tehani Farr — The Sky Mage and The God Eye Poster art (Pawahtun Festival / January 2019)
• Emily Hare — Dragons 2020 Calendar (Kickstarter / November 2019)
• Kez Laczin — Cover art for the song Stronger by TheFatRat (Monstercat / June 2019)
• John Picacio — La Cantarita (Loteria Grande Card published by Lone Boy / December 2019)
• Rachel Quinlan — Olde Fae box art, Rachel Quinlan (Changeling Artist Collective)

Best Color Work – Unpublished

• Bruce Brenneise — If Stones Could Cry (Digital)
• Martina Fačková — Spellbinding Terror (Digital)
• Te Hu — Who am I? -La Marcarena (Digital)
• Debbie Hughes — The Raven, The Wolf and the Maiden (Oil on panel)
• Elizabeth Leggett — The Devil / The City (Digital)
• David Seidman — The Divine Migration (Digital)
• Lauren Raye — Snow Anima Sola I (Digital)

Best Monochrome Work- Unpublished

• Ken Cunnningham — Both Their Coats Were Heavy (Graphite powder on dura-lar)
• Jeff Echevarria — Doctor, My Eyes (Charcoal, graphite and gouache)
• Tehani Farr — Gyhan akaii dannan Deli Iatt ”She who sits at the end of the world upon a mountain of bones dreaming” (Mixed Media, watercolor, graphite pencil)
• Melissa Sue — Stanley The Tootsie Monster (Graphite)
• Allen Williams — The Hidden Light (Powdered graphite pencil, oil on board)

Best Three Dimensional

• Daria Aksenova — The Crane Wife (Pen, Ink & Goldleaf on hand cut, suspended, layered)
• Sara Felix — The Cosmic Egg (Mixed Media)
• Kristine Poole — The Spinner of Dreams (Bronze)
• Forest Rogers — Selene (Mixed media)
• Vincent Villafranca — Unbridled and Unfettered (Bronze)

Best Art Director

• Christine Foltzer (Tor.com)
• Irene Gallo (Tor / Tor.com)
• Kate Irwin (Wizards of the Coast)
• Lauren Panepinto (Orbit)
• Nadine Schäkel (Ulisses Spiele)
• Cynthia Sheppard (Wizards of the Coast)

Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award

• Yoshitaka Amano
• Stephanie Law
• Gregory Manchess
• Iain McCaig
• Syd Mead
• Wendy Pini
• Allen Williams

Finalists for the Inaugural Ignyte Awards Announced

The finalists for the inaugural Ignyte Awards have been announced by the FIYAHCON 2020 committee.

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.

Public voting on the awards is now open through September 11, 2020, 11.59 pm ET on the FIYAHCON website.

Best Novel — Adult

• Kingdom of Copper, SA Chakraborty (Harper Voyager)
• The Dragon Republic, RF Kuang (Harper Voyager)
• Jade War, Fonda Lee (Orbit)
• Gods of Jade and Shadow, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey)
• Storm of Locusts, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)

Best Novel — YA

• Everlasting Rose, Dhonielle Clayton (Freeform)
• Pet, Akwaeke Emezi (Make Me a World)
• We Hunt the Flame, Hafsah Faizal (FSG)
• Slay, Brittney Morris (Simon Pulse)
• War Girls, Tochi Onyebuchi (Razorbill)

Best in MG for works intended for the middle grade audience

• Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, Carlos Hernandez (Disney Hyperion)
• The Mystwick School of Musicraft, Jessica Khoury (Audible/HMH)
• Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, Kwame Mbalia (Disney Hyperion)
• Just South of Home, Karen Strong (Simon & Schuster)
• Other Words for Home, Jasmine Warga (Balzer + Bray)

Best Novella

• The Haunting of Tram Car 015, P Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
• This Is How You Lose the Time War, Max Gladstone & Amal El-Mohtar (Saga)
• The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday, Saad Z Hossain (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Deep, Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes (Saga)
• The Survival of Molly Southbourne, Tade Thompson (Tor.com Publishing)

Best Novelette

• “While Dragons Claim the Sky”, Jen Brown (Fiyah Spring ’19)
• “Omphalos”, Ted Chiang (Exhalation)
• “Emergency Skin”, N.K. Jemisin (Forward)
• “Circus Girl, The Hunter, and Mirror Boy”, JY Neon Yang (Tor.com 1/30/19)
• “The Archronology of Love”, Caroline Yoachim (Lightspeed 4/19)

Best Short Story

• “Canst Thou Draw Out the Leviathan”, Christopher Caldwell (Uncanny 5-6/19)
• “Dune Song”, Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Apex 5/7/19)
• “And Now His Lordship Is Laughing”, Shiv Ramdas (Strange Horizons 9/9/19)
• “A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy”, Rebecca Roanhorse (The Mythic Dream)
• “Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island”, Nibedita Sen (Nightmare 5/19)

Best in Speculative Poetry

• “Those Who Tell the Stories”, Davian Aw (Strange Horizons 10/7/19)
• “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)
• “goddess in forced repose”, Tamara Jerée (Uncanny 9-10/19)
• “Elegy for the Self as Villeneuve’s Beast”, Brandon O’Brien (Uncanny 5-6/19)
• “Heaven Is Expensive”, Ruben Reyes, Jr. (Strange Horizons 10/14/19)

Critics Award

• Liz Bourke
• Alex Brown (Tor.com)
• Maria Haskins
• Jesse (Bowties & Books)
• Charles Payseur (Quick Sip Reviews)

Best Fiction Podcast

• Obsidian Podcast, Adetola Abdulkadir & Safiyah Cheatam
• PodCastle, Jen R Albert, Cherae Clark, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Setsu Uzume & Peter Adrian Behravesh
• Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Scott H. Andrews, ed.
• LeVar Burton Reads, LeVar Burton
• Nightlight Podcast, Tonia Thompson

Best Artist

• Geneva Bowers
• Grace P. Fong
• Paul Lewin
• Nilah Magruder
• John Picacio

Best Comics Team

• Blackbird Vol. 1, Sam Humphries, Jen Bartel & Triona Farrell (Image)
• Excellence, Khary Randolph, Brandon Thomas, Emilio Lopez & Deron Bennett (Image)
• Coda, Simon Spurrier, Matías Bergara, Michael Doig, Jim Campbell & Colin Bell (BOOM!)
• These Savage Shores, Ram V, Sumit Kumar, Vitorio Astone, Aditya Bidikar & Tim Daniel (Vault)
• Bitter Root, David F. Walker, Chuck Brown & Sanford Greene (Image)

Best Anthology / Collected Works

• This Place: 150 Years Retold, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, et al. (HighWater)
• A People’s Future of the United States, Victor LaValle & John Joseph Adams, eds. (One World)
• Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Fiction in Translation, Ken Liu, ed. (Tor)
• The Mythic Dream, Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe, eds. (Saga)
• New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color, Nisi Shawl, ed. (Solaris)

Best in Creative Nonfiction

• “Tongue-Tied: A Catalog of Losses”, Layla Al-Bedawi (Fireside 1/17/19)
• Our Opinions are Correct, Charlie Jane Anders & Annalee Newitz
• “Black Horror Rising”, Tananarive Due (Uncanny 5-6/19)
• AfroSurrealism: The African Diaspora’s Surrealist Fiction, Rochelle Spencer (Routledge)
• The Dark Fantastic, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (NYU Press)

The Ember Award for unsung contributions to genre

• LeVar Burton
• Keidra Chaney
• Tananarive Due
• Malon Edwards
• Nisi Shawl

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

• Mary Robinette Kowal
• Beth Phelan
• Diana M Pho
• Strange Horizons
• Writing the Other

2020 Dragon Awards Finalists Announced

The finalists for the 2020 Dragon Awards have been announced.

The Dragon Awards are a program of fan-chosen awards to recognize outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy literature, comics, gaming and filmed entertainment, and was introduced as part of Dragon*Con’s 30th Anniversary celebration in 2016.

Winners will be announced during an online presentation, 'Dragon Con Goes Virtual', September 3-7 2020.

2020 Dragon Award Finalists

Best Science Fiction Novel

• The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow
• Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
• The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
• The Last Emperox by John Scalzi
• The Rosewater Redemption by Tade Thompson
• Network Effect by Martha Wells
• Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)

• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
• Jade War by Fonda Lee
• Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
• Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer
• The Burning White by Brent Weeks

Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel

• Finch Merlin and the Fount of Youth by Bella Forrest
• Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
• The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
• Force Collector by Kevin Shinick
• The Poison Jungle by Tui T Sutherland
• Cog by Greg van Eekhout

Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel

• Savage Wars by Jason Anspach & Nick Cole
• Edge of Valor by Josh Hayes
• Aftershocks by Marko Kloos
• Defiance by Bear Ross
• Howling Dark by Christopher Ruocchio
• System Failure by Joe Zieja

Best Alternate History Novel

• The Girl with No Face by MH Boroson
• Witchy Kingdom by DJ Butler
• Revolution by WL Goodwater
• As Our World Ends by Jack Hunt
• Up-time Pride and Down-time Prejudice by Mark H Huston
• A Nation Interrupted by Kevin McDonald

Best Media Tie-In Novel

• Firefly – The Ghost Machine by James Lovegrove
• Star Trek: Picard: The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack
• Star Trek: Discovery: The Enterprise War by John Jackson Miller
• Resistance Reborn by Rebecca Roanhorse
• Aliens: Phalanx by Scott Sigler

Best Horror Novel

• Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
• Scavenger Hunt by Michaelbrent Collings
• The Twisted Ones by T Kingfisher
• The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North
• The Toll by Cherie Priest

Best Comic Book

• Avengers by Jason Aaron, Ed McGuinness
• Bitter Root by David F Walker, Chuck Brown, Sanford Greene
• Immortal Hulk by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett
• Monstress by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda
• Spider-Woman by Karla Pacheco, Pere Perez, Paulo Siqueira
• Undiscovered Country by Charles Soule, Scott Snyder, Daniele Orlandini, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Matt D Wilson

Best Graphic Novel

• Batman Universe by Brian Michael Bendis, Nick Derington
• Battlestar Galactica Counterstrike by John Jackson Miller, Daniel HDR
• Black Bolt by Christian Ward, Frazier Irving, Stephanie Hans
• Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
• Mister Miracle by Tom King, Mitch Gerads
• Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series

• Altered Carbon – Netflix
• Lost In Space – Netflix Originals
• Star Trek: Picard – CBS All Access
• The Expanse – Amazon Prime
• The Mandalorian – Disney+
• The Witcher – Netflix
• Watchmen – HBO

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie

• Ad Astra by James Gray
• Fast Color by Julia Hart
• Joker by Todd Phillips
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by JJ Abrams
• Terminator: Dark Fate by Tim Miller
• The Lion King by Jon Favreau

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy PC / Console Game

• Borderlands 3 – Gearbox Software & 2k Games
• Control – Remedy Entertainment & 505 Games
• Death Stranding – Kojima Productions & Sony Interactive
• Gears 5 – The Coalition & Xbox Game Studios
• Half-Life: Alyx – Valve
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – Respawn Entertainment & Electronic Arts
• The Outer Worlds – Obsidian Entertainment & Private Division

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Mobile Game

• Arknights – Hypergryph, Yostar
• Call of Duty: Mobile – TiMi Studios & Activision Games
• Grindstone – Capybara Games Inc.
• Manifold Garden – William Chyr Studio
• Minecraft Earth – Mojang Studios & Xbox Game Studios
• Mutazione – Die Gute Fabrik & Akupara Games

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game

• Forgotten Waters – Plaid Hat Games
• Jaws of the Lion – Cephalofair Games
• Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid – Renegade Game Studios
• Tapestry – Stonemaier Games
• The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine – Kosmos
• The King’s Dilemma – Horrible Guild Game Studio

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures / Collectible Card / Role-Playing Game

• Alien RPG – Free League Publishing
• Battlestar Galactica – Starship Battles: Viper Mk. VII – Ares Games
• Magic: The Gathering: Throne of Eldraine – Wizards of the Coast
• Pathfinder Second Edition – Paizo Publishing
• Spectaculars Core Game – Scratchpad Publishing
• Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Warcry – Games Workshop

Winners Of The 2020 & 1945 Retrospective Hugo Awards Announced

The winners of the 2020 and 1945 Retrospective Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1955 by the World Science Fiction Society, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, have been announced.

Trophy base design
by John Flower

2020 Hugo Award Winners

Best Novel

• A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine (Tor; Tor UK)

Best Novella

• This Is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (Saga Press; Jo Fletcher Books)

Best Novelette 

• Emergency Skin, by NK Jemisin (Forward Collection (Amazon))

Best Short Story

• “As the Last I May Know”, by SL Huang (Tor.com, 23 October 2019)

Best Series

• The Expanse, by James SA Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Best Related Work

• “2019 John W. Campbell Award Acceptance Speech”, by Jeannette Ng

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• LaGuardia, written by Nnedi Okorafor, art by Tana Ford, colours by James Devlin (Berger Books; Dark Horse)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Good Omens, written by Neil Gaiman, directed by Douglas McKinnon (Amazon Studios/BBC Studios/Narrativia/The Blank Corporation)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• The Good Place: “The Answer”, written by Daniel Schofield, directed by Valeria Migliassi Collins (Fremulon/3 Arts Entertainment/Universal Television)

Best Editor, Short Form

• Ellen Datlow

Best Editor, Long Form

• Navah Wolfe

Best Professional Artist

• John Picacio

Best Semiprozine

• Uncanny Magazine, editors-in-chief Lynne M Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, nonfiction/managing editor Michi Trota, managing editor Chimedum Ohaegbu, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

Best Fanzine

• The Book Smugglers, editors Ana Grilo and Thea James

Best Fancast

• Our Opinions Are Correct, presented by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders

Best Fan Writer

• Bogi Takács

Best Fan Artist

• Elise Matthesen

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

Award for the best new book published for young adult readers. (Not a Hugo Award, but administered along with the Hugo Awards.)

• Catfishing on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)

Astounding Award for the Best New Science Fiction Writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines

Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer. (Not a Hugo Award, but administered along with the Hugo Awards.)

• RF Kuang (2nd year of eligibility)

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Trophy base design
by James Brown

1945 Retro Hugo Award Winners

Best Novel

• “Shadow Over Mars” (The Nemesis from Terra), by Leigh Brackett (Startling Stories, Fall 1944)

Best Novella

• “Killdozer!”, by Theodore Sturgeon (Astounding Science Fiction, November 1944)

Best Novelette

• “City”, by Clifford D Simak (Astounding Science Fiction, May 1944)

Best Short Story

• “I, Rocket”, by Ray Bradbury (Amazing Stories, May 1944)

Best Series

• The Cthulhu Mythos, by HP Lovecraft, August Derleth, and others

Best Related Work

• “The Science-Fiction Field”, by Leigh Brackett (Writer’s Digest, July 1944)

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• Superman: “The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk”, by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster (Detective Comics, Inc.)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• The Canterville Ghost, screenplay by Edwin Harvey Blum from a story by Oscar Wilde, directed by Jules Dassin (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM))
• The Curse of the Cat People, written by DeWitt Bodeen, directed by Gunther V Fritsch and Robert Wise (RKO Radio Pictures)

Best Editor, Short Form

• John W Campbell, Jr.

Best Professional Artist

• Margaret Brundage

Best Fanzine

• Voice of the Imagi-Nation, edited by Forrest J Ackerman and Myrtle R Douglas

Best Fan Writer

• Fritz Leiber

2020 World Fantasy Award Finalists Announced

2020 World Fantasy Award finalists have been announced. The awards will be presented during the World Fantasy Convention, held during October 29 - November 1, in an online presentation.

NOVEL

• Queen of the Conquered, by Kacen Callender (Orbit)
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January, by Alix E Harrow (Redhook Books/Orbit UK)
• The Raven Tower, by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
• Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com)
• The Memory Police, by Yoko Ogawa (trans. Stephen Snyder) (Pantheon/Harvill Secker)

NOVELLA

• “The Butcher’s Table,” by Nathan Ballingrud (Wounds: Six Stories From the Border of Hell)
• Desdemona and the Deep, by CSE Cooney (Tor.com)
• In an Absent Dream, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com)
• The Deep, by Rivers Solomon with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes (Saga
  Press/Hodder & Stoughton UK)
• Silver in the Wood, by Emily Tesh (Tor.com)

SHORT FICTION

• “For He Can Creep,” by Siobhan Carroll (Tor.com, July 10, 2019)
• “Read After Burning,” by Maria Dahvana Headley, (A People’s Future of the United States)
• “The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye,” by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, July-Aug. 2019)
• “Blood is Another Word For Hunger,” by Rivers Solomon (Tor.com, July 24, 2019)
• “Postlude to the Afternoon of a Faun,” by Jerome Stueart (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,
  Mar./Apr. 2019)
• “Everyone Knows That They‘re Dead. Do You?,” by Genevieve Valentine (The Outcast Hours)

ANTHOLOGY

• Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, edited by Ellen Datlow (Saga Press)
• The Outcast Hours, edited by Mahvesh Murad & Jared Shurin (Solaris)
• The Mythic Dream, edited by Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe (Saga Press)
• New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color, edited by Nisi Shawl (Solaris)
• The Big Book of Classic Fantasy, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer (Vintage Books)

COLLECTION

• Homesick: Stories, by Nino Cipri (Dzanc Books)
• Song For the Unraveling of the World: Stories, by Brian Evenson (Coffee House Press)
• Unforeseen, by Molly Gloss (Saga Press)
• A Lush and Seething Hell: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror, by John Hornor Jacobs (Harper Voyager)
• Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea: Stories by Sarah Pinsker (Small Beer Press)

ARTIST

• Tommy Arnold
• Galen Dara
• Julie Dillon
• Wendy Froud
• Kathleen Jennings

SPECIAL AWARD – PROFESSIONAL

• CC Finlay, for F&SF editing
• Leslie Klinger, for The New Annotated HP Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham (Liveright)
• Ellen Oh, for We Need Diverse Books
• Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, for The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the
• Hunger Games (New York University Press)
• Sheree Renée Thomas, for contributions to the genre

SPECIAL AWARD – NON-PROFESSIONAL

• Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay, Laura E Goodin and Esko Suoranta, for Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research
• Michael Kelly, for Undertow Publications and The Year’s Best Weird Fiction
• Jonathan Strahan & Gary K Wolfe, for the Coode Street Podcast
• Lynne M Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, for Uncanny Magazine
• Terri Windling, for Myth & Moor

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

• Rowena Morrill
• Karen Joy Fowler

Winners Of The 2020 Eisner Awards Announced

The winners of the 2020 Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, given for creative achievement in American comic books, often referred to as the Comics Industry's equivalent of the Oscar Awards, have been announced.

Best Short Story

• “Hot Comb,” by Ebony Flowers, in Hot Comb (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Single Issue / One-Shot

• Our Favorite Thing Is My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)

Best Continuing Series

• Bitter Root, by David Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene (Image)

Best Limited Series

• Little Bird by Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram (Image)

Best New Series

• Invisible Kingdom, by G Willow Wilson and Christian Ward (Berger Books / Dark Horse)

Best Publication for Early Readers

• Comics: Easy as ABC, by Ivan Brunetti (TOON)

Best Publication for Kids

• Guts, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)

Best Publication for Teens

• Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (First Second / Macmillan)

Best Humor Publication

• The Way of the Househusband, vol. 1, by Kousuke Oono, translation by Sheldon Drzka (VIZ Media)

Best Anthology

• Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival, edited by Diane Noomin (Abrams)

Best Reality-Based Work

• They Called Us Enemy, by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker (Top Shelf) 

Best Graphic Album—New

• Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden (First Second / Macmillan)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

• LaGuardia, by Nnedi Okorafor and Tana Ford (Berger Books / Dark Horse)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

• Snow, Glass, Apples, by Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran (Dark Horse Books) 

Best US Edition of International Material

• The House, by Paco Roca, translation by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)

Best US Edition of International Material—Asia

• Cats of the Louvre, by Taiyo Matsumoto, translation by Michael Arias (VIZ Media)
• Witch Hat Atelier, by Kamome Shirahama, translation by Stephen Kohler (Kodansha) 

Best Archival Collection / Project—Strips

• Krazy Kat: The Complete Color Sundays, by George Herriman, edited by Alexander Braun (TASCHEN)

Best Archival Collection / Project—Comic Books

• Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo: The Complete Grasscutter Artist Select, by Stan Sakai, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)

Best Writer

• Mariko Tamaki, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (DC); Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second / Macmillan); Archie (Archie)

Best Writer / Artist

• Raina Telgemeier, Guts (Scholastic Graphix)

Best Penciller / Inker or Penciller / Inker Team

• Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second / Macmillan) 

Best Painter / Digital Artist

• Christian Ward, Invisible Kingdom (Berger Books / Dark Horse) 

Best Cover Artist

• Emma Rios, Pretty Deadly (Image)

Best Colouring

• Dave Stewart, Black Hammer, B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know, Hellboy and the BPRD (Dark Horse); Gideon Falls (Image); Silver Surfer Black, Spider-Man (Marvel) 

Best Lettering

• Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical / Journalism

• Women Write About Comics, edited by Nola Pfau and Wendy Browne

Best Comics-Related Book

• Making Comics, by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Academic / Scholarly Work

• EC Comics: Race, Shock, and Social Protest, by Qiana Whitted (Rutgers University Press)

Best Publication Design

• Making Comics, designed by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Digital Comic

• Afterlift, by Chip Zdarsky and Jason Loo (comiXology Originals)

Best Webcomic

• Fried Rice Comic, by Erica Eng

Eisner Hall Of Fame Inductees

• Nell Brinkley
• E Simms Campbell
• Alison Bechdel
• Howard Cruse
• Stan Sakai
• Louise Simonson
• Don & Maggie Thompson
• Bill Watterson

Winners of the 2020 Locus Awards for Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature Announced

The Locus Science Fiction Foundation have announced the winners of the 2020 Locus Awards.

The Locus Awards are presented to winners of the Locus Magazine's annual readers' poll, first presented in 1971, to recognize excellence in science fiction and fantasy literature.

The winners were announced June 27 2020 at the virtual Locus Awards Weekend.

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

• The City in the Middle of the Night, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan)

FANTASY NOVEL

• Middlegame, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)

HORROR NOVEL

• Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Marlon James (Riverhead; Hamish Hamilton)

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

• Dragon Pearl, Yoon Ha Lee (Disney Hyperion)

FIRST NOVEL

• Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com Publishing)

NOVELLA

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

NOVELETTE

• "Omphalos", Ted Chiang (Exhalation)

SHORT STORY

• "The Bookstore at the End of America", Charlie Jane Anders (A People’s Future of the United States)

ANTHOLOGY

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

COLLECTION

• Exhalation, Ted Chiang (Knopf; Picador)

MAGAZINE

• Tor.com

PUBLISHER

• Tor

EDITOR

• Ellen Datlow

ARTIST

• John Picacio

NON-FICTION

• Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction, Lisa Kröger & Melanie R Anderson (Quirk)

ILLUSTRATED OR ART BOOK

• Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, John Fleskes, ed. (Flesk)

SPECIAL AWARD FOR INCLUSIVITY & REPRESENTATION EDUCATION

• Writing The Other, Nisi Shawl, Cynthia Ward & K Tempest Bradford

2020 Arthur C Clarke Award Shortlist For Science Fiction Book Of The Year Announced

The shortlist the 34th Arthur C Clarke Award has been announced.

The Arthur C Clarke Award is the UK’s most prestigious prize for literary science fiction published the previous year.

The award judges are a voluntary body with members nominated by the award's supporting organisations, currently the British Science Fiction Association, the Science Fiction Foundation and the Sci-Fi-London film festival.

This winner will be announced in September 2020, and the winning author will receive a cash prize of £2020.00, as well as an award plaque.

The 2020 Shortlist

• The City in the Middle of the Night  by Charlie Jane Anders (Titan)
• The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley (Angry Robot)
• A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (Tor)
• The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell (Hogarth)
• Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Head of Zeus)
• The Last Astronaut by David Wellington (Orbit)

2020 Tripwire Comic Awards Announced

The Tripwire Awards, originally planned to be part of Portsmouth Comic Con 2020, were announced in a special online presentation hosted by Tripwire Magazine editor-in-chief Joel Meadows and An Englishman In San Diego’s Leonard Sultana, who also runs con culture website, The Convention Collective.

Starting in 2019, the Tripwire Awards are a new awards aiming to celebrate the very cream of UK and US comic talent.

Best Writer

• GRANT MORRISON (The Green Lantern, DC Comics)

Best Artist

• JOELLE JONES (Catwoman, DC Comics)

Best Cover Artist

• ALEX ROSS

Best Colourist

• DAVE STEWART (Hellboy, Dark Horse Comics)

Best Letterer

• TOM ORZECHOWSKI (The Green Lantern, DC Comics)

Best New Series Sponsored by Ace Comics Nominations

• CONAN THE BARBARIAN (Jason Aaron / Mahmud Asrar, Marvel Comics)

Best Publisher

• DARK HORSE COMICS

Best New Talent sponsored by The Con Collective Nominations

• JORGE FORNES (Batman, DC Comics)

Best Original Graphic Novel

• BAD WEEKEND (Ed Brubaker / Sean Phillips, Image Comics)

Best Collection

• BILL SIENKIEWICZ: REVOLUTION VOLUME 1 (Six Foot Press)

Best Editor

• KAREN BERGER

Best Comics-Related Website / Publications

• NEWSARAMA

Best Small Press / Independent – UK sponsored by Knockabout Comics

• SELFMADEHERO

Best Small Press / Independent – US Nominations

• VAULT COMICS

The Roll Of Honour Sponsored By Soaring Penguin Press Nominations

• Mike Mignola
• Alan Moore