Winners Of The 2021 Chesley Awards Announced

The winners of the 2021 Chesley Awards 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

Corinne Reid
'Encounters with the Imaginary Vol. 3' edited by Jeszika Le Vye and Kira Night, Boneshaker Press (September 2020)

The Geeky Nerfherder 10th Anniversary & My 2021 Favourites

Happy Birthday Geeky Nerfherder!

 

December 29 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of this nerdy blog, beginning all the way back on this day in 2011 with the obligatory introductory blog post. 

 

From the start, the aim has always been to showcase inspiring, cool art and pop culture geekery, whether it's poster art, comic art, book and magazine cover art or art from the latest new contemporary exhibitions, and the artists that create them.

 

Throughout those 10 years, the Geeky Nerfherder has been a one man band, just me, Andy B, and it has certainly come a long way since 2011. Even after ten years, it still continues to be a lot of fun to curate; scouring the internet & social media for the latest cool art, print releases and gallery shows, showcasing art from some of my favourite artists in my long running 'Artist Spotlight' series, and starting each day with #ArtOfTheDay - something random, mostly comic art, from the Geeky Nerfherder image archives. I'm also trying to add more reviews of the books and movies I read and watch over the year too.

 

I also post bonus content on my socials, such as the #OnThisDay feature where I post some of my favourite films, books, comics and shows that were first released or published on a particular date, and any nerdy #NewSwag that I add to my collection as well. These accounts continue to gain new followers, with the number of followers now in the thousands! WOW! Thank you so much!! It's amazing and humbling 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 profiles:

on Twitter (@GeekyNerfherder)
on Instagram (@geekynerfherder)
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on Pinterest
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on Ello (@geekynerfherder)
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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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So that's almost another year in the books, with 2021 has almost come and gone! Despite all the craziness that has gone on in the world over in the last year or so, there has still been enough good stuff to escape into a geeky and nerdy bubble with, and I've listed a few of my favourites from 2021 below.

 

Winners of the 2021 Hugo Awards Announced

Winners of the 2021 Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1953 by the World Science Fiction Society, to recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, have been announced.

The 2021 Hugo Award Ceremony took place at the 79th annual World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon), DisCon III in Washington, DC, on Saturday December 18 2021.

2021 Hugo Award Winners

Best Novel

• Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)

 

Best Novella

• The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)

 

Best Novelette

• “Two Truths and a Lie”, Sarah Pinsker (Tor.com)

 

Best Short Story

• “Metal Like Blood in the Dark”, T Kingfisher (Uncanny Magazine, September/October 2020)

 

Best Series

• The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells (Tor.com)

 

Best Related Work

• Beowulf: A New Translation, Maria Dahvana Headley (FSG)

 

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, written by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings (Harry N Abrams)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• The Old Guard, written by Greg Rucka, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (Netflix / Skydance Media)

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• The Good Place: 'Whenever You’re Ready', written and directed by Michael Schur (Fremulon / 3 Arts Entertainment / Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group)

 

Best Editor, Short Form

• Ellen Datlow

 

Best Editor, Long Form

• Diana M Pho

 

Best Professional Artist

• Rovina Cai

 

Best Semiprozine

• FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, publisher Troy L. Wiggins, executive editor DaVaun Sanders, managing editor Eboni Dunbar, poetry editor Brandon O’Brien, reviews and social media Brent Lambert,  art director L. D. Lewis, and the FIYAH Team.

 

Best Fanzine

• nerds of a feather, flock together, ed. Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, The G, and Vance Kotrla

 

Best Fancast

• The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K Wolfe, Jonathan Strahan, producer

 

Best Fan Writer

• Elsa Sjunneson

 

Best Fan Artist

• Sara Felix

 

Best Video Game

• Hades (Publisher and Developer: Supergiant Games)

 

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

• A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, T Kingfisher (Argyll Productions)

 

Astounding Award for Best New Writer

• Emily Tesh (2nd year of eligibility)

A Geeky Nerfherder Video: Wales Comic Con: Telford Takeover at Telford, Saturday November 20 2021

Photo slideshow of the nerdy days out at the Geek culture conventions and events visited throughout 2021.

Part 5: Wales Comic Con: Telford Takeover at Telford, Saturday November 20 2021

Check out the Geek Cons V: 2021 playlist for more videos from 2021.

Credits:

Content (c) 2021 by Andy Barbieri / Geeky Nerfherder

Photos & video taken using Oppo Reno 10x Zoom Android smartphone:
https://www.oppo.com/uk/smartphone-reno

Photos edited with Affinity Photo:
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Video produced, edited and rendered using Hitfilm Express:
https://fxhome.com/hitfilm-express

Main soundtrack using YouTube Studio Royalty free music:
Coastline by TrackTribe

A Geeky Nerfherder Video: Thought Bubble Comic Con at Harrogate, November 13-14 2021

Photo slideshow of the nerdy days out at the Geek culture conventions and events visited throughout 2021.

Part 4: Thought Bubble Comic Con at Harrogate, November 13-14 2021

Check out the Geek Cons V: 2021 playlist for more videos from 2021.

Credits:

Content (c) 2021 by Andy Barbieri / Geeky Nerfherder

Photos & video taken using Oppo Reno 10x Zoom Android smartphone:
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Photos edited with Affinity Photo:
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Video produced, edited and rendered using Hitfilm Express:
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Main soundtrack using YouTube Studio Royalty free music:
Stardrive by Jeremy Blake
Rewind by Ofshane

2021 World Fantasy Awards Winners Announced

Winners of the 2021 World Fantasy Awards have been announced. The awards were presented during World Fantasy Convention 2021, in Montreal, Quebec.

Best Novel

• Trouble the Saints, Alaya Dawn Johnson (Tor)

 

Best Novella

• Riot Baby, Tochi Onyebuchi (Tordotcom)

 

Best Short Fiction

• 
”Glass Bottle Dancer”, Celeste Rita Baker (Lightspeed 20/4)

 

Best Anthology

• The Book of Dragons, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Harper Voyager)

 

Best Collection

• Where the Wild Ladies Are, Aoko Matsuda (Soft Skull)

 

Best Artist

• Rovina Cai

 

Special Award – Professional

• CC Finlay, for F&SF editi

 

Special Award – Non-Professional

• Brian Attebery, for Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts

 

Lifetime Achievement

• Megan Lindholm
  
• Howard Waldrop

The 46th Saturn Awards Winners Announced

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films have announced the wiiners of 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:

• Joker
  

Best Science Fiction Film Release:

• Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
  

Best Fantasy Film Release:

• Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
  

Best Horror Film Release:

• The Invisible Man

Best Action / Adventure Film Release:

• Mulan

Best Thriller Film Release:

• Knives Out

Best Actor in a Film:

• John David Washington (Tenet)

Best Actress in a Film:

• Elisabeth Moss (The Invisible Man)

Best Supporting Actor in a Film:

• Bill Hader (It Chapter Two)

Best Supporting Actress in a Film:

• Ana De Armas (Knives Out)

Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Film:

• Kyliegh Curran (Doctor Sleep)

Best Film Director:

• JJ Abrams (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker)

Best Film Screenplay:

• Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time….in Hollywood)

Best Film Editing:

• Bob Ducsay (Knives Out)

Best Film Production Design:

• Barbara Ling (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood)

Best Film Composer:

• John Williams (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker)

Best Film Costume:

• Bina Daigeler (Mulan)

Best Film Make-Up:

• Amanda Knight, Neal Scanlan (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker)

Best Film Special / Visual Effects:

• Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, Dominic Tuohy (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker)

Best Independent Film Release:

• Encounter

Best International Film Release:

• Parasite

Best Animated Film Release:

• Onward

Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series:

• The Boys

Best Science Fiction Television Series:

• Star Trek: Discovery

Best Fantasy Television Series:

• For All Mankind

Best Action/Thriller Television Series:

• Better Call Saul

Best Horror Television Series:

• The Walking Dead

Best Animated Television Series:

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Best Film Presentation on Streaming Media:

• Enola Holmes

Best Television Presentation (Under 10 Episodes):

• The Mandalorian

Best Actor on a Television Series:

• Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: Picard)

Best Actress on a Television Series:

• Caitriona Balfe (Outlander)

Best Supporting Actor on a Television Series:

• Doug Jones (Star Trek: Discovery)

Best Supporting Actress on a Television Series:

• Danielle Panabaker (The Flash)

Best Performance by a Younger Actor on a Television Series:

• Brec Bassinger (Stargirl)

Best Guest Starring Performance on Television:

• Jon Cryer (Supergirl)

Best Classic Film DVD / BD Release:

• Dr Cyclops (Special Edition)

Best Television Series DVD / BD Release:

• Creepshow: Season One

Best Film Collection DVD / BD Release:

• Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975

Best 4K Film Release:

• Knives Out

Finalists for the 2021 Chesley Awards Announced

The finalists for the 2021 Chesley Awards, for works and achievements in the period from January 1 to December 31 2020, 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 Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Tor Books (August 2020)
• Iris Compiet The Dark Crystal Bestiary: The Definitive Guide to the Creatures of Thra by Adam Cesare Insight Editions Illustrated edition (October 2020)
• Jason Mowry Red Dragon by Thomas Harris Suntup Editions (Fall 2020)
• John Picacio Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse Gallery / Saga Press (October 2020)
• Corinne Reid Encounters with the Imaginary Vol. 3 edited by Jeszika Le Vye and Kira Night Boneshaker Press (September 2020)

 

Best Cover: Paperback or Ebook

• Rovina Cai The Fourth Island by Sarah Tolmie Tordotcom (October 2020)
• Scott Fischer Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler Orbit (July 2020)
• Madolyn Locke Valian Styrke: Knight of Fate by Reiter SylverQuill Press (November 2020)
• Charles Urbach Ghost Riders in the Sky by Timothy Zahn Swallow’s End Publishing (April 2020)
• Ben Zweifel The Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn by Tyler Whitesides Orbit (October 2020)

 

Best Magazine Illustration

• Arjun Amky Clarkesworld #170 (November 2020)
• Evan Cagle “Stranger Things: Into the Fire #4” Variant Cover Dark Horse (July 2020)
• Tithi Luadthong Lightspeed Issue #123 (August 2020)
• Tim O’Brien Time (August 2020)
• Francesca Resta Clarkesworld #169 (October 2020)
• Rodion Shaldo Clarkesworld #168 (September 2020)

 

Best Interior Illustration

• Audrey Benjaminsen Hearts in the Ground by G.V. Anderson Tor.com (September 2020)
• Iris Compiet The Dark Crystal Bestiary by Adam Cesare, Brian Froud, Wendy Froud, Iris Compiet Insight Editions (October 2020)
• Ejiwa Ebenebe “Boundless Unrivaled” FIYAH Literary Magazine Issue #16: Joy (Autumn 2020)
• Micah Epstein The Case of the Somewhat Mythic Sword by Garth Nix Tor.com (January 2020)
• Sija Hong Monstrous Tales: Stories of Strange Creatures and Fearsome Beasts from around the World Chronicle Books (September 2020)
• Michael Komarck The Crippled God by Steven Erikson Subterranean Press (2020)
• Jason Mowry Red Dragon by Thomas Harris Suntup Editions (2020)

 

Best Gaming Related Illustration

• Joanna Barnum Overlight: The Lost Spire of Tziuhquatl Renegade Game Studios (2020)
• Lindsey Look “Sublime Epiphany” Core Set 2021 MtG WotC (July 2020)
• Seb McKinnon “Cuombajj Witches” Commander Legends MtG WotC (November 2020)
• Christian Piccolo “Roswell Skateboard” In-game and real world skate board deck art for Tony Hawk Pro-Skater 1 & 2 Vicarious Visions (September 2020)
• Charles Urbach “The Whispering Heart” Tabletop RPG Solo Gaming Adventure Das Schwarze Auge (The Dark Eye) Ulisses Spiele (August 2020)
• Jabari Weathers Dissident Whispers cover Whisper Collective (June 2020)

 

Best Product Illustration

• Wylie Beckert A Clockwork Orange (MONDO poster)
• Jason Edmiston The Invisible Man (MONDO poster)
• Te Hu Nine songs (Mural for the 14th China International Comic Festival in Guangzhou)
• Heather Kreiter Genevieve Plush Mascot Plush (Licensed for Gen Con)
• Vanessa Lemen Psyche (Promo for Reckless Deck: PSYCHE)
• John Picacio La Maceta / The Flowerpot Loteria card (Lone Boy)
• Greg Ruth Ad Astra (MONDO poster)

 

Best Colour Work – Unpublished

• Marcela Bolívar “Hothouse” (Digital)
• Bruce Brenneise “Garden of Solitude (Digital)
• Kai Carpenter “The Selkie” (Oils)
• Amelia Leonards “Melody of Shattered Bars” (Watercolor/Ink)
• Rachel Quinlan “Luminous” (Watercolor/Ink)
• Danny Schwartz “Lily court” (Acrylic on Board)
• Charles Urbach “Chapters Infinite” (Color pencils)

 

Best Monochrome Work- Unpublished

• Daria Aksenova “羊 (Yáng)” (Pen and Ink on hand-cut, suspended, layered paper in a
• hand-built, gilded Italian frame)
• Ashley Hankins “Unmasked” (Digital)
• Julia Lundman “Spring Ghosts” (Graphite)
• Gary Villarreal “Romantic Storyteller” (Graphite)
• Marta Witkiewicz “Enchanted” (Graphite)

 

Best Three Dimensional

• Sara Felix “Air Tiara” (Mixed media, resin and metal patinas)
• Thomas Kuebler “Black Widow” (Mixed Media)
• Tach Pollard “Wind Walker” (burnt hawthorn)
• Leia Powell “Flight into Fantasy” (Stained Glass)
• Forest Rogers ‘Dream of Quan Yin’ (Clay / Mixed Media)
• Karl Deen Sanders “Siren” (Bronze upon an Onyx base)
• Lisa Sell “The Birdcage Bandit” (Mixed Media)

 

Best Art Director

• Neil Clarke Clarkesworld
• Rebecca Dornsife Suntup Editions
• Irene Gallo Tor/Tordotcom
• Lauren Panepinto Orbit
• Nadine Schäkel Ulisses Spiele
• Megan Walker Dark Horse

 

Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award

• Richard Corben (Final year of eligibility)
• Gregory Manchess
• Iain McCaig
• Wendy Pini
• William Stout
• Allen Williams

A Geeky Nerfherder Video: MCM Comic Con at ExCeL London, Saturday October 23 2021

Photo slideshow of the nerdy days out at the Geek culture conventions and events visited throughout 2021.

Part 3: MCM Comic Con at the ExCeL London in London, Saturday October 23 2021.

Check out the Geek Cons V: 2021 playlist for more videos from 2021.

Credits:

Content (c) 2021 by Andy Barbieri / Geeky Nerfherder

Photos & video taken using Oppo Reno 10x Zoom Android smartphone:
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Photos edited with Affinity Photo:
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Video produced, edited and rendered using Hitfilm Express:
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Main soundtrack using YouTube Studio Royalty free music:
Fun by Vibe Tracks
Salute To A New Beginning by United States Army Herald Trumpets

A Geeky Nerfherder Video: EGX at ExCeL London, Saturday October 9 2021

Photo slideshow of the nerdy days out at the Geek culture conventions and events visited throughout 2021.

Part 2: EGX at ExCeL London, London, UK on Saturday October 9 2021.

Check out the Geek Cons V: 2021 playlist for more videos from 2021.

Credits:
Content (c) 2021 by Andy Barbieri / Geeky Nerfherder

Photos & video taken using Oppo Reno 10x Zoom Android smartphone:
https://www.oppo.com/uk/smartphone-reno

Photos edited with Affinity Photo:
https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo

Video produced, edited and rendered using Hitfilm Express:
https://fxhome.com/hitfilm-express 

Main soundtrack using YouTube Studio Royalty free music:
'Buckeye Bonzai' by Vans In Japan

A Geeky Nerfherder Video: BP Fairs Toy Collectors Fair, Sunday October 3 2021

Photo slideshow of the nerdy days out at the Geek culture conventions and events visited throughout 2021.

Part 1: BP Fairs Toy Collector's Fair at The NEC in Birmingham, UK on Sunday October 3 2021.

Check out the Geek Cons V: 2021 playlist for more videos from 2021.

Credits:

Content (c) 2021 by Andy Barbieri / Geeky Nerfherder

Photos & video taken using Oppo Reno 10x Zoom Android smartphone:
https://www.oppo.com/uk/smartphone-reno

Photos edited with Affinity Photo:
https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo

Video produced, edited and rendered using Hitfilm Express:
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Intro inspired by FFVII opening titles and start screen
Soundtrack: 'Opening Bombing Mission' (Edit) by Nobuo Uematsu

Main soundtrack using YouTube Studio Royalty free music:
'The Creek' by Topher Mohr & Alex Elena

2021 British Fantasy Awards Winners Announced

The winners of the 2021 British Fantasy Awards have been announced by the British Fantasy Society.

 

The winners were announced at FantasyCon in Birmingham, September 26 2021.

Best Newcomer (The Sydney J Bounds Award)

• Kathleen Jennings, for Flyaway (Tordotcom)

 

Best Film / Television Production

• The Boys: What I Know (Season 2, episode 8)

 

Best Non-Fiction

• Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre, ed. Alison Peirse (Rutgers University Press)

 

Best Artist

• Daniele Serra

 

Best Comic / Graphic Novel

• DIE Vol. 2: Split the Party, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans (Image Comics)

 

Best Magazine / Periodical

• Strange Horizons

 

Best Independent Press

• Luna Press Publishing

 

Best Audio

• The Magnus Archives, Rusty Quill

 

Best Anthology

• Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora, ed. Zelda Knight & Oghenechovwe Ekpedi Donald (Aurelia Leo)

 

Best Short Fiction

• Infinite Tea in the Demara Café, Ida Keogh (in “London Centric: Tales of Future London, Newcon Press)

 

Best Collection

• The Watcher in the Woods, Charlotte Bond (Black Shuck Books)

 

Best Novella

• Ring Shout, P Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom)

 

Best Horror Novel (The August Derleth Award)

• Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Jo Fletcher Books)

 

Best Fantasy Novel (The Robert Holdstock Award)

• The Once and Future Witches, Alix E Harrow (Orbit)

 

The Karl Edward Wagner Award for important contribution to the genre or the Society

• Alasdair Stuart
  

Winners of the 2021 Ignyte Awards Announced

The winners of the 2021 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 announcd during the FIYAHCON online convention, September 18 2021.

Best Novel — Adult

• Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga Press)

Best Novel — YA

• Legendborn, Tracey Deonn (Margaret K McElderry Books)

Best in MG for works intended for the middle grade audience

• Ghost Squad, Claribel A Ortega (Scholastic)

Best Novella

• Riot Baby, Tochi Onyebuchi (Tordotcom)

Best Novelette

• The Inaccessibility of Heaven, Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny Magazine)

Best Short Story

• You Perfect, Broken Thing, CL Clark (Uncanny Magazine)

Best in Speculative Poetry

• The Harrowing Desgarrador, Gabriel Ascencio Morales (Strange Horizons)

Critics Award

• Stitch @ Stitch’s Media Mix

Best Fiction Podcast

• Nightlight Podcast, Tonia Ransom

Best Artist

• Odera Igbokwe

Best Comics Team

• Parable of the Sower, written by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings (Abrams ComicArts)

Best Anthology / Collected Works

• A Phoenix First Must Burn, ed. Patrice Caldwell (Viking Books for Young Readers)

Best in Creative Nonfiction

• "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest", Tochi Onyebuchi (Tor.com)

The Ember Award for unsung contributions to genre

• Dhonielle Clayton

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

• #PublishingPaidMe, LL McKinney & Tochi Onyebuchi

Winners Of The 2021 Dragon Awards Announced

The winners of the 2021 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 'Dragon Con', September 5 2021.

2021 Dragon Award Winners

BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

BEST FANTASY NOVEL (INCLUDING PARANORMAL)

• Battle Ground by Jim Butcher

BEST YOUNG ADULT / MIDDLE GRADE NOVEL

• A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T Kingfisher

BEST MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY NOVEL

• Gun Runner by Larry Correia, John D Brown

BEST ALTERNATE HISTORY NOVEL

• 1637: No Peace Beyond The Line by Eric Flint, Charles Gannon

BEST MEDIA TIE-IN NOVEL

• Firefly: Generations by Tim Lebbon

BEST HORROR NOVEL

• The Hollow Places by T Kingfisher

BEST COMIC BOOK

• X-Men by Jonathan Hickman, Mahmud Asrar

BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL

• The Magicians: New Class by Lev Grossman, Lilah Sturges, Pius Bak

BEST SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY TV SERIES

• The Expanse, Amazon

BEST SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY MOVIE

• The Old Guard by Gina Prince-Bythewood

BEST SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY PC / CONSOLE GAME

• Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Ubisoft

BEST SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY MOBILE GAME

• Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells, Zynga

BEST SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY BOARD GAME

• Dune: Imperium, Dire Wolf Games

BEST SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY MINIATURES / COLLECTIBLE CARD / ROLE-PLAYING GAME

• Warhammer: Age of Sigmar: Soulbound Role-Playing Game, Cubicle 7

Finalists For The 2021 British Fantasy Awards Announced

The finalists for the 2021 British Fantasy Awards have been announced by the British Fantasy Society, with the winners to be announced at FantasyCon in Birmingham, September 2021.

Best Newcomer (The Sydney J Bounds Award)

• Tiffani Angus, for Threading the Labyrinth (Unsung Stories)
• Dan Coxon, for Green Fingers & Only the Broken Remain (Black Shuck Books)
• Sean Hogan, for Three Mothers, One Father (Black Shuck Books)
• Kathleen Jennings, for Flyaway (Tordotcom)
• Simon Jimenez, for The Vanished Birds (Titan)
• Rym Kechacha, for Dark River (Unsung Stories)

 

Best Film / Television Production

• Birds of Prey
• The Boys: What I Know (Season 2, episode 8)
• The Haunting of Bly Manor: The Romance of Certain Old Clothes (Season 1, episode 8)
• The Invisible Man
• The Lighthouse
• Saint Maud

 

Best Non-Fiction

• The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner
• It’s the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of?, Adam Roberts (Elliot & Thompson)
• Notes from the Borderland, Lynda E Rucker (in “Black Static”, TTA Press)
• Ties that Bind: Love in Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Francesca T Barbini (Luna Press Publishing)
• The Unstable Realities of Christopher Priest, Paul Kincaid (Gylphi Limited)
• Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre, ed. Alison Peirse (Rutgers University Press)

 

Best Artist

• Warwick Fraser-Coombe
• David Rix
• Vincent Sammy
• Daniele Serra

 

Best Comic / Graphic Novel

• The Daughters of Ys, Jo Rioux & MT Andersen (First Second)
• DIE Vol. 2: Split the Party, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans (Image Comics)
• John Constantine: Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Marks of Woe, Simon Spurrier & Aaron Campbell (DC Comics)
• The Magic Fish, Trung Le Nguyen (Random House Graphic)
• Rivers of London: The Fey and the Furious, Ben Aaronovitch & Andrew Cartmell (Titan)
• Venus in the Blind Spot, Junji Ito (VIZ Media LLC)

 

Best Magazine / Periodical

• Black Static
• The Dark
• FIYAH
• Ginger Nuts of Horror
• Shoreline of Infinity
• Strange Horizons

 

Best Independent Press

• Black Shuck Books
• Flame Tree Press
• Luna Press Publishing
• Unsung Stories

 

Best Audio

• Breaking the Glass Slipper, Megan Leigh, Lucy Hounson & Charlotte Bond
• The Magnus Archives, Rusty Quill
• PodCastle, Escape Artists
• PseudoPod, Escape Artists
• The Sandman, Dirk Maggs & Neil Gaiman (Audible Originals)
• Stellar Firma, Rusty Quill

 

Best Anthology

• After Sundown, ed. Mark Morris (Flame Tree Press)
• Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, ed. Lee Murray & Genevieve Flynn (Omnium Gatherum Media)
• Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora, ed. Zelda Knight & Oghenechovwe Ekpedi Donald (Aurelia Leo)
• Shadows & Tall Trees, Vol. 8, ed. Michael Kelly (Undertow Publications)

 

Best Short Fiction

• 8-Bit Free Will, John Wiswell (in PodCastle 654, Escape Artists)
• Daylight Robbery, Anna Taborska (in “Bloody Britain”, Shadow Publishing)
• Infinite Tea in the Demara Café, Ida Keogh (in “London Centric: Tales of Future London, Newcon Press)
• We Do Like to be Beside, Pete Sutton (in “Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 2”, Alchemy Press)

 

Best Collection

• Bloody Britain, Anna Taborska (Shadow Publishing)
• Only the Broken Remain, Dan Coxon (Black Shuck Books)
• The Watcher in the Woods, Charlotte Bond (Black Shuck Books)
• We All Hear Stories in the Dark, Robert Shearman (PS Publishing)

 

Best Novella

• The Flame and the Flood, Shona Kinsella (Fox Spirit)
• Honeybones, Georgina Bruce (TTA Press)
• The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water, Zen Cho (Tordotcom)
• Ring Shout, P Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom)
• A Song for the End, Kit Power (Horrific Tales Publishing)
• Triggernometry, Stark Holborn (Rattleback Books)

 

Best Horror Novel (The August Derleth Award)

• Beneath the Rising, Premee Mohamed (Rebellion)
• The Hollow Places, T Kingfisher (Titan)
• Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Jo Fletcher Books)
• The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones (Titan)
• Plain Bad Heroines, Emily Danforth (The Borough Press)
• Survivor Song, Paul Tremblay (Titan)

 

Best Fantasy Novel (The Robert Holdstock Award)

• The Bone Shard Daughter, Andrea Stewart (Orbit)
• By Force Alone, Lavie Tidhar (Tor Books)
• The City We Became, NK Jemisin (Orbit)
• Dark River, Rym Kechacha (Unsung Stories)
• The Once and Future Witches, Alix E Harrow (Orbit)
• Threading the Labyrinth, Tiffani Angus (Unsung Stories)

Winners Of The 2021 Eisner Awards Announced

The winners of the 2021 Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for works published between January 1 and December 31, 2020, 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

• “When the Menopausal Carnival Comes to Town,” by Mimi Pond, in Menopause: A Comic Treatment (Graphic Medicine / Pennsylvania State University Press)

 

Best Single Issue

• Sports Is Hell, by Ben Passmore (Koyama Press)

 

Best Continuing Series

• Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai (IDW)

 

Best Limited Series

• Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber (DC)

 

Best New Series

• Black Widow, by Kelly Thompson and Elena Casagrande (Marvel)

 

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

• Our Little Kitchen, by Jillian Tamaki (Abrams Books for Young Readers)

 

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)

• Superman Smashes the Klan, by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru (DC)

 

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

• Dragon Hoops, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second/Macmillan)

 

Best Humor Publication

• Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber (DC)

 

Best Anthology

• Menopause: A Comic Treatment, edited by MK Czerwiec (Graphic Medicine/Pennsylvania State University Press)

 

Best Reality-Based Work

• Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, by Derf Backderf (Abrams)

 

Best Graphic Memoir

• The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly)

 

Best Graphic Album—New

• Pulp, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)

 

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

• Seeds and Stems, by Simon Hanselmann (Fantagraphics)

 

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

• Superman Smashes the Klan, adapted by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru (DC)

 

Best US Edition of International Material

• Goblin Girl, by Moa Romanova, translation by Melissa Bowers (Fantagraphics)

 

Best US Edition of International Material—Asia

• Remina, by Junji Ito, translation by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)

 

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

• The Flapper Queens: Women Cartoonists of the Jazz Age, edited by Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics)

 

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

• The Complete Hate, by Peter Bagge, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)

 

Best Writer

• James Tynion IV, Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd (BOOM! Studios); Batman (DC); The Department of Truth (Image); Razorblades (Tiny Onion)

 

Best Writer / Artist

• Junji Ito, Remina, Venus in the Blind Spot (VIZ Media)

 

Best Penciller / Inker or Penciller / Inker Team

• Michael Allred, Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams (Insight Editions)

 

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

• Anand RK/John Pearson, Blue in Green (Image)

 

Best Cover Artist

• Peach Momoko, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #19, Mighty Morphin #2, Something Is Killing the Children #12, Power Rangers #1 (BOOM! Studios); DIE!namite, Vampirella (Dynamite); The Crow: Lethe (IDW); Marvel Variants (Marvel)

 

Best Colouring

• Laura Allred, X-Ray Robot (Dark Horse); Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams (Insight Editions)

 

Best Lettering

• Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (IDW)

 

Best Comics-Related Journalism / Periodical

• Women Write About Comics, edited by Nola Pfau and Wendy Browne, www.WomenWriteAboutComics.com

 

Best Comics-Related Book

• Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books, by Ken Quattro (Yoe Books/IDW)

 

Best Academic / Scholarly Work

• The Content of Our Caricature: African American Comic Art and Political Belonging, by Rebecca Wanzo (New York University Press)

 

Best Publication Design

• The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, designed by Adrian Tomine and Tracy Huron (Drawn & Quarterly)

 

Best Digital Comic

• Friday, by Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate)

 

Best Webcomic

• Crisis Zone, by Simon Hanselmann, https://www.instagram.com/simon.hanselmann/

 

Spirit Of Comics Retailer Award

• The Laughing Ogre in Columbus, Ohio

2021 World Fantasy Award Finalists Announced

2021 World Fantasy Award finalists have been announced. The awards will be presented during World Fantasy Convention 2021, to be held November 4-7, 2021 in Montreal, Quebec.

Best Novel

• Piranesi, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
• Trouble the Saints, Alaya Dawn Johnson (Tor)
• The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones (Saga/Titan UK)
• Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey/Jo Fletcher UK)
• The Midnight Bargain, CL Polk (Erewhon/Orbit UK) 

 

Best Novella

• Ring Shout, or Hunting Ku Kluxes in the End Times, P Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom)
• “Stepsister”, Leah Cypess (F&SF 5-6/20)
• Flyaway, Kathleen Jennings (Tordotcom)
• The Four Profound Weaves, RB Lemberg (Tachyon)
• Riot Baby, Tochi Onyebuchi (Tordotcom)

 

Best Short Fiction

• 
”Glass Bottle Dancer”, Celeste Rita Baker (Lightspeed 4/20)
• “The Women Who Sing for Sklep”, Kay Chronister (Thin Places)
• “The Nine Scents of Sorrow”, Jordan Taylor (Uncanny 7-8/20)
• “My Country Is a Ghost”, Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny 1-2/20)
• “Open House on Haunted Hill”, John Wiswell (Diabolical Plots 6/15/20) 

 

Best Anthology

• Edited By, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Subterranean)
• The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Vol. 1, James D Jenkins & Ryan Cagle, eds. (Valancourt)
• Shadows & Tall Trees 8, Michael Kelly, ed. (Undertow)
• The Book of Dragons, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Harper Voyager)
• The Big Book of Modern Fantasy, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Vintage) 

 

Best Collection

• The Best of Jeffrey Ford, Jeffrey Ford (PS)
• Velocities: Stories, Kathe Koja (Meerkat)
• Where the Wild Ladies Are, Aoko Matsuda (Soft Skull)
• We All Hear Stories in the Dark, Robert Shearman (PS)
• Nine Bar Blues, Sheree Renée Thomas (Third Man) 

 

Best Artist

• Rovina Cai
• Jeffrey Alan Love
• Reiko Murakami
• Daniele Serra
• Charles Vess 

 

Special Award – Professional

• Clive Bloom, for The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic (Palgrave Macmillan)
• CC Finlay, for F&SF editing
• Jo Fletcher, for Jo Fletcher Books
• Maria Dahvana Headley, for Beowulf: A New Translation (MCD x FSG Originals US/Scribe UK)
• Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, for The Monster Theory Reader (University of Minnesota Press) 

 

Special Award – Non-Professional

• Scott H Andrews, for Beneath Ceaseless Skies: Literary Adventure Fantasy
• Brian Attebery, for Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
• Michael Kelly, for Undertow Publications
• Arley Sorg & Christie Yant, for Fantasy Magazine
• Lynne M Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, for Uncanny Magazine 

 

Lifetime Achievement

• Megan Lindholm
  
• Howard Waldrop

The Winners Of The Kitschies Book Awards Announced

The winners of The Kitschies Awards, for works published in the UK during 2020, 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 Red Tentacle (Novel)

• 'Piranesi' by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)

The Golden Tentacle (Debut)

• 'The Space Between Worlds' by Micaiah Johnson (Hodder & Stoughton)

The Inky Tentacle (Cover Art)

• 'The Arrest' by Jonathan Lethem, Cover Design by Allison Saltzman and Illustration by Dexter Maurer (Atlantic Books)

The Glentacle (recognising extraordinary service to the SFF industry)

• Simon Key from Big Green Books, for his Buy A Stranger A Book intiative

Finalists for the 2021 Harvey Awards Announced

The finalists for the 2021 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

• The Book Tour by Andi Watson (Top Shelf Productions)
• Cyclopedia Exotica by Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Department of Truth, Vol 1: The End Of The World by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds (Image Comics)
• Heaven No Hell by Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf (Abrams)
• The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (Random House)
• Monsters by Barry Windsor-Smith (Fantagraphics)
• Stone Fruit by Lee Lai (Fantgraphics)
• Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen: Who Killed Jimmy Olsen? by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber (DC Comics)
• Save It For Later: Promises, Protest and Parenthood by Nate Powell (Abrams)

 

Digital Book of the Year

• Adora and The Distance by Marc Bernardin and Ariela Kristantina (Comixology Originals)
• Crisis Zone by Simon Hanselmann – Serialized on https://www.instagram.com/simon.hanselmann/
• Cyclopedia Exotica by Aminder Dhaliwal – Serialized on https://www.instagram.com/aminder_d/
• Friday by Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin – http://panelsyndicate.com/comics/friday
• Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe – https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320

 

Best Children or Young Adult Book

• Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter (Scholastic Graphix)
• Class Act by Jerry Craft (Quill Tree Books)
• The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (Random House)
• Nubia: Real One by L.L. McKinney and Robyn Smith (DC Comics)
• Twins by Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright (Scholastic Graphix)

 

Best Adaptation from Comic Book / Graphic Novel

• The Boys by Amazon, based on The Boys (DC Comics)
• Invincible by Amazon, based on Invincible (Image)
• Loki by Disney+, based on The Avengers (Marvel Comics)
• Superman & Lois by CW, based on Superman (DC Comics
• Sweet Tooth by Netflix, based on Sweet Tooth (DC/Vertigo)
• WandaVision by Disney+, based on The Avengers (Marvel Comics)

 

Best Manga

• Asadora! by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
• Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku (Kodansha Comics)
• Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto (VIZ Media)
• Remina by Junji Ito (VIZ Media)
• Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo (VIZ Media)

 

Best International Book

• The City of Belgium by Brecht Evans, translated by Brecht Evans (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Factory Summers by Guy Delisle, translated by Helge Dascher and Rob Aspinall (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Moms by Yeong-shin Ma, translated by Janet Hong (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Paul At Home by Michel Rabagliati, translated by Helge Dascher and Rob Aspinall (Drawn & Quarterly)
• The Winter of the Cartoonist by Paco Roca, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)

2021 Arthur C Clarke Award Shortlist For Science Fiction Book Of The Year Announced

The shortlist for the 2021 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 was originally established by a generous grant from Sir Arthur C Clarke with the aim of promoting science fiction in Britain, and is currently administered by the Serendip Foundation with Sir Arthur continuing to donate a cash prize via Rocket Publishing, his UK representatives.

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.

 

The 2021 Shortlist

• The Infinite, Patience Agbabi (Canongate)
  
• The Vanished Birds, Simon Jimenez (Titan)
  
• Vagabonds, Hao Jingfang (Head Of Zeus)
  
• Edge Of Heaven, RB Kelly (Newcon)
  
• The Animals In That Country, Laura Jean McKay (Scribe)
  
• Chilling Effect,  Valerie Valdes (Orbit)