2022 Ignyte Awards

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Full list here, voting here through June 10th.

A few thoughts behind the cut.

BEST NOVEL: ADULT

for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an Adult audience

A MASTER OF DJINN – P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom)
BLACK WATER SISTER – Zen Cho (Ace Books)
LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS – Ryka Aoki (Tor Books)
SORROWLAND – Rivers Solomon (MCD)
THE UNBROKEN – C. L. Clark (Orbit)

Excited to see some Black Water Sister love!

BEST NOVEL: YOUNG ADULT

for novel-length (40k+ words) works intended for the young adult audience

A SNAKE FALLS TO EARTH – Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
REDEMPTOR – Jordan Ifueko (Harry N. Abrams)
THE WILD ONES – Nafiza Azad (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
THIS POISON HEART – Kalynn Bayron (Bloomsbury YA)
WHITE SMOKE – Tiffany D. Jackson (Katherine Tegen Books)

BEST IN MIDDLE GRADE

for works intended for the middle grade audience

AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS – B.B. Alston (Balzer & Bray/Harperteen)
JOSEPHINE AGAINST THE SEA – Shakirah Bourne (Scholastic Inc.)
ROOT MAGIC – Eden Royce (Walden Pond Press)
THE INSIDERS – Mark Oshiro (HarperCollins)
TRISTAN STRONG KEEPS PUNCHING – Kwame Mbalia (Rick Riordan Presents)


BEST NOVELLA

for speculative works ranging from 17,500-39,999 words

AND THIS IS HOW TO STAY ALIVE – Shingai Njeri Kagunda (Neon Hemlock)
FIREHEART TIGER – Aliette de Bodard (Tordotcom)
FLOWERS FOR THE SEA – Zin E. Rocklyn (Tordotcom)
NOTHING BUT BLACKENED TEETH – Cassandra Khaw (Tor Nightfire)
PHILIA, EROS, STORGE, AGÁPE, PRAGMA – R.S.A. Garcia (Clarkesworld)


BEST NOVELETTE

for speculative works ranging from 7,500-17,499 words

COLORS OF THE IMMORTAL PALETTE – Caroline M. Yoachim ( Uncanny)
THE BADGER’S DIGESTION; OR THE FIRST FIRST-HAND DESCRIPTION… OF DENESHAN BEASTCRAFT BY AN AOUWAN RESEARCHER – Malka Older (Constelacion Magazine)
THE EQUATIONS OF THE DEAD – An Owomyela (Lightspeed Magazine)
THE FUTURE LIBRARY – Peng Shepherd (Tordotcom)
THE MUSIC OF THE SIPHOROPHENES – CL Polk (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)

Yay, Badger's Digestion!

BEST SHORT STORY

for speculative works ranging from 2,000-7,499 words

CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE – Nadia Shammas (Strange Horizons)
DELETE YOUR FIRST MEMORY FOR FREE – Kel Coleman (FIYAH Literary Magazine)
IF THE MARTIANS HAVE MAGIC – P. Djèlí Clark (Uncanny Magazine)
THE FIFTH HORSEMAN – Martin Cahill (Fireside Fiction)
THE TALE OF JAJA AND CANTI – Tobi Ogundiran (Lightspeed)


BEST IN SPECULATIVE POETRY

APPEAL TO THE DOPPELGANGER – Terese Mason Pierre (Fantasy Magazine)
DRAGONSLAYER – Priya Chand (Fantasy Magazine)
KUALA LUMPUR URBAN LEGENDS – Jack Kin Lim (Strange Horizons)
NONE OF THE STAR TREK SHIPS ARE NAMED AFTER CONFEDERATE GENERALS – Arden Eli Hill (Strange Horizons)
POST-MASSACRE PSYCHE EVAL – Abu Bakr Sadiq (Uncanny Magazine)


CRITICS AWARD

for reviews and analysis of the field of speculative literature

Akilah White
Arley Sorg
Thistle & Verse
Alex Brown
Rich in Color


BEST FICTION PODCAST

for excellence in audio performance and production for speculative fiction

Escape Pod
Khōréō Magazine
Gallery of Curiosities
Podcastle
Pseudopod


BEST ARTIST

for contributions in visual speculative storytelling

Tommy Arnold
Paul Kellam
Morgan Madeline
John Picacio
Raymond Sebastien


BEST COMICS TEAM

for comics, graphic novels, and sequential storytelling

ABBOTT: 1973 – Saladin Ahmed & Sami Kivelä (Boom! Studios)
COUNT – Ibrahim Moustafa, Brad Simpson, & Hassan Otsame-Elhaou (Humanoids, Inc.)
NUBIA: REAL ONE – L. L. McKinney & Robyn Smith (DC Comics)
SHADOW LIFE – Hiromi Goto & Ann Xu (First Second)
SQUAD – Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle (Green Willow Books)

I wonder if the Ignyte list came out before the Hugo ballots close if that would help get more interesting stuff onto the Hugo ballot - the Nebulas and Locus list don't include comics, which are probably places that help people discover things (?).

BEST ANTHOLOGY/COLLECTED WORKS

MIDNIGHT DOORWAYS: FABLES FROM PAKISTAN – Usman T. Malik (Kitab (Pvt) Ltd.)
NEVER HAVE I EVER – Isabel Yap (Small Beer Press)
RECONSTRUCTION: STORIES – Alaya Dawn Johnson (Small Beer Press)
SPECULATIVE FICTION FOR DREAMERS: A LATINX ANTHOLOGY – Alex Hernandez, Matthew David Goodwin, & Sarah Rafael García, eds. (Mad Creek Books)
WE’RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2020 – C.L. Clark, Charles Payseur, eds. (Neon Hemlock)


BEST CREATIVE NONFICTION

for works related to the field of speculative fiction

ROUND TABLE PALESTINIAN PERSPECTIVES – Fargo Tbakhi, N.A. Mansour, Rasha Abdulhadi (Strange Horizons)
WE ARE THE MOUNTAIN: A LOOK AT THE INACTIVE PROTAGONIST – Vida Cruz (Fantasy Magazine)
WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED – Arley Sorg (Uncanny Magazine)
THE NECESSITY OF SLAVERY STORIES – Troy L. Wiggins (Uncanny Magazine)
WHERE WILL YOU PLACE US WHEN WE ARE DEAD? – Monte Lin (Strange Horizons)


THE EMBER AWARD

for unsung contributions to genre

Maurice Broaddus
Tananarive Due
Malinda Lo
Julia Rios
Sheree Renée Thomas


THE COMMUNITY AWARD

for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre

Anathema: Spec from the Margins – Michael Matheson, Andrew Wilmot, Chinelo Onwualu
dave ring
Khōréō Magazine – Aleksandra Hill, Founder & Editor-in-Chief and Team
The Submission Grinder – David Steffen
We Need Diverse Books