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The six-title shortlist for the 2026 International Booker Prize has been announced, with works of genre interest includingThe Director by Daniel Kehlmann, tr. Ross Benjamin (Summit US; riverrun UK) [amazon / bookshop] andThe Witch by Marie NDiaye, tr. Jordan Stump (Vintage US; Charco UK) [amazon / bookshop].

The £50,000 prize celebrates the best works of long-form fiction or collections of short stories translated into English and published in the UK …Read More

The judges for the Crawford Award, which honors an author’s first work of fantasy in book form, are soliciting books published in the year 2026. What qualifies as a book is flexible, including novels, novellas, poetry collections, short fiction, graphic novels, works in translation, or other work at the discretion of the judges. The Crawford Award will be given at the 2027 International Conference of the Fantastic in the Arts …Read More

The Aldiss Award, anannual award to acknowledge endeavours in literature and gaming, specifically around world building, in the science fiction & fantasy genre,” has announced its 2026 longlist for worldbuilding in speculative fiction.

• Firstborn of the Sun, Marvellous Michael Anson (Michael Joseph)
• Dark Diamond, Neal Asher (Pyr)
• A Song Of Legends Lost, M.H. Ayinde (Orbit; Saga)
• The Second Death of Locke, V.L. Bovalino (Forever)
• Children of Fallen Gods, Carissa …Read More

Hellcon, the 64th Japan Science Fiction Convention, has announced the finalists for the 2025 Seiun Awards (the Japanese equivalent of the Hugo Awards), honoring the best original and translated works published last year in Japan.

Best Translated Novel

• The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands, Sarah Brooks, tr. Yasuko Kawano (Hayakawa Bunko SF)
• The Book of Elsewhere, China Miéville & Keanu Reeves, tr. Masayuki Uchida & Rei Yasuno (Kawade …Read More

Luminous by Silvia Park (Simon & Schuster) is the winner of the 2025 Otherwise Award (formerly the James Tiptree, Jr. Award), given annually to works of science fiction or fantasy that expand and explore our understanding of gender.

The author of the winning work will receive $200 in prize money and a medal, and will be honored at WisCon 2026, to be held online May 21-25, 2026.

The …Read More

Finalists for the 2026 Imadjinn Awards have been announced. Categories, titles, and authors of genre interest include:

Best Science Fiction Novel

• Dead to Rights: A Car Warriors Autoduel Novel, Jay Barnson (Three Ravens)
• Frozen Echoes, Ed Downes (Undertaker)
• Bifrost Down, Jon R. Osborne (Seventh Seal)

Best Fantasy Novel

• The Blacksmith’s Boy, Bruce Buchanan (Wild Ink)
• The Healer’s Heir, Katie Fitzgerald (self-published)
• A Count of Courage, Nancy Moser …Read More

When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley (Erewhon) is one of the five titles shortlisted for the inaugural James Patterson and Bookshop.org Prize, a new literary prize celebrating debut authors, hand-selected by independent booksellers.

Titles, which must be full-length debut books published in the United States within the past 12 months, are nominated by booksellers working in qualifying independent bookstores. The winner and runner-up, which receive …Read More

The shortlists for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing and Carnegie Medal for Illustration, honoring UK books for children and young adults, were announced March 10, 2026. Titles and authors of genre interest include:

Carnegie Medal for Writing

• Ghostlines, Katya Balen (Bloomsbury Children’s)
• Popcorn, Rob Harrell (Dial US; Piccadilly UK)
• The Boy I Love, William Hussey (Walker US; Andersen UK)
• Wolf Siren, Beth O’Brien (HarperCollins Children’s)
• Twenty-Four Seconds from …Read More

Baen Books has announcedthe ten finalists for the 2026 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award.

• Thomas Butler
• Jason P. Crawford
• Joyce Frohn
• Liam Hogan
• Philip Levin
• Paul Malory
• Joel C. Scoberg
• Gideon Smith
• Tiffany Smith
• Wesley Stine

Winners receive a year’s membership in the National Space Society, and the first place story will be offered publication on the Baen website at professional rates. According …Read More

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the recipients of its 2026 Specialty Awards.

Bad Hand Books is the recipient of the Specialty Press Award, given to a specialty publisher whose work has substantially contributed to the horror genre, whose publications display general excellence, and whose dealings with authors have been fair and exemplary.

The Richard Laymon President’s Award, presented to a volunteer who has served the HWA in …Read More

PEN America announced the 2026 finalists for ten literary awards on January 29, 2026. The awards will confer nearly $350,000 to writers and translators. … Spanning fiction, poetry, essay, translation, and more, these Longlisted books are dynamic, diverse, and thought-provoking examples of literary excellence. Awards, titles, and authors of genre interest include:

PEN/Jean Stein Book Award ($75,000)

• The Devil Is a Southpaw, Brandon Hobson (HarperCollins)
• Things in Nature Merely …Read More

The 5-title shortlist for the 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize has been announced. Titles and authors of genre interest includeThe True Story of Raja the Gullible (And His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine (Grove),Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (Flatiron), and Intemperance by Sonora Jha (HarperVia).

The winner will be announced April 23, 2026. The $35,000 prize is awarded to an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary …Read More

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the finalists for the 38th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the Lammys ), celebrating the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books. Categories, authors, and titles of genre interest include the following:

LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction

• Volatile Memory, Seth Haddon (Tordotcom)
• Cry, Voidbringer, Elaine Ho (Bindery)
• Beings, Ilana Masad (Bloomsbury)
• Two Truths and a Lie, Cory O’Brien (Pantheon)
• Blood on Her Tongue, Johanna …Read More

Nancy Omondi is the recipient of this year’s Working Class Writers Grant, presented by the Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF). The $1,000 grant is given annually to assist working class, blue-collar, poor, and homeless writers who have been historically underrepresented in speculative fiction due to financial barriers which make it hard to access the writing world.

Nancy Omondi is a Kenyan speculative fiction writer whose work is defined by atmosphere …Read More

The REH Foundation has announced the nominees for the 2026 Robert E. Howard Awards, honoring work that is substantively devoted to the life and/or work of Robert E. Howard or that carries on the spirit and tradition of Robert E. Howard, to better recognize and celebrate his influence on future generations of writers.

Members of the REH Foundation vote on the awards. Voting ends March 15, 2026.

The Atlantean-Outstanding …Read More