sfadb : 2026 Most-Nominated Titles

2026 Most-Nominated Titles

science fiction awards database

7 Nominations:

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

• Aurora Awards 2026 — novelette/novella — nomination (pending)

• British Fantasy Awards 2026 — novella — nomination (pending)

• British SF Association Awards 2026 — shorter fiction (novelette or novella) — nomination

• Hugo Awards 2026 — novella — nomination (pending)

• Ignyte Awards 2026 — novella — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — novella — winner

• Nebula Awards 2026 — novella — winner

5 Nominations:

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

• Bram Stoker Awards 2026 — novel — winner

• British Fantasy Awards 2026 — horror novel (August Derleth Award) — nomination (pending)

• Ignyte Awards 2026 — adult novel — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — horror novel — winner

• Nebula Awards 2026 — novel — winner

Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell

• British Fantasy Awards 2026 — collection — nomination (pending)

• Ignyte Awards 2026 — anthology/collected works — nomination (pending)

• Le Guin Prize 2026 — shortlist (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — collection — 10th place

• William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award 2026 — winner

4 Nominations:

The Incandescent by Emily Tesh

• Hugo Awards 2026 — novel — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — fantasy novel — 2nd place

• Mythopoeic Awards 2026 — adult literature — nomination (pending)

• Nebula Awards 2026 — novel — nomination

A Song of Legends Lost by M. H. Ayinde

• British Fantasy Awards 2026 — fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) — nomination (pending)

• Compton Crook Stephen Tall Memorial Award 2026 — finalist

• Ignyte Awards 2026 — adult novel — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — first novel — 4th place

Uncertain Sons by Thomas Ha

• Bram Stoker Awards 2026 — long fiction — nomination

• Ignyte Awards 2026 — novelette — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — novelette — 2nd place

• Nebula Awards 2026 — novelette — winner

3 Nominations:

As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories by Terese Mason Pierre

• Aurora Awards 2026 — related work — nomination (pending)

• Ignyte Awards 2026 — anthology/collected works — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — anthology — 8th place

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

• Hugo Awards 2026 — novella — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — novella — 2nd place

• Nebula Awards 2026 — novella — nomination

Because I Held His Name Like a Key by Aimee Ogden

• Ignyte Awards 2026 — short story — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — short story — 8th place

• Nebula Awards 2026 — short story — nomination

The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

• Aurora Awards 2026 — novel — nomination (pending)

• Bram Stoker Awards 2026 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 2026 — horror novel — 2nd place

The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories by André M. Carrington, ed.

• British SF Association Awards 2026 — collection or anthology — nomination

• Ignyte Awards 2026 — anthology/collected works — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — anthology — 9th place

Cinder House by Freya Marske

• Aurealis Awards 2026 — fantasy novella — winner

• Hugo Awards 2026 — novella — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — novella — 7th place

Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction by Paul Kincaid

• British SF Association Awards 2026 — nonfiction (long) — winner

• Hugo Awards 2026 — related work — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — non-fiction — 10th place

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

• Hugo Awards 2026 — novel — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — sf novel — winner

• Nebula Awards 2026 — novel — nomination

Descent by Wole Talabi

• British SF Association Awards 2026 — shorter fiction (novelette or novella) — nomination

• Ignyte Awards 2026 — novella — nomination (pending)

• Nebula Awards 2026 — novella — nomination

In My Country by Thomas Ha

• Hugo Awards 2026 — short story — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — short story — winner

• Nebula Awards 2026 — short story — nomination

Laser Eyes Ain't Everything by Effie Seiberg

• Hugo Awards 2026 — short story — nomination (pending)

• Nebula Awards 2026 — short story — winner

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2026 — finalist (pending)

Luminous by Silvia Park

• Arthur C. Clarke Award 2026 — shortlist (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — first novel — 2nd place

• Otherwise Award 2026 — winner

The Millay Illusion by Sarah Pinsker

• Hugo Awards 2026 — novelette — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — novelette — 5th place

• Shirley Jackson Awards 2026 — novelette — nomination (pending)

Missing Helen by Tia Tashiro

• Hugo Awards 2026 — short story — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — short story — 6th place

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2026 — finalist (pending)

Never Eaten Vegetables by H. H. Pak

• Hugo Awards 2026 — novelette — nomination (pending)

• Ignyte Awards 2026 — novelette — nomination (pending)

• Nebula Awards 2026 — novelette — nomination

Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman

• Le Guin Prize 2026 — shortlist (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — sf novel — 9th place

• Otherwise Award 2026 — honor list

One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed

• Aurora Awards 2026 — related work — nomination (pending)

• Le Guin Prize 2026 — shortlist (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — collection — 4th place

Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler by Susana M. Morris

• Hugo Awards 2026 — related work — nomination (pending)

• Ignyte Awards 2026 — creative nonfiction — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — non-fiction — 2nd place

Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce

• Ignyte Awards 2026 — novella — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — novella — 9th place

• Shirley Jackson Awards 2026 — novella — nomination (pending)

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

• Compton Crook Stephen Tall Memorial Award 2026 — finalist

• Hugo Awards 2026 — novel — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — fantasy novel — 9th place

She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

• Ignyte Awards 2026 — ya novel — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — young adult novel — 3rd place

• Lodestar Award 2026 — finalist (pending)

Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora by Kristy Park Kulski, ed.

• Bram Stoker Awards 2026 — anthology — winner

• British Fantasy Awards 2026 — anthology — nomination (pending)

• Shirley Jackson Awards 2026 — edited anthology — nomination (pending)

Six People to Revise You by J. R. Dawson

• Hugo Awards 2026 — short story — nomination (pending)

• Nebula Awards 2026 — short story — nomination

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2026 — finalist (pending)

Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou

• Locus Awards 2026 — first novel — winner

• Nebula Awards 2026 — novel — nomination

• William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award 2026 — honorable mention

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

• Andre Norton Award 2026 — finalist

• British SF Association Awards 2026 — fiction for younger readers — nomination

• Lodestar Award 2026 — finalist (pending)

Uncertain Sons and Other Stories by Thomas Ha

• British SF Association Awards 2026 — collection or anthology — nomination

• Locus Awards 2026 — collection — winner

• Philip K. Dick Award 2026 — special citation

Wire Mother by Isabel J. Kim

• Hugo Awards 2026 — short story — nomination (pending)

• Locus Awards 2026 — short story — 5th place

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2026 — finalist (pending)

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

• Bram Stoker Awards 2026 — novel — nomination

• British Fantasy Awards 2026 — horror novel (August Derleth Award) — nomination (pending)

• Shirley Jackson Awards 2026 — novel — nomination (pending)

This page last updated Saturday 4 Jul 2026 at 11:37 PT

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