2026 Most-Nominated Titles
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7 Nominations:
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
5 Nominations:
• Aurora Awards 2026 — novelette/novella — winner
• 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
• World Fantasy Awards 2026 — long fiction — nomination (pending)
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
Uncertain Sonsby 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
• World Fantasy Awards 2026 — long fiction — nomination (pending)
4 Nominations:
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Aurora Awards 2026 — novel — nomination
• Bram Stoker Awards 2026 — novel — nomination
• Dragon Awards 2026 — horror novel — nomination (pending)
• Locus Awards 2026 — horror novel — 2nd place
In My Countryby Thomas Ha
• Hugo Awards 2026 — short story — nomination (pending)
• Locus Awards 2026 — short story — winner
• Nebula Awards 2026 — short story — nomination
• World Fantasy Awards 2026 — short fiction — nomination (pending)
The Incandescent by Emily Tesh
• Hugo Awards 2026 — novel — nomination (pending)
• Locus Awards 2026 — fantasy novel — 2nd place
• Mythopoeic Awards 2026 — adult literature — nomination
• Nebula Awards 2026 — novel — nomination
Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce
• Ignyte Awards 2026 — novella — nomination (pending)
• Locus Awards 2026 — novella — 9th place
• Shirley Jackson Awards 2026 — novella — nomination
• World Fantasy Awards 2026 — long fiction — nomination (pending)
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 and Other Stories by Thomas Ha
3 Nominations:
• British SF Association Awards 2026 — collection or anthology — nomination
• Locus Awards 2026 — collection — winner
• Philip K. Dick Award 2026 — special citation
• World Fantasy Awards 2026 — collection — nomination (pending)
3 Nominations:
As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories by Terese Mason Pierre
• Aurora Awards 2026 — related work — nomination
• Ignyte Awards 2026 — anthology/collected works — nomination (pending)
• Locus Awards 2026 — anthology — 8th place
Audition for the Fox by Martin Cahill
• Ignyte Awards 2026 — novella — nomination (pending)
• Mythopoeic Awards 2026 — adult literature — nomination
• William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award 2026 — honorable mention
• World Fantasy Awards 2026 — novel — nomination (pending)
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 Keyby Aimee Ogden
• Ignyte Awards 2026 — short story — nomination (pending)
• Locus Awards 2026 — short story — 8th place
• Nebula Awards 2026 — short story — nomination
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
The Death of Mountains by Jordan Kurella
• Nebula Awards 2026 — novella — nomination
• Shirley Jackson Awards 2026 — novella — winner
• World Fantasy Awards 2026 — long fiction — nomination (pending)
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
• Hugo Awards 2026 — novel — nomination (pending)
• Locus Awards 2026 — sf novel — winner
• Nebula Awards 2026 — novel — nomination
Descentby Wole Talabi
• British SF Association Awards 2026 — shorter fiction (novelette or novella) — nomination
• Ignyte Awards 2026 — novella — nomination (pending)
• Nebula Awards 2026 — novella — nomination
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
• Hugo Awards 2026 — novel — nomination (pending)
• Locus Awards 2026 — fantasy novel — winner
• World Fantasy Awards 2026 — novel — nomination (pending)
King Sorrow by Joe Hill
• Bram Stoker Awards 2026 — novel — nomination
• Dragon Awards 2026 — horror novel — nomination (pending)
• Locus Awards 2026 — horror novel — 3rd place
Laser Eyes Ain't Everythingby 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
• Locus Awards 2026 — first novel — 2nd place
• Otherwise Award 2026 — winner
The Millay Illusionby Sarah Pinsker
• Hugo Awards 2026 — novelette — nomination (pending)
• Locus Awards 2026 — novelette — 5th place
• Shirley Jackson Awards 2026 — novelette — nomination
Missing Helenby 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 Vegetablesby H. H. Pak
• Hugo Awards 2026 — novelette — nomination (pending)
• Ignyte Awards 2026 — novelette — nomination (pending)
• Nebula Awards 2026 — novelette — nomination
Night & Day by Ellen Datlow, ed.
• Locus Awards 2026 — anthology — 5th place
• Shirley Jackson Awards 2026 — edited anthology — winner (tie)
• World Fantasy Awards 2026 — anthology — nomination (pending)
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
• 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
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
Six People to Revise Youby J. R. Dawson
• Hugo Awards 2026 — short story — nomination (pending)
• Nebula Awards 2026 — short story — nomination
• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2026 — finalist (pending)
Slow Gods by Claire North
• Dragon Awards 2026 — sf novel — nomination (pending)
• Le Guin Prize 2026 — shortlist (pending)
• Locus Awards 2026 — sf novel — 3rd place
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
Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology by Julie C. Day, Carina Bissett & Craig Laurance Gidney, eds.
• Bram Stoker Awards 2026 — anthology — nomination
• Locus Awards 2026 — anthology — 3rd place
• World Fantasy Awards 2026 — anthology — nomination (pending)
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)
When He Calls Your Nameby Catherynne M. Valente
• Eugie Awards 2026 — finalist (pending)
• Hugo Awards 2026 — novelette — nomination (pending)
• Locus Awards 2026 — novelette — 3rd place
Wire Motherby 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
Wolf Moon, Antler Moonby A. C. Wise
• Bram Stoker Awards 2026 — long fiction — winner (tie)
• Eugie Awards 2026 — finalist (pending)
• Locus Awards 2026 — novelette — 10th place
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