SFWA Grand Master Award

• N. K. Jemisin

Hugo Awards -- winner(s) to be announced August 30, 2026

Nebula Awards

• novel : The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones
• novella : The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar
• novelette : “Uncertain Sons”, Thomas Ha
• short story : “Laser Eyes Ain't Everything”, Effie Seiberg
• game writing : Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Guillaume Broche & Jennifer Svedberg-Yen
• comic : Mary Shelley's School for Monsters: The Killing Stone, Jessica Maison, illustrated by Anna Wieszcyk
• poetry : “The World to Come”, Jennifer Hudak

Andre Norton Award

• Into the Wild Magic, Michelle Knudsen

British Fantasy Awards -- winner(s) to be announced October 9, 2026 - October 11, 2026

British SF Association Awards

• novel : When There Are Wolves Again, E. J. Swift
• shorter fiction (novelette or novella) : “The Apologists”, Tade Thompson
• short fiction : “Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike”, E. M. Faulds
• translated short fiction : “Liecraft”, Anita Moskat, translated by Austin Wagner
• fiction for younger readers : Doctor Who: The Robot Revolution, Una McCormack
• collection or anthology : Blood in the Bricks, Neil Williamson
• nonfiction (long) : Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction, Paul Kincaid
• nonfiction (short) : “Spec Fic and the Politics of Identity: Finding the Self in Other”, Eugen Bacon
• artwork : The Fractal Series, Nick Wells
• audio fiction : The Dex Legacy Series 3, Emily Inkpen

Arthur C. Clarke Award -- winner(s) to be announced August 12, 2026

Ignyte Awards -- winner(s) to be announced

Le Guin Prize -- winner(s) to be announced October 21, 2026

Lodestar Award -- winner(s) to be announced August 30, 2026

Otherwise Award

• Luminous, Silvia Park

Philip K. Dick Award

• Outlaw Planet, M. R. Carey
• special citation : Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, Thomas Ha

Ray Bradbury Award

• Murderbot: Season One, Chris Weitz

Shirley Jackson Awards -- winner(s) to be announced July 11, 2026

Bram Stoker Awards

• lifetime achievement : Lisa Morton
• lifetime achievement : Jonathan Mayberry
• novel : The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones
• first novel : The October Film Haunt, Michael Wehunt
• young adult novel : Shiny Happy People, Clay McLeod Chapman
• middle grade novel : Ride or Die, Delilah S. Dawson
• long fiction : “Wolf Moon, Antler Moon”, A. C. Wise
• long fiction : Cathedral of the Drowned, Nathan Ballingrud
• short fiction : “Inheritance”, R. J. Joseph
• fiction collection : Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions, John Langan
• anthology : Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora, Kristy Park Kulski, ed.
• long non-fiction : Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature, Becky Siegel Spratford, ed.
• short non-fiction : “My Long Road to Horror”, Tananarive Due
• graphic novel : Bowling with Corpses and Other Tales from Lands Unknown, Mike Mignola
• screenplay : Sinners, Ryan Coogler
• poetry : Everything Endless, Linda D. Addison & Jamal Hodge

Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award -- winner(s) to be announced October 16, 2026

Locus Awards

• sf novel : Death of the Author, Nnedi Okorafor
• fantasy novel : The Everlasting, Alix E. Harrow
• horror novel : The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones
• young adult novel : Starstrike, Yoon Ha Lee
• first novel : Sour Cherry, Natalia Theodoridou
• translated novel : On the Calculation of Volume III, Solvej Balle, Sophia Hersi Smith & Jennifer Russell, trans23
• novella : The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar
• novelette : “We Begin Where Infinity Ends”, Somto Ihezeu
• short story : “In My Country”, Thomas Ha
• collection : Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, Thomas Ha
• anthology : We Will Rise Again, Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz & Malka Older, eds.
• non-fiction : Enshittification, Cory Doctorow
• illustrated and art book : The Space Cat, Nnedi Okorafor, art by Tana Ford
• editor : Neil Clarke
• magazine : Clarkesworld
• publisher : Orbit
• artist : John Picacio
• Special Award 2026: Supporting the Speculative Writing Community : The Submission Grinder, David Steffen

Astounding Award for Best New Writer. -- winner(s) to be announced August 30, 2026

Aurealis Awards

• sf novel : Wastelands, Samira Lloyd
• sf novella : “The Hidden God”, T. R. Napper
• sf short story : “Do Motorcycle Centaurs Dream of Five Stars and a Tip?”, Maddison Stoff & Corey Jae White
• fantasy novel : Upon a Starlit Tide, Kell Woods
• fantasy novella : Cinder House, Freya Marske
• fantasy short story : “Dying Mountain”, Baden M Chant
• horror novel : Orpheus Nine, Chris Flynn
• horror novella : “Walpurgis”, Ron Schroer
• horror short story : “It Will Only Hurt If I Want It To”, Kirstyn McDermott
• anthology : Austral 2025, Ciar Fhearchair, Michaela Teschendorff Harden & Matt Richardson, eds.
• collection : The Leper's Garden and Other Contagions, Jeff Clulow
• graphic novel/illustrated work : Higher Ground, Tull Swannakit
• young adult novel : The Serpent Called Mercy, Roanne Lau
• young adult short story : “Crown Tourney”, Tansy Rayner Roberts
• children's fiction : Little Bones, Sandy Bigna
• Convenors' Award : Story Thinking and the Real-world Applications of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writing, Lisa Bennett, Helen Marshall & Kim Wilkins

Aurora Awards -- winner(s) to be announced August 9, 2026

William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award

• Call and Response, Christopher Caldwell

Compton Crook Stephen Tall Memorial Award

• The Book of Lost Hours, Hayley Gelfuso

Jack Gaughan Award

• Abigail Larson

Robert A. Heinlein Award

• Andy Weir

Lambda Award

• LGBTQ+ speculative fiction : Beings, Ilana Masad

Mythopoeic Awards -- winner(s) to be announced July 24, 2026 - July 27, 2026

Prometheus Awards -- winner(s) to be announced

Seiun Awards

• translated novel : Eversion, Alastair Reynolds
• translated novel : Babel, R. F. Kuang
• translated story : “After Zero”, Greg Egan

SFWA Awards

• Infinity Award : Roger Zelazny
• Kevin O'Donnell Jr. Service to SFWA : Gay Haldeman
• Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award : David Langford

Sidewise Awards -- winner(s) to be announced August 27, 2026 - August 31, 2026

Skylark Award

• Keith R. A. DeCandido

Writers and Illustrators of the Future

• Golden Pen Award : “In Living Color”, Michael T. Kuester
• Golden Brush Award : Bohuslav "Bafu" Argalas