Ignyte Awards
science fiction awards database
The Ignyte Awards "celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror by recognizing incredible feats in storytelling and outstanding efforts toward inclusivity of the genre."
Scope
Novels, short fiction, critic, podcast, artist, plus an "Ember Award for Unsung Contributions to Genre" and a "Community Award for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre"
Novels, short fiction, critic, podcast, artist, plus an "Ember Award for Unsung Contributions to Genre" and a "Community Award for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre"
Process
Finalists are chosen by a committee associated with FIYAHCON; voting is open to the public.
Finalists are chosen by a committee associated with FIYAHCON; voting is open to the public.
Official Site
https://theconvention.fiyahlitmag.com/the-ignyte-awards/
https://theconvention.fiyahlitmag.com/the-ignyte-awards/
— Winners by Year —
| — 2024 — | The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (adult novel) |
| I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me, Jamison Shae (ya novel) | |
| Abeni's Song, P. Djèlí Clark (middle grade novel) | |
| The Lies of the Ajungo, Moses Ose Utomi (novella) | |
| “Spell for Grief and Longing”, Eboni J. Dunbar (novelette) | |
| “A Witch's Transition in the City of Ghosts”, Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe (short story) | |
| “My Mother, she ate me”, Akua Lezli Hope (poetry) | |
| Alex Brown (critics award) | |
| LeVar Burton Reads (fiction podcast) | |
| Rovina Cai (artist) | |
| Kill Your Darlings, Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan & Bob Quinn (comics team) | |
| No One Will Come Back for Us, Premee Mohamed (anthology/collected works) | |
| “The Magic is in the Roots: Cultural Reconnection Through Magical Realism”, Lysz Flo (creative nonfiction) | |
| Sheree Renée Thomas (Ember award) | |
| khoréo (community award) | |
| — 2023 — | The Blood Trials, N. E. Davenport (adult novel) |
| Bloodmarked, Tracy Deonn (YA novel) | |
| Witchlings, Claribel A. Ortega (middle grade novel) | |
| Into the Riverlands, Nghi Vo (novella) | |
| “If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You”, John Chu (novelette) | |
| “The Lady of the Yellow-Painted Library”, Tobi Ogundiran (short story) | |
| “We Smoke Pollution”, Ai Jiang (poetry) | |
| Nerds of a Feather (critics award) | |
| Black Women Are Scary (fiction podcast) | |
| Aimee Campbell (artist) | |
| Where Black Stars Rise, Marie Enger & Nadia Shammas (comics team) | |
| Reclaim the Stars, Zoraida Córdova, ed. (anthology/collected works) | |
| “The H Word: Horror in a Country that Is Not Afraid of Death”, Dante Luiz (creative nonfiction) | |
| Afronauts Podcast (Ember award) | |
| Flights of Fountry (community award) | |
| — 2022 — | A Master of Djinn, P. Djèlí Clark (adult novel) |
| A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger (YA novel) | |
| Root Magic, Eden Royce (middle grade novel) | |
| & This is How to Stay Alive, Shingai Njeri Kagunda (novella) | |
| “The Future Library”, Peng Shepherd (novelette) | |
| “If the Martians Have Magic”, P. Djèlí Clark (short story) | |
| “Post Massacre Psyche Evaluation”, Abu Bakr Sadiq (poetry) | |
| Alex Brown (critics award) | |
| khoréo (fiction podcast) | |
| Morgan Madeline (artist) | |
| Nubia: Real One, L. L. McKinney & Robyn Smith (comics team) | |
| We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020, C. L. Clark & Charles Payseur, eds. (anthology/collected works) | |
| “We Are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protagonist”, Vida Cruz (creative nonfiction) | |
| Tananarive Due (Ember award) | |
| The Submission Grinder, David Steffen (Community award) | |
| — 2021 — | Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (adult novel) |
| Legendborn, Tracy Deonn (YA novel) | |
| Ghost Squad, Claribel A. Ortega (middle grade novel) | |
| Riot Baby, Tochi Onyebuchi (novella) | |
| The Inaccessibility of Heaven, Aliette de Bodard (novelette) | |
| “You Perfect, Broken Thing”, C. L. Clark (short story) | |
| “The Harrowing”, Gabriel Ascencio Morales, translated by Juan Martínez (poetry) | |
| Stitch (critics award) | |
| Nightlight Podcast, Tonia Ransom (fiction podcast) | |
| Odera Igbokwe (artist) | |
| Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings (comics team) | |
| A Phoenix First Must Burn, Patrice Caldwell, ed. (anthology/collected works) | |
| “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest”, Tochi Onyebuchi (creative nonfiction) | |
| Dhonielle Clayton (Ember award) | |
| #PublishingPaidMe, L. L. McKinney & Tochi Onyebuchi (Community award) | |
| — 2020 — | Gods of Jade and Shadow, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (adult novel) |
| We Hunt the Flame, Hafsah Faizal (YA novel) | |
| Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, Kwame Mbalia (middle grade novel) | |
| This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (novella) | |
| “Emergency Skin”, N. K. Jemisin (novelette) | |
| “A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy”, Rebecca Roanhorse (short story) | |
| “A Conversation Between the Embalmed Heads of Lampião and Maria Bonita on Public Display at the Baiano State Forensic Institute, Circa Mid-20th Century”, Woody Dismukes (poetry) | |
| Alex Brown (critics award) | |
| LeVar Burton Reads, LeVar Burton, et al (fiction podcast) | |
| Grace P. Fong (artist) | |
| These Savage Shores, Ram V, et al (comics team) | |
| New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color, Nisi Shawl, ed. (anthology/collected works) | |
| “Black Horror Rising”, Tananarive Due (creative nonfiction) | |
| LeVar Burton (Ember award) | |
| Strange Horizons (Community Award) |
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