Ignyte Awards All Nominees
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Abdulhadi, Rasha
(1 nomination)
2022:
“Roundtable: The Palestinian Speculative” (by Fargo Tbakhi, N. A. Mansour & RA) — creative nonfiction — nomination
Abdulkadir, Adetola
(1 nomination)
2020:
Obsidian Podcast (by AA & Safiyah Cheatam) — fiction podcast — nomination
Adams, John Joseph
(1 nomination)
2020:
A People's Future of the United States (Victor LaValle & JJA, eds.) — anthology/collected works — nomination
Akiwenzie-Damm, Kateri
(1 nomination)
2020:
This Place: 150 Years Retold — anthology/collected works — nomination
Al-Bedawi, Layla
(1 nomination)
2020:
“Tongue-Tied: A Catalog of Losses” — creative nonfiction — nomination
Albert, Jen R
(2 nominations)
2021:
PodCastle — fiction podcast — nomination
2020:
PodCastle — fiction podcast — nomination
Anders, Charlie Jane
(1 nomination)
2020:
Our Opinions are Correct (by CJA & Annalee Newitz) — creative nonfiction — nomination
Andrews, Scott H.
(2 nominations)
2021:
Beneath Ceaseless Skies — fiction podcast — nomination
2020:
Beneath Ceaseless Skies — fiction podcast — nomination
Bradford, K. Tempest
(2 nominations)
2021:
Ember award — nomination
2021:
Writing the Other: Online Classes and Workshops (by Nisi Shawl & KTB) — Community award — nomination
Burton, LeVar
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2020:
Ember award — winner
2020:
LeVar Burton Reads — fiction podcast — winner
Butler, Octavia E.
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2021:
Parable of the Sower (by OEB, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings) — comics team — winner
Caldwell, Christopher
(1 nomination)
2020:
“Canst Thou Draw Out the Leviathan” — short story — nomination
Caldwell, Patrice
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2021:
A Phoenix First Must Burn — anthology/collected works — winner
Cheatam, Safiyah
(1 nomination)
2020:
Obsidian Podcast (by Adetola Abdulkadir & SC) — fiction podcast — nomination
Clark, C. L.
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2022:
The Unbroken — adult novel — nomination
2022:
We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020 (CLC & Charles Payseur, eds.) — anthology/collected works — nomination
2021:
“You Perfect, Broken Thing” — short story — winner
Clark, P. Djèlí
(4 nominations)
2022:
A Master of Djinn — adult novel — nomination
2022:
“If the Martians Have Magic” — short story — nomination
2021:
Ring Shout — novella — nomination
2020:
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 — novella — nomination
Clayton, Dhonielle
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2021:
Ember award — winner
2020:
Everlasting Rose — YA novel — nomination
Cordova, Zoraida
(1 nomination)
2021:
Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with a Fresh Bite (ZC & Natalie C. Parker, eds.) — anthology/collected works — nomination
Cruz, Vida
(1 nomination)
2022:
“We Are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protagonist” — creative nonfiction — nomination
Dao, Zao
(1 nomination)
2021:
Cuisine Chinoise: Five Tales of Food and Life (by ZD, Diana Schutz & Brandon Kandor) — comics team — nomination
de Bodard, Aliette
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2022:
Fireheart Tiger — novella — nomination
2021:
The Inaccessibility of Heaven — novelette — winner
Dismukes, Woody
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2020:
“A Conversation Between the Embalmed Heads of Lampião and Maria Bonita on Public Display at the Baiano State Forensic Institute, Circa Mid-20th Century” — poetry — winner
Due, Tananarive
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2022:
Ember award — nomination
2021:
Ember award — nomination
2020:
Ember award — nomination
2020:
“Black Horror Rising” — creative nonfiction — winner
Duffy, Damian
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2021:
Parable of the Sower (by Octavia Butler, adapted by DD, illustrated by John Jennings) — comics team — winner
El-Mohtar, Amal
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2020:
This Is How You Lose the Time War (by AE & Max Gladstone) — novella — winner
Flores, Raúl Gallardo
(1 nomination)
2021:
“Tequila Mockingbird” (by RGF, translated by Juan Martínez) — poetry — nomination
Ford, Mike
(1 nomination)
2021:
Frightville: Curse of the Wish Eater — middle grade novel — nomination
García, Sarah Rafael
(1 nomination)
2022:
Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology (Alex Hernandez, Matthew David Goodwin & SRG, eds.) — anthology/collected works — nomination
Gladstone, Max
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2020:
This Is How You Lose the Time War (by Amal El-Mohtar & MG) — novella — winner
Goodwin, Matthew David
(1 nomination)
2022:
Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology (Alex Hernandez, MDG & Sarah Rafael García, eds.) — anthology/collected works — nomination
Gu, Congyun 'Mu Ming'
(1 nomination)
2021:
“Express to Beijing West Railway Station” (by C'MG, translated by Kiera Johnson) — short story — nomination
Hernandez, Alex
(1 nomination)
2022:
Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology (AH, Matthew David Goodwin & Sarah Rafael García, eds.) — anthology/collected works — nomination
Hernandez, Carlos
(1 nomination)
2020:
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe — middle grade novel — nomination
Hill, Arden Eli
(1 nomination)
2022:
“None of the Star Trek Ships Are Named After Confederate Generals” — poetry — nomination
Ifueko, Jordan
(2 nominations)
2022:
Redemptor — YA novel — nomination
2021:
Raybearer — YA novel — nomination
Jemisin, N. K.
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2021:
Far Sector (by NKJ & Jamal Campbell) — comics team — nomination
2021:
The City We Became — adult novel — nomination
2020:
“Emergency Skin” — novelette — winner
Jennings, John
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2021:
Parable of the Sower (by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by JJ) — comics team — winner
Jerée, Tamara
(2 nominations)
2021:
“How to Make a Family: Queer Blood Bonds in Black Feminist Vampire Novels” — creative nonfiction — nomination
2020:
“goddess in forced repose” — poetry — nomination
Jingfang, Hao
(1 nomination)
2021:
Vagabonds (by HJ, translated by Ken Liu) — adult novel — nomination
Johnson, Kiera
(1 nomination)
2021:
“Express to Beijing West Railway Station” (by Congyun 'Mu Ming' Gu, translated by KJ) — short story — nomination
Kandor, Brandon
(1 nomination)
2021:
Cuisine Chinoise: Five Tales of Food and Life (by Zao Dao, Diana Schutz & BK) — comics team — nomination
Khoury, Jessica
(1 nomination)
2020:
The Mystwick School of Musicraft — middle grade novel — nomination
LaValle, Victor
(1 nomination)
2020:
A People's Future of the United States (VL & John Joseph Adams, eds.) — anthology/collected works — nomination
Lin, Monte
(1 nomination)
2022:
“Where Will You Place Us When We Are Dead?” — creative nonfiction — nomination
Little Badger, Darcie
(2 nominations)
2022:
A Snake Falls to Earth — YA novel — nomination
2021:
Elatsoe — YA novel — nomination
Liu, Ken
(2 nominations)
2021:
Vagabonds (by Hao Jingfang, translated by KL) — adult novel — nomination
2020:
Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation — anthology/collected works — nomination
Malik, Usman T.
(1 nomination)
2022:
Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan — anthology/collected works — nomination
Mansour, N. A.
(1 nomination)
2022:
“Roundtable: The Palestinian Speculative” (by Fargo Tbakhi, NAM & Rasha Abdulhadi) — creative nonfiction — nomination
Maroh, Jul
(1 nomination)
2021:
You Brought Me the Ocean (by Alex Sanchez & JM) — comics team — nomination
Martínez, Juan
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2021:
“Tequila Mockingbird” (by Raúl Gallardo Flores, translated by JM) — poetry — nomination
2021:
“The Harrowing” (by Gabriel Ascencio Morales, translated by JM) — poetry — winner
Matheson, Michael
(2 nominations)
2022:
Anathema: Spec from the Margins (by MM, Andrew Wilmot & Chinelo Onwualu) — Community award — nomination
2021:
Anathema Magazine: Spec from the Margins (by MM, Andrew Wilmot & Chinelo Onwualu) — Community award — nomination
Mbalia, Kwame
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2022:
Tristan Strong Keeps Punching — middle grade novel — nomination
2020:
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky — middle grade novel — winner
McKinney, L. L.
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2022:
Nubia: Real One (by LLM & Robyn Smith) — comics team — nomination
2021:
#PublishingPaidMe (by LLM & Tochi Onyebuchi) — Community award — winner
Morales, Gabriel Ascencio
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2021:
“The Harrowing” (by GAM, translated by Juan Martínez) — poetry — winner
Moustafa, Ibrahim
(1 nomination)
2022:
Count (by IM, Brad Simpson & Hassan Otsame-Elhaou) — comics team — nomination
Newitz, Annalee
(1 nomination)
2020:
Our Opinions are Correct (by Charlie Jane Anders & AN) — creative nonfiction — nomination
O'Brien, Brandon
(1 nomination)
2020:
“Elegy for the Self as Villeneuve's Beast” — poetry — nomination
Okungbowa, Suyi Davies
(2 nominations)
2021:
“The African Superhero and the Legacy of Captain Africa” — creative nonfiction — nomination
2020:
“Dune Song” — short story — nomination
Older, Malka
(1 nomination)
2022:
“The Badger’s Digestion; or The First First-Hand Description… of Deneskan Beastcraft by an Aouwan Researcher” — novelette — nomination
Onwualu, Chinelo
(2 nominations)
2022:
Anathema: Spec from the Margins (by Michael Matheson, Andrew Wilmot & CO) — Community award — nomination
2021:
Anathema Magazine: Spec from the Margins (by Michael Matheson, Andrew Wilmot & CO) — Community award — nomination
Onyebuchi, Tochi
(5 nominations; 3 wins)
2021:
#PublishingPaidMe (by L. L. McKinney & TO) — Community award — winner
2021:
“Fine Weather, Isn't It?” — creative nonfiction — nomination
2021:
“I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest” — creative nonfiction — winner
2021:
Riot Baby — novella — winner
2020:
War Girls — YA novel — nomination
Otsame-Elhaou, Hassan
(1 nomination)
2022:
Count (by Ibrahim Moustafa, Brad Simpson & HO) — comics team — nomination
Parisien, Dominik
(1 nomination)
2020:
The Mythic Dream (DP & Navah Wolfe, eds.) — anthology/collected works — nomination
Parker, Natalie C.
(1 nomination)
2021:
Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with a Fresh Bite (Zoraida Cordova & NCP, eds.) — anthology/collected works — nomination
Payseur, Charles
(3 nominations)
2022:
We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020 (C. L. Clark & CP, eds.) — anthology/collected works — nomination
2021:
critics award — nomination
2020:
critics award — nomination
Picacio, John
(3 nominations)
2022:
artist — nomination
2021:
artist — nomination
2020:
artist — nomination
Pierre, Terese Mason
(2 nominations)
2022:
“Appeal to the Doppelgänger” — poetry — nomination
2021:
“Fin” — poetry — nomination
Polk, C. L.
(2 nominations)
2022:
“Music of the Siphorophenes” — novelette — nomination
2021:
The Midnight Bargain — adult novel — nomination
ring, dave
(2 nominations)
2022:
Community award — nomination
2021:
Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World that Wouldn't Die — anthology/collected works — nomination
Roanhorse, Rebecca
(4 nominations; 2 wins)
2021:
Black Sun — adult novel — winner
2021:
Race to the Sun — middle grade novel — nomination
2020:
“A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy” — short story — winner
2020:
Storm of Locusts — adult novel — nomination
Rocklyn, Zin E.
(2 nominations)
2022:
Flowers for the Sea — novella — nomination
2021:
The Night Sun — novelette — nomination
Sanchez, Alex
(1 nomination)
2021:
You Brought Me the Ocean (by AS & Jul Maroh) — comics team — nomination
Schutz, Diana
(1 nomination)
2021:
Cuisine Chinoise: Five Tales of Food and Life (by Zao Dao, DS & Brandon Kandor) — comics team — nomination
Sen, Nibedita
(2 nominations)
2021:
“Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Excellence” — creative nonfiction — nomination
2020:
“Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island” — short story — nomination
Shawl, Nisi
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2021:
Writing the Other: Online Classes and Workshops (by NS & K. Tempest Bradford) — Community award — nomination
2020:
Ember award — nomination
2020:
New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color — anthology/collected works — winner
Simpson, Brad
(1 nomination)
2022:
Count (by Ibrahim Moustafa, BS & Hassan Otsame-Elhaou) — comics team — nomination
Smith, Robyn
(1 nomination)
2022:
Nubia: Real One (by L. L. McKinney & RS) — comics team — nomination
Sorg, Arley
(2 nominations)
2022:
critics award — nomination
2022:
“What You Might Have Missed” — creative nonfiction — nomination
Spencer, Rochelle
(1 nomination)
2020:
AfroSurrealism: The African Diaspora's Surrealist Fiction — creative nonfiction — nomination
Tbakhi, Fargo
(1 nomination)
2022:
“Roundtable: The Palestinian Speculative” (by FT, N. A. Mansour & Rasha Abdulhadi) — creative nonfiction — nomination
Thomas, Sheree R.
(3 nominations)
2022:
Ember award — nomination
2021:
Love Hangover — novelette — nomination
2021:
Nine Bar Blues — anthology/collected works — nomination
Whitehead, Joshua
(1 nomination)
2021:
Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction — anthology/collected works — nomination
Wiggins, Troy L.
(1 nomination)
2022:
“The Necessity of Slavery Stories” — creative nonfiction — nomination
Wilmot, Andrew
(2 nominations)
2022:
Anathema: Spec from the Margins (by Michael Matheson, AW & Chinelo Onwualu) — Community award — nomination
2021:
Anathema Magazine: Spec from the Margins (by Michael Matheson, AW & Chinelo Onwualu) — Community award — nomination
Wolfe, Navah
(1 nomination)
2020:
The Mythic Dream (Dominik Parisien & NW, eds.) — anthology/collected works — nomination
Yoachim, Caroline M.
(2 nominations)
2022:
“Colors of the Immortal Palette” — novelette — nomination
2020:
“The Archronology of Love” — novelette — nomination
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