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Winners of this year’s Aurealis Awards, given to recognize the best of Australian science fiction, fantasy, and horror, include works by TR Napper, Amanda Kool, Grace Chan, Angela Slatter, Kirstyn McDermott, Aiki Flinthart, Trent Jamieson, Aaron Dries, and Geneve Flynn.

       
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Finalists for this year’s Ignyte Awards, which “seek to 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,” have been announced. Public voting is open until June 30th. Winners will be announced in October.

Last year’s winners included P. Djèlí Clark, Darcia LIttle Badger, Eden Royce, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, and Peng Shepherd, among others.

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Finalists for this year’s Kitschies, given to “the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining fiction that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic,” have been announced. Winners will be announced June 24, 2023, at a ceremony in Bradford, England.

Last year’s winners were Becky Chambers, Hilary Leichter, and Julia Lloyd.

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Finalists for this year’s Mythpoeic Awards, given by the Mythopoeic Society for fantasy fiction and nonfiction since 1976, have been announced. Eligibility in nonfiction categories spans three years; thus some titles, including this year those by Fiddes, Grybauskas, Garth, Ogden, and Elber-Aviram have been nominated once or twice before.

Last year’s winners were books by Jo Walton, Lori M. Lee and Eden Royce (in a tie for children’s lit), Holly Ordway, and Philip Ball.

This year’s winners will be announced in an online ceremony on August 6, 2023.

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Nominations for this year’s Aurora Awards, given to works by Canadians since 1980, have been announced. This years ballot includes a new category, for “Best Cover Art/Interior Illustration.” Winners will be announced in an online ceremony on August 19, 2023.

Last year’s winners included Fonda Lee, Wab Kinew, Phoebe Barton, and Premee Mohamed.