2023 Most-Nominated Titles
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6 Nominations:
Babel by R. F. Kuang
• Dragon Awards 2023 — fantasy novel (including paranormal) — nomination
• Ignyte Awards 2023 — adult novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — fantasy novel — winner
• Nebula Awards 2023 — novel — winner
• Sidewise Awards 2023 — long form — nomination
• World Fantasy Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
Even Though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk
5 Nominations:
• Aurora Awards 2023 — novelette/novella — nomination
• Hugo Awards 2023 — novella — nomination
• Ignyte Awards 2023 — novella — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — novella — 2nd place
• Nebula Awards 2023 — novella — winner
• World Fantasy Awards 2023 — novella — nomination
5 Nominations:
The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings
• Locus Awards 2023 — first novel — 7th place
• Mythopoeic Awards 2023 — adult literature — nomination
• William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award 2023 — shortlist
• World Fantasy Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
Breakable Things by Cassandra Khaw
4 Nominations:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2023 — collection — winner
• British Fantasy Awards 2023 — collection — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — collection — 5th place
• Shirley Jackson Awards 2023 — collection — nomination
• World Fantasy Awards 2023 — collection — nomination
4 Nominations:
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
• Dragon Awards 2023 — YA/middle grade novel — nomination
• Ignyte Awards 2023 — YA novel — winner
• Locus Awards 2023 — young adult novel — 2nd place
• Lodestar Award 2023 — finalist
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Aurora Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
• Dragon Awards 2023 — sf novel — nomination
• Hugo Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — sf novel — 3rd place
The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias
• Bram Stoker Awards 2023 — novel — winner
• Dragon Awards 2023 — horror novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — horror novel — 4th place
• Shirley Jackson Awards 2023 — novel — winner (tie)
If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal Youby John Chu
• Hugo Awards 2023 — novelette — nomination
• Ignyte Awards 2023 — novelette — winner
• Locus Awards 2023 — novelette — winner
• Nebula Awards 2023 — novelette — winner
Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• British Fantasy Awards 2023 — novella — nomination
• British SF Association Awards 2023 — short fiction — nomination
• Hugo Awards 2023 — novella — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — novella — 10th place
Rabbit Testby Samantha Mills
• Hugo Awards 2023 — short story — winner
• Locus Awards 2023 — short story — winner
• Nebula Awards 2023 — short story — winner
• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2023 — winner
Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous by Ellen Datlow, ed.
• Bram Stoker Awards 2023 — anthology — winner
• Locus Awards 2023 — anthology — 6th place
• Shirley Jackson Awards 2023 — anthology — nomination
• World Fantasy Awards 2023 — anthology — nomination
Spear by Nicola Griffith
• Le Guin Prize 2023 — shortlist
• Locus Awards 2023 — fantasy novel — 5th place
• Nebula Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
• World Fantasy Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
• British Fantasy Awards 2023 — fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) — winner
• Ignyte Awards 2023 — adult novel — nomination
• Le Guin Prize 2023 — shortlist
Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes by Rob Wilkins
3 Nominations:
• British Fantasy Awards 2023 — non-fiction — nomination
• British SF Association Awards 2023 — nonfiction — winner
• Hugo Awards 2023 — related work — winner
• Locus Awards 2023 — nonfiction — winner
3 Nominations:
Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Zelda Knight, eds.
• British Fantasy Awards 2023 — anthology — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — anthology — winner
• World Fantasy Awards 2023 — anthology — winner
Bishop's Openingby R. S. A. Garcia
• Ignyte Awards 2023 — novella — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — novella — 9th place
• Nebula Awards 2023 — novella — nomination
The Bone Orchard by Sara A. Mueller
• British Fantasy Awards 2023 — fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) — nomination
• Compton Crook Stephen Tall Memorial Award 2023 — finalist
• Endeavour Award 2023 — winner
The Coral Bones by E. J. Swift
• Arthur C. Clarke Award 2023 — shortlist
• British SF Association Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
• The Kitschies 2023 — Red Tentacle (novel) — nomination
Dick Pigby Ian Muneshwar
• Locus Awards 2023 — short story — 8th place (tie)
• Nebula Awards 2023 — short story — nomination
• Shirley Jackson Awards 2023 — short fiction — nomination
Douenby Suzan Palumbo
• Aurora Awards 2023 — short story — nomination
• Nebula Awards 2023 — short story — nomination
• World Fantasy Awards 2023 — short fiction — nomination
A Dream of Electric Mothersby Wole Talabi
• Hugo Awards 2023 — novelette — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — novelette — 3rd place
• Nebula Awards 2023 — novelette — nomination
Fantasy: How It Works by Brian Attebery
• British Fantasy Awards 2023 — non-fiction — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — nonfiction — 3rd place
• Mythopoeic Awards 2023 — myth and fantasy studies — winner
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
• Dragon Awards 2023 — YA/middle grade novel — winner
• Locus Awards 2023 — fantasy novel — 7th place
• Lodestar Award 2023 — finalist
High Times in the Low Parliament by Kelly Robson
• Aurora Awards 2023 — novelette/novella — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — novella — 6th place
• Nebula Awards 2023 — novella — nomination
Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo
• Hugo Awards 2023 — novella — nomination
• Ignyte Awards 2023 — novella — winner
• Lambda Award 2023 — LGBTQ+ speculative fiction — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — novella — 3rd place
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
• Hugo Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — first novel — 2nd place
• Nebula Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
• Locus Awards 2023 — first novel — winner
• Nebula Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
• The Kitschies 2023 — Golden Tentacle (debut novel) — nomination
Murder by Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darknessby S. L. Huang
• Hugo Awards 2023 — novelette — nomination
• Ignyte Awards 2023 — novelette — nomination
• Nebula Awards 2023 — novelette — nomination
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
• Hugo Awards 2023 — novel — winner
• Locus Awards 2023 — fantasy novel — 2nd place
• Nebula Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
• Hugo Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — fantasy novel — 3rd place
• Nebula Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
Pomegranates by Priya Sharma
• British Fantasy Awards 2023 — novella — nomination
• Shirley Jackson Awards 2023 — novella — nomination
• World Fantasy Awards 2023 — novella — winner
The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodard
• Arthur C. Clarke Award 2023 — shortlist
• British SF Association Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — sf novel — 4th place
The Scratch Daughters by H. A. Clarke
• Andre Norton Award 2023 — finalist
• Dragon Awards 2023 — YA/middle grade novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — young adult novel — 7th place
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
• Ignyte Awards 2023 — adult novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — fantasy novel — 6th place
• World Fantasy Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal
• Dragon Awards 2023 — sf novel — nomination
• Hugo Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — sf novel — 5th place
The Stone Road by Trent Jamieson
• Aurealis Awards 2023 — fantasy novel — nomination
• Aurealis Awards 2023 — horror novel — winner
• Ditmar Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
Sundial by Catriona Ward
• Bram Stoker Awards 2023 — novel — nomination
• British Fantasy Awards 2023 — horror novel (August Derleth Award) — nomination
• Locus Awards 2023 — horror novel — 7th place
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