Ignyte Awards 2021
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
Online :
September 28, 2021
Eligibility Year: 2020
Eligibility Year: 2020
Adult Novel
- Winner: Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
- The City We Became, N. K. Jemisin (Orbit)
- The Midnight Bargain, C. L. Polk (Erewhon)
- The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones (Saga)
- Vagabonds, Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (Saga)
Ya Novel
- Winner: Legendborn, Tracy Deonn (McElderry)
- Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
- Raybearer, Jordan Ifueko (Amulet)
- A Sky Beyond the Storm, Sabaa Tahir (Razorbill)
- A Song Below Water, Bethany C. Morrow (Tor Teen)
Middle Grade Novel
- Winner: Ghost Squad, Claribel A. Ortega (Scholastic)
- Frightville: Curse of the Wish Eater, Mike Ford (Scholastic)
- Maya and the Rising Dark, Rena Barron (HMH)
- Race to the Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Disney)
- A Wish in the Dark, Christina Soontornvat (Candlewick)
Novella
- Winner: Riot Baby, Tochi Onyebuchi (Tordotcom)
- Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
- The Four Profound Weaves, R. B. Lemberg (Tachyon)
- Ring Shout, P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom)
- Stone and Steel, Eboni Dunbar (Neon Hemlock)
Novelette
- Winner: The Inaccessibility of Heaven, Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny Jul/Aug 2020)
- Love Hangover, Sheree Renée Thomas (SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire)
- The Night Sun, Zin E. Rocklyn (Tor.com 11 Mar 2020)
- One Hand in the Coffin, Justin C. Key (Strange Horizons 20 Jan 2020)
- The Transition of Osoosi, Ozzie M. Gartrell (Fiyah Win 2020)
Short Story
- Winner: “You Perfect, Broken Thing”, C. L. Clark (Uncanny Jan/Feb 2020)
- “Body, Remember”, Nicasio Andres Reed (Fireside Nov 2020)
- “Express to Beijing West Railway Station”, Congyun 'Mu Ming' Gu, translated by Kiera Johnson (Samovar 26 Oct 2020)
- “My Country Is a Ghost”, Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny Jan/Feb 2020)
- “Rat and Finch Are Friends”, Innocent Chizaram Ilo (Strange Horizons 2 Mar 2020)
Poetry
- Winner: “The Harrowing”, Gabriel Ascencio Morales, translated by Juan Martínez (Strange Horizons 30 Nov 2020)
- “The Alt-history of King Kong”, Renoir Gaither (Speculative City Fall 2020)
- “Fin”, Terese Mason Pierre (Uncanny Sep/Oct 2020)
- “Hungry Ghost”, Millie Ho (Uncanny Mar/Apr 2020)
- “Tequila Mockingbird”, Raúl Gallardo Flores, translated by Juan Martínez (Strange Horizons 30 Nov 2020)
Critics Award
- Winner: Stitch (Stitch's Media Mix)
- Maria Haskins
- Jesse (Bowties & Books)
- Charles Payseur (Quick Sip Reviews)
- A. C. Wise
Fiction Podcast
- Winner: Nightlight Podcast, Tonia Ransom
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Escape Pod, Mur Lafferty, et al (also S.B. Divya, Benjamin C. Kinney, Tina Connolly, Alasdair Stuart, Summer Brooks, Adam Pracht & the entire Escape Pod team)
- The Magnus Archives, Jonathan Sims, et al (also Alexander J Newall, Lowri Ann Davies & Rusty Quill)
- PodCastle, Jen R. Albert, et al (also Cherae Clark, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Setsu Uzume & Peter Adrian Behravesh)
Artist
Comics Team
- Winner: Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings (Abrams)
- Cuisine Chinoise: Five Tales of Food and Life, Zao Dao, Diana Schutz & Brandon Kandor (Dark Horse)
- Far Sector, N. K. Jemisin & Jamal Campbell (DC)
- Giga, Alex Paknadel & John Lê (Vault)
- You Brought Me the Ocean, Alex Sanchez & Jul Maroh (DC)
Anthology/collected Works
- Winner: A Phoenix First Must Burn, Patrice Caldwell, ed. (Viking)
- Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World that Wouldn't Die, dave ring, ed. (Neon Hemlock)
- Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction, Joshua Whitehead, ed. (Arsenal Pulp)
- Nine Bar Blues, Sheree Renée Thomas (Third Man)
- Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with a Fresh Bite, Zoraida Cordova & Natalie C. Parker, eds. (Imprint)
Creative Nonfiction
- Winner: “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest”, Tochi Onyebuchi (Tor.com 1 Jun 2020)
- “The African Superhero and the Legacy of Captain Africa”, Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Tor.com 24 Aug 2020)
- “Fine Weather, Isn't It?”, Tochi Onyebuchi (SFWA bulletin #215)
- “How to Make a Family: Queer Blood Bonds in Black Feminist Vampire Novels”, Tamara Jerée (Strange Horizons 27 Jan 2020)
- “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Excellence”, Nibedita Sen (Uncanny Sep/Oct 2020)
Ember Award
Community Award
- Winner: #PublishingPaidMe, L. L. McKinney & Tochi Onyebuchi
- Beth Phelan
- Diana M. Pho
- Anathema Magazine: Spec from the Margins, Michael Matheson, Andrew Wilmot & Chinelo Onwualu
- Writing the Other: Online Classes and Workshops, Nisi Shawl & K. Tempest Bradford
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