Dragon Awards 2026
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
Dragon Con,
Atlanta GA :
September 6, 2026
Eligibility Year: 2025-2026
Eligibility Year: 2025-2026
Sf Novel
- Winner: Operation Bounce House, Matt Dinniman (Ace)
- The Faith of Beasts, James S. A. Corey (Orbit)
- God's Junk Drawer, Peter Clines (Blackstone)
- Radiant Star, Ann Leckie (Orbit US)
- The Shattering Peace, John Scalzi (Tor; Tor UK)
- Slow Gods, Claire North (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Fantasy Novel (including Paranormal)
- Winner: Twelve Months, Jim Butcher (Ace)
- Academy of Outcasts, Larry Correia (Aethon)
- Hell to Pay, Sherrilyn Kenyon (Oliver Heber)
- The Lost Reliquary, Lyndsay Ely (Saga)
- Queen Demon, Martha Wells (Tor)
- Red City, Marie Lu (Tor)
Ya/middle Grade Novel
- Winner: Ride or Die, Delilah S. Dawson (Delacorte)
- The Executioners Three, Susan Dennard (Tor Teen)
- Hazelthorn, CG Drews (Feiwel & Friends)
- Make Me a Monster, Kalynn Bayron (Bloomsbury YA)
- Queen of Faces, Petra Lord (HarperCollins)
- Sky on Fire, E. K. Johnston (Dutton Books for Young Readers)
Alternate History Novel
- Winner: The Winds of Fate, S. M. Stirling (Baen)
- No Man's Land, Richard K. Morgan (Del Rey)
- Powerless, Harry Turtledove (Caezik)
- A Resistance of Witches, Morgan Ryan (Viking)
- The Unnecessary War, Brian C. Thompson (self-published)
- World War 3.2, John Birmingham (Gigantic Bombs)
Horror Novel
- Winner: King Sorrow, Joe Hill (Morrow; Headline UK)
- The Bewitching, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey; Arcadia UK)
- Girl in the Creek, Wendy N. Wagner (Tor Nightfire)
- Play Nice, Rachel Harrison (Berkley)
- The Possession of Alba Díaz, Isabel Cañas (Berkley; Solaris UK)
Illustrative Cover
- Winner: T. Kingfisher for Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher (Tor)
- Carson Lowmiller for Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree (Tor)
- Dominic Harman for The Ishtar Deception by James L. Cambias (Baen)
- Joe Wilson for Pretenders to the Throne of God by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Head of Zeus)
- Jeff Brown for The Sapphire Heart by Abigail Bender, Victoria Hungria & Sandra Mead Miller (Three Scribes)
- Anna Moshak for The Second Death of Locke by V. L. Bovalino (Forever)
Comic Book Or Graphic Novel
- Winner: Something is Killing the Children, James IV Tynion, illustrated by Werther Dell'Edera
- Absolute Batman, Scott Snyder, illustrated by Nick Dragotta
- Absolute Superman, Jason Aaron, illustrated by Rafa Sandoval
- Absolute Wonder Woman, Kelly Thompson, illustrated by Hayden Sherman
- Daredevil, Stephanie Phillips, illustrated by Lee Garbett
- X-Men: Elsewhen, John Byrne
Sf/f Tv Series, Tv, Or Internet
- Winner: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
- Alien: Earth
- The Boys (Season 5)
- Fallout (Season 2)
- Foundation (Season 3)
- Plur1bus
- Strange New Worlds (Season 3)
- Widow's Bay
Sf/f Movie
- Winner: Project Hail Mary
- Disclosure Day
- Frankenstein
- Predator: Badlands
- The Sheep Detectives
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grofu
- Superman
- Toy Story 5
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