speculative fiction and queer chapbooks

awards & recognition

awards & recognition

Awards and Award Nominations

Finalist: Ignyte Award for Best Novella
Off-Time Jive by A.Z. Louise

Finalist: Aurora Award for Related Work
Skin Thief:: by Suzan Palumbo

Finalist: Locus Award for Best Collection
Skin Thief:: by Suzan Palumbo

Long List: Locus Award for Best Anthology
Luminescent Machinations: Queer Tales of Monumental Invention edited by Rhiannon Rasmussen and dave ring

Long List: Locus Award for Best Novella
A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert

Long List: Locus Award for Best Novella
Hybrid Heart by Iori Kusano

Finalist: Ignyte Award for Best Novella
Empire of the Feast by Bendi Barrett

Finalist: Something Kind of Chaos Award for Best Novella
Uncommon Charm by Emily Bergslien & Kat Weaver

Finalist: Lambda Award for Best Transgender Fiction
All the Hometowns You Can’t Stay Away From by Izzy Wasserstein

Long List: Locus Award for Best Collection
All the Hometowns You Can’t Stay Away From by Izzy Wasserstein

Long List: British Science Fiction Award for Best Novella
Let the Mountains Be My Grave by Francesca Tacchi

Winner: Ignyte Award for Best Anthology
We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020 edited by C.L. Clark and series editor Charles Payseur

Winner: Locus Award for Best Anthology
We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020 edited by C.L. Clark and series editor Charles Payseur

Winner: Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology
Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness edited by dave ring

Finalist: Locus Award for Best Anthology
Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness edited by dave ring

Long List: Locus Award for Best Novella
And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed

Winner: World Fantasy Award for Best Novella
And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed

Winner: Nebula Award for Best Novella
And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed

Long List: Locus Award for Best Novella
& What Can We Offer You Tonight by Shingai Njeri Kagunda

Winner: Ignyte Award for Best Novella
& What Can We Offer You Tonight by Shingai Njeri Kagunda

Finalist: Ladies of Horror Award for Best Novella
& What Can We Offer You Tonight by Shingai Njeri Kagunda

Finalist: British Fantasy Award for Best Novella
& What Can We Offer You Tonight by Shingai Njeri Kagunda

Finalist: Something Kind of Chaos Award for Best Novella
& What Can We Offer You Tonight by Shingai Njeri Kagunda

Finalist: Nebula Award for Best Novella
The Necessity of Stars by E. Catherine Tobler

Long List: Locus Award for Best Novella
The Necessity of Stars by E. Catherine Tobler

Finalist: Sturgeon Award
The Necessity of Stars by E. Catherine Tobler

Long List: Locus Award for Best Novella
The Secret Skin by Wendy N. Wagner

Finalist: Lambda Award for Best Anthology
Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die edited by dave ring

Finalist: Locus Award for Best Anthology
Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die edited by dave ring

Finalist: Ignyte Award for Best Anthology
Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die edited by dave ring

Finalist: Ignyte Award for Best Novella
Queens of Noise by Eboni Dunbar

Finalist: Locus Award for Best Novella
Yellow Jessamine by Caitlin Starling

Finalist: Bisexual Book Award for Speculative Fiction
Queens of Noise by Leigh Harlen

Starred Reviews, Best Ofs, and Other Media

Esquire’s Best Science Fiction Books of 2024
North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher

Book Riot’s Best Science Fiction Books of 2024
The Dragonfly Gambit by A.D. Sui

Starred Review: Publishers Weekly
North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher

Book Riot’s Best Books of 2023
Skin Thief by Suzan Palumbo

Tot.com’s Best Books of 2023
A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert

Starred Review: Publishers Weekly
The Killing Grounds by Joan Tierney

Starred Review: Publishers Weekly
Baffling Year One edited by dave ring, Craig L. Gidney and Gabriella Etoniru

Starred Review: Publishers Weekly
Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness edited by dave ring

Starred Review: Publishers Weekly
Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die edited by dave ring

Starred Review: Publishers Weekly
Yellow Jessamine by Caitlin Starling