Although the virtual convention FIYAHCON has been on hiatus since 2021, one of its draws has carried on unabated: the annual Ignyte Awards. The 2023 iteration of these awards, which celebrate diverse science fiction and fantasy, took place on Saturday 21 October. The Ignytes have three novel categories, divided by age range. The category for…
Space Opera, Social Commentary and Twisted Fairy Tales Win at China’s First Hugo Awards
The winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards were announced this Saturday. A whole year’s worth of science fiction and fantasy talent as voted for by members of the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) were duly honoured with gleaming trophies in the shape of a panda with a rocket. The winner of the Hugo Award for…
Timothy Zahn and Martha Wells Among Winners of 2023’s Rejigged Dragon Awards
The Atlanta convention Dragon Con handed out its eighth set of Dragon Awards on Sunday. Voted for by the public via an online poll, the awards have been a fixture of the annual convention since 2016 and celebrate science fiction and fantasy storytelling across a variety of media. The Best Science Fiction Novel category was…
REVIEW: You Died Anthology Explores a Gentle Afterlife
You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife from Iron Circus Comics collects two dozen original short comics about death. The anthology’s theme of death positivity is a welcome approach to the subject, and the tone of the comics is gentle and playful. Bestselling author Caitlin Doughty leads the anthology with a short essay introducing the…
2022 Ignyte Awards: P. Djèlí Clark, Eden Royce and Darcie Little Badger Amongst Winners
The annual Ignyte Awards, a prize handed out by FIYAHCON to celebrate diverse voices in fantasy and science fiction, saw their third iteration this Saturday.
2022 Dragon Awards: The Expanse, Dune, Star Wars, and More Take Trophies
The seventh annual Dragon Awards was held at Atlanta’s Dragon Con on Sunday, with another 15 winners being chosen from the ranks of science fiction and fantasy novels, films, TV series, comics, and games. According to official statistics, more than 7,000 fans cast their ballots in the awards, which are decided via an online poll.
2022 Hugo Award Winners Take Us To Other Worlds
Chicago became the host of the 80th World Science Fiction Convention at the start of this month, with the annual Hugo Awards handed out on Sunday. A new round of recipients, voted for by the convention membership, went home with the iconic rocket-shaped trophies to honour their contributions to the previous year’s science fiction and…
2022 Hugo Awards: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
In Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki, Katrina Nguyen is a young transgender woman who fled her abusive parents and hopes to pursue her passion as a violinist. She meets a woman named Shizuka Satomi, who previously coached six would-be musicians to stardom – only for each one to due young, thereby earning Shizuka…
2022 Hugo Awards: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
China, 1345. A peasant girl from the Zhu family has, between drought and bandits, lost almost all of her relatives: only her brother Zhu Chongba remains. A fortune teller has predicted vastly different fates for the two of them, seeing greatness in the future of the brother – who is due to attend a monastery…
2022 Hugo Awards: A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
A Master of Djinn is the first full-length novel in the series that started with the short story “A Dead Djinn in Cairo” and continued with the novella The Haunting of Tram Car 015. The setting is an alternate timeline where Egypt was able to successfully rebel against the British Empire with the aid of…
2022 Hugo Awards: A Psalm for the Wild-Built/Fireheart Tiger
WWAC’s coverage of the 2022 Hugo Awards continues with a look at the last two contenders for Best Novella: Becky Chambers’ A Psalm for the Wild-Built and Aliette de Bodard’s Fireheart Tiger…
2022 Hugo Awards: The Past is Red/Across the Green Grass Fields
Continuing WWAC’s coverage of the 2022 Hugo Awards, here are reviews of two more Best Novella finalists: The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente and Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire…