BEST FANTASY
Zoraida Córdova, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina. CL Clark, The Unbroken Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became The Sun. You can expect a review of The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina soon(ish) because this one left me awed. It was a very interesting category to read, with many novels in which there was a lot to admire--and others that didn't fit my particular tastes. In the end I'm glad I managed to tackle them all! BEST SF Adrian Tchaikovsky, Shards of Earth. Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace. It was a bit sad that Meet Me In Another Life couldn't make it to the second round but I'm extremely happy with those two finalists. I've loved reading both and there's a tough decision to take very soon. BEST BLURRED BOUNDARIES Ryka Aoki, Light From Uncommon Stars TL Huchu, The Library Of The Dead Those are two very different books and it'll be interesting to see how the votes go. BEST DEBUT Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow Lorraine Wilson, This Is Our Undoing Despite not reading much YA, I was very pleasantly surprised by Iron Widow and I've loved its anger and rage. As for This Is Our Undoing, I guess I've already raved enough about it--but have you checked Lorraine Wilson's latest, The Way the Light Bends? BEST NOVELLA Aliette de Bodard, Fireheart Tiger Shingai Njeri Kagunda, & This Is How To Stay Alive Premee Mohamed, The Annual Migration Of Clouds Premee Mohamed, These Lifeless Things The SF category: "I'm going to make things sooo difficult for those SCKA jurors!" The novella category: "Hold my beer." BEST YA Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones Anna-Marie McLemore, The Mirror Season BEST SERIES James S A Corey, The Expanse CL Polk, The Kingston Cycle BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL Molly Ostertag, The Girl From The Sea Hiromi Goto, Shadow Life BEST SHORT FICTION Isabel J Kim, Homecoming Is Just Another Word For The Sublimation Of Self AC Wise, The Amazing Exploding Women Of The Twentieth Century What's next? We're off again for the second round. Some jurors have decided to tackle more categories and will need to catch up, others might want to have a re-read because there are difficult decisions coming up. The winners will be announced this autumn. You can follow @SCKAwards on Twitter to keep up to date. The complete lists of nominated works and the current shortlists is up on our website. Congratulations to all our worthy finalists! Comments are closed.
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