The Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards 2020 - The Nominations

The first step in the SCKA is nominating the stories. Each juror can nominate one story in each category. If two jurors want to nominate the same story, then it's best to have a back-up.
It can also lead to a lot of negotiating and bribing, but also hair pulling including the scream: "Nooooo! Why did you nominate that?"
Afterwards, Hammard checks the eligibility and we are ready to go!
With more jurors on board this year, it means more stories.
We'll have some work to do to finish them all before the deadline!

And our nominees are...

SERIES

• Jen Williams, The Winnowing Flame. Williams won an SCKA back in 2017 for The Ninth Rain, and the series the went on from strength to strength. My review.
  
• Tade Thompson, Rosewater. If you follow scifi, of course you've heard about Rosewater! Thompson won an SCKA in 2017 for The Murders of Molly Southbourne. My review.
  
• Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time / Children of Ruin. Tchaikovsky's Children of Time was one of my favourite read of 2016 and I was delighted to see it winning the Clarke. My review.
  
• Katherine Arden, The Winternight.
  
• Laurie Marks, Elemental Logic.
  
• Melissa Caruso, Swords and Fire. I've heard so many good things about it! I'm really looking forward to reading this one!
  
• Ian McDonald, Luna.
  
• Anna Smith Spark, Empire of Dust.
  

BLURRED BOUNDARIES

• Jess Rothenberg, The Kingdom
  
• Suyi Davies Okungbowa, David Mogo, Godhunter. I've really enjoy the energy of this novel that mixes post-apocalypse, urban fantasy and Nigerian mythologies, and I think it'll hold its own in this list. My review.
  
• Helen Marshall, The Migration. Another one I'm really looking forward to reading ever since Runalong Womble told me I'd love it.
  
• Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth.
  
• Lauren Shippen, The Infinite Noise.
  
• Stephen King, The Institute.
  
• Cassandra Khaw, Last Supper before Ragnarok. Cass Khaw, yay!
  
• Joanne Harris, The Strawberry Field.
  

FANTASY (I will not take part in the voting for this category)

• Tasha Suri, Realm of Ash. I read and enjoyed a lot Empire of Sand, the first one in this duology so I hope to get around to this one at some point. My review.
  
• Alix Harrow, The Ten Thousands Doors of January.
  
• Rena Barron, Kingdom of Souls.
  
• Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadows. Another excellent offering from Moreno-Garcia (review to come soon).
  
• Zen Cho, The True Queen.
  
• Roshani Chokshi, The Gilded Wolves.
  
• RJ Baker, The Bone Ships. My Twitter timeline raves about this one constantly so I'm a bit sad I'll miss it. But maybe at some point?
  

SCIFI

• Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire. Widely acclaimed last year, so I'm looking forward to reading it.
  
• Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night.
  
• Ada Hoffmann, The Outside. I absolutely loved this one last year! My review.
  
• Chuck Wendig, The Wanderers.
  
• Gareth Powell, Fleet of Knives.
  
• Alex DiFrancesco, All City. This one sounds so intriguing and I think it'll be one I'll read sooner rather than later.
  
• Megan O'Keefe, Velocity Weapon.
  
• Andrew Skinner, Steel Frame.
  

NOVELLAS

• Emily Tesh, Silver in the Wood.
  
• Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone, This is how you lose the Time War.
  
• Rivers Solomon, The Deep.
  
• Wole Talabi, Incompleteness Theories. A deceptively simple novella that tells some hard truths. My review.
  
• Isabel Waidner, We are made of Diamonds.
  
• Becky Chambers, To be Taught if Fortunate.
  
• Adrian Tchaikovsky, Walking to Aldebaran. And a second nom for prolific writer Adrian Tchaikovsky! My review.
  

This year, we are also introducing a new category: short works. It'll comprise short stories and novelettes. I won't take part in it, but here are the nominated works.

• Alix Harrow, "Do not Look back my Lion"
  
• Michelle Tracy Berger, "Doll Seed"
  
• Effie Seiberg, "In regards to your Concerns about your scare BnB experience"
  
• Cat Hellisen, "Even when the World has told us we have Ended"
  
• Kathleen Kayembe, "The Ocean that Fades into the Sky"
  
• Karen Osborne, "The Blanched Bones, the Tyrant Wind"
  
• Chen Qiufan, "In this Moment We are Happy"
  
• Vivian Shaw, "Black Matter"
  
• Sam Beckbessinger, Lauren Beukes, Dale Halvorsen, "This Book will find you"
  
• Maurice Broaddus, "The Migration Suite: a Study in C sharp minor"
  

All well wishes and encouragements in tackling this mammoth task and in choosing winners among those splendid stories are welcome!

Next steps: reading, reading, reading! At some point in June, we'll announce our finalists.