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Ignyte Award
Awarded forBest science fiction, fantasy and horror works of the previous year.
CountryUnited States
Presented byFIYAH Literary Magazine
First awarded2020
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The Ignyte Awards are an annual literary award for the best science fiction, fantasy, and horror works and achievements of the previous year. Established in 2020 by FIYAH Literary Magazine, the awards aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in the speculative fiction genre, and are presented in 15 categories spanning fiction, non-fiction and community service. Trophies are awarded to winners at FIYAHCON, an annual speculative fiction convention focused on black, indigenous and people-of-color perspectives in the genre.[1][2]

The Ignyte Awards are part-juried and part-public vote: finalists are selected by the convention committee, and winners are then determined in an online ballot.[3] The 2021 finalists were announced in April,[4] and winners were announced at a virtual edition of the convention in September.[2]

Winners

Best Novel – Adult

Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 Gods of Jade and Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia [5]
2021 Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse [6]

Best Novel – YA

Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 We Hunt the Flame Hafsah Faizal [5]
2021 Legendborn Tracy Deonn [6]

Best in Middle Grade

Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky Kwame Mbalia [5]
2021 Ghost Squad Claribel A. Ortega [6]

Best Novella

Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 This is How You Lose the Time War Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar [5]
2021 Riot Baby Tochi Onyebuchi [6]

Best Novelette

Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 Emergency Skin N. K. Jemisin Amazon Forward Collection [5]
2021 The Inaccessibility of Heaven Aliette de Bodard Uncanny Magazine [6]

Best Short Story

Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 "A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy" Rebecca Roanhorse Gallery/Saga Press [5]
2021 "You Perfect, Broken Thing" C. L. Clark Uncanny Magazine [6]

Best in Speculative Poetry

Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 "A Conversation Between the Embalmed Heads of Lampião and Maria Bonita on Public Display at the Baiano State Forensic Institute, Circa Mid-20th Century" Woody Dismukes Strange Horizons [5]
2021 "The Harrowing Desgarrador" Gabriel Ascencio Morales Strange Horizons [6]

Critics Award

Year Work Ref.
2020 Alex Brown of Tor.com [5]
2021 Stitch @ Stitch's Media Mix [6]

Best Fiction Podcast

Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 LeVar Burton Reads LeVar Burton [5]
2021 Nightlight Podcast Tonia Ransom [6]

Best Artist

Year Name Ref.
2020 Grace P. Fong [5]
2021 Odera Igbokwe [6]

Best Comics Team

Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 These Savage Shores Ram V, Sumit Kumar, Vitorio Astone, Aditya Bidikar, and Tim Daniel Vault Comics [5]
2021 Parable of the Sower Written by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings Abrams ComicArts [6]

Best Anthology/Collected Works

Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color Edited by Nisi Shawl Rebellion [5]
2021 A Phoenix First Must Burn Edited by Patrice Caldwell Viking Books for Young Readers [6]

Best in Creative Nonfiction

Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 Black Horror Rising Tananarive Due Uncanny Magazine [5]
2021 "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest" Tochi Onyebuchi Tor.com [6]

The Ember Award

Year Person Ref.
2020 LeVar Burton [5]
2021 Dhonielle Clayton [6]

The Community Award

Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 Strange Horizons Gautam Bhatia, Vajra Chandrasekera, Joyce Chng, Kate Cowan, Tahlia Day, William Ellwood, Rebecca Evans, Ciro Faienza, Lila Garrott, Dan Hartland, Amanda Jean, Lulu Kadhim, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Catherine Krahe, Anaea Lay, Dante Luiz, Heather McDougal, AJ Odasso, Vanessa Rose Phin, Clark Seanor, Romie Stott, Aishwarya Subramanian, Fred G. Yost, the Strange Horizons copyediting team, and first readers. [5]
2021 #PublishingPaidMe L.L. McKinney and Tochi Onyebuchi [6]

References

  1. ^ Stubby the Rocket (August 7, 2020). "FIYAH Announces Creation of Ignyte Awards As Part of the First FIYAHCON". Tor.com. Macmillan. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Millanzi, Riziki (4 October 2021). Levontin, Polina (ed.). "FiyahCon 2021 report by Riziki Millanzi". Vector. British Science Fiction Association. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. ^ Tejada, Andrew (17 October 2020). "Announcing the Winners of the the Inaugural Ignyte Awards!". Tor.com. Macmillan. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. ^ Glyer, Mike. "2021 Ignyte Awards Shortlist". File 770. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Ignyte Awards Winners". Locus Magazine. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "2021 Ignyte Awards Winners". Locus Magazine. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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