The Ignyte Awards shortlist is out! We here at SH were so happy to see so many excellent stories, poems, podcasts, nonfiction, and art represented. Hereโs a thread of the pieces at Strange Horizons you can read to catch up:
Best Novelette: "One Hand in the Coffin,โ by Justin C. Key
Best Short Story: โRat and Finch Are Friends,โ by Innocent Chizaram Ilo
Best Short Story: โExpress to Beijing West Railway Station | ๅผๅพ่ฅฟ็ซ็็นๅซๅ่ฝฆ,โ by Congyun โMu Mingโ Gu, translated by Kiera Johnson (in Samovar!)
Best Speculative Poem: โThe Harrowing | Desgarrador,โ by Gabriel Ascencio Morales, translated by Juan Martรญnez
Best Speculative Poem: โTequila Mockingbird | Matar un Ruiseรฑor,โ by Raรบl Gallardo Flores, translated by Juan Martรญnez
Critics Award: Check out the latest column by Maria Haskins!
Best Creative Nonfiction: โHow to Make a Family: Queer Blood Bonds in Black Feminist Vampire Novels,โ by Tamara Jerรฉe
And just so you know how awesome Nisi Shawl and K. Tempest Bradford of Writing the Other are, here are two of their works at SH:
Nisi Shawl's article on Reviewing the Other
And K. Tempest Bradford's "Until Forgiveness Comes," which we ran in our 20th anniversary issue last year.
Congratulations to all the finalists!