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 writers L. D. Lewis and Suzan Palumbo as an off-shoot of 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 ShadowSilvia Moreno-Garcia [5]
2021 Black SunRebecca Roanhorse [6]
2022 A Master of DjinnP. Djèlí Clark [7]
2023 The Blood Trials N. E. Davenport [8]

Best Novel – YA

Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 We Hunt the FlameHafsah Faizal [5]
2021 LegendbornTracy Deonn [6]
2022 A Snake Falls to EarthDarcie Little Badger [7]
2023 Bloodmarked Tracy Deonn [8]

Best in Middle Grade

Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the SkyKwame Mbalia [5]
2021 Ghost SquadClaribel A. Ortega [6]
2022 Root MagicEden Royce [7]
2023 Witchlings Claribel Ortega [8]

Best Novella

Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 This is How You Lose the Time WarMax Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar [5]
2021 Riot BabyTochi Onyebuchi [6]
2022 And This is How to Stay AliveShingai Njeri Kagunda [7]
2023 Into the Riverlands Nghi Vo [8]

Best Novelette

Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 Emergency SkinN. K. JemisinAmazon Forward Collection [5]
2021 The Inaccessibility of HeavenAliette de BodardUncanny Magazine [6]
2022 The Future LibraryPeng ShepherdTor Books [7]
2023 If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God With the Informal You John Chu Uncanny Magazine [8]

Best Short Story

Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 "A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy"Rebecca RoanhorseGallery/Saga Press [5]
2021 "You Perfect, Broken Thing"C. L. ClarkUncanny Magazine [6]
2022 "If the Martians Have Magic"P. Djèlí ClarkUncanny Magazine [7]
2023 The Lady of the Yellow Painted Library Tobi Ogundiran Tordotcom [8]

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 DismukesStrange Horizons [5]
2021 "The Harrowing Desgarrador"Gabriel Ascencio MoralesStrange Horizons [6]
2022 "Post Massacre Psyche Evaluation"Abu Bakr SadiqUncanny Magazine [7]
2023 "We Smoke Pollution" Ai Jiang STAR*LINE [8]

Critics Award

Year Work Ref.
2020 Alex Brown of Tor.com [5]
2021 Stitch @ Stitch's Media Mix [6]
2022 Alex Brown of Tor.com [7]
2023 Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together [8]

Best Fiction Podcast

Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 LeVar Burton ReadsLeVar Burton [5]
2021 Nightlight PodcastTonia Ransom [6]
2022 KhōréōAleksandra Hill, Lian Xia Rose, Isaree Thatchaichawalit, Marie Croke, Carla B. Estruch, Rowan Morrison, P.H. Low, Elaine Ho, Katarzyna Nowacka, Zhui Ning Chang, Katalina Watt, Ysabella Maglanque, Lauren Bajek, M.L. Krishnan, Jei D. Marcade, Oshon Ize-Iyamu, Justine Teu, Sanam Akhlagh, Nuna Fariha [7]
2023 Black Women Are Scary [8]

Best Artist

Year Name Ref.
2020 Grace P. Fong [5]
2021 Odera Igbokwe [6]
2022 Morgan Madeline [7]
2023 Aimee Campbell [8]

Best Comics Team

Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 These Savage ShoresRam V, Sumit Kumar, Vitorio Astone, Aditya Bidikar, and Tim DanielVault Comics [5]
2021 Parable of the SowerWritten by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John JenningsAbrams ComicArts [6]
2022 Nubia: Real OneWritten by L.L. McKinney , illustrated by Robyn SmithDC Comics [7]
2023 Where Black Stars RiseMarie Enger & Nadia ShammasTor Nightfire [8]

Best Anthology/Collected Works

Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of ColorEdited by Nisi ShawlRebellion [5]
2021 A Phoenix First Must BurnEdited by Patrice CaldwellViking Books for Young Readers [6]
2022 We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative FictionEdited by Charles Payseur & C.L. ClarkNeon Hemlock Press [7]
2023 Reclaim the Stars: 17 Tales Across Realms and SpaceEdited by Zoraida CórdovaWednesday Books [8]

Best in Creative Nonfiction

Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 Black Horror RisingTananarive DueUncanny Magazine [5]
2021 "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest"Tochi OnyebuchiTor.com [6]
2022 "We Are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protagonist"Vida CruzFantasy Magazine [7]
2023 The H Word: Horror in a Country that Is Not Afraid of DeathDante LuizNightmare Magazine [8]

The Ember Award

Year Person Ref.
2020 LeVar Burton [5]
2021 Dhonielle Clayton [6]
2022 Tananarive Due [7]
2023 Afronauts Podcast [8]

The Community Award

Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 Strange HorizonsGautam 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 #PublishingPaidMeL.L. McKinney and Tochi Onyebuchi [6]
2022 The Submission GrinderDavid Steffen, Anthony W. Sullivan, and Andrew Rucker Jones [7]
2023 Flights of Foundry [8]

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. 1 2 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 Inaugural Ignyte Awards!". Tor.com. Macmillan. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Glyer, Mike. "2021 Ignyte Awards Shortlist". File 770. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Ignyte Awards Winners". Locus Magazine. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "2021 Ignyte Awards Winners". Locus Magazine. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Asher-Perrin, Emmet (17 September 2022). "Announcing the Winners of the 2022 Ignyte Awards!". Tor.com. Macmillan. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "2023 RESULTS - The Ignyte Awards". ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com. 2023-10-21. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
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