Awards

Awards

Locus Awards 2026: Okorafor, Harrow, El-Mohtar, and a Year That Won't Quit

Nnedi Okorafor wins Best SF Novel, Alix Harrow takes Fantasy, and Amal El-Mohtar claims the Novella at the 2026 Locus Awards. Frankly, a brutal year for speculative fiction — in the best possible sense.

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Genre-Leaping and Unashamed: Julia Elliott's Hellions Wins the Carol Shields Prize

Julia Elliott's short story collection Hellions has won the $150,000 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, with a jury that placed her in the company of Angela Carter and Kelly Link. It is, to be blunt, the richest literary prize in North America — and it's been waiting for a collection this strange.

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Romance and Reckoning: Taiwan Travelogue Wins the 2026 International Booker Prize

Yáng Shuāng-zǐ's novel has just won the 2026 International Booker Prize, sharing the prize with translator Lin King. A double feat that puts love and postcolonialism on the same page.

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The 2026 Orwell Prizes: Fiction That Cannot Look Away

The 2026 Orwell Prize finalists for Political Fiction include Douglas Stuart, Ben Lerner, Susan Choi, and five more. When was the last time a novel felt genuinely urgent?

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Marianne Boruch Wins the $100,000 Jackson Poetry Prize — and Why That Matters

Marianne Boruch has been awarded the $100,000 Jackson Poetry Prize for sustained excellence in American poetry. A quiet, essential recognition of a voice that has worked in the margins of literary fashion for decades.

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Marta Platel Wins Spain's Fernando Lara Prize with a Novel About Betrayal as Legacy

Marta Platel wins the Fernando Lara Prize 2026 with a novel that transforms betrayal into a family inheritance — precise, dark, and irresistible.