Science Fiction

Genres

Nebula 2026: Jemisin Grand Master, the First-Ever Best Poem, and Clair Obscur All in the Same Room

The 61st Annual Nebula Awards inaugurated a Best Poem category for the first time in history, named N.K. Jemisin Grand Master, and gave Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 the Game Writing award. The borders of what counts as speculative literature just got redrawn.

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.

News

Brandon Sanderson's Skyward Is Getting a TV Adaptation — Because of Course It Is

Brandon Sanderson's YA sci-fi series Skyward is headed to television. If you've read all four books plus the interstitial novellas, you know this was inevitable. If you haven't — here's why you should start.

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The 2026 Hugo Finalists Are Here, and Speculative Fiction Has Never Been This Contested

The 2026 Hugo Award finalists span ecological horror, epic fantasy, literary SF, and a Hunger Games prequel — six novels making the case that genre boundaries are largely fictional. Winners announced August 30 at LAcon V in Anaheim.

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The Book Octavia Butler Wanted Forgotten Is Coming Back

A novel kept off the market for decades — partly at the author's own insistence — has been announced for reissue. What does it mean to publish what a writer decided to bury?

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Ryan Coogler Is Producing Animorphs for Disney+ and This Is Bigger Than It Sounds

The director of Black Panther joins as producer on the Animorphs Disney+ series. This isn't just nostalgia -- it's one of the most subversive YA sagas of the 90s arriving in the streaming age.