Hello, lovelies! I can hardly believe it, but we’re almost at year-end, which makes it the perfect time to look back on what we accomplished and the things that we loved. As I’ve been doing for several years now, I am once again compiling links to author/editor/publication eligibility posts, year-in-review posts, year’s best lists, and general reviews and resources. These posts serve several purposes – to help those who nominate works for awards to remember what eligible works have come out during the year and what category they fall into; to help readers find work they might have missed and might love; and for creators to reflect on the amazing things they accomplished over the year. If you are an author, editor, publisher, artist, poet, etc., I highly recommend making a post of your own, and if you do, please let me know! I’ll be putting together my own lists of my favorites of the year, along with what I published, at some point as well.
I’ve divided the post into a few hopefully helpful categories, and I will continue to update with new links as I receive them. Please do spread the word, tag me with your posts on twitter (@ac_wise), drop me an email at a.c.wise@hotmail.com, or drop links in the comments. I look forward to seeing what you made this year and what work you loved!
Note: Cat Rambo maintains a similar list, and they were kind enough to set up a webform to gather information for our posts. Please feel free to use the form as well and that will get both of us your information.
Eligibility Posts
Links to authors/editors/publishers posting their award-eligible work, organized alphabetically. (** denotes an author eligible for the Astounding Award.)
Ajeigbe, Oluwatomwia
Alexander, Phoenix
Allen, B. Morris
Allen, Skye
Anderson, G.V.
Appel, John
Argentino, Joe
Arthurs, Bruce
Bailton, Adria
Bangs, Elly
Barb, Patrick
Barber, Jenny
Barrant Klein, Annika**
Bartles, Jason
Becard, Avery
Beckett, L.X.
Bell, E.D.E.
Bernardo, Renan
Bhatia, Gautam**
Blackwell, Laura
Bleu, Gabrielle
Booth, Die
Bradley, Lisa M.
Brewer, Steven D.
Brothers, Laurence Raphael
Buchanan, Andi
Burton, Rebecca**
Cahill, Martin
Calabria, Erin
Campbell, Chris
Chan, Grace**
Chand, Priya
Chng, Joyce
Chronister, Kay
Chrostek, John
Clark, C.L.
Clarke, Jeannine
Cleveland, Kristin
Cobbe, Elizabeth
Coleman, Kel**
Cornetto, Holley
Cossmass Infinities
Costello, Rob
Crighton, Katherine
Criley, Marc A.
Crilly, Brandon
Croal, Lyndsey
Czerneda, Julie
de Anda, Victor
de Haan, Laura
de Winter, Gunnar
Daley, Ray
Damken, Maggie
Dandenell, Karl
Das, Indrapramit
Datlow, Ellen
Day, Sarah**
Deeds, Marion
Demchuk, David
Dewes, J.S.
Dheada, Shiksha
Dila, Dilman
Donohue, Jennifer R.
Doocy, Maiga
Dotson, J. Dianne
Dunato, Jelena
Ekpeki, Oghenechovwe Donald
Farrenkopf, Corey
Feistner, Victoria
Felapton, Camestros
Fields, C.M.
Fogg, Vanessa
Forest, Elizabeth
Forrest, Francesca
Fox, Emily
Francia, Kate**
Fullerton, HL
Garcia, Rhonda J.
Key, Justin C.
Garcia Ley, K.
Garcia-Rosas, Nelly Geraldine
Gardner, Benjamin
Genova, Barbara
George, JL
Goldfuss, A.L.**
Grauer, Alyson
Greenblatt, A.T.
Ha, Thomas
Haber, Elad
Harn, Darby
Haskins, Maria
Haynes, Michael
Heijndermans, Joachim
Heike, Sylvia
Henry, Veronica G.
Hewitt, Alexander
Houser, Chip
Howell, A.P.
Hudak, Jennifer
Hughes, Louise
Hugo Eligibility Database
Iriarte, José Pablo
Jain, Sid**
Jiang, Ai
Jones, Shelly
Kasley, Vivian R.
Katsuyama, Umiyuri
Katz, Gwen C.
Keane, Paula
Khalid, Kehkashan
Khanna, Rajan
Kiggins, Mike
Kim, Isabelle J.
Kimbriel, K.E.
Kindred, LP
King, Scott
Kinney, Benjamin C.
Kobb, Shawn
Koch, Joanna
Kornher-Stace, Nicole
Kraner, Steph
Krishnan, M.L.
Kuhn, M.J.
Kulski, K.P.
Kurella, Jordan
LaFaro, Brennan
Laban, Monique
Lasser, John
Lavinge, C.J.**
Lee, PH
Leitch, Stina
Lévai, Jessica**
Lewis, L.D.
Lin, Monte
Louise, A.Z.
Low, P.H.**
Lowd, Mary E.
Lu, Lark Morgan
Luiz, Dante
McCarthy, J.A.W.
McConvey, J.R.
McGill, C.E.
McLeod, Lindz**
Madden, Anna
Madrigano, Clara
Magariti, Avra
Malik, Usman T.
Mamatas, Nick
Manney, PJ
Manusos, Lyndsie
Mehrotra, Rati
Miles, Jo
Miller, Janna
Mingault, Reed**
Mohamed, Premee
Moher, Aidan
Moore, L.H.
Moore, Nancy Jane
Mudie, Timothy
Murray, Meg
Napier, Kali
Navarette Diaz, Tato
Nason, Derek
Neugebauer, Annie
Nikel, Wendy
Ning, Leah**
Nirav, Hanna A.
Nogle, Christi
Ogundiran, Tobi
Othenin-Girard, Léon
Palumbo, Suzan
Pauling, Sarah
Payseur, Charles
Pearce, C.H.
Pichette, Marisca
Picknard, Mikyuki Jane
Pinsker, Sarah
Piper, Hailey
Psfetakis, Victor
Povanda, Jared
Queen of Swords Press
Rajotte, Mary
Rambo, Cat
Ratnakar, Arula
Reynolds, Jeff
Ring, Lauren**
Rose, Christopher
Royce, Eden
St. George, Carlie
Salcedo, Sarah
Sand, R.P.**
Sayre, A.T.
Schrater, Maria
Sehgal, Divyansha
Seiberg, Effie
Seidel, Alexandra
Serrano, Arturo
Shirey, Austin
Shiveley, Jordan
Singh, Amal
Smith, Chloe
Space Cowboy Books
Speculatively Queer
Stanley, Nelson
Stelliform Press
Stemple, Adam
Stephens, Elise
Stewart, Andy
Stuart, Julian
Sutherland, K.A.
Taft, Eve
Talabi, Wole
Tales from the Trunk
Taylor, Jordan
Ten, Kristina
Thayer, A.P.
Thomas, Richard
Ticknor, M. Elizabeth
Tighe, Matt
Toase, Steve
Tobler, E. Catherine
Tordotcom Short Fiction and Books
Treasure, Rebecca E.**
Triantafyllou, Eugenia
Tsamaase, Tlotlo
Uncanny Magazine
Undertow Books
Van Alst, Jr., Theodore C.
Vaishnav, Minoti
Victoria, Ricardo
Wade, Juliette
Ward, Caias
Ward, Antonia Rachel
Wasserstein, Izzy
Wellington, Joelle
White, Gordon B.
Wigmore, Rem
Wilde, Fran
Willsey, Kristiana
Wilson, Lorraine
Wiswell, John
Wolverton, Nicole M.
Yates, April
Yates, Pauline
Yeager Rodriguez, Karlo
Yoachim, Caroline M.
Young, Eris
Zerby, Christopher
Favorites/Recommendation Lists
What did reviewers love this year? What books are your peers seriously digging? Click through the links below to find various recommended reading lists and various best of the year lists.
Amazon’s Best Books of 2021
Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Finalists
Die Booth Recommended Reading List
A.P. Howell Recommended Reading Thread
José Pablo Iriarte Recommended Reading Thread
Kirkus Best SFF of the Year
Library Journal Best Books of 2021
Nebula Recommended Reading List
NPR Favorite Speculative Fiction Books of 2021
NYPL Best Books for Adults 2021
NYT Best Books of 2021
Oprah Daily Favorite Books of 2021
Publisher’s Weekly Best Books of 2021
Lauren Ring Recommendation Thread
Shelf Awareness Favorite Books of 2021
Stoker Recommended Reading List
Time’s 100 Must Read Books of 2021
Waterstones Best Books of the Year Shortlist
Review Sites and Resources
Looking for yet more recommendations of things to read? The links below will help you find reviews, news, interviews, and more!
Lady Business
Lightspeed Magazine Reviews
Locus Magazine
Maria’s Reading
Nerds of a Feather
Nightmare Magazine Reviews
Quick Sip Reviews
Strange Horizons Fiction Reviews
Tor.com
Vanessa Fogg’s It’s a Jumble
Award Info
What awards are out there? Who can nominate works? What are the various deadlines? The links below may help answer your questions!
BSFA Awards – Nomination period for BSFA members is current open! Crowd-sourced suggestions and recommendations can be added to BSFA’s open spread-sheet by anyone.
Hugo Awards
Nebula Awards
Science Fiction Awards Database
Stoker Awards
Image Credits:
Girl Reading, Artist/Maker Unknown, c. 1932, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Reading by Lamplight, Wanda Gág, c. 1927, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sybil Reading, Attributed to Ugo da Carpi, c. 1517-18, Philadelphia Museum of Art
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