Your favorite BIPOC SFFH author's favorite award. Celebrating excellence and inclusivity in the genre. Brought to you by L.D. Lewis and Suzan Palumbo. 2025 medallion art (pfp) by Nilah Magruder https://ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/
The Ignyte Awards
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Such great stories!
My grad school (@itp-ima-nyu.bsky.social) posted about my @theignyteawards.bsky.social nomination for my novella THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS!
tisch.nyu.edu/itp/news/itp...
Congratulations @gabino.bsky.social!!!
So honored! Thank you!
Thanks to the amazing people at @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social you can now read Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels:
willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/2025/11/19/c...
Congrats to all of the finalists for the @theignyteawards.bsky.social, especially Erewhon's @lincodega.com's MOTHEATER, @leemandelo.bsky.social 's AMPLITUDES, and @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social for the Ember Award!
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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦
Ahhh, my poem “The Language of Fireflies” is an Ignyte Finalist! Huge thanks to @thedeadlands.com for giving this one a home.
Go read every one of these poems! The Ignyte Awards always highlight a banger list of work in each category. So honored to be among these writers.
I'm kinda excited that my first book got me my second ever literary award nomination...
I celebrated by NOT doing work last night and having excellent Greek food with my gay swim team.
I am *ridiculously* happy to be on this list!
The Ignytes are special. The organizers are doing work that actually improves our community.
Being in the company of the folks on the list is an honor in itself; but also, being recognized by *this* set of people...? Seriously, I'm very moved by this.
Sharang Biswas
Amber McBride
Delighted — and honoured — to be on the @theignyteawards.bsky.social ballot for “The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” — and delighted, in particular, for the spotlight on Indian SFFH, and for Alter Mag for making this their inaugural essay.
To vote: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote/
The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists in Outstanding Novelette are:
Human Voices – @isabel.kim
Never Eaten Vegetables – @hhpak.bsky.social
Uncertain Sons – @thomasha.bsky.social
We Begin Where Infinity Ends – @somtoihezue.bsky.social
What I Saw Before the War – Alaya Dawn Johnson
Nkereuwem Albert
Erewhon Books
Sharang Biswas
@Loudmouthkid62
Angela Liu
Arley Sorg
"The Iron Below Remembers" is a finalist for an Ignyte Award in the "Outstanding Novella" category.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR'S FINALISTS! Public voting for the 2026 awards is now open thru August 16. Links are included wherever available in the hope that you will engage with the listed works to ...
The Awards seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror by recognizing incredible feats in storytelling and outstanding eff...
The Critic #2026IgnyteAward finalists are:
@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
@gabino.bsky.social
@mariahaskins.com
@skiffyandfanty.com
@vanessafogg.bsky.social
Forty-two wakes up in control of his limbs and does not understand what has gone wrong. He wonders how long it has been since the day the Labyrinth won; it did
The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists for Outstanding Creative Nonfiction are:
A Conjuror’s Manifesto: Notes on the Afrosurreal – @conjuringliteracy.bsky.social
Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence – @tanawir.bsky.social
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The #2026IgnyteAwards finalist in Speculative Poetry are:
After the Storm – Ishita Basu Mallik
In an attempt to seduce Death my sister starts calling him Love – Karan Kapoor
Set It Off (1996) – Fans’ Cut – Nova Cypress Black
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The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists in Outstanding Novella are:
Audition for the Fox – @mcflycahill90.bsky.social
Descent – @wtalabi.com
Psychopomp & Circumstance – @edenroyce.bsky.social
The Iron Below Remembers – @sharangbiswas.bsky.social
The River Has Roots – @amalelmohtar.com
The #2026IgnyteAwards Ember Award finalists for Unsung Contributions to Genre are:
@arleysorg.bsky.social
@davering.bsky.social
@drkarenlord.bsky.social
@marthawells.com
@mauricebroaddus.bsky.social
The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists for Outstanding Novel: Young Adult are:
Needy Little Things – @elledesamours.bsky.social @wednesdaybooks.bsky.social
(S)kin – Ibi Zoboi
The Leaving Room – @ambsmcbride.bsky.social
They Bloom at Night – Trang Thanh Tran
The Transition – @transhorrors.bsky.social
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The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists in Outstanding Short Story are:
Autogas Ferryman – @champwongs.bsky.social
Because I Held His Name Like A Key – @aimeeogdenwrites.com
Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels – @nkereuwxm.bsky.social
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