Science Fiction Awards Watch

RT Book Reviews magazine has annual awards in a vast range of different categories, many of which are SF&F specific, or SF&F-related. Also the overwhelming majority of the nominees are women. You can see the whole list here (PDF). Here are the most obviously relevant categories.

SF&F Career Achievement

• Catherine Asaro
• Lois McMaster Bujold
• Sharon Shinn

Urban Fantasy Career Achievement

• Emma Bull
• Charles de Lint
• Charlaine Harris

Science Fiction Novel

• Maestrom, Taylor Anderson (Roc)
• The Empress of Mars, Kage Baker (Tor)
• In the Courts of the Sun, Brian D’Amato (Dutton)
• Blonde Roots, Bernardine Evaristo (Riverhead)
• Black Blood, John Meaney, (Bantam Spectra)
• Diving into the Wreck, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Pyr)

Fantasy Novel

• By the Mountain Bound, Elizabeth Bear (Tor)
• Elegy Beach, Steven R. Boyett (Ace)
• The Mystery of Grace, Charles de Lint (Tor)
• The Stepsister Scheme, Jim C. Hines (Daw)
• Cast in Silence, Michelle Sagara (Luna)
• Elfland, Freda Warrington (Tor)

Epic Fantasy Novel

• First Lord’s Fury, Jim Butcher (Ace)
• Fire, Kristin Cashore, (Dial)
• Corambis, Sarah Monette (Ace)
• The Steel Remains, Richard K. Morgan (Del Rey)
• Warbreaker, Brandon Sanderson (Tor)

Urban Fantasy Novel

• Dying Bites, DD Barant (St. Martin’s)
• Burn Me Deadly, Alex Bledsoe (Tor)
• Bone Crossed, Patricia Briggs (Ace)
• Bitter Night, Diana Pharaoh Francis (Pocket)
• Destined for an Early Grave, Jeaniene Frost (Avon)
• Dead and Gone, Charlaine Harris (Ace)
• Magic in the Blood, Devon Monk (Roc)

SF&F books are also nominated in other categories such as Paranormal Romance, YA, Erotica and so on. The winners will be announced in the June issue of the magazine.

Our thanks to Jeff Prucher for the tip off.