Ignyte Awards

The Ignyte Awards are an annual literary award for the best science fiction, fantasy, and horror works and achievements of the previous year. Established in 2020 by FIYAH Literary Magazine, the awards aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in the speculative fiction genre, and are presented in 15 categories spanning fiction, non-fiction and community service. Trophies are awarded to winners at FIYAHCON, an annual speculative fiction convention focused on black, indigenous and people-of-color perspectives in the genre.[1][2]

Ignyte Award
Awarded forBest science fiction, fantasy and horror works of the previous year.
CountryUnited States
Presented byFIYAH Literary Magazine
First awarded2020
Websitetheconvention.fiyahlitmag.com/the-ignyte-awards/

The Ignyte Awards are part-juried and part-public vote: finalists are selected by the convention committee, and winners are then determined in an online ballot.[3] The 2021 finalists were announced in April,[4] and winners were announced at a virtual edition of the convention in September.[2]

Winners


Best Novel – Adult
Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 Gods of Jade and ShadowSilvia Moreno-Garcia [5]
2021 Black SunRebecca Roanhorse [6]

Best Novel – YA
Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 We Hunt the FlameHafsah Faizal [5]
2021 LegendbornTracy Deonn [6]

Best in Middle Grade
Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the SkyKwame Mbalia [5]
2021 Ghost SquadClaribel A. Ortega [6]

Best Novella
Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 This is How You Lose the Time WarMax Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar [5]
2021 Riot BabyTochi Onyebuchi [6]

Best Novelette
Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 Emergency SkinN. K. JemisinAmazon Forward Collection [5]
2021 The Inaccessibility of HeavenAliette de BodardUncanny Magazine [6]

Best Short Story
Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 "A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy"Rebecca RoanhorseGallery/Saga Press [5]
2021 "You Perfect, Broken Thing"C. L. ClarkUncanny Magazine [6]

Best in Speculative Poetry
Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 "A Conversation Between the Embalmed Heads of Lampião and Maria Bonita on Public Display at the Baiano State Forensic Institute, Circa Mid-20th Century"Woody DismukesStrange Horizons [5]
2021 "The Harrowing Desgarrador"Gabriel Ascencio MoralesStrange Horizons [6]

Critics Award
Year Work Ref.
2020 Alex Brown of Tor.com [5]
2021 Stitch @ Stitch's Media Mix [6]

Best Fiction Podcast
Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 LeVar Burton ReadsLeVar Burton [5]
2021 Nightlight PodcastTonia Ransom [6]

Best Artist
Year Name Ref.
2020 Grace P. Fong [5]
2021 Odera Igbokwe [6]

Best Comics Team
Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 These Savage ShoresRam V, Sumit Kumar, Vitorio Astone, Aditya Bidikar, and Tim DanielVault Comics [5]
2021 Parable of the SowerWritten by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John JenningsAbrams ComicArts [6]

Best Anthology/Collected Works
Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of ColorEdited by Nisi ShawlRebellion [5]
2021 A Phoenix First Must BurnEdited by Patrice CaldwellViking Books for Young Readers [6]

Best in Creative Nonfiction
Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 Black Horror RisingTananarive DueUncanny Magazine [5]
2021 "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest"Tochi OnyebuchiTor.com [6]

The Ember Award
Year Person Ref.
2020 LeVar Burton [5]
2021 Dhonielle Clayton [6]

The Community Award
Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 Strange HorizonsGautam Bhatia, Vajra Chandrasekera, Joyce Chng, Kate Cowan, Tahlia Day, William Ellwood, Rebecca Evans, Ciro Faienza, Lila Garrott, Dan Hartland, Amanda Jean, Lulu Kadhim, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Catherine Krahe, Anaea Lay, Dante Luiz, Heather McDougal, AJ Odasso, Vanessa Rose Phin, Clark Seanor, Romie Stott, Aishwarya Subramanian, Fred G. Yost, the Strange Horizons copyediting team, and first readers. [5]
2021 #PublishingPaidMeL.L. McKinney and Tochi Onyebuchi [6]

References
  1. Stubby the Rocket (August 7, 2020). "FIYAH Announces Creation of Ignyte Awards As Part of the First FIYAHCON". Tor.com. Macmillan. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  2. Millanzi, Riziki (4 October 2021). Levontin, Polina (ed.). "FiyahCon 2021 report by Riziki Millanzi". Vector. British Science Fiction Association. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. Tejada, Andrew (17 October 2020). "Announcing the Winners of the Inaugural Ignyte Awards!". Tor.com. Macmillan. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. Glyer, Mike. "2021 Ignyte Awards Shortlist". File 770. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  5. "Ignyte Awards Winners". Locus Magazine. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. "2021 Ignyte Awards Winners". Locus Magazine. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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