Subjective Kind of Chaos Awards 2021 – The Finalists
We’ve been reading. We’ve been deliberating. And we have made some tough but necessary decisions – whittling it down to the finalists in all the categories. Without further ado, here are the 2021 SKCA finalists!
Best Fantasy
The Midnight Bargain, C.L. Polk
The Once and Future Witches, Alix E. Harrow
Best Science Fiction
The Space Between Worlds, Micaiah Johnson
Goldilocks, Laura Lam
Best Debut
Legendborn, Tracy Deonn
Cemetery Boys, Aiden Thomas
The Year of the Witching, Alexis Henderson
Best Blurred Boundaries
The Bone Shard Daughter, Andrea Stewart
Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Interior Chinatown, Charles Yu
Best Novella
The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo
Ring Shout, P. Djeli Clark
Best Short Fiction
“You Perfect, Broken Thing”, C.L. Clark, Uncanny Magazine 32, available here
“Yellow and the Perception of Reality”, Maureen McHugh, Tor.com, available here
Best Series
The Poppy War, R.F. Kuang
Dominion of the Fallen, Aliette de Bodard