{"id":1662,"date":"2021-09-12T15:44:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T14:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/?p=1662"},"modified":"2021-09-22T01:57:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T00:57:17","slug":"subjective-kind-of-chaos-awards-2021-the-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/12\/subjective-kind-of-chaos-awards-2021-the-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Subjective Kind of Chaos Awards 2021 &#8211; The Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;ve been reading. We&#8217;ve been deliberating. And we have made some tough but necessary decisions &#8211; whittling it down to the finalists in all the categories. Without further ado, here are the 2021 SKCA finalists!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Best Fantasy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-container-2 wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Midnight-Bargain-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1017\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Midnight-Bargain.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/27\/subjective-kind-of-chaos-awards-2021\/midnight-bargain\/\" class=\"wp-image-1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Midnight-Bargain-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Midnight-Bargain-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Midnight-Bargain-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Midnight-Bargain-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Midnight-Bargain-1364x2048.jpg 1364w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Midnight-Bargain-1140x1712.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Midnight-Bargain.jpg 1648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"308\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/49504061._SY475_.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"505\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/49504061._SY475_.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/28\/the-once-and-future-witches-alix-e-harrow\/49504061-_sy475_\/\" class=\"wp-image-505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/49504061._SY475_.jpg 308w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/49504061._SY475_-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Midnight Bargain<\/em>, C.L. Polk <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Once and Future Witches<\/em>, Alix E. Harrow <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Best Science Fiction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-container-4 wp-block-gallery-3 wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"311\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Space-between.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"844\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Space-between.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/23\/the-space-between-worlds-micaiah-johnson\/space-between\/\" class=\"wp-image-844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Space-between.jpg 311w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Space-between-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"666\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Goldilocks-Cover--666x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"491\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Goldilocks-Cover-.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/06\/goldilocks-laura-lam\/goldilocks-cover\/\" class=\"wp-image-491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Goldilocks-Cover--666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Goldilocks-Cover--195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Goldilocks-Cover--768x1182.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Goldilocks-Cover--1140x1754.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Goldilocks-Cover-.jpg 1664w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Space Between Worlds<\/em>, Micaiah Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Goldilocks, <\/em>Laura Lam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Best Debut<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-container-6 wp-block-gallery-5 wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"672\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/legendborn-672x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"624\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/legendborn.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/15\/september-hype-post\/legendborn\/\" class=\"wp-image-624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/legendborn-672x1024.jpg 672w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/legendborn-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/legendborn-768x1170.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/legendborn-1009x1536.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/legendborn-1345x2048.jpg 1345w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/legendborn-1140x1736.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/legendborn.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"307\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cemetery-boys.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"623\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cemetery-boys.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/15\/september-hype-post\/cemetery-boys\/\" class=\"wp-image-623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cemetery-boys.jpg 307w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cemetery-boys-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"677\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/year-of-the-witching-1-677x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"541\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/year-of-the-witching-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/22\/july-hype-post\/year-of-the-witching-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/year-of-the-witching-1-677x1024.jpg 677w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/year-of-the-witching-1-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/year-of-the-witching-1-768x1161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/year-of-the-witching-1-1016x1536.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/year-of-the-witching-1.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Legendborn, <\/em>Tracy Deonn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cemetery Boys<\/em>, Aiden Thomas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Year of the Witching<\/em>, Alexis Henderson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Best Blurred Boundaries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-container-8 wp-block-gallery-7 wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"486\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BSD.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"878\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BSD.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/03\/the-bone-shard-daughter-andrea-stewart\/bsd\/\" class=\"wp-image-878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BSD.jpg 486w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BSD-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"318\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mexican-gothic.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"513\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mexican-gothic.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/29\/june-hype-post\/mexican-gothic\/\" class=\"wp-image-513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mexican-gothic.jpg 318w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mexican-gothic-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"316\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BB-interior.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1028\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BB-interior.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/27\/subjective-kind-of-chaos-awards-2021\/bb-interior\/\" class=\"wp-image-1028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BB-interior.jpg 316w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BB-interior-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Bone Shard Daughter<\/em>, Andrea Stewart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mexican Gothic<\/em>, Silvia Moreno-Garcia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Interior Chinatown, <\/em>Charles Yu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Best Novella<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-container-10 wp-block-gallery-9 wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"297\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/n-empress.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1034\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/n-empress.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/27\/subjective-kind-of-chaos-awards-2021\/n-empress\/\" class=\"wp-image-1034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/n-empress.jpg 297w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/n-empress-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/n-ring-640x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1035\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/n-ring.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/27\/subjective-kind-of-chaos-awards-2021\/n-ring\/\" class=\"wp-image-1035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/n-ring-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/n-ring-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/n-ring-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/n-ring-960x1536.jpg 960w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/n-ring.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Empress of Salt and Fortune<\/em>, Nghi Vo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ring Shout<\/em>, P. Djeli Clark<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Best Short Fiction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You Perfect, Broken Thing&#8221;, C.L. Clark, <em>Uncanny Magazine<\/em> 32, available <a href=\"https:\/\/uncannymagazine.com\/article\/you-perfect-broken-thing\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Yellow and the Perception of Reality&#8221;, Maureen McHugh, <em>Tor.com<\/em>, available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tor.com\/2020\/07\/22\/yellow-and-the-perception-of-reality-maureen-mchugh\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Best Series<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-container-12 wp-block-gallery-11 wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"317\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tpw.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1669\" data-link=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/?attachment_id=1669\" class=\"wp-image-1669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tpw.jpg 317w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tpw-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"308\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dotf.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1670\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dotf.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/?attachment_id=1670\" class=\"wp-image-1670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dotf.jpg 308w, https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dotf-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Poppy War<\/em>, R.F. Kuang<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dominion of the Fallen, <\/em>Aliette de Bodard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been reading. We&#8217;ve been deliberating. And we have made some tough but necessary decisions &#8211; 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 &#8220;You Perfect, Broken Thing&#8221;, C.L. Clark, Uncanny Magazine 32, available here &#8220;Yellow and the Perception of Reality&#8221;, Maureen McHugh, Tor.com, available here Best Series The Poppy War, R.F. Kuang Dominion of the Fallen, Aliette de Bodard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1662"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1671,"href":"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662\/revisions\/1671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libridraconis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}