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Ignyte Awards

{{Short description|Annual literary award}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Ignyte Award

| location =

| country = United States

| awarded_for = Best science fiction, fantasy and horror works of the previous year.

| presenter = FIYAH Literary Magazine

| year = 2020

| website = {{Official URL}}

}}

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 writers L. D. Lewis and Suzan Palumbo as an off-shoot of 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.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.tor.com/2020/08/07/fiyah-announces-creation-of-ignyte-awards-as-part-of-the-first-fiyahcon/ |title=FIYAH Announces Creation of Ignyte Awards As Part of the First FIYAHCON |magazine=Tor.com |publisher=Macmillan |author=Stubby the Rocket |date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=December 17, 2021 }}

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. The 2021 finalists were announced in April, and winners were announced at a virtual edition of the convention in September.

Winners

=Best Novel – Adult=

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| Gods of Jade and Shadow

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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| Black Sun

Rebecca Roanhorse

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| A Master of Djinn

P. Djèlí Clark

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2023

|The Blood Trials

|N. E. Davenport

|align="center"| {{Cite web |date=2023-10-21 |title=2023 RESULTS - The Ignyte Awards |url=https://ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2023-results/,%20https://ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2023-results/ |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com |language=en-US}}

=Best Novel – YA=

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| We Hunt the Flame

Hafsah Faizal

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| Legendborn

Tracy Deonn

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| A Snake Falls to Earth

Darcie Little Badger

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2023

|Bloodmarked

|Tracy Deonn

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=Best in Middle Grade=

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! width="43%" scope="col"|Work

! width="49%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Author(s)

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| Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

Kwame Mbalia

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| Ghost Squad

Claribel A. Ortega

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| Root Magic

Eden Royce

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2023

|Witchlings

|Claribel Ortega

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=Best Novella=

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! width="43%" scope="col"|Work

! width="49%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Author(s)

! width="3%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref.

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2020

| This is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2021

| Riot Baby

Tochi Onyebuchi

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| And This Is How to Stay Alive

Shingai Njeri Kagunda

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|Into the Riverlands

|Nghi Vo

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=Best Novelette=

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! width="25%" scope="col"|Work

! width="45%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Author(s)

! width="23%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Publisher

! width="3%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref.

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| Emergency Skin

N. K. JemisinAmazon Forward Collection

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2021

| The Inaccessibility of Heaven

Aliette de BodardUncanny Magazine

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2022

| The Future Library

Peng ShepherdTor Books

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2023

|If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God With the Informal You

|John Chu

|Uncanny Magazine

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=Best Short Story=

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! width="45%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Author(s)

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| "A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy"

Rebecca RoanhorseGallery/Saga Press

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2021

| "You Perfect, Broken Thing"

C. L. ClarkUncanny Magazine

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| "If the Martians Have Magic"

P. Djèlí ClarkUncanny Magazine

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2023

|"The Lady of the Yellow Painted Library"

|Tobi Ogundiran

|Tordotcom

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=Best in Speculative Poetry=

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! width="45%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Author(s)

! width="23%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Publisher

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 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

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2021

| "The Harrowing Desgarrador"

Gabriel Ascencio MoralesStrange Horizons

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| "Post Massacre Psyche Evaluation"

Abu Bakr SadiqUncanny Magazine

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|"We Smoke Pollution"

|Ai Jiang

|STAR*LINE

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=Critics Award=

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| Alex Brown of Tor.com

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2021

| Stitch @ Stitch's Media Mix

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2022

| Alex Brown of Tor.com

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|Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together

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=Best Fiction Podcast=

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| LeVar Burton Reads

LeVar Burton

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2021

| Nightlight Podcast

Tonia Ransom

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2022

| Khōréō

Aleksandra Hill, Lian Xia Rose, Isaree Thatchaichawalit, Marie Croke, Carla B. Estruch, Rowan Morrison, P.H. Low, Elaine Ho, Katarzyna Nowacka, Zhui Ning Chang, Katalina Watt, Ysabella Maglanque, Lauren Bajek, M.L. Krishnan, Jei D. Marcade, Oshon Ize-Iyamu, Justine Teu, Sanam Akhlagh, Nuna Fariha

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2023

|Black Women Are Scary

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=Best Artist=

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! width="43%" scope="col"|Name

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| Grace P. Fong

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| Odera Igbokwe

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| Morgan Madeline

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|Aimee Campbell

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=Best Comics Team=

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! width="23%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Publisher

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2020

| These Savage Shores

Ram V, Sumit Kumar, Vitorio Astone, Aditya Bidikar, and Tim DanielVault Comics

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2021

| Parable of the Sower

Written by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John JenningsAbrams ComicArts

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2022

| Nubia: Real One

Written by L.L. McKinney , illustrated by Robyn SmithDC Comics

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2023

| Where Black Stars Rise

Marie Enger & Nadia ShammasTor Nightfire

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=Best Anthology/Collected Works=

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! width="45%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Author(s)

! width="23%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Publisher

! width="3%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref.

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2020

| New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

Edited by Nisi ShawlRebellion

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2021

| A Phoenix First Must Burn

Edited by Patrice CaldwellViking Books for Young Readers

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2022

| We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction

Edited by Charles Payseur & C.L. ClarkNeon Hemlock Press

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| Reclaim the Stars: 17 Tales Across Realms and Space

Edited by Zoraida CórdovaWednesday Books

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=Best in Creative Nonfiction=

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! width="45%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Author(s)

! width="23%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Publisher

! width="3%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref.

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2020

| Black Horror Rising

Tananarive DueUncanny Magazine

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2021

| "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest"

Tochi OnyebuchiTor.com

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2022

| "We Are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protagonist"

Vida CruzFantasy Magazine

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2023

| The H Word: Horror in a Country that Is Not Afraid of Death

Dante LuizNightmare Magazine

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=The Ember Award=

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! width="43%" scope="col"|Person

! width="3%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref.

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2020

| LeVar Burton

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2021

| Dhonielle Clayton

|align="center"|

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2022

| Tananarive Due

|align="center"|

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2023

| Afronauts Podcast

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=The Community Award=

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! width="43%" scope="col"|Work

! width="49%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Author(s)

! width="3%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref.

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2020

| Strange Horizons

Gautam 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.

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2021

| #PublishingPaidMe

L.L. McKinney and Tochi Onyebuchi

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2022

| The Submission Grinder

David Steffen, Anthony W. Sullivan, and Andrew Rucker Jones

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!scope="row" align="center" rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2023

| Flights of Foundry

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References

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{{cite web |last1=Glyer |first1=Mike |author-link=Mike Glyer |title=2021 Ignyte Awards Shortlist |url=http://file770.com/2021-ignyte-awards-shortlist/ |website=File 770 |access-date=18 September 2021}}

{{cite magazine |url=https://locusmag.com/2020/10/ignyte-awards-winners/ |title=Ignyte Awards Winners |magazine=Locus Magazine |date=18 October 2020 |access-date=3 January 2022}}

{{cite magazine |url=https://locusmag.com/2021/09/2021-ignyte-awards-winners/ |title=2021 Ignyte Awards Winners |magazine=Locus Magazine |date=18 September 2021 |access-date=3 January 2022}}

{{cite magazine |url=https://www.tor.com/2020/10/17/announcing-the-winners-of-the-inaugural-ignyte-awards/ |title=Announcing the Winners of the Inaugural Ignyte Awards! |last=Tejada |first=Andrew |magazine=Tor.com |publisher=Macmillan |date=17 October 2020 |access-date=3 January 2022}}

{{cite magazine |url=https://vector-bsfa.com/2021/10/04/fiyahcon-2021-report-by-riziki-millanzi/ |title=FiyahCon 2021 report by Riziki Millanzi |last=Millanzi |first=Riziki |editor-last=Levontin |editor-first=Polina |magazine=Vector |publisher=British Science Fiction Association |date=4 October 2021 |access-date=3 January 2022}}

{{cite magazine |url=https://www.tor.com/2022/09/17/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2022-ignyte-awards/ |title=Announcing the Winners of the 2022 Ignyte Awards! |last=Asher-Perrin |first=Emmet |magazine=Tor.com |publisher=Macmillan |date=17 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022}}

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