Kitschies
{{short description|British literary prizes for speculative fiction}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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The Kitschies were British literary prizes presented annually from 2009 to 2024{{cite web |last1=Battersby |first1=Matilda |title=The Kitschies Prize to end after 15 years, announces final shortlist |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/the-kitschies-prize-to-end-after-15-years-announces-final-shortlist |website=The Bookseller |publisher=The Bookseller Magazine |access-date=13 January 2025}} for "the year's most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic" published in the United Kingdom. The awards discontinued after November 2024 when the final winners were announced.
Awards and criteria
The Kitschies were administered by a non-profit association with the stated mission of "encouraging and elevating the tone of the discussion of genre literature in its many forms".{{cite news|title=The Kitschies|url=http://www.thekitschies.com/index.html|access-date=17 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222020350/http://thekitschies.com/index.html|archive-date=22 February 2015}} The founders, Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin, said that they sought to bring attention to works with a fantastic or speculative element that were progressive in terms of content and composition.{{cite news|last=Barnett|first=David|title=The Kitschie awards have their Tentacles in the best genre fiction|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2012/jan/13/kitschie-awards-tentacles-best-genre-fiction|access-date=13 January 2012|newspaper=The Guardian Books Blog|date=13 January 2012|archive-date=3 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303162359/http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2012/jan/13/kitschie-awards-tentacles-best-genre-fiction|url-status=live}}
The award was a juried prize that selected the books which "best elevate the tone of genre literature." Qualifying books needed to contain "an element of the fantastic or speculative" and have been published in the UK.{{cite web|title=The Kitschies: 2011 Finalists|url=http://www.pornokitsch.com/2012/01/the-kitschies-2011-finalists.html|work=Pornokitsch.com|date=13 January 2012|access-date=13 January 2012|archive-date=25 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625060834/https://www.pornokitsch.com/2012/01/the-kitschies-2011-finalists.html|url-status=live}} Winners received prize money and a textile tentacle trophy.
The Kitschies were initially established in 2009 by the website pornokitsch.com. The Kraken Rum was the sponsor between 2010 and 2013. For 2014 and 2015, Fallen London (a creation of UK game developer Failbetter Games) was the sponsor. The award did not run in 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thekitschies.com/the-futures-so-bright-we-gotta-wear-tentacles/|title=The future’s so bright we gotta wear tentacles – The Kitschies|website=www.thekitschies.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-06-30|archive-date=24 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524042503/http://www.thekitschies.com/the-futures-so-bright-we-gotta-wear-tentacles/|url-status=live}} From 2017 the sponsor was Blackwell's Bookshop.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/blackwells-named-kitschies-headline-sponsor-492461|title=Blackwell's to sponsor The Kitschies {{!}} The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-30|archive-date=14 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714012634/http://www.thebookseller.com/news/blackwells-named-kitschies-headline-sponsor-492461|url-status=live}}
For the last ten or eleven years of operation, the Kitschies were awarded in five categories:
- Red Tentacle for the best novel (£1,000, since 2009)
- Golden Tentacle for the best debut novel (£500, since 2010)
- Inky Tentacle for the best cover art (£500, since 2011)
- Invisible Tentacle for the best natively digital fiction (since 2014)
- Glentacle, awarded at the judges' discretion (since 2010, called "Black Tentacle" until 2020)
Organisation
The judging panel changes annually{{Cite web|title=Judges – The Kitschies|url=http://www.thekitschies.com/judges/|access-date=2021-08-21|language=en-GB|archive-date=9 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609010445/http://www.thekitschies.com/judges/|url-status=live}} and the unpaid directors have changed due to workload or illness.{{Cite web|date=2020-04-14|title=The Glentacle|url=https://www.clairenorth.com/claire-north-posts/2020/04/14/the-glentacle/|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Hachette UK|language=en-US|archive-date=21 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821101102/https://www.clairenorth.com/claire-north-posts/2020/04/14/the-glentacle/|url-status=live}} The number of submissions increased from 70 in 2009 to 234 in 2013.{{Cite web |title=The Kitschies: 2012 Submissions by the Numbers |url=https://www.pornokitsch.com/2013/01/the-kitschies-2012-submissions-1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821101101/https://www.pornokitsch.com/2013/01/the-kitschies-2012-submissions-1.html |archive-date=21 August 2021 |access-date=2021-08-21 |website=Pornokitsch}}
For each year, the judges, directors, and the number of submissions for each year were as follows:
Recipients
All award information, unless otherwise referenced, is from the Kitschies Award's [http://www.thekitschies.com/blog/ blog] and [https://thekitschies.tumblr.com/ tumblr], or from the sponsor [https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/editorial/Kitschies|access-date=2021-08-21 Blackwell's website].
= Red Tentacle (best novel) =
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Red Tentacle winners and finalists !Year !Author !Nominated Work !Result !Ref |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2009 |{{Sortname|China|Miéville}} |{{Sort|City & the City|The City & the City}} |Won |
| {{Sortname|Joe|Abercrombie}}
| rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|Jane|Austen}} (posth.) and Seth Grahame-Smith |
| {{Sortname|Lev|Grossman}}
|{{Sort|Magicians|The Magicians}} |
| {{Sortname|Reif|Larsen}}
|{{Sort|Selected Works of T. S. Spivet|The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet}} |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2010 |{{Sortname|Lauren|Beukes}} |Won |
| {{Sortname|Scott K.|Andrews}}
|Children's Crusade | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|China|Miéville}} |
| {{Sortname|K. J.|Parker}}
|{{Sort|Folding Knife|The Folding Knife}} |
| {{Sortname|Jean-Christophe|Valtat}}
|Aurorarama |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2011 |{{Sortname|Siobhan|Dowd}} and Patrick Ness |{{Sort|Monster Calls|A Monster Calls}} |Won |
| {{Sortname|Jesse|Bullington}}
|{{Sort|Enterprise of Death|The Enterprise of Death}} | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|China|Miéville}} |
| {{Sortname|Jane|Rogers|dab=novelist}}
|{{Sort|Testament of Jessie Lamb|The Testament of Jessie Lamb}} |
| {{Sortname|Lavie|Tidhar}} |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2012 |{{Sortname|first=Nick|last=Harkaway}} |Angelmaker |Won |{{cite web |author=Alison Flood |date=27 February 2013 |title=Nick Harkaway takes Kitschies Red Tentacle award |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/feb/27/nick-harkaway-kitschies-red-tentacle-award |access-date=February 27, 2013 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=22 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222075415/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/feb/27/nick-harkaway-kitschies-red-tentacle-award |url-status=live }} |
| {{Sortname|first=Jesse|last=Bullington}}
|{{Sort|Folly of the World|The Folly of the World}} | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=Frances|last=Hardinge}}
|{{Sort|Face Like Glass|A Face Like Glass}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Adam|link=Adam Roberts (British writer)|last=Roberts}}
|Jack Glass |
| {{Sortname|first=Juli|last=Zeh}}
|{{Sort|Method|The Method }} |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2013 |{{Sortname|first=Ruth|last=Ozeki}} |{{Sort|Tale for the Time Being|A Tale for the Time Being}} |Won |
| {{Sortname|first=Anne|last=Carson}}
| rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=Patrick|last=Ness}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Thomas|last=Pynchon}} |
| {{Sortname|first=James|last=Smythe|link=James Smythe (author)}}
|{{Sort|Machine|The Machine}} |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2014 |{{Sortname|first=Andrew|last=Smith|link=Andrew A. Smith}} |Won |{{cite news |date=10 March 2015 |title=Kitschie awards judge overpowered by six-foot praying mantises! |work=Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/05/kitschie-awards-judges-overpowered-by-six-foot-praying-mantises |access-date=10 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101038/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/05/kitschie-awards-judges-overpowered-by-six-foot-praying-mantises |url-status=live }} |
| {{Sortname|first=Nina|last=Allan}}
|{{Sort|Race|The Race}} | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=William|last=Gibson}}
|{{Sort|Peripheral|The Peripheral}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Nnedi|last=Okorafor}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Will|last=Wiles}}
|{{Sort|Way Inn|The Way Inn}} |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2015 |{{Sortname|first=Margaret|last=Atwood}} |{{Sort|Heart Goes Last|The Heart Goes Last}} |Won |{{cite news |date=7 March 2016 |title="Announcing The Kitschies’ 2015 Winners!" |work=Tor.com |url=http://www.tor.com/2016/03/07/announcing-the-kitschies-2015-winners/ |access-date=7 March 2016 |archive-date=8 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308110020/http://www.tor.com/2016/03/07/announcing-the-kitschies-2015-winners/ |url-status=live }} |
| {{Sortname|first=Dave|last=Hutchinson}}
|Europe at Midnight | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=N. K.|last=Jemisin}}
|{{Sort|Fifth Season|The Fifth Season }} |
| {{Sortname|first=Adam|link=Adam Roberts (British writer)|last=Roberts}}
|{{Sort|Thing Itself|The Thing Itself}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Hugo|last=Wilcken}}
|{{Sort|Reflection|The Reflection}} |
| 2016
| colspan="3" |No awards held |
|---|
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! rowspan="5" |2017 |{{Sortname|first=Nina|last=Allan}} |{{Sort|Rift|The Rift }} |Won |{{cite news |date=9 April 2018 |title="Announcing The Kitschies’ 2017 Winners!" |work=Tor.com |url=https://www.tor.com/2018/04/09/announcing-the-kitschies-2017-winners/ |access-date=12 April 2018 |archive-date=12 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412212204/https://www.tor.com/2018/04/09/announcing-the-kitschies-2017-winners/ |url-status=live }} |
| {{Sortname|first=Deon|last=Meyer}}, translated by L. Seegers
|Fever | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=Jess|last=Richards|link=Jess Richards (author)}}
|City of Circles |
| {{Sortname|first=William|last=Sutcliffe}}
|We See Everything |
| {{Sortname|first=Michelle|last=Tea}}
|Black Wave |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2018 |{{Sortname|first=Madeline|last=Miller}} |Won |
| {{Sortname|first=Becky|last=Chambers}}
| rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=Simon|last=Ings}}
|{{Sort|Smoke|The Smoke}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Tade|last=Thompson}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Lavie|last=Tidhar}}
|Unholy Land |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2019 |{{Sortname|first=Jan|last=Carson}} |{{Sort|Fire Starters|The Fire Starters}} |Won |{{cite news |date=6 April 2020 |title="Announcing the Winners of the 2019 Kitschies!" |work=Tor.com |url=https://www.tor.com/2020/04/06/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2019-kitschies/ |access-date=20 December 2020 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117095143/https://www.tor.com/2020/04/06/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2019-kitschies/ |url-status=live }} |
| {{Sortname|first=Amal|last=El-Mohtar}} and Max Gladstone
|This Is How You Lose the Time War | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=Vicki|last=Jarrett}}
|Always North |
| {{Sortname|first=Yōko|last=Ogawa}}
|{{Sort|Memory Police|The Memory Police}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Jane|last=Rawson}} |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2020 |{{Sortname|first=Susanna|last=Clarke}} |Won |
| {{Sortname|first=Curdella|last=Forbes}}
|{{Sort|Tall History of Sugar|A Tall History of Sugar}} | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=N. K.|last=Jemisin}}
|{{Sort|City We Became|The City We Became}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Natasha|last=Pulley}}
|{{Sort|Lost Future of Pepperharrow|The Lost Future of Pepperharrow}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Kim Stanley|last=Robinson}}
|{{Sort|Ministry for the Future|The Ministry for the Future}} |
| 2021
| colspan="3" |No awards held | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2022 |{{Sortname|first=Becky|last=Chambers}} |{{Sort|Galaxy, and the Ground Within|The Galaxy, and the Ground Within}} |Won |
| {{Sortname|first=Zen|last=Cho}}
| rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=Un-su|last=Kim}}, trans. by Sean Lin Halbert
|{{Sort|Cabinet|The Cabinet}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Adrian |last=Tchaikovsky}}
|Bear Head |
| {{Sortname|first=Catriona|last=Ward}}
|{{Sort|Last House on Needless Street|The Last House on Needless Street}} |
=Golden Tentacle (best debut novel)=
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!Year !Author !Nominated Work !Result !Ref |
| 2009
| colspan="3" |Not awarded |
|---|
| style="background:lightyellow;"
!2010 |{{Sortname|first=Maurice|last=Broaddus}} |King Maker |Won |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2011 |{{Sortname|first=Kameron|last=Hurley}} |God's War |Won |
| {{Sortname|first=Douglas|last=Hulick}}
|Among Thieves | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=Erin|last=Morgenstern}}
|{{Sort|Night Circus|The Night Circus}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Ransom|last=Riggs}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Fred|last=Venturini}}
|{{Sort|Samaritan|The Samaritan}} |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2012 |{{Sortname|first=Karen|last=Lord}} |Redemption in Indigo |Won |
| {{Sortname|first=Madeline|last=Ashby}}
|vN | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=Jenni|last=Fagan}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Rachel|last=Hartman}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Tom|last=Pollock}}
|{{Sort|City's Son|The City's Son}} |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2013 |{{Sortname|first=Ann|last=Leckie}} |Won |
| {{Sortname|first=Anne|last=Charnock}}
|{{Sort|Calculated Life|A Calculated Life}} | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=Monica|last=Hesse}}
|Stray |
| {{Sortname|first=Ramez|last=Naam}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Robin|last=Sloan}} |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2014 |{{Sortname|first=Hermione|last=Eyre}} |Viper Wine |Won |
| {{Sortname|first=Monica|last=Byrne}}
|{{Sort|Girl in the Road|The Girl in the Road}} | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=Becky|last=Chambers}}
|{{Sort|Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet|The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Emmi|last=Itäranta}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Hanya|last=Yanagihara}}
|{{Sort|People in the Trees|The People in the Trees}} |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2015 |{{Sortname|first=Tade|last=Thompson}} |Making Wolf |Won |
| {{Sortname|first=A. Igoni|last=Barrett}}
| rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=Kirsty|last=Logan}}
|{{Sort|Gracekeepers|The Gracekeepers}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Paul|last=Meloy}}
|{{Sort|Night Clock|The Night Clock}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Sara|last=Taylor|nolink=1}}
|{{Sort|Shore|The Shore}} |
| 2016
| colspan="3" |No awards held | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2017 |{{Sortname|first=Alex|last=Wells|nolink=1}} |Hunger Makes the Wolf |Won |
| {{Sortname|first=|link=R. J. Barker|RJ|Barker|last=}}
|Age of Assassins | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=Carmen|last=Marcus}}
|How Saints Die |
| {{Sortname|first=JY|last=Yang}}
|{{Sort|Black Tides of Heaven|The Black Tides of Heaven}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Liz|last=Ziemska}}
|Mandelbrot the Magnificent |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2018 |{{Sortname|first=Ahmed|last=Saadawi}} |Won |
| {{Sortname|first=Tomi|last=Adeyemi}}
|Children Of Blood and Bone | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=Sue|last=Burke}} |
| {{Sortname|first=|R. F.|Kuang|last=}}
|{{Sort|Poppy War|The Poppy War}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Rebecca|last=Ley}}
|Sweet Fruit, Sour Land |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2019 |{{Sortname|first=Clare|last=Rees}} |Jelly |Won |
| {{Sortname|first=Katie|last=Hale}}
|My Name Is Monster | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=Wayétu|last=Moore}}
|She Would Be King |
| {{Sortname|first=Alix E.|last=Harrow}}
|{{Sort|Ten Thousand Doors of January|The Ten Thousand Doors of January}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Rory|last=Power}} |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2020 |{{Sortname|first=Micaiah|last=Johnson}} |{{Sort|Space Between Worlds|The Space Between Worlds}} |Won |
| {{Sortname|first=Kawai Strong|last=Washburn}}
|Sharks in the Time of Saviours | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=Laura Jean|last=McKay}}
|{{Sort|Animals in That Country|The Animals in That Country}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Deepa|last=Anappara}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Jordan|last=Ifueko}} |
| 2021
| colspan="3" |No awards held | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2022 |{{Sortname|first=Hilary|last=Leichter}} |Temporary |Won |
| {{Sortname|first=Caroline|last=Hardaker}}
| rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sortname|first=Calvin|last=Kasulke}}
|Several People Are Typing |
| {{Sortname|first=Everina|last=Maxwell}} |
| {{Sortname|first=Xiran Jay|last=Zhao}} |
=Inky Tentacle (best cover art)=
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!Year !Work !Author !Artist(s) !Result !Ref |
| 2009
| | | colspan="2" |Not awarded |
|---|
| 2010
| | | colspan="2" |Not awarded |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2011 |{{Sort|Last Werewolf|The Last Werewolf}} |{{Sortname|first=Glen|last=Duncan}} |{{Sortname|Peter|Mendelsund}} (designer) |Won |
| Rivers of London
|{{Sortname|first=Ben|last=Aaronovitch}} |{{Sortname|first=Stephen|last=Walter}} (illus.) and Patrick Knowles (design) | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sort|Prague Cemetery|The Prague Cemetery}}
|{{Sortname|first=Umberto|last=Eco}} |{{Sortname|first=Suzanne|last=Dean}} (design) and John Spencer (illus.) |
| Equations of Life
|{{Sortname|first=Simon|last=Morden}} |{{Sortname|first=Lauren|last=Panepinto}} (design) |
| {{Sort|Monster Calls|A Monster Calls}}
|{{Sortname|first=Patrick|last=Ness}} and Siobhan Dowd |{{Sortname|first=Jim|last=Kay}} (illus.) |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2012 |{{Sort|Boy and a Bear in a Boat|A Boy and a Bear in a Boat}} |{{Sortname|first=Dave|last=Shelton|nolink=1}} |{{Sortname|first=Dave|last=Shelton|nolink=1}} (illus.) |Won |
| {{Sort|Teleportation Accident|The Teleportation Accident}}
|{{Sortname|first=Ned|last=Beauman}} |La Boca (design) | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sort|Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket|The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket}}
|{{Sortname|first=John|last=Boyne}} |{{Sortname|first=Oliver|last=Jeffers}} (illus.) |
| Costume Not Included
|{{Sortname|first=Matthew|last=Hughes|nolink=1}} |{{Sortname|first=Tom|last=Gauld}} (illus.) |
| Flame Alphabet
|{{Sortname|first=Ben|last=Marcus}} |{{Sortname|first=Peter|last=Mendelsund}} (design) |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2013 |{{Sort|Age Atomic|The Age Atomic}} |{{Sortname|first=Adam|last=Christopher}} |{{Sortname|first=Will|last=Staehle}} (art) |Won |
| Dreams and Shadows
|{{Sortname|first=C. Robert|last=Cargill}} |{{Sortname|first=Sinem|last=Erkas}} (design and illus.) | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| Homeland and Pirate Cinema
|{{Sortname|first=Cory|last=Doctorow}} |Amazing15 (design) |
| Stray
|{{Sortname|first=Monica|last=Hesse}} |{{Sortname|first=Gianmarco|last=Magnani}} (art) |
| Apocalypse Now Now
|{{Sortname|first=Charlie|last=Human}} |{{Sortname|first=Joey|last=Hi-Fi}} (art) |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2014 |Tigerman |{{Sortname|first=Nick|last=Harkaway}} |{{Sortname|first=Glenn|last=O'Neill}} (cover) |Won |
| {{Sort|Ghost of the Mary Celeste|The Ghost of the Mary Celeste}}
|{{Sortname|first=Valerie|last=Martin}} |{{Sortname|first=Steve|last=Marking}} (design) | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sort|Man Lies Dreaming|A Man Lies Dreaming}}
|{{Sortname|first=Lavie|last=Tidhar}} |{{Sortname|first=Ben|last=Summers|nolink=1}} (cover) |
| Through the Woods
|{{Sortname|first=Emily|last=Carroll}} |{{Sortname|first=Emily|last=Carroll}} and Sonja Chaghatzbanian (cover) |
| {{Sort|Book of Strange New Things|The Book of Strange New Things}}
|{{Sortname|first=Michel|last=Faber}} |{{Sortname|first=Rafaela|last=Romaya}} and Yehring Tong (cover) |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2015 |{{Sort|Door That Led to Where|The Door That Led to Where}} |{{Sortname|first=Sally|last=Gardner}} |{{Sortname|first=Jet|last=Purdie}} (art direction and design) |Won |
| {{Sort|Vorrh|The Vorrh}}
|{{Sortname|first=Brian|last=Catling}} |{{Sortname|first=Pablo|last=Declan}} (design) | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| Monsters
|{{Sortname|first=Emerald|last=Fennell}} |{{Sortname|first=Jet|last=Purdie}} (art design) and Patrick Leger (illus.) |
| {{Sort|Honours|The Honours}}
|{{Sortname|first=Tim|last=Clare}} |{{Sortname|first=Peter|last=Adlington}} (design and illus.) |
| Get in Trouble
|{{Sortname|first=Kelly|last=Link}} |{{Sortname|first=Alex|last=Merto}} |
| 2016
| colspan="3" |No awards held | | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2017 |{{Sort|History of Bees|The History of Bees}} |{{Sortname|first=Maja|last=Lunde}} |{{Sortname|first=Jack|last=Smyth}} and the Simon & Schuster Art Department (cover) |Won |
| {{Sort|Land of Neverendings|The Land of Neverendings}}
|{{Sortname|first=Kate|last=Saunders}} |{{Sortname|first=David|last=Dean|nolink=1}} (illus.) | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| Black Wave
|{{Sortname|first=Michelle|last=Tea}} |{{Sortname|first=Rose|last=Stafford}} (illus.) and Hannah Naughton (design) |
| {{Sort|Real-Town Murders|The Real-Town Murders}}
|{{Sortname|first=Adam|last=Roberts|dab=British writer}} |Black Sheep (illus. and jacket design) |
| Our Memory like Dust
|{{Sortname|first=Gavin|last=Chait}} |{{Sortname|first=Richard|last=Shailer}} (design) |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2018 |{{Sortname|first=Haruki|last=Murakami}} |{{Sortname|first=Suzanne|last=Dean}} (cover) |Won |
| {{Sort|Book of Joan|The Book of Joan}}
|{{Sortname|first=Lidia|last=Yuknavitch}} |{{Sortname|first=Rafaela|last=Romaya}} (design) | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sort|Smoke|The Smoke}}
|{{Sortname|first=Simon|last=Ings}} |{{Sortname|first=James|last=Nunn|nolink=1}} (design) |
| Squwere Eyes
|{{Sortname|first=Anna|last=Mill}} and Luke Jones |{{Sortname|first=Anna|last=Mill}} and Luke Jones (design) |
| Slender Man
|Anonymous |{{Sortname|first=Mike|last=Topping}} (design) |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2019 |{{Sort|Memory Police|The Memory Police}} |{{Sortname|first=Yoko|last=Ogawa}} |{{Sortname|first=Tyler|last=Comrie}} (cover) |Won |
| Across The Void
|{{Sortname|first=S. K.|last=Vaughan}} |{{Sortname|first=Ceara|last=Elliot}} (cover) | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| {{Sort|Heavens|The Heavens}}
|{{Sortname|first=Sandra|last=Newman}} |{{Sortname|first=Leo|last=Nickolls}} (cover) |
| Zed
|{{Sortname|first=Joanna|last=Kavenna}} |Faber & Faber (cover) |
| This Is How You Lose the Time War
|{{Sortname|first=Amal|last=El-Mohtar}} and Max Gladstone |{{Sortname|first=Greg|last=Stadnyk}} (cover) |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2020 |{{Sort|Arrest|The Arrest}} |{{Sortname|first=Jonathan|last=Lethem}} |{{Sortname|first=Allison|last=Saltzman}} (cover) and Dexter Maurer (illus.) |Won |
| Little Eyes
|{{Sortname|first=Samantha|last=Schweblin}} |{{Sortname|first=Ben|last=Summers|nolink=1}} (cover) | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| Monstrous Heart
|{{Sortname|first=Clair|last=McKenna}} |{{Sortname|first=Andrew|last=Davis|nolink=1}} (cover) |
| {{Sort|Harpy|The Harpy}}
|{{Sortname|first=Megan|last=Hunter}} |{{Sortname|first=Lucy|last=Scholes}} (cover) and Amy Judd (illus.) |
| {{Sort|City We Became|The City We Became}}
|{{Sortname|first=N. K.|last=Jemisin}} |{{Sortname|first=Lauren|last=Panepinto}} (cover) |
| 2021
| colspan="4" |No awards held | |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2022 |{{Sort|Seep|The Seep}} |{{Sortname|first=Chana|last=Porter}} |{{Sortname|first=Julia|last=Lloyd|nolink=1}} (art and design) |Won |
| Nightbitch
|{{Sortname|first=Rachel|last=Yoder}} |{{Sortname|first=Suzanne|last=Dean}} | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| Velvet Was the Night
|{{Sortname|first=Silvia|last=Moreno-Garcia}} |{{Sortname|first=Tim|last=Green|nolink=1}} |
| {{Sort|Desolation Called Peace|A Desolation Called Peace}}
|{{Sortname|first=Arkady|last=Martine}} |{{Sortname|first=Jaime|last=Jones}} |
| Iron Widow
|{{Sortname|first=Xiran Jay|last=Zhao}} |{{Sortname|first=Ashley|last=Mackenzie|nolink=1}} |
=Invisible Tentacle (best natively digital fiction)=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Author / Developer !Nominated Work !Form of Media !Result !Ref |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="4" |2014 |Cardboard Computer written by Jake Elliott |Kentucky Route Zero Act III |video game |Won |
| {{Sortname|Jeff|Noon}} and others
|Twitter fiction | rowspan="3" |Nominated |
| Inkle Studios written by Meg Jayanth and Jon Ingold, directed by Joseph Humfrey and Jon Ingold
|video game |
| Simogo
|video game |
| style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" |2015 |video game |Won |
| {{Sortname|Iain|Pears}}
|interactive novel | rowspan="4" |Nominated |
| @FrogCroakley
|Twitter fiction |
| BBC Writers Room
| |
| {{Sortname|Hidetaka|Miyazaki}} / FromSoftware
|video game |
=Glentacle (Discretionary award previously called the Black Tentacle)=
This award was called "Black Tentacle" until 2020, when it was renamed in memory of Kitschies co-founder Glen Mehn.{{Cite web|title=Glen Mehn|url=https://www.nesta.org.uk/team/glen-mehn/|access-date=2021-08-21|website=nesta| archive-date=3 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803151253/https://www.nesta.org.uk/team/glen-mehn/|url-status=live}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.thekitschies.com The Kitschies website]
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Category:English literary awards
Category:Awards established in 2009
Category:2009 establishments in England