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Subjective Chaos - The Winners!

Helloooo!

It has been as always an adventure and a pleasure this fifth year of the Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards. Over the course of the year we have nominated, read, digested, discussed, cried and finally had to choose our winners. As always thanks to all our nominees you did not make this easy at any stage. But without further ado lets reveal who gets our fabulous painted rocks.

Best Short Story - Homecoming Is Just Another Word For The Sublimination of Self by Isabel J Kim

Best Novella - These Lifeless Things by Premee Mohamed

Best YA - The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore

Best Graphic Novel - Joint Winners - Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto

& The Girl From The Sea by Molly Know Ostertag

Best Series - The Kingston Cycle by CL Polk

Best Debut - This Is Our Undoing by Lorraine Wilson

Best Blurred Boundary - Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Best Fantasy - The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova

Best Science Fiction - A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

Congratulations and please check these works out! It was a delight once again to find new authors and stories expanding our genres

So that just leaves us to thank this year’s judges

Adri, Arina, C, Debbie, Fabienne, Imyril, Kris, L.A, Leigh, Lisa, Robin, Sia and Sun!

Chaos is eternal and our next incarnation will be here for 2023 so see you soon!