Subjective Chaos 2021 - The Finalists are hereeeee
Well it has been a feast of reading once again for this years Subjective Chaos Kind of Award 2021. Our old and new judges have once again dscovered the pleasure of reading to deadline and making painful decisions. It has been though a genuinely positive experience and once again I’ve found books I’d missed and am very glad to have finally had a chance to read them. But as always we need to create our finalists from the shortlists and this year we have the following to decide between
Best Short Fiction
You Perfect, Broken Thing by CL Clark
Yellow and the Perception of Reality by Maureen F McHugh
Best Novella
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
Ring Shout by P Djeli Clark
Best Series
Dominion of The Fallen by Aliette de Bodard
The Poppy War by RF Kuang
Best Debut
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
Best Blurred Boundary
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Best Science Fiction
Goldilocks by Laura Lam
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
Best Fantasy
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow
The Midnight Bargain by CL Polk
A warm congratulations to all our finalists and our wider shortlist entries. We intend to have the winners announced by the end of October! Let the chaos reign!!!