Ignyte Awards

The Ignyte Awards are an annual literary award for the best science fiction, fantasy, and horror works and achievements of the previous year. Finalists are chosen by the FIYAHCON convention's organizational team and winners are then selected in an online ballot.[1] The Ignytes were first awarded on October 17 2020.

Ignyte Award
Awarded forBest science fiction or fantasy works of previous year
CountryUnited States
Presented byFIYAH
First awarded2020
Websitetheconvention.fiyahlitmag.com/the-ignyte-awards/

Winners


Best Novel – Adult
Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 Gods of Jade and ShadowSilvia Moreno-Garcia [2]
2021 Black SunRebecca Roanhorse [3]

Best Novel – YA
Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 We Hunt the FlameHafsah Faizal [2]
2021 LegendbornTracy Deonn [3]

Best in Middle Grade
Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the SkyKwame Mbalia [2]
2021 Ghost SquadClaribel A. Ortega [3]

Best Novella
Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 This is How You Lose the Time WarMax Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar [2]
2021 Riot BabyTochi Onyebuchi [3]

Best Novelette
Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 Emergency SkinN. K. JemisinAmazon Forward Collection [2]
2021 The Inaccessibility of HeavenAliette de BodardUncanny Magazine [3]

Best Short Story
Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 "A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy"Rebecca RoanhorseGallery/Saga Press [2]
2021 "You Perfect, Broken Thing"C. L. ClarkUncanny Magazine [3]

Best in Speculative Poetry
Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
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 [2]
2021 "The Harrowing Desgarrador"Gabriel Ascencio MoralesStrange Horizons [3]

Critics Award
Year Work Ref.
2020 Alex Brown of Tor.com [2]
2021 Stitch @ Stitch's Media Mix [3]

Best Fiction Podcast
Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 LeVar Burton ReadsLeVar Burton [2]
2021 Nightlight PodcastTonia Ransom [3]

Best Artist
Year Name Ref.
2020 Grace P. Fong [2]
2021 Odera Igbokwe [3]

Best Comics Team
Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 These Savage ShoresRam V, Sumit Kumar (artist), Vitorio Astone (artist), Aditya Bidikar (artist), and Tim Daniel (artist)Vault Comics [2]
2021 Parable of the SowerWritten by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings (comics artist)Abrams ComicArts [3]

Best Anthology/Collected Works
Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of ColorEdited by Nisi ShawlRebellion [2]
2021 A Phoenix First Must BurnEdited by Patrice CaldwellViking Books for Young Readers [3]

Best in Creative Nonfiction
Year Work Author(s) Publisher Ref.
2020 Black Horror RisingTananarive DueUncanny Magazine [2]
2021 "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest"Tochi OnyebuchiTor.com [3]

The Ember Award
Year Person Ref.
2020 LeVar Burton [2]
2021 Dhonielle Clayton [3]

The Community Award
Year Work Author(s) Ref.
2020 Strange HorizonsGautam 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. [2]
2021 #PublishingPaidMeL.L. McKinney and Tochi Onyebuchi [3]

References
  1. Glyer, Mike. "2020 Ignyte Awards Finalists". File 770. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  2. Glyer, Mike. "2020 Ignyte Awards". File 770. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  3. Glyer, Mike. "2021 Ignyte Awards". File 770. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  4. Glyer, Mike. "2021 Ignyte Awards Shortlist". File 770. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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