It’s that time of year again – award eligibility posts are popping up around the various scattered corners of the internet, and readers are starting to reflect on their favorite works of the past year. Every year for the past several years, I’ve assembled a links round-up post of eligibility posts, recommended reading posts, and general helpful links and resources.
If you’re an author, editor, or publisher and you have such a post, either of your own work or work you’ve loved this year, please do send your link my way and I’ll add it to the list. Feel free to drop it in the comments, or email me at a.c.wise@hotmail.com.
If you’re an author, editor, publisher, or creator with award eligible work, and you’re on the fence about putting together a post, I highly encourage you to do it. It’s a valuable way to reflect on what you did in the past year, not to mention letting others know what work you have out there and in what categories your work is eligible. There’s so much work published each year, it’s hard to keep up, so it never hurts to remind people what you’ve done.
I’ll be putting together my own eligibility post at some point, as well as my usual recommended reading posts. I’ll also be updating this post frequently with new links as I find or receive them. In the meantime, browse the links below, check out the fantastic work that’s been published in 2023, and send your own link my way!
Sarah Gailey has also put together an eligibility link round-up. Check out their list here.
General Award Info and Resource Links
Aurora Awards (eligible works may be suggested until 2/24/24)
Hugo Awards (nominations close 3/9/24)
Locus Awards (voting closes 4/15/2024)
Nebula Awards (nominations close 2/29/24)
Otherwise Awards (recommendations closed 12/31/23)
Science Fiction Awards Database
Shirley Jackson Awards (submissions from publishers only through 3/29/24)
Stoker Awards (recommendations closed 1/15/24)
Recommended Reading Links
Barnes & Noble Best Books of 2023
Books Are My Bag Readers’ Award 2023
CBC Best Canadian Books of 2023
Foyles Book of the Year Shortlist
Ephiny Gale Recommended Reading
Maria Haskins Recommended Reading 2023
A.P. Howell Recommended Reading
Library Journal Best Horror of 2023
Bonnie McDaniel Recommended Reads
Lyndsie Manusos Favorite Reads of 2023
Nerds of a Feather Hugo Recommendation List Part 1
Nerds of a Feather Hugo Recommendation List Part 2
Nerds of a Feather Hugo Recommendation List Part 3
Nerds of a Feather Hugo Recommendation List Part 4
New York Public Library Best Books of 2023
New York Times Best Books of 2023
Publishers Lunch Top 10 Books of 2023
Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
Carlie St. George Recommended Reading
Tor Reviewers Choice Best Books of 2023
Eugenia Triantafyllou Recommended Reading
Waterstones Book of the Year Shortlist
Wallstreet Journal Best Books of 2023
Fran Wilde’s Reading Recommendations 2023
John Wiswell’s Favorite Short Fiction of 2023
Author/Editor/Publisher Eligibility Post Links
Astounding Award Eligible Authors
Award 🧵: this year I got my story “Asleep at the Wheel of the Razorwave Grand Prix” published in “The Back Forty” anthology! If you love the unknown and unorthodox racing stories, give it a read!
LITTLE NOTHING by Dee Holloway (Queen of Swords Press, 2023) is eligible for all new novella awards.
Thanks!
Thank you for doing this, A.C.! I have details about mine at https://christinogle.substack.com/p/2-novelettes-20-stories-3-books
Thank you for this opportunity! I’d like to share my 2023 book “Spirits in Our Midst – Ghost Stories” by B.J. Lawyer. I tried my best to entwine some love stories with explorations of life and death that oftentimes end with romantically heartwarming conclusions. Others are just a little gruesome and dark, as most ghost stories usually are, lol. I hope you enjoy them –
Hello! My eligibility post can be found at https://x.com/_lowpH/status/1725912291080905107?s=20 and https://www.instagram.com/p/CzyzwWNLgWE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==.
Thanks so much for doing this!
Thanks so much for doing this yet again! Here’s a little post from me.
https://bsky.app/profile/andiwrites.bsky.social/post/3kfm6fellye2w
Thank you for doing this! My eligibility post can be found here:) https://x.com/nhhaskell/status/1732960233180295308?s=46&t=HFn6t_lcoHpzvtxkY9quiw
This is so lovely and kind of you to compile!
2 things so far, with 1 forthcoming yet this month:
My folk horror short story “The Hatchet Man of Wehr Road” was published in LONELY HOLLOWS: FIFTEEN TALES OF FOLK HORROR via Pavane Press this spring
My non-fiction essay “Between the Dreaming and the Dead” about the liminal space that dreams and ghost stories inhabit, was released in the November edition of Apex Magazine, Issue 141 https://apex-magazine.com/back-issues/issue-141/ (It will be live on their blog 12/14/23)
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Later this December, my non-fiction essay “On Paranormal Chaplaincy” will be published by The Deadlands Magazine
Thank you so much! All of these pieces are so dear to my heart, so I’d be honored if folks took a look and considered them!
Thanks for doing this!
INTERZONE eligibility is here:
https://bsky.app/profile/interzone.press/post/3keqnbvthjt2b
IZ Digital eligibility is here:
https://bsky.app/profile/interzone.press/post/3keqns5s7wh2b
Cheers 🙂
I did my usual eligibility post/recommended works post! Thanks, as always, for doing this!
https://mygeekblasphemy.com/2023/12/15/2023-award-eligible-work-and-recommended-short-fiction/
My eligible works post is here. Thank you so much for doing this!
https://twitter.com/jgensler/status/1736762577697350125
https://bsky.app/profile/jongensler.bsky.social/post/3kgto2nxepi2a
This is such a kind thing for you to do. I have two eligible stories this year. I’d love for you to include my link: http://christinehanolsy.com/2023/12/03/2023-year-in-review/
Thank you for doing this! I hope I’m not too late. Here is the link to my post: https://amadolaila.com/2023/12/28/end-of-the-year-and-award-eligibility-post/
Thank you for doing this again!
A little late, but here’s mine: https://www.nellygeraldine.com/2024/01/2023-awards-eligibility.html
If you’re still updating the list, my story “Strange Eons” was published by Bourbon Penn. It’s here: https://www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/30/strange-eons-by-keira-perkins
Thanks for doing this!