Here are the 2023 awards [connected to my read smd to-read lists]. As the votes were made by participants to the 2023 Chengdu Worldcon, Chengdu, China, censorship later came to light, regarding authors critical of the Chinese government, like Kuang, Zhao, and Gaiman, who did not make it to the shortlist…
Best Novel
- Nettle & Bone, by T. Kingfisher (Tor Books)
- The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi (Tor Books)
- Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree (Tor Books)
- Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom) [not read yet, as the amazonly supported book sits at a friend’s place in the US!]
- The Spare Man, by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Books)
Best Novella
- Where the Drowned Girls Go, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
- Ogres, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris)
- What Moves the Dead, by T. Kingfisher (Tor Nightfire)
Best Series
- Children of Time Series, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Pan Macmillan/Orbit) [1/3 read]
- The Locked Tomb, by Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com) [2/3 read]
- Rivers of London, by Ben Aaronovitch (Orion) [read]
- The Scholomance, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey) [2/3 read]
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
- Everything Everywhere All at Once, screenplay by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Sheinert (IAC Films / Gozie AGBO) [watched]
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