The judging panel’s choices for the 2021 Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards 2021 finalists have been announced at Parsecs and Parchment.

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 R.F. 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

The book critics responsible for this set of honors are –

• Adri, from Nerds of a Feather.
• Anna, from There’s Always Room for One More.
• Arina, from The Bookwyrm’s Guide to the Galaxy and Queen’s Asylum
• Fabienne, from Libri Draconis and Grimdark Magazine.
• Jonny, from Parsecs & Parchment.
• Kris, from Cloaked Creators.
• L.A., from Aquavenatus.
• Lisa, from Dear Geek Place.
• Matt aka Womble, from Runalongtheshelves.
• Noria, from Chronicles of Noria.
• Sean, from Nerds of a Feather.
• Sun, from Twitter and Dreamwidth.