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2023 Dragon Award Winners

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The 2023 Dragon Award winners were announced on September 3.

1. Best Science Fiction Novel

  • The Icarus Plot by Timothy Zahn

2. Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)

  • Witch King by Martha Wells

3. Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel

  • The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

4. Best Alternate History Novel

  • Lost In Time by A.G. Riddle

5. Best Horror Novel

  • A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

6. Best Illustrative Cover

  • Tower of Silence by Kurt Miller

7. Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel

  • Dune: House Harkonnen by Brian Herbert, Kevin J Anderson, Michael Shelfer

8. Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series, TV or Internet

  • The Sandman, Netflix

9. Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie

  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves by Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley

10. Best Digital Game

  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo EPD

11. Best Tabletop Game

  • Magic the Gathering: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, Wizards of the Coast

Also presented during the ceremony:

HANK REINHART FANDOM AWARD

  • Amanda Makepeace

JULIE AWARD

  • Marty Krofft

In 1998, Dragon Con established the Julie Award presented annually in tribute to the legendary Julie Schwartz. The Julie Award is bestowed for universal achievement spanning multiple genres, selected each year by our esteemed panel of industry professionals. The first recipient in 1998 was science fiction and fantasy Grandmaster Ray Bradbury.

2023 MIKE RESNICK MEMORIAL AWARD

For the best unpublished science fiction short story by a new author

  • ​“For the Great and Immortal” by Daniel Burnbridge (South Africa)

[Thanks to Ray Radlein for livetweeting the results!]

Mike Resnick Memorial Award for Short Fiction 2023 Finalists

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Mike Resnick at Imaginales 2016 in France.

The finalists for the 2023 Mike Resnick Memorial Award for the best unpublished science fiction short story by a new author were announced on July 20.

The award is sponsored by Galaxy’s Edge (published by Arc Manor) and Dragon Con. The winner will be announced at Dragon Con during the annual Dragon Awards ceremony.

FINALISTS FOR THE 2023 AWARD

  • ​“For the Great and Immortal” by Daniel Burnbridge (South Africa)
  • “Spare Parts” by M. Thomas Diskint (Unknown)
  • “Just Another Day” by Cecilia Kang (Singapore)
  • “Lag” by Pierre-Alexandre Sicart (Taiwan)
  • “Deep Sadness” by Sophia Tao (United States)

The first-place winner will get a trophy, a cash award of $250 and have their story bought (at the magazine’s prevailing rate) by Galaxy’s Edge for publication in the magazine. The second-place winner will be given a prize of $100 and the third-place winner a prize of $50.

The members of the finalist judging panel were Nancy Kress, Sheree Renée Thomas, Jody Lynn Nye, Lois McMaster Bujold, and William B. Fawcett.

Mike Resnick Memorial Award for Short Fiction 2022

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The winner of the 2022 Mike Resnick Memorial Award for the best unpublished science fiction short story by a new author was announced at Dragon Con on September 4.

The award is sponsored by Galaxy’s Edge (published by Arc Manor) and Dragon Con. It was presented during the annual Dragon Awards ceremony.

The winner is:

  • “What Would You Pay for a Second Chance?” by Chris Kulp

The first place winner gets a trophy, a cash award of $250 and has their story bought (at the magazine’s prevailing rate) by Galaxy’s Edge for publication in the magazine. The second place winner will be given a prize of $100 and the third place winner a prize of $50. The names of the runners up were not available as of this writing.

The members of the finalist judging panel were Nancy Kress, Sheree Renée Thomas, Jody Lynn Nye, Lois McMaster Bujold, and William B. Fawcett.

[Thanks to Ray Radlein for the story.]

Mike Resnick Memorial Award for Short Fiction 2022 Finalists

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Mike Resnick at Imaginales 2016 in France.

The finalists for the 2022 Mike Resnick Memorial Award for the best unpublished science fiction short story by a new author were announced on July 22.

The award is sponsored by Galaxy’s Edge (published by Arc Manor) and Dragon Con, and will be presented at Dragon Con during the annual Dragon Awards ceremony.

The finalists are:

  • “It Matches the Color of Your Eye” by Matt Broomfield
  • “Parallels” by Akshayarka Alammyan Deka
  • “What Would You Pay for a Second Chance?” by Chris Kulp
  • “Seedpod” by Ellen Parent
  • “On the Left” by Sandra Sigienski

The first-place winner will get a trophy, a cash award of $250 and have their story bought (at the magazine’s prevailing rate) by Galaxy’s Edge for publication in the magazine. The second-place winner will be given a prize of $100 and the third-place winner a prize of $50.

The members of the finalist judging panel were Nancy Kress, Sheree Renée Thomas, Jody Lynn Nye, Lois McMaster Bujold, and William B. Fawcett.

Stories may be submitted between September 1, 2022 and April 1, 2023 for consideration for the 2023 awards. 

[Based on a press release.]

Mike Resnick Memorial Award for Short Fiction 2021

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Mike Resnick at Imaginales 2016 in France.

The inaugural Mike Resnick Memorial Award for the best unpublished science fiction short story by a new writer was presented today at Dragon Con. The award is sponsored by Galaxy’s Edge (published by Arc Manor) and Dragon Con. (Result courtesy of Sean CW Korsgaard.)

Winner: Z. T. Bright: The Measure of a Mother’s Love

Second: Lucas Carroll-Garrett: Hive at the Dead Star

Third: Christopher Henckel: Echoes of Gelise

Runners-up:

  • Shirley Song: Times, Needles, and Gravity 
  • Torion Oey: Feel

The first place winner receives a trophy, a cash award of $250 and has their story bought (at the magazine’s prevailing rate) by Galaxy’s Edge for publication in the magazine. The second place winner receives a prize of $100 and the third place winner a prize of $50.

The runners-ups will have their stories displayed on the Galaxy’s Edge website for a period of two-months.

The shortlist was judged by Nancy Kress, Sheree Renee Thomas, Jody Lynn Nye, Lois McMaster Bujold and William B. Fawcett. 

Submissions for next year’s award are now being taken. The deadline to enter is April 15, 2022.

Lezli Robyn announcing results.

[Update 09/07/2021: Corrected second and third place finishers per Lezli Robyn.]

Mike Resnick Memorial Award for Short Fiction 2021 Finalists

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Mike Resnick at Imaginales 2016 in France.

The finalists for the inaugural Mike Resnick Memorial Award for the best unpublished science fiction short story by a new author have been announced.

The award is sponsored by Galaxy’s Edge (published by Arc Manor) and Dragon Con, and will be presented at Dragon Con during the annual Dragon Awards ceremony.

The finalists are:

  • Lucas Carroll-Garrett: Hive at the Dead Star
  • Shirley Song: Times, Needles, and Gravity 
  • Z. T. Bright: The Measure of a Mother’s Love
  • Christopher Henckel: Echoes of Gelise
  • Torion Oey: Feel

The first place winner will get a trophy, a cash award of $250 and have their story bought (at the magazine’s prevailing rate) by Galaxy’s Edge for publication in the magazine. The second place winner will be given a prize of $100 and the third place winner a prize of $50.

The four runners-ups will have their stories displayed on the Galaxy’s Edge website for a period of two-months.

The shortlist will be judged by Nancy Kress, Sheree Renee Thomas, Jody Lynn Nye, Lois McMaster Bujold and William B. Fawcett. 

Submissions for next year’s award are now being taken. The deadline to enter is April 15, 2022.

[Via Locus Online.]

Inaugural Mike Resnick Memorial Award for Short Fiction Will Be Given in 2021

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Mike Resnick at Imaginales 2016 in France.

Laura Resnick announced on Facebook today that Shahid Mahmud, publisher of Galaxy’s Edge and Arc Manor Books, is launching the Mike Resnick Memorial Award for Short Fiction. “In keeping with Mike’s philosophy of helping new writers, the award will be for short works by new writers.”

The award for the best unpublished science fiction short story by a new author will be presented at Dragon Con during the annual Dragon Awards ceremony.

New Author (definition): An author who has not had any work (including short stories, novelettes, novellas and novels) published by any of the professional publishers listed by SFWA as an “eligible” publishing venue.

Eligibility: New science fiction short story by a new author. The story must not have previously been released to the public via any means, including online, digital, or paper publications, or privately through such avenues as newsletters, Patreon and the like. This award is exclusively for science fiction stories, not any other form of speculative genres (including fantasy and horror) and Arc Manor (the publisher of Galaxy’s Edge magazine) will be the final decider of this criteria in case of any disputes.

It will be a juried award. Stories may be submitted between January 1, 2021 and April 30, 2021. Full guidelines are on the award website here,

  • The first place winner will get a trophy, a cash award of $250 and have their story bought (at the magazine’s prevailing rate) by Galaxy’s Edge for publication in the magazine.
  • Four runners-ups will have their stories displayed on the Galaxy’s Edge website for a period of two-months.

[Thanks to Chris Barkley for the story.]