By Fred Patten: The 2016 Cóyotl Awards. for the best anthropomorphic fiction of 2016, were announced May 27 at the Furlandia convention in Portland.

The winners are listed first and in bold.

Best Novel

• The Digital Coyote by Kris Schnee
• Black Angel by Kyell Gold
• Dog Country by Malcolm F. Cross
• Flower’s Curse by Madison Keller
• Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada

Best Novella

• The Goat by Bill Kieffer
• Culdesac by Robert Repino
• The Time He Desires by Kyell Gold

Best Short Story

• 400 Rabbits by Alice “Huskyteer” Dryden
• A Gentleman of Strength by Dwale
• Old-Dry-Snakeskin by Ross Whitlock
• The Torch by Chris “Sparf” Williams

Best Anthology

• Gods with Fur edited by Fred Patten
• Claw the Way to Victory edited by AnthroAquatic
• Hot Dish #2 edited by Dark End

My anthology Gods with Fur won in the Best Anthology category.  The Best Short Story winner, “400 Rabbits” by Alice Dryden, is in Gods with Fur.

Gods with Fur has also been nominated for a 2016 Ursa Major Award.  The Ursa Majors will be announced at Anthrocon in Pittsburgh next month.