The 2020 Leo Literary Awards have been announced. The Leo Awards’ goal is to highlight exceptional works of literature in the furry fandom.

The juried award is given to those works that surpass a benchmark score, which means that there can be multiple “best” works in each category.

NOVELS

• Disbanded, by Frances Pauli
• Entanglement Bound, by Mary E. Lowd
• Qoholeth + Gallery Exhibition, by Madison Scott-Clary
• Fox Spirit: A Two-Tailed Adventure, by Amy Clare Fontaine
• Whip and Boot, by Herr Wozzeck
• Ritual of the Ancients, by Ian Madison Keller

NOVELLAS

• What Makes a Witch, by Linnea Capps
• Rightful Salvage, by Frances Pauli

ANTHOLOGIES

• Difursity, by Weasel
• Selections of Anthropomorphic Regalements, vol. 1, by KC Alpinus
• Sensory De-tails, by Thurston Howl

SHORT STORIES

• “The Battler” by Cedric G! Bacon in Even Furries Hate Nazis
• “The Fire in Her Claws” by Mary E. Lowd in Daily Science Fiction
• “Paths” by Kyell Gold in Sensory De-tails
• “Water” by Utunu in The Voice of Dog
• “Summer Strawberries” by Mary E. Lowd in The Voice of Dog
• “Loving You is Wrong” by NightEyes Dayspring in The Voice of Dog
• “Ember in the Night” by BanWynn Oakshadow in SPECIES: Wildcats
• “Sharp” by Thurston Howl in Electric Sewer
• “Keep Breathing” by Karter Mycroft in Zooscape

POEMS

[No winner[

NONFICTION

• “Furry Erotica and Pornography: Art, Sex, and the Self” by Katav in From Paw to Print
• From Paw to Print, compiled by Thurston Howl

BOOK COVERS

• Disbanded, by Ilya Royz
• Once Broken, by Nomax
• Selections of Anthropomorphic Regalements, vol. 1, by Jonas Jödicke