2021 Cóyotl Award Nominees

The Furry Writers’ Guild posted the nominees for the 2021 Cóyotl Awards on March 17. 

The awards are given for the best anthropomorphic fiction of the past year.

BEST NOVEL

  • Aces High by J. Daniel Phillips
  • Bringing Down Upworld by Kandrel
  • God of Fire by Ryan Campbell
  • Freedom Ring by Frances Pauli

BEST NOVELLA

  • The Bee’s Waltz: A Labyrinth of Souls Novel by Mary E. Lowd*
  • Carnage by Weasel
  • The Lengthy Farewell by P.C Hatter
  • Dark Lane by P.C Hatter

BEST SHORT STORY

  • “I’m Just Your Stud” by Dirt Coyote in The Voice of Dog
  • “The Squirrelherd and the Sound” by Emmie Christie in Zooscape #12
  • “Colored in Sepia” by S. Park
  • “Familiar Encounter” by Darius Davis in The Voice of Dog

BEST ANTHOLOGY

  • Sam Digger: Beaver Detective by Ian Madison Keller
  • Shark Week: An Ocean Anthology edited by Ian Madison Keller
  • A Swordmaster’s Tale edited by Tarl “Voice” Hoch
  • Difursity: Volume 2 edited by Weasel

BEST OTHER WORK

  • Puplift: A Dog’s Guide to Space by Tempe O’Kun
  • Furry Fiction is Everywhere by Ian Madison Keller and Mary E. Lowd

* Despite the ‘Novel’ in the title, novella at <50,000 words; all votes tallied only from Novella results.