The 2023 Dragon Awards Ballot was published on August 8. Registered voters should expect to receive notice by email.

To be eligible for the 2023 Dragon Awards the book, comic, game, movie, must have been released between July 1, 2022 and the close of the eligibility period, June 30, 2023, which accounts for the mix of nominees from last year and this year.

Most categories have six nominees, but Best Alternate History has only five, and Best Science Fiction Novel and Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series has seven.

Recipients of the award will be announced at Dragon Con.

2023 Nominees

1. Best Science Fiction Novel

• Eversion by Alastair Reynolds
• The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal
• Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• Translation State by Ann Leckie
• Neom by Lavie Tidhar
• The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• The Icarus Plot by Timothy Zahn

2. Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)

• Witch King by Martha Wells
• Tower of Silence by Larry Correia
• Babel by R. F. Kuang
• Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
• Into the Vortex by Charles E. Gannon
• The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

3. Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel

• The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
• The Scratch Daughters by H. A. Clarke
• Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland
• Academy Arcanist by Shami Stovall
• Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
• Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

4. Best Alternate History Novel

• Lost In Time by A.G. Riddle
• Hidden Voices by Dan Willis
• Halcyon by Elliot Ackerman
• The Mother by B.L. Blanchard
• The Revolutionary War by Christopher G. Nuttall

5. Best Horror Novel

• The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias
• Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste
• A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
• No Gods For Drowning by Hailey Piper
• The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
• The Only One Left by Riley Sager

6. Best Illustrative Cover

• Ashes of Man by Kieran Yanner
• River of Ashes by Sam Shearon
• But Not Broken by Cedar Sanderson
• Titan Mage: Apocalypse by Jackson Tjota
• Tower of Silence by Kurt Miller
• Wraithbound by Jeff Brown

7. Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel

• Dune: House Harkonnen by Brian Herbert, Kevin J Anderson, Michael Shelfer
• Kaya by Wes Craig
• Dawn of DC: Green Arrow by Joshua Williamson, Sean Izaakse
• Wolverine by Benjamin Percy, Juan Jose Ryp
• X-Men by Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara
• Night Fever by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips

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

• Andor, Disney+
• The Last of Us, HBO
• The Sandman, Netflix
• Strange New Worlds, Paramount+
• The Mandalorian, Disney+
• Picard, Paramount+
• House of the Dragon, HBO

9. Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie

• Avatar: The Way of Water by James Cameron
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves by Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley
• Everything Everywhere All at Once by Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
• Guardians of the Galaxy 3 by James Gunn
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish by Joel Crawford
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson

10. Best Digital Game

• Diablo IV, Blizzard Entertainment
• Hogwarts Legacy, Avalanche Software
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo EPD
• Overwatch 2, Blizzard Entertainment
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Infinity Ward

11. Best Tabletop Game

• Frosthaven, Cephalofair Games
• Earth, Inside Up Games
• Magic the Gathering: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, Wizards of the Coast
• Dorfromantik – The Boardgame, Pegasus Spiele
• Turing Machine, Scorpion Masque
• Alien Role-playing Game: Heart of Darkness, Free League

[Thanks to Warren Belanger for the story.]