The finalists for the 2025 Colorado Book Awards have been announced. Awards are presented in 16 categories by Colorado Humanities to celebrate the accomplishments of Colorado’s outstanding authors, editors, illustrators, and photographers.

The winners will be announced on July 26, 2025.

Works of genre interest include —

2025 Colorado Book Awards finalists in Science Fiction/Fantasy:

• Nether Station: A Novel of Cosmic Horror by Kevin J. Anderson
• Transference by Ian Patterson
• The Future Lies by John Be Lane